March 10,
2010 ~ Happy Birthday Dawn to Dusk!
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With some
good action on this “tonnage Tuesday” I decided to OS trains from dawn to dusk.
With all the recent happenings on CN traffic has been totally messed up so this
is about an average day. Earlier was a 111 + 303, and then a few coming in
after dark.
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***Video
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~CN
Armstrong - MP 243.8 CN Caramat Subdivision/0.0 CN Allanwater Subdivision
(Armstrong, ON)~
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0519 CN
M30331 08 [Manifest; Toronto MacMillan, ON - Winnipeg Symington, MB] 86 cars
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CN 2183
(C40-8W)
CN 2318
(ES44DC)
**train
staged in track one (siding) at Armstrong since 1626-09
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0858 CN
M31841 09 arrives for a crew change
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0917 CN
M31841 09 [Manifest; Winnipeg Symington, MB - Toronto MacMillan, ON] 96 cars
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CN 2252 (ES44DC)
CN 2138 (C40-8W)
CN 2235 (ES44DC)
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0935 CN
Q11441 09 arrives on the main for a crew change and a meet with M313
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0958 CN
M31331 08 arrives into the siding and pulls up to the bunkhouse for a change
off (normally would change off at the east crossing but short and sweet today)
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1004 CN
Q11441 09 [Intermodal; Winnipeg Symington, MB - Toronto BIT, ON] 90 platforms
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CN 8833
(SD70M-2)
CN 2171
(C40-8W)
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1015 CN
M31331 08 [Manifest; Toronto MacMillan, ON - Winnipeg Symington, MB] 49 cars
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CN 2649
(C44-9W)
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With that we
have to patrol from 0.8 Armstrong all the way to 187.1 Auden and return. We get
started making it to Green for a pair. We then get a nice little shot to
advance to Mud River for the last train for quite some time. Once he clears we
set on and make it all the way to Auden, have a bite to eat and return to
Armstrong! Not to good if you are on the other side of the fence!
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~CN Green - MP
226.3 CN Caramat Subdivision (Green, ON)~
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1049 CN
Q18331 09 arrives into the siding
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1104 CN
G87441 08 [Grain; Saskatoon, SK - Quebec Limoilou, PQ] 175 cars
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CN 3020 (ET44AC)
CN 3157 (ET44AC)
-105 MGLX grain loads-
CN 2904 (ES44AC)
-70 platforms-
**19760T/10883FT
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1107 CN
Q18331 09 [Intermodal; Toronto BIT, ON - Prince Rupert Fairview, BC] 86
platforms
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CN 2257 (ES44DC)
CN 2167 (C40-8W)
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~MP 219.0 CN Caramat Subdivision
(Mud River, ON)~
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1155 CN
Q10251 06 [Intermodal; Kamloops, BC - Toronto BIT, ON] 133 platforms
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CN 2504
(C44-9WL)
CN 2674
(C44-9W)
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We arrive
back in Armstrong over five hours later just as 314 pulls in to let 730 and 115
by.
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~CN
Armstrong - MP 243.8 CN Caramat Subdivision/0.0 CN Allanwater Subdivision
(Armstrong, ON)~
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1722 CN
M31441 09 arrives to stage (let 730 by, and meet 115)
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1750 CN
B73041 07 [Potash; Sylvite, SK - Saint John, NB] 205 loads
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CN 3843 (ES44AC)
CN 3153 (ET44AC)
-133 potash loads-
CN 3234
(ET44AC in 100 year anniversary livery)
CN 3202
(ET44AC)
-72 potash
loads-
**30065T/9931FT
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1843 CN
Q11531 09 arrives and crew changes
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1901 CN
Q11531 09 [Intermodal; Toronto BIT, ON - Calgary Logistics Park, AB] 90
platforms
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CN 8957
(SD70M-2)
CN 2179
(C40-8W)
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1920 CN
M31441 09 [Manifest; Winnipeg Symington, MB - Toronto MacMillan, ON] 89 cars
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CN 2327 (ES44DC)
CN 2099 (C40-8W)
-60 mixed/29 grain loads-
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2142 CN
M31841 10 arrives and crew changes
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2153 CN
M31841 10 [Manifest; Winnipeg Symington, MB - Toronto MacMillan, ON] 129 cars
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CN 3841
(ES44AC)
CN 2811
(ES44AC)
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And that’s
it for this one.
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Chris Wilson
(Marathon, ON)
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