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Viewing Album:  Canadian National in the Maritimes
 
By:Geoff Doane
Dates:12/23/1996 - 4/12/2020
Album Info:Pictures of CN operations in the Maritimes and the Halifax, NS area particularly.
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SD75I On a Wayfreight
Title:  SD75I On a Wayfreight
Description:  507 heads west up Bedford Hill with empty cars for the gypsum mine in Milford.
Photo Date:  5/31/2011  Upload Date: 6/6/2011 5:42:48 PM
Location:  Bedford, NS
Author:  Geoff Doane
Categories: 
Locomotives:  CN 5702(SD75I)
Views:  194   Comments: 1
Power Change for 507
Title:  Power Change for 507
Description:  507 draws a venerable SD40-2W for power on this fine Sunday morning.
Photo Date:  6/5/2011  Upload Date: 6/6/2011 5:43:04 PM
Location:  Bedford, NS
Author:  Geoff Doane
Categories: 
Locomotives:  CN 5321(SD40-2W)
Views:  347   Comments: 2
120 at Moirs Mills on the Bedford Sub
Title:  120 at Moirs Mills on the Bedford Sub
Description:  120 has just descended Bedford Hill and is slowing for the switch into Rockingham Yard, about one mile ahead.
Photo Date:  6/5/2011  Upload Date: 6/6/2011 5:43:23 PM
Location:  Bedford, NS
Author:  Geoff Doane
Categories: 
Locomotives:  CN 8954(SD70M-2) CN 2333(ES44DC) CN 8810(SD70M-2) IC 2706(C44-9W)
Views:  703   Comments: 0
507 Switching in Rockingham
Title:  507 Switching in Rockingham
Description:  507 has briefly nosed out onto the Halifax Transfer Track at Birch Cove before shoving a cut of containers to the Ceres container pier.
Photo Date:  6/5/2011  Upload Date: 6/6/2011 5:43:46 PM
Location:  Birch Cove, NS
Author:  Geoff Doane
Categories: 
Locomotives:  CN 5321(SD40-2W)
Views:  325   Comments: 0
Switching Rockingham Yard
Title:  Switching Rockingham Yard
Description:  Subbing for the usual pair of GP38-2s, 5321 shoves well cars towards the Ceres Container Pier in the background.
Photo Date:  6/5/2011  Upload Date: 6/6/2011 5:44:20 PM
Location:  Rockingham Yard, NS
Author:  Geoff Doane
Categories: 
Locomotives:  CN 5321(SD40-2W)
Views:  285   Comments: 0
Second Switcher Working Rockingham
Title:  Second Switcher Working Rockingham
Description:  Train 501, based at Halifax Ocean Terminals, switches cars in Rockingham Yard.
Photo Date:  6/5/2011  Upload Date: 6/6/2011 5:44:37 PM
Location:  Rockingham Yard, NS
Author:  Geoff Doane
Categories: 
Locomotives:  CN 5276(SD40-2W)
Views:  285   Comments: 0
CN Local 515 at Truro
Title:  CN Local 515 at Truro
Description:  The conductor lines the switch back to normal as 515 gets out onto the main line at Truro to head to Brookfield with cement cars for loading. The mural in the background is painted on the back wall of a strip mall which also houses VIA's Truro station.
Photo Date:  3/10/2012  Upload Date: 3/22/2012 9:56:38 PM
Location:  Truro, NS
Author:  Geoff Doane
Categories:  Station
Locomotives:  CN 7083(GP9RM)
Views:  295   Comments: 0
515 on the Cement Spur
Title:  515 on the Cement Spur
Description:  515, the Truro local, trundles westward with 2 empties for the LaFarge cement plant at Shortts Lake. LaFarge's truck maintenance facilty is in the background.
Photo Date:  3/10/2012  Upload Date: 3/22/2012 9:59:07 PM
Location:  Brookfield, NS
Author:  Geoff Doane
Categories:  Scenic,Action
Locomotives:  CN 7083(GP9RM)
Views:  271   Comments: 0
515 at Brookfield
Title:  515 at Brookfield
Description:  For the return trip to Truro, 515 will pick up an empty centerbeam from the lumber mill.
