Southern Railway of BC Railink 910-911 Idle at the SRY Annacis Island Yard Office at Mile 1.3, Annacis South Spur 2013 06 19. (Photos by Andy Cassidy)
Andy later snapped SRY 911-910 moving north to the Queensborough Swing Bridge at Mile 0.6, on the SRY Annacis-Queensboro Branch.
Western Rail Inc. (of Airway Heights, Washington), has sold rebuilt WRIX
GP38-3 3526 to Husky Oil Ltd. The locomotive is former N&W GP35 224, and is likely destined to the Husky Oil Refinery in Lloydminster, SK.
Mark Perry shot this STEWART SOUTHERN (SSR) train near Richardson SK in early September. Units are GMTX 1509-2238-2222-2237.
GMTX 98 (an EMD SW-1001), is southbound at Clandeboye, MB with one loaded tank car from the Seagrams plant in Gimli, MB. The LAKE LINE RAILWAY (LLR) train is headed towards the CPR interchange in Selkirk MB.
Matthew Robson photographed Neptune Terminals Genset Slug 805A inside the Southern Railway Of BC Trapp Yard Diesel Shop in New Westminster BC on September 10th.
Retired CP GP9u 1610 is preparing for its final journey with SRY SW900 in for inspection, at the Trapp Yard Locomotive Shops, in Burnaby, BC September 10th. (Photo by Elevation Media with thanks)
A pair of former BNSF SD40-2’s DLCX 6961 and 6991, (Ex-CN SD40 5054, and CN 5213). Were leased to North West Terminal Ltd of Unity, SK and Torq Transloading Inc, both Saskatchewan-based grain companies. They had been using a 4-axle locomotive that proved insufficient to move the heavy loaded cars. The DLCX SD40-2s were shipped by Diesel Locomotive Company Ltd., the same company that shipped CEFX 1507 to the Central Manitoba Railway, in early August. http://www.flickr.com/photos/38714716@N02/9348258806/
Spectra Energy a natural gas processing plant located at McNeill AB (near Burstall, SK), has received an SW1200 from the USA and is now renumbered to DLCX 121. The locomotive was delivered to the Spectra facility by the Great Sandhills Railway.
In September, a new oil switching company was set up in Wilmar, SK. The motive power is ex-CN GP9RM Cando Contracting 7061 and has not been renumbered yet), and CEFX GP15D 1507.
Released from Lambton Diesel Specialist and enroute to Winnipeg, MB in September is ex-CP SW1200RS 1240, now painted in Cando Contracting livery and renumbered CCGX 1007.
In August, DESX GP10 8308 (ex-IC nee-Mid South Rail) was leased to the Great Sandhills Railway for service. DESX also leased LTEX GP15-1 1450 from Larry’s Truck Electric, and then in August sub-leased it out to Richardson International, an industry in Saskatchewan.
Last month, Richardson International a grain company in Estavan, SK, leased LTEX GP15-1 1450 from Larry’s Truck Electric, in Ohio.
Great Western Railway’s two GWR B23-7’s (Ex-NS, nee-CR) are on the property and now believed to be in service. GWR M420W 2002 in for top deck overhaul and 2004 will need an engine change-out. The ex-BNSF dash 8W’s are both in service. Diesel Electric Services (DESX) GP10 8308 (ex-IC nee-Mid South Rail) has been leased to the Great Western Railway for service.
RPOX 1320 is now leased to Richardson Seeds Canada and arrived in Yorkton, SK in September. This genset started life as an NW2 in 1949 at EMD La Grange, IL, and has worn many identities including Southern Pacific NW2 3210.
Mike Robin bagged Xstrata RS-23 053 as it arrived at Englehart on an overcast September 10th. The switcher was purchased by Texas Gulf Incorporated from Montreal Locomotive Works in 1966, and wore many liveries over her 47 years of service. Currently owned by XTRATA,, she works at the Copper’s Kidd Creek Mine in Timmins, ON. She is seen here at Englehart, ON returning home to Timmins on the Ontario Northland Railway after repairs at NRE in Capreol.
CITX SD40-2 2794 arrived on the ONTARIO SOUTHLAND RAILWAY (OSR),
in September for repair work at the Salford Shop. Since going off lease in June, she had been stored at CP St-Luc Yard. Over the last three weeks, OSR has been testing her and has her working in local service. Shortly she is expected to be sent to ZLT in London, ON. At Ingersoll, ON on Sepember 11th, Walter Pfefferle photographed this unique and outstanding lash-up: CITX SD40-2 2794, OSR GP9 383 and OSR FP9A 6508. No wonder railfans love the OSR!
International Metals a scrap dealer in Port Colborne, ON who are located on the Trillium Railway, has purchased six retired CP SLUGS (CP 1012, 1013, 1024, 1152, 1156, and 1159).
