Due to steel gangs occupying the north main, and congestion among opposing intermodal hotshots utilizing the remaining south main, CP's 0630-yard job is forced to take the scenic route across the ... (more)
Working and idle yard power at Thunder Bay, Ontario.
The 0630 job heads to Chemtrade to lift a hopper however the blue flags are still up and nobody around! Algoma Strongfield loads wheat in the background at the Richardson elevator.
A Canadian Pacific switch job moves through the yards at Thunder Bay, Ontario, headed for some work at the Thunder Bay Port Authority on June 12, 2016.
A Canadian Pacific switch job switches at the Port of Thunder Bay, Ontario, on June 12, 2016. Before being rebuilt into a GP38-2, CP No. 4524 was originally Union Pacific GP40X No. 9001, and the l... (more)
A pair of GP38-2's shove some loaded barley cars into the Canada Malt terminal
CP 4524 continues working cuts of cars in the presence of the South Dakota Wheat Growers elevator in the middle of Huron on ex-DME territory.
An inbound Metra train preparing to stop in Franklin Park passes ex-UP GP40X switching Bensenville Yard.
Storm clouds gather in the background at the east end of Bensenville Yard. CP 4524 (a former GP40X) works a cut of cars while an inbound Metra train approaches.
A short local heads east through the trees past a field full of snowmobile tracks.
This ex-GP40X is heading up todays transfer from the BNSF.
Another GP-38 rebuild brings the afternoon local through Alexandria. This train, however, used the call sign "SOO 4433", which is the trailing unit.
Another of the GP40X rebuilds hangs out on the south side of Bensenville yard.
After making the rare trip out to Kansasville only to be blocked by a frozen switch....the Sturtevant Patrol is back on fast rails and heads towards Harvest States.... Feel free to correct the ... (more)