Photo Date:  3/10/2012  Upload Date: 3/22/2012 10:00:49 PM
Location:  Brookfield, NS
Author:  Geoff Doane
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  CN 7083(GP9RM)
Views:  258   Comments: 1
407 at Enfield
Title:  407 at Enfield
Description:  Although 407 is nominally a westbound train, its heading almost due east here, at 07:23
Photo Date:  5/20/2012  Upload Date: 6/23/2012 12:05:25 PM
Location:  Enfield, NS
Author:  Geoff Doane
Categories:  Scenic,Action
Locomotives:  CN 2438(C40-8M)
Views:  142   Comments: 1
Passing the Engine Room Tavern in Truro, NS
Title:  Passing the Engine Room Tavern in Truro, NS
Description:  407 crawls through the level crossings of Truro, before backing into the yard. The track on the left is all that remains of an extensive yard which once handled passenger train interchange between the Bedford, Hopewell, and Springhill Subs.
Photo Date:  5/20/2012  Upload Date: 6/23/2012 11:14:21 AM
Location:  Truro, NS
Author:  Geoff Doane
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  CN 2438(C40-8M) CN 2523(C44-9W)
Views:  241   Comments: 1
407 Leaving Dartmouth
Title:  407 Leaving Dartmouth
Description:  407 is oone mile into OCS territory on the Dartmouth Sub, just passing the switch to the gypsum plant at mile 10.1.
Photo Date:  5/21/2012  Upload Date: 6/23/2012 11:14:45 AM
Location:  Dartmouth, NS
Author:  Geoff Doane
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  CN 2438(C40-8M) CN 2523(C44-9W)
Views:  200   Comments: 1
Shubenacadie, NS
Title:  Shubenacadie, NS
Description:  407 crosses the Shubenacadie River at its namesake town. Next stop will be Truro, NS.
Photo Date:  6/2/2012  Upload Date: 6/23/2012 11:15:09 AM
Location:  Shubenacadie, NS
Author:  Geoff Doane
Categories:  Scenic,Bridge,Action
Locomotives:  CN 2523(C44-9W) CN 2438(C40-8M) CN 7019(GP9RM)
Views:  278   Comments: 0
Climbing the Grade on Folly Mountain
Title:  Climbing the Grade on Folly Mountain
Description:  The GP9 is off line, as the two GEs lug train 407 up the twisting grade to Folly Lake in Nova Scotia.
Photo Date:  6/2/2012  Upload Date: 6/23/2012 11:15:39 AM
Location:  Folly Mountain, NS
Author:  Geoff Doane
Categories:  Scenic,Action
Locomotives:  CN 2523(C44-9W) CN 2438(C40-8M) CN 7019(GP9RM)
Views:  298   Comments: 1
On the Approach to Alton
Title:  On the Approach to Alton
Description:  Train 407 glides down the grade just west of Stewiacke town. 120 is later than usual this day, so the meet will be at Truro rather than Alton.
Photo Date:  6/16/2012  Upload Date: 6/23/2012 11:23:38 AM
Location:  Stewiacke, NS
Author:  Geoff Doane
Categories:  Scenic,Action
Locomotives:  CN 2438(C40-8M)
Views:  144   Comments: 2
Leaning Into the Curve Approaching Alton
Title:  Leaning Into the Curve Approaching Alton
Description:  407 just got a clear signal approaching Alton. The next stop will be Truro, NS
Photo Date:  6/16/2012  Upload Date: 6/23/2012 11:16:13 AM
Location:  Stewiacke, NS
Author:  Geoff Doane
Categories:  Scenic,Action
Locomotives:  CN 2438(C40-8M)
Views:  145   Comments: 1
CN Train 407
Title:  CN Train 407
Description:  407 crosses vaughan Harvey Blvd. as they roll through downtown Moncton
Photo Date:  6/17/2012  Upload Date: 6/23/2012 2:21:54 PM
Location:  Moncton, NB
Author:  Geoff Doane
Categories:  Bridge,Signal,Action
Locomotives:  CN 5627(SD75I) CN 2438(C40-8M)
Views:  188   Comments: 0
Local Train 537
Title:  Local Train 537
Description:  Train 537's two Geeps round the curve near the VIA station with three cars from the Caledonia Industrial Park.
