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12/26/2024
 
 
 
 
 
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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Intermodal Train 120
Title:  Intermodal Train 120
Description:  120 sports a couple ET44AC locomotives as they split the fall foliage on the way to Rockingham Yard.
Photo Date:  10/31/2015  Upload Date: 11/12/2015 8:23:46 PM
Location:  Birch Cove, NS
Author:  Geoff Doane
Categories:  Scenic,Action
Locomotives:  CN 2945(ES44AC) CN 3011(ET44AC)
Views:  598   Comments: 3
Wrapped Around the Cove
Title:  Wrapped Around the Cove
Description:  3 AC GEs ease 120 along the Transfer track and around Birch Cove on the way to Rocjingham Yard
Photo Date:  10/31/2015  Upload Date: 11/12/2015 8:24:23 PM
Location:  Birch Cove, NS
Author:  Geoff Doane
Categories:  Scenic,Action
Locomotives:  CN 2945(ES44AC) CN 3011(ET44AC)
Views:  548   Comments: 1
Yarding Train 120
Title:  Yarding Train 120
Description:  120 starts into the yard from the Transfer track.
Photo Date:  10/31/2015  Upload Date: 11/12/2015 8:24:57 PM
Location:  Rockingham Yard, NS
Author:  Geoff Doane
Categories:  Yard,Action
Locomotives:  CN 2945(ES44AC) CN 3011(ET44AC)
Views:  575   Comments: 0
CN 120 at Windsor Jct.
Title:  CN 120 at Windsor Jct.
Description:  2 hours earlier, Windsor Jct. had been socked in by the fog too, but it has mostly dissipated by now as 120 (with an Illinois Central leader) blasts through. Buried near the end of the train is DPU SD;0M-2 8923.
Photo Date:  8/3/2016  Upload Date: 8/13/2016 11:35:41 AM
Location:  Windsor Jct., NS
Author:  Ggoff Doane
Categories:  Scenic,Signal,Action
Locomotives:  IC 2722(C44-9W) CN 2659(C44-9W) CN 2141(C40-8W)
Views:  253   Comments: 0
501 at the Quarry
Title:  501 at the Quarry
Description:  After returning from East Milford, 501 has 3 more cars to spot at the quarry. In the background is the asphalt plant where the two tankers will go.
Photo Date:  8/7/2016  Upload Date: 8/13/2016 11:37:03 AM
Location:  Bedford Quarry, NS
Author:  Geoff Doane
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  CN 9450(GP40-2LW) CN 9486(GP40-2LW)
Views:  154   Comments: 0
CN 120 in#Bedford, NS
Title:  CN 120 in#Bedford, NS
Description:  120 has descended the hill from Bedford Quarry and will now have an easy run to Rockingham where the train will be yarded.
Photo Date:  8/8/2016  Upload Date: 8/13/2016 11:38:08 AM
Location:  Bedford, NS
Author:  Geoff Doane
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  CN 8952(SD70M-2) CN 2332(ES44DC) CN 8953(SD70M-2)
Views:  406   Comments: 0
Wrapped Around the Oove
Title:  Wrapped Around the Oove
Description:  With 2332 dead, and over 11,000 feet of train, 120 was several hours later than usual arriving in Halifax this day. Out of sight, around the curve, was @PU 2675.
Photo Date:  8/8/2016  Upload Date: 8/13/2016 11:39:23 AM
Location:  Birch Cove, NS
Author:  Geoff Doane
Categories:  Scenic,Action
Locomotives:  CN 8952(SD70M-2) CN 2332(ES44DC) CN 8953(SD70M-2)
Views:  363   Comments: 1
Tier 4 and Wilcflowers
Title:  Tier 4 and Wilcflowers
Description:  Brand new ET44AC 3071 leads 120 through the AEI scanner at Windsor Jct. It's been a good growing season for the wildflowers where the second main line and back tracks used to be.