Cando Contracting (CCGX) GP9RM 4118 was renumbered to 4015 and was supposed to go to go to Sarnia, ON to operate on a 40-mile shortline, a deal never guided to fruition.
CCGX 4615 was then moved to Toronto and returned to Winnipeg on August 5th. CCGX GP9RM7059 is also in Winnipeg for renumbering as well arriving from the SRY.
Southbound 214 powers up with SD75I 2101 and an SD40-2 and slowly pulls out of Englehart, ON with a heavy train on September 11th.
TORONTO HAMILTON & BUFFALO RY. VIGNETTE:
A ubiquitous TH&B lash-up ever since the New York Central era, these three TH&B Geeps have uncoupled from their train at Conrail’s Frontier Yard in September 1980 in Buffalo, NY, and will rest before lifting interchanged cars from Conrail and heading back to the Canadian border at Niagara Falls, and Agincourt Yard in Toronto. CR 1114 is an MT6 slug (built from a retired 6-wheel Alco) and was used on the hump at Frontier Yard.
Three TH&B GP9s have just cut off from their train after making a transfer run to Frontier Yard in Buffalo, NY. These geeps were equipped with steam generators and originally hauled passenger trains between Buffalo's Central Terminal and Hamilton, ON. Both photos by Chip Walker taken in Sept., 1980.
ALGOMA CENTRAL RAILWAY VIGNETTE:
On March 4th, ACR train #2 charges uphill just south of Searchmont, ON The train has additional coaches and café cars added for this “Snow Train” (Photo by Ted Ellis) http://www.railpictures.ca/?attachment_id=11335
MM&A, the railroad company at the centre of the deadly Lac-Mégantic train derailment and explosion has been given another reprieve. The Canadian Transportation Agency is allowing the Montreal, Maine & Atlantic Railway to continue its operations in the country until Oct. 18. CTA spokeswoman Jacqueline Bannister said MM&A has provided proof of sufficient liability insurance for short-term operations. This decision comes after the railway petitioned a previous decision rendered by the CTA on Aug. 23 giving the company until Oct. 1 to end its Canadian operations. In its petition, MM&A asked to have its certificate of fitness extended to Jan. 15, 2014. It may still get a January deadline, depending on what the Companies Creditors Arrangement Act Court decides – MM&A has a hearing on Oct. 9 in Sherbrooke, Que., that Bannister said may have an impact on the CTA’s consideration of longer-term operations. She said the CTA will issue its decision about extending operations until January 2014, before October . 18th, 2013. Photo of MMA 5023 taken by Michael Berry.
MLW S-11 CSLX-100 (nee CP S-11 6622) is a work in progress receiving some TLC at at CADRAIL The old 539-engine was removed and replaced by a new more powerful but smaller sized Cummins engine. (Michel Daoust photo)
Overhauled Roberval - Saguenay GP38-3 (RS #62) has been returned to the Quebec-based regional railway.
The three ex-Quebec North Shore and Labrador Dash 8-40CM’s, (QNS&L 401-402-402), and were labeled as AEX 100017-100018-100019, were moved south the second week of September waybilled to Enola, PA. The new owner is The Andersons Inc, and the units are believed destined for Kentucky. The Andersons Inc. always use a 6-digit number series on their locomotives.
QNSL SD40-2 R.I.P. USRP SD40-2 6221 (ex Helm Leasing built as QNSL SD40-2 255 ) was scrapped at Metro East Industries in East St Louis, IL September 24th 2013, and was taken by Mark Mautner on MEI property with permission.
Damaged POM RP20BD 1002 has been sent to RELCO in Albia, IA for repairs following a yard collision at the Port of Montreal this summer.
Eastern Maine Railway 8144 East struggles upgrade at Kingman, Maine on Wednesday, Sept. 25th with a monster train of 125 cars, including a huge cut of loaded pulpwood and woodchip cars off the Maine Northern Railway on the head end, and a slug of crude oil tankers on the rear from Pan Am Railways at Mattawamkeag. HLCX 8144, HLCX 6340 and NBSR/HLCX 6319 are wide open as the speed of the train drops off to just above a crawl.
Eastern Maine Railway 8144 East grinds upgrade September 25th past the former site of the Maine Central Railroad Kingman, Maine station on the left as it tackles the grade eastbound towards McAdam, NB. The house track is still in place but only used for maintenance of way equipment. In the distance, the still extant Canadian Pacific Railway signals are visible, though powerless and turned away from the track. These signals are still in place across EMR, but the power poles and lines that supplied them are long gone.
MM&A VIGNETTE : On June 8th 2012, the year before the Lac Megantic disaster, Francois Jolin photographed this MMA Crude Oil Train passed through Milan, QC.
© CRO October 2013