Photo Date:  6/17/2012  Upload Date: 6/23/2012 2:23:48 PM
Location:  Moncton, NB
Author:  Geoff Doane
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  CN 4723(GP38-2)
Views:  195   Comments: 0
Loaded Gypsum Train
Title:  Loaded Gypsum Train
Description:  Train 511 is near Oakfield Park, at mile 26 of the Bedford Sub.
Photo Date:  11/12/2012  Upload Date: 12/6/2012 6:31:05 PM
Location:  Oakfield, NS
Author:  Geoff Doane
Categories:  Scenic,RollingStock,Action
Locomotives:  CN 2225(ES44DC) CN 5640(SD75I)
Views:  278   Comments: 2
Mile 2.2 of the Dartmouth Sub
Title:  Mile 2.2 of the Dartmouth Sub
Description:  The loaded gypsum train is about to start the climb up to Dartmouth Sub from Waverley.
Photo Date:  11/12/2012  Upload Date: 12/6/2012 6:32:31 PM
Location:  Waverley, NS
Author:  Geoff Doane
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  CN 2225(ES44DC) CN 5640(SD75I)
Views:  209   Comments: 0
Loaded Gypsum, Train 511
Title:  Loaded Gypsum, Train 511
Description:  The daytime gypsum turn is almost back at Wrights Cove with 60 loads of white rock.
Photo Date:  11/12/2012  Upload Date: 12/6/2012 6:33:01 PM
Location:  Burnside, NS
Author:  Geoff Doane
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  CN 2225(ES44DC) CN 5640(SD75I)
Views:  152   Comments: 2
503 Light Engines
Title:  503 Light Engines
Description:  503's power heads through the yard in the Burnside Industrial Park before returning to Dartmouth.
Photo Date:  11/12/2012  Upload Date: 12/6/2012 6:33:27 PM
Location:  Burnside, NS
Author:  Geoff Doane
Categories:  Roster,Yard
Locomotives:  CN 4141(GP9RM) CN 9416(GP40-2LW)
Views:  292   Comments: 1
Nine Mile River Crossing
Title:  Nine Mile River Crossing
Description:  Train 120 crosses Nine Mile River at the site of the first steel railway bridge manufactured in British North America.
Photo Date:  11/18/2012  Upload Date: 12/6/2012 6:33:54 PM
Location:  Elmsdale, NS
Author:  Geoff Doane
Categories:  Bridge,Action
Locomotives:  CN 2248(ES44DC) IC 2703(C44-9W) IC 1038(SD70) CN 2596(C44-9W)
Views:  207   Comments: 0
Reflections
Title:  Reflections
Description:  Train 120 passes the old quarry site at the top of Bedford Hill, mile 13 of the Bedford Sub.
Photo Date:  11/18/2012  Upload Date: 12/6/2012 6:34:39 PM
Location:  Bedford Quarry, NS
Author:  Geoff Doane
Categories:  Scenic,Action
Locomotives:  CN 2248(ES44DC) IC 2703(C44-9W) IC 1038(SD70) CN 2596(C44-9W)
Views:  251   Comments: 2
Rockingham Yard is Just Ahead
Title:  Rockingham Yard is Just Ahead
Description:  120 is on the Transfer Track, skirting Birch Cove on the Bedford Basin.