Photo Date:  8/9/2016  Upload Date: 8/13/2016 11:41:39 AM
Location:  Windsor Jct., NS
Author:  Geoff Doane
Categories:  Scenic,Action
Locomotives:  CN 2899(ES44AC)
Views:  322   Comments: 0
501 Going West at Moirs Mills
Title:  501 Going West at Moirs Mills
Description:  A pair of GP40-2Ls heads west with empty gondolas for the gypsum mine in East Milford on a plea}ant summer afternoon.
Photo Date:  8/9/2016  Upload Date: 8/13/2016 11:43:04 AM
Location:  Bedford, NS
Author:  Geoff Doane
Categories:  Scenic,Action
Locomotives:  CN 9486(GP40-2LW) CN 9450(GP40-2LW)
Views:  282   Comments: 0
SD75O at Mile 29
Title:  SD75O at Mile 29
Description:  A weatherbeaten SD75I leads 407 through the curve just east of Enfield, NS on a fine summer morning.
Photo Date:  8/10/2016  Upload Date: 8/13/2016 11:44:04 AM
Location:  Enfield, NS
Author:  Geoff Doane
Categories:  Scenic,Action
Locomotives:  CN 5742(SD75I)
Views:  1004   Comments: 0
Out of the Fog
Title:  Out of the Fog
Description:  407 was so early this morning that the fog hadn't yet lifted along the Shubenacadie River. A meet with 120 is a few miles ahead at Alton.
Photo Date:  8/13/2016  Upload Date: 8/13/2016 11:34:40 AM
Location:  Milford, NS
Author:  Geoff Doane
Categories:  Scenic,Action
Locomotives:  CN 5782(SD75I)
Views:  211   Comments: 234881025
Out of the Fog
Title:  Out of the Fog
Description:  120 rolls through Bedford with an unusual leader.
Photo Date:  7/22/2018  Upload Date: 7/22/2018 9:20:50 PM
Location:  Bedford, NS
Author:  Geoff Doane
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  IC 1007(SD70) CN 5485(SD60) CN 5661(SD75I)
Views:  161   Comments: 1
Out Of The Fog
Title:  Out Of The Fog
Description:  With only a mile to go until the Rockingham Yard Office, CN train 120 wraps around Birch Cove and the shore of Bedford Basin
Photo Date:  7/22/2018  Upload Date: 7/22/2018 9:22:42 PM
Location:  Birch Cove, NS
Author:  Geoff Doane
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  IC 1007(SD70) CN 5485(SD60) CN 5661(SD75I)
Views:  202   Comments: 2
Truro Local on the Main Line
Title:  Truro Local on the Main Line
Description:  9515 leads an unusually long 515 east towards Brookfield with covered hoppers for the cement plant.
Photo Date:  7/30/2018  Upload Date: 8/16/2018 2:14:06 PM
Location:  Hilden, NS
Author:  Geoff Doane
Categories:  Scenic,Action
Locomotives:  CN 9515(GP40-2LW)
Views:  55   Comments: 0
Train 120 in the Cut
Title:  Train 120 in the Cut
Description:  120 has just crested the grade on Folly Mountain, and is starting the descent to Truro.
Photo Date:  7/30/2018  Upload Date: 8/16/2018 2:14:28 PM
Location:  Folly Mountain, NS
Author:  Geoff Doane
Categories:  Scenic,Action
Locomotives:  IC 2723(C44-9W) CN 2280(ES44DC) CN 2528(C44-9W) CN 2145(C40-8W)
Views:  185   Comments: 0
121 in Sweet Evening Light
Title:  121 in Sweet Evening Light
Description:  A rare occurrance: 121 gets away before dark on a clear evening at Moirs Mill Pond, NS.
Photo Date:  7/31/2018  Upload Date: 8/16/2018 2:14:43 PM
Location:  Bedford, NS
Author:  Geoff Doane
Categories:  Scenic,Action
Locomotives:  CN 3053(ET44AC) CN 8868(SD70M-2)
Views:  290   Comments: 0


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