The month of August saw some changes to Atlantic Canadian railroading as CP began to ship intermodal traffic to Saint John, NB just over 25 years after they sold their line form Saint John, NB to Montreal, QC via the state of Maine in 1994. The timing could not of been more convenient as the workers at the Port of Montreal have gone of strike indefinitely causing CN & CP to reroute their intermodal traffic to various ports which includes Halifax, NS & Saint John, NB. Here we see the trains of CN roaming around the Moncton area, including a rare visitor in these parts.
Train #1 (August 7): CN train 407 (Dartmouth, NS - Moncton, NB) passes through Memramcook, NB with 8942 (SD70M-2) & 2293 (ES44DC) for power (00:06).
Train #2 (August 9): CN train 120 (Toronto, ON - Halifax, NS) heads through Memramcook, NB with a pair 3169, 3174 (ET44AC locomotives), 8867 & 8835 (SD70M-2 locomotives) for power, only the head end was recorded on this occasion (02:31).
Train #3 (August 22): CN train #121 (Toronto, ON - Halifax, NS) back their train up on the mainline between Odlum & Bend via DX3 to allow for counterpart train 120 to enter Gordon Yard. The power for 121 is an ET44AC (3091) & an SD70M-2 (8021) upfront along with another Tier 4 (3240) as the DPU (02:55 & 08:34 at Berry Mills, NB).
Train #4 (August 22): CN train 120 comes into Moncton, NB going through Berry Mills, NB with 3010 (ET44AC), 2942, 2826 (ES44AC locomotives) & GT 5849 (GP38-2) for power. This train would later be seen going through Memramcook, NB minus the GT locomotives (04:40 & 21:02).
Train #5 (August 22): CN train 305 (Moncton, NB - Toronto, ON) rolls through Berry Mills, NB with an ET44AC (3231) & a C44-9W (IC 2697) upfront along with an ES44AC (3871) for power (15:25)
Train #6 (August 23): CN train 120 heads out of Gordon Yard and procceds through downtown Moncton, NB with IC 2703 (C44-9W), 8830 (SD70M-2), 2231 (ES44DC) & 2130 (C40-8) for power (24:14).
Train #7 (August 23): CN train 121 assembles their train at Gordon Yard with 3887 (ES44AC), 2521 (C44-9WL) & 2561 (C44-9W) upfront along with 3212 (ET44AC) as the DPU, this train would later be seen at Berry Mills, NB (27:35).
Train #8 (August 23): CN train x121 (Moncton, NB - Toronto, ON extra) assembles their train at Gordon Yard about an hour after Q121 departed with a pair of ES44AC locomotives (2826 & 2942), an ET44AC (3010) & an SD75I (5667) for power, this train would also be seen going through Berry Mills, NB afterwards (33:53).
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