Photo Date:  11/18/2012  Upload Date: 12/6/2012 6:35:02 PM
Location:  Birch Cove, NS
Author:  Geoff Doane
Categories:  Scenic,Action
Locomotives:  CN 2248(ES44DC) IC 2703(C44-9W) IC 1038(SD70) CN 2596(C44-9W)
Views:  252   Comments: 1
Frost on the Ties
Title:  Frost on the Ties
Description:  The sun has only been up for half an hour, and there's still frost on the ties, as 120 leans into the curve near mile 9 on the approach to Rockinghham Yard.
Photo Date:  11/23/2012  Upload Date: 12/5/2012 9:44:33 PM
Location:  Bedford, NS
Author:  Geoff Doane
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  CN 5710(SD75I)
Views:  155   Comments: 2
Crossing the Shubenacadie River
Title:  Crossing the Shubenacadie River
Description:  CN train 407 crosses the Shubie River on a frosty November morning.
Photo Date:  11/23/2012  Upload Date: 12/5/2012 9:45:09 PM
Location:  Shubenacadie, NS
Author:  Geoff Doane
Categories:  Scenic,Bridge,Action
Locomotives:  CN 8946(SD70M-2) CN 5647(SD75I)
Views:  228   Comments: 0
Into the Fog
Title:  Into the Fog
Description:  CN Train 511 heads west into the fog with empties for the gypsum mine at East Milford.
Photo Date:  11/23/2012  Upload Date: 12/5/2012 10:18:27 PM
Location:  Sandy Cove, NS
Author:  Geoff Doane
Categories:  Signal,Action
Locomotives:  CN 5661(SD75I) CN 2512(C44-9WL)
Views:  179   Comments: 1
CN 511, the Daytime Gypsum Turn
Title:  CN 511, the Daytime Gypsum Turn
Description:  Freshly repainted 2512 and its train of loaded gypsum hoppers is slowing for the switch to the Dartmouth Sub.
Photo Date:  11/23/2012  Upload Date: 12/5/2012 9:45:43 PM
Location:  Windsor Jct., NS
Author:  Geoff Doane
Categories:  Scenic,Track,Action
Locomotives:  CN 2512(C44-9WL) CN 5661(SD75I)
Views:  198   Comments: 1
Nose Job for an Old GE
Title:  Nose Job for an Old GE
Description:  CN's first batch of Dash-9s, from 1995, have not weathered very well. But at least this one got a new coat of paint on the nose fairly recently. Train 511 ties up traffic as they back loads of gypsum into the Wrights Cove plant.
Photo Date:  11/23/2012  Upload Date: 12/5/2012 9:46:18 PM
Location:  Shannon Park, NS
Author:  Geoff Doane
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  CN 2512(C44-9WL) CN 5661(SD75I)
Views:  232   Comments: 0
Train 503: Done for the Day
Title:  Train 503: Done for the Day
Description:  Train 503, the West End Shunter, has finished its work for the day in Burnside, and is headed for Dartmouth Yard.
Photo Date:  11/23/2012  Upload Date: 12/5/2012 9:46:41 PM
Location:  Shannon Park, NS
Author:  Geoff Doane
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  CN 9416(GP40-2LW) CN 4711(GP38-2)
Views:  446   Comments: 4
Yarding 120
Title:  Yarding 120
Description:  A rare BC Rail leader as 120 yards the train in Rockingham.
Photo Date:  1/1/2013  Upload Date: 1/1/2013 5:42:26 PM
Location:  Rockingham Yard, NS
Author:  Geoff Doane
Categories:  Scenic,Yard,Action
Locomotives:  BCOL 4612(C40-8M) CN 2244(ET44DC) CN 2600(C44-9W)
Views:  545   Comments: 2
Truro Local, Train 515
Title:  Truro Local, Train 515
Description:  515's power shoves their train off the main line and onto the yard lead. Out of sight behind them is VIAs Ocean passenger train.
Photo Date:  1/11/2013  Upload Date: 1/13/2013 8:22:07 PM
Location:  Truro, NS
Author:  Geoff Doane
Categories:  Winter,Station,Track,Action
Locomotives:  CN 4719(GP38-2) CN 7015(GP9RM)
Views:  364   Comments: 3
Almost a Meet
Title:  Almost a Meet
Description:  511's conductor walks back to the local after lining the switch back for the main line. The Ocean waits on the main line for passengers to arrive by bus from Halifax.
