Train Pics from November 1 to November 21 2008

Here's a whole mess of photos from November.

VIA 14 passing Painsec Junction with 6421 & 6453 on November 1

CN 407 passing Amherst at Mile 75.92 with 2560, 2660 & 4725

VIA 15 passing Gort in the evening with 6400 & 6444 on November 7

Two NBEC (ex. CP) MLW C-424 (4243 & 4219) at Miramichi on November 8

NBEC 6904 & CFMG 6910 resting in the yard

VIA 14 arriving at Miramichi with 6421 & 6453 again

The NBEC Bathurst yard. The third photo has CFMG 6906 & 6903

CN 407 backing in to the Gordon Yard with 8817, 6018 & 5711

CN 308 arriving at Gordon Yard with 5246, 5541, 4711 & 5321

CN 405 backs up to the Engine shops with 5338, 4728, 5269 & 5771

CN 120 at Painsec Junction with 2309 & BCR 4625 on November 20

CN 120's DPU unit CN 8818

CN 121 waits for CN 120 to pass with 2228 & 2645

CN 405 makes a local move for the Courtenay Bay with 2613, 2650 & 5799

NBSR 9803 & CN 7060 take some tank cars to the refinery in Saint John

CN 405 passing Rothesay (Tennis Court Rd.)

The NB Southern WB at Acamac Backland Rd. Saint John with 9801, 2610 & 2318

CN 405 passing Petitcodiac with 2418, 2582 & IC 2700

I guess November was the month for the most railfanning

Trains photos from October 3 to October 31 2008

Here are some more photos, this time in the Month of October

The CN Gordon Yard October 3

VIA 615 approaching Sackville October 8

CN 308 arriving at Gort with 3 Elephant style units October 10

CN 8818 & 2288 resting at Gordon Yard Halloween evening

More pictures coming soon

Trains photos from August 28 to September 30 2008

Here are a few photos I took between August 28 to September 30 in 2008

VIA 614 passing CN 407 at Painsec Junction

CN 405 light move with 3 units

CN 536 & VIA 615 meeting at Gort

VIA 615 passing Memramcook on September 10

VIA 615 arriving at Moncton with 6414 in the lead on Sept. 19

CN 308 meeting two CN switchers at Gort

From now on, I'll post blogs for the photos.

I've been kinda slack on blogger

I haven't posted anything in a while, but I'll post some photos from railfanning I did. Here is one of the pictures taken on August 25 2008

CN 7022 & 2 test cars enter the yard

More pictures coming soon

VIA rail action August 25 2008

I decided to go do some railfanning around the Springhill sub. I first caught VIA 614 passing Memramcook with 6420 & 6416. One minor set-back forced me to film the rest of the shots with my FujiFilm because my Canon didn't take to shot.

VIA 614 passing Memramcook doing 55 mph

I followed the train to Sackville. At that point, I had to use my FujiFilm for the videos. To see the videos, go to youtube on KRG5787

Saint John Railfanning July 27 & 28 2008, Day 2

A lot more trains, but no CP TEC movement. How disappointing. So after I heard the bad news, from Dave (nbsrfan), I checked out from the hotel and headed towards Staples for some railfanning. I wasn't big time rain when I got there.



But at least I got a video of the NB Southern local

NB Souther 2612 & CN 7010 push their load towards the Irving refinery


About half an hour after I caught the Irving Refinery local, CN 405's engines were on the move

CN 2642, 5717 & CN/IC 2706 make their way towards the Courtenay Bay


I headed towards Coats Tire, near the potash plant, and got a video of the CN engines.

CN 405's power near the Courtenay Bay

I waited another 10 minutes before they came back pass me

CN units coming out of the Courtenay Bay

Soon I headed out to Russell Street to get the last video of Collecting Potash Cars. As I arrived, I saw CN 7060 & NB Southern 3701 doing some shunting, but I didn't get a good picture. Anyways, about 25 minutes of waiting, CN 7010 & NB Southern 2612 pulled up to the wye and awaited to head back to the yard, as soon as the switch was set.

CN 7010 & NB Southern 3701 return to the yard

NB Southern 2612 & CN 7010 push 2 cars towards the Irving Refinery

Finally, CN 405's power return from the Courtenay Bay with 30 something potash cars.

CN engines returning to the yard

Then I headed to Tim Horton's a waited for the crew to stop for a coffee. As soon at They got out of the cab, I headed for Hampton. I had to wait nearly an hour before CN 405 came rolling along.

CN 405 passing Hampton, NB

After getting train 405 at Hampton, I headed out for Sussex.

CN 405 near Sussex in Black & White form

I then headed for Penobsquis, which is were the potash plant is situated, and watch CN shunt there cars into the plant.

CN 405 at Penobsquis in B&W

CN 405 departing Penobsquis for Moncton

Once it left Penobsquis, I then headed for Petitcodiac to get a good shot of the engineer blowing the horn long and loud. I saw an MOW sitting in the siding on the other side of the tracks.

CN 661-33 resting in the siding at Petitcodiac

At around 4:25pm, CN 405 came rolling slowly through Petitcodiac.

CN 405 passing Petitcodiac.

I was expecting it to pass me and my grandmother at Salisbury as we approached the crossing, but this time the train didn't pass yet. So I headed for Lower Mountain rd and waited for a few minutes before I heard the horn for Upper Mtn. Rd.


After that, I headed for the VIA station in Moncton knowing that VIA 615 didn't arrive yet. So I went to the station and the told me it would arrive at 5:20pm


If you want to know the rest, leave a comment on one of my youtube accounts (KRG2645 or KRG5787)

Saint John Railfanning July 27 & 28 2008, Day 1

I was in Saint John Sunday & Monday (July 27 & 28 2008) to catch the CP TEC. I arrived in Saint John at around 10:40am. As I arrived, Matt arrived at Staples shortly after my arrival.

At around 11:30am, we saw the NB Southern local heading for the Saint John Industrial Park.NBSR 2612 & CN 7010 in push-pull move

Later, Dave showed up to catch CN 405 departing Saint John. We waited for about 1 hour after me and Matt caught to local before the CN units were on the move. As soon as the CN engines moved, so did we. We headed out for Renforth at a crossing Matt knew about.

We waited for about half an hour before CN 405 came through. Finally, CN 405 came by a 1:17pm with CN 2642, CN 5717 & CN/IC 2706

I decided to grab a bit to eat, then go to my hotel room and head for the Dever Road yard to see what was going on. There wasn't really much. But I did see the CP TEC Train.

CP 3025, with it's three test cars, rest in the yard

I also went to the West End of the yard and saw NB Southern 2317, 2610 & 2318 doing some switching.

Then I headed back to my hotel and rested. But then, when I headed to the car to get something, I saw the same engines heading out of the Island yard for it's transfer train and I caught it at the Reversing Falls bridge.

I headed towards the Dever Road yard. I was surprised when I go there. I saw three NB Southern unit waiting for the transfer train to pull in.

NB Southern 9801, 3702 & 9803 let the transfer train go by

Later, I rejoined Matt & Dave to catch the westbound heading for McAdam.

NB Southern 2317, 2610 & 2318 do some last minute switching before departing

They did there brake test and thee emergency brakes failed. So they fixed up the problem and tried it once more. Finally at around 9:30pm, or so. The NB Southern westbound departed Saint John.

NB Southern 2317, 2610 & 2318 depart Saint John

After that, I headed towards my hotel & called it a day. Day 2 coming up