Walter Pfefferle snapped CN 2597 in good paint in London, Ontario October 10th, 2015.

At Rivière-à-Pierre, Quebec, Michael Berry clicked CN 2898 and CN 2949 (along with CN 2854 and  CN 3000 mid-train), leading CN 369 through the Club Arlau curve on the Lac-St-Jean Sub with fall colours just about at their peak this far north. The train is heavily laden with natural resources from Northern Quebec, including lumber at the head end.

The mix of colour and power continued in October as a local from Kirk Yard is shown with CN/GTW/EJE units pulling  together into Homewood,  IL on October 2nd. (Mike Garza).

Mike also caught rtwo of the new Union Pacific rebuilt SD40-N models  delivering a train to the CN at Homewood, on October 3rd.

BCOL 4647 was in CN paint, washed and readied for service at the CN Woodcrest Shop on October 8th.

A northbound CN train at Floosmoor, IL, had one of the newly rebuilt units, NS SD60E 7011.

CN 2815-2905 lead #149 through the VIA RAIL Station at Belleville, ON September 5th, 2015 with a pair of brand new CN ET44AC's that had just arrived in the yard. (Ron Visockis photo).

On October 4th, Dave Howard caught CN C40-8 2012 chugging through thus colourful Fall scene.  The location is the former site of Dundas Station, as the Westbound grinds up the Dundas grade.

Walter Pfefferle was also at Dundas Ontario and caught CN 8825 starting the climb with Cn 435 Oct 10 2015.

Earlier in the morning at the CN Grand River bridge crossing, Dave clicked  BNSF powered CN #720 Eastbound through Brantford, ON.

A CN Grain Train went by Andy Cassidy  at Mile 147.75 on the CN New Westminster Sub (Burnaby BC), with Noodle-less CN 8007 (EMD SD70M-2), and CN 2703 (GE Dash 9-44CW), with a heavy train of grain cars destined to the awaiting dumper, on September 30th. 

Nathan Beecher photographed CN SD60 5426 Slinger, Wisconsin  November 1st, 2014. 

 

National Railway Equipment in Dixmoor, IL does work for CN. For example CN SD70M-2 8878 was released for pickup by CSX on July 13th ( Mije Garza)

Mike Garza clicked GTW GP38-2 5851 in May, which had been in storage for some time at Homewood, IL. 

The same day Mike caught WC 3010 which is used in training new hires has just been equipped the remote control and  a new horn.

More evidence of CN locos at NRE: Trey Holland managed this great air view shot including some of the five remaining CN HR616’s in the world still stored at NRE in Silvis, IL in September 2015.

Another CRO colleague shot CN HR616 2100 and 2113 up close in that line up in October 2015.  

© CRO November  2015