Photo Date:  1/11/2013  Upload Date: 1/13/2013 8:29:07 PM
Location:  Truro, NS
Author:  Geoff Doane
Categories:  Winter,Station,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  CN 4719(GP38-2)
Views:  416   Comments: 1
Train 507
Title:  Train 507
Description:  The Rockingham roadswitcher rounds the big curve across Mill Cove with pulp loads from train 408
Photo Date:  2/2/2013  Upload Date: 2/3/2013 7:58:33 PM
Location:  Bedford, NS
Author:  Geoff Doane
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  CN 4726(GP38-2) CN 4771(GP38-2W)
Views:  244   Comments: 0
507 in the Cut
Title:  507 in the Cut
Description:  507 has traffic from 408 bound for Ocean Terminals at the other end of the big cut.
Photo Date:  2/2/2013  Upload Date: 2/3/2013 8:04:13 PM
Location:  Halifax, NS
Author:  Geoff Doane
Categories:  Bridge,Action
Locomotives:  CN 4726(GP38-2) CN 4771(GP38-2W)
Views:  278   Comments: 1
Glint in the Cut
Title:  Glint in the Cut
Description:  507 curves into the sun with some loads of pulp.
Photo Date:  2/2/2013  Upload Date: 2/3/2013 8:05:45 PM
Location:  Halifax, NS
Author:  Geoff Doane
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  CN 4726(GP38-2) CN 4771(GP38-2W)
Views:  194   Comments: 0
Across the Frozen Pond
Title:  Across the Frozen Pond
Description:  120 is making up for lost time, passing the pond at Bedford Quarry
Photo Date:  2/2/2013  Upload Date: 2/3/2013 8:07:39 PM
Location:  Bedford Quarry, NS
Author:  Geoff Doane
Categories:  Scenic,Winter,Action
Locomotives:  CN 2634(C44-9W) CN 8000(SD70M-2) BCOL 4612(C40-8M)
Views:  268   Comments: 0
Sweeping Around the Curve
Title:  Sweeping Around the Curve
Description:  120 is on the final approach to Rockingham Yard and the end of its journey.
Photo Date:  2/2/2013  Upload Date: 2/3/2013 8:09:22 PM
Location:  Birch Cove, NS
Author:  Geoff Doane
Categories:  Scenic,Action
Locomotives:  CN 2634(C44-9W) CN 8000(SD70M-2) BCOL 4612(C40-8M)
Views:  308   Comments: 2
Entering Rockingham Yard
Title:  Entering Rockingham Yard
Description:  120 is crawling down the ladder track in Rockingham Yard. Bedford Basin is in the background
Photo Date:  2/2/2013  Upload Date: 2/3/2013 8:10:41 PM
Location:  Birch Cove, NS
Author:  Geoff Doane
Categories:  Scenic,Yard,Action
Locomotives:  CN 2634(C44-9W) CN 8000(SD70M-2) BCOL 4612(C40-8M)
Views:  315   Comments: 0
507 in the Snow
Title:  507 in the Snow
Description:  507's battered Geeps have 408's Halifax traffic in tow as they head east through the snow.
Photo Date:  2/3/2013  Upload Date: 2/3/2013 8:12:54 PM
Location:  Bedford, NS
Author:  Geoff Doane
Categories:  Scenic,Winter,Action
Locomotives:  CN 4726(GP38-2) CN 4771(GP38-2W)
Views:  295   Comments: 1
A Very Late Arrival
Title:  A Very Late Arrival
Description:  120 is over 5 hours late as they pull down the transfer track in the freshly fallen snow.
