Chessie in the Fog
Morning fog starts to burn off as Chessie System B&O GP9 6240 (built as C&O 6240 in 1957) leads a photo freight over Mayhew Trestle south of Romney, W. Va. This train was the highlight of a photo charter excursion on the Potomac Eagle Scenic Railroad on April 18, 2015. Sponsored by Chase Gunnoe Photography, the trip featured the Chessie-painted Geep and caboose on a photo freight as well as a passenger train powered by a B&O- painted F7 and GP9 between Springfi eld and Moorefi eld. A night photo session was held that evening at Mayhew Trestle, and a second trip ran the following day with a mixed train powered by the B&O F-unit.
PHOTO BY JERRY JORDAK
3025–3034, which the railroad fully in- tends to correct by renumbering the new locomotives 2925–2934. As of press time, just three of these locomotives — 3029, 3030, and 3032 — had yet to receive their correct numbers. On the same day that deliveries of the
Tier 4 credit units had ended, delivery on a batch of non-certified ES44ACs began, this group being numbered 2951–2975. These locomotives are not EPA certified to any Tier and are therefore non-com- pliant in the U.S., restricted to Canadian service only.
Delivery of Tier 4 ES44ACs in the 3000 series is expected sometime in the second half of 2015.
Quebec Bridge Work
CN announced on March 23 details sur- rounding its annual major work program for the Quebec Bridge, a 3239-foot road, rail, and pedestrian bridge across the lower Saint Lawrence River to the west of Quebec City, and Lévis, Que., Canada. In 2015, CN estimates it will contribute C$7 million to the project, bringing to- tal investment in the bridge since 2013 up to C$17 million. All told, CN plans to spend up to C$95 million over the course of one decade in ensuring the safety and long-term viability of the Quebec Bridge. The road is used primarily for road
traffic, and as such, CN is undertaking the major work program with partner Ministère
des transports du Québec
(MTQ). MTQ has said it intends to re- place the entire roadway deck over the next few years and will install an im- proved drainage system that allows de-icing
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mitigate wear and extend the life of the bridge.
Tonable Switches in Wisconsin
On March 11, CN placed into service two Dual-tone Multi-frequency (DTMF) ton- able switches at each end of 11,100-foot Waterbury siding on the Whitehall Sub- division in western Wisconsin. The tech- nology allows crew members to remotely request the position of the siding switch- es at mileposts 132.63 and 134.87 using the touch tone pad on the locomotive ra- dio prior to arriving at those locations. The Whitehall Subdivision uses AAR ra- dio channel 010 010 (160.260 mHz). On March 26, CN placed into service two DTMF tonable switches at each end of 7110-foot Weyerhauser siding on the Barron Subdivision in northwest Wis- consin. As described above, this technol- ogy allows crew members to remotely re- quest the position of the siding switches at mileposts 115.60 and 114.13. The Bar- ron Subdivision uses AAR radio channel 079 079 (161.295 mHz).
CANADIAN PACIFIC JAY BROOKS
Locomotive News As reported last month, Canadian
Pacific has placed an order with Elec- tro-Motive Diesel for 30 SD30C–ECO locomotives to supplement the existing fleet. The SD40–2 locomotives to serve as donors to the rebuild program are as follows: CP 5648, 5729, 5742, 5776, 5787, 5793, 5827, 5843, 5844, 5924, 5940,
5944, 5947, 5948, 5963, 5964, 5967, 5981, 5982, 5998, 6004, 6006, 6021, 6026, 6058, 6076, 6078, 6604, 6615, and 6616. Several of these locomotives have already arrived in Sahagun, Mexico, and many of the remainders are currently in transit.
Operations
Trains 101 (Vaughan, Ont.–Co- quitlam, B.C., intermodal), 113 (Ho- chelaga Yard, Montreal–Coquitlam, intermodal) and 199 (Bensenville Yard, Chicago–Deltaport, Vancouver, B.C., in- termodal) have all had their crew change point in Calgary, Alb., moved from Glen- more to Alyth. Also, 15 minutes of sched- ule time has been swapped between the locations for each train.
Train 241 (Toronto–Bensenville Yard, manifest) now lifts a new block of finished automotive traffic from Woodstock, Ont., destined for Kansas City, Mo. Train 253 (Binghamton, N.Y.–St-Luc Yard, Mon- treal, manifest) has had 30 minutes of station time added at Saratoga Springs, N.Y. Counterpart Train 252 now departs St-Luc at 6:30 p.m. for Binghamton. Train 298 (Sutherland, Sask.–Clear-
ing Yard, Chicago, manifest) now departs at 2:00 a.m. and has had 30 minutes of time added to perform work at both Pa- trol and Rokeby, Sask. In contrast, 30 minutes has been removed from Wyn- yard, and Bredenbury, Sask. Two hours of time has been added at Winnipeg, Man., to set off and lift traffic as well as remove distributed power locomotives. Train 299 (St. Paul, Minn.–Sutherland, manifest) has had 45 minutes added at Patrol to lift westbound traffic, 30 min- utes removed from both Wynyard and
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