Photo Date:  2/3/2013  Upload Date: 2/3/2013 8:14:27 PM
Location:  Birch Cove, NS
Author:  Geoff Doane
Categories:  Scenic,Winter,Action
Locomotives:  CN 5713(SD75I) CN 5763(SD75I) CN 2332(ES44DC) CN 2588(C44-9W)
Views:  465   Comments: 1
Loaded Gypsum Train
Title:  Loaded Gypsum Train
Description:  Train 511 has 54 loads of gypsum on the return trip to Wrights Cove.
Photo Date:  4/16/2013  Upload Date: 4/26/2013 10:30:05 PM
Location:  Grand Lake, NS
Author:  Geoff Doane
Categories:  Scenic,Action
Locomotives:  CN 5633(SD75I)
Views:  171   Comments: 1
Heading for Dartmouth Yard
Title:  Heading for Dartmouth Yard
Description:  Train 503, the Westend Shunter, heads back to Dartmouth after completing a day's work in the Burnside Industrial Park.
Photo Date:  4/16/2013  Upload Date: 4/26/2013 10:31:02 PM
Location:  Shannon Park, NS
Author:  Geoff Doane
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  CN 4121(GP9RM) CN 4722(GP38-2)
Views:  339   Comments: 1
Train 511 on the Dartmouth Sub
Title:  Train 511 on the Dartmouth Sub
Description:  The loaded gypsum train passes through the Burnside Industrial Park on its way to Wrights Cove, about a mile ahead.
Photo Date:  4/16/2013  Upload Date: 4/26/2013 10:31:38 PM
Location:  Burnside, NS
Author:  Geoff Doane
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  CN 5633(SD75I) CN 2622(C44-9W)
Views:  174   Comments: 1
Local 501
Title:  Local 501
Description:  Train 501 heads for Ocean Terminals with a cut of grain hoppers. In the background, Tokyo Express and San Francisco Express are docked at the Ceres container pier in the north end of Halifax.
Photo Date:  4/21/2013  Upload Date: 4/21/2013 9:55:25 PM
Location:  Rockingham Yard, NS
Author:  Geoff Doane
Categories:  Scenic,Bridge,Yard,Track,Action
Locomotives: 
Views:  401   Comments: 2
1st Generation Power
Title:  1st Generation Power
Description:  A pair of GP9RMs return to Rockingham Yard after a day of work out on the main line of the Bedford Sub.
Photo Date:  4/27/2013  Upload Date: 4/27/2013 9:40:41 PM
Location:  Birch Cove, NS
Author:  Geoff Doane
Categories:  Scenic,Action
Locomotives:  CN 4102(GP9RM) CN 4129(GP9RM)
Views:  366   Comments: 3
Late Afternoon Intermodal
Title:  Late Afternoon Intermodal
Description:  121 leans into the S-curve as they double onto their train in Rockingham Yard
Photo Date:  4/27/2013  Upload Date: 4/27/2013 9:46:45 PM
Location:  Birch Cove, NS
Author:  Geoff Doane
Categories:  Scenic,Action
Locomotives:  CN 2273(ES44DC) CN 2518(C44-9WL) IC 1003(SD70)
Views:  315   Comments: 1
Bottom of the Hill
Title:  Bottom of the Hill
Description:  Dynamic brakes are whining as 120's four GEs brake a heavy train at the bottom of Bedford Hill
Photo Date:  5/13/2013  Upload Date: 5/13/2013 9:34:16 PM
Location:  Bedford, NS
Author:  Geoff Doane
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  CN 2596(C44-9W) BCOL 4614(C40-8M) CN 2640(C44-9W) CN 2186(C40-8W)
Views:  269   Comments: 0
East End Shunter
Title:  East End Shunter
Description:  Train 509, the evening Dartmouth job, heads east along Halifax Harbour, to Autoport in Eastern Passage
Photo Date:  5/13/2013  Upload Date: 5/13/2013 9:39:31 PM
Location:  Dartmouth, NS
Author:  Geoff Doane
Categories:  Scenic,Action
Locomotives:  CN 4717(GP38-2) CN 4125(GP9RM)
Views:  360   Comments: 3

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