A long CN 532 on June 26

On Sunday I wanted to catch CN 532 heading south out of Winnipeg. So we went to The Waller street crossing to shoot it. On the way there I saw it sitting in Fort Rouge probably waiting for clearance. When we got to Waller street I waited for a little bit then I saw The headlights to the north. Heres a pic of it a little ways from me

It took about 2 minutes for them to reach me.

Sunday's 532 was long it had to of had over 100 cars and was going pretty slow as you can see in the video. I've always wanted to see this train before and I finally have.

CN 1501 RDC Budd car on The Letellier sub

On Saturday June 25 I wanted to see CN 532 on The Letellier sub. We headed out at about 10:30 to try and catch it. But at 11:20 I saw something coming from the north it wasn't 532 but I noticed it was a RDC. It was interesting because I've never seen one of these before.

 I'm guessing it was headed out to do some work on the tracks.

I hope this is going to be in Winnipeg for awhile so I can shoot it again. CN 1501 was the number.

A busy day on The Sprague subdivision

On Friday April 29 we went to The Sprague subdivision to shoot some trains. On our way there we past The Red River Floodway, here is a picture of it with The CN train bridge.

As we got further out I noticed something on the tracks.I couldn't figure out what it was. When we got close enough I figured out it was a stopped train. We got up to the head end and shot it at Highway 206.

It also had two DPUs in the middle.

That was nice. I then noticed that the westbound signal was green. So we headed to Station road. I waited for about ten minutes and then the train showed up.It was a CN train with SOO locomotives on it.

It didn't have the ditch lights on.

After that we headed to Murdock road.We waited and after awhile we saw the lights of an eastbound intermodal.We headed to Deacons corner to shoot it. It was going slow but it picked up some speed as it went by. I think the shots I got were pretty nice.

It also had some interesting bonuses
Like this container with a tarp over it.

 and this tank thing.

So this was quite the nice day on the Sprague.

VIA 2 and CN

On Tuesday April 16 we decided to go bike down to Taylor to catch "The Canadian".It came early at 19:44,so we missed it crossing The Diamond. But I noticed it was stopped short of Waverly street...why? The answer came when I saw CN MOW crews and a CN freight that was switching over from the north track to the south track.The engineers had turned off all the lights as you can see in these shots.

After that we packed up and headed to Waverly to get "The Canadian". While I was passing by it I noticed it had a refurbished unit and The wrapped Loto Quebec loco 6414. By the time I got to The crossing on Waverly the train was humming up and started to move so I had to set up quickly. The loco was a nice five eyed.
I think this shot of the head end turned out pretty good.

 It was nice to see the wrapped Loto Quebec loco since its one of the only wrapped units left.

Also there was alot of ties along the the tracks, The Herzog multi purpose machine has been busy distributing them. Heres a picture of them,

A CN train on The Sprague subdivision with eight locomotives!

On April 23 we went  to The Sprague sub to see what was happening. When we got to Deacons corner I saw headlights to The east....train. pulled into highway 207 and waited for the train to reach us. When it got close enough I noted that it had a dozen locomotives on it.

I think that a few of them might of been not on.

It was really nice to see some nice action on the Sprague again.

CN 2643 on The Sprague subdivision at Deacons Corner

We went out at 13:00 to do some train shooting. At about 13:40 we arrived at Deacons corner. I saw headlights to the east.So we pulled into the crossing at highway 207.I think this train might be 346 but I'm not so sure. Heres the shot.

The consist of freight was pretty interesting.

I was expecting the train to be going slow because it was going into Symington. But it was going at quite a fast  speed probably about 30-60. And it also had a bonus ex BC rail loco in the second position.This was another nice catch on The Sprague subdivision east of Winnipeg.

"The Canadian" on Saturday with Rocky Mountaineer cars

On Saturday we went to Wilkes to shoot "The Canadian" but first I shot 2 CN's first,

CN 2704 pulled a solid container train West. With a DPU in the middle.

As you can see my video camera is on the tripod but I never put the video on YouTube.

Then we went to Elmhurst street and shot another CN intermodal

Then we went back to The Saint James Junction to shoot "The Canadian". When I was there I heard horn blasts from th South meaning CP was was on The La Riviere subdivision and sure enough I saw lights to the South. Then I saw The Via come from around the bend at The Portage Junction.

"The Canadian" had ten cars as usual but it also had two Rocky Mountaineer cars.

Then they were off West. It's nice to see bonus Rocky Mountaineer cars on "The Canadian".

Like I was mentioning above,I kept hearing horn blasts from the South. So at about 12:20 CP ran this train North

CP 3028 is an old friend of mine that I often see on The La Riviere sub.

After The CP went by another CN westbound went by with intermodals ,boxcars, and other neat freight.    

 CN 2623 pulled this semi long train West.

 So it was a good Saturday on The Rivers subdivision in Winnipeg.

Via,BNSF,and CN on Thursday

At around noon on Thursday I went to Waverly street to shoot "The Canadian" at 12:00,sure enough at about 10 minutes after 12 it showed up at the corner at The Portage Junction. And rolled by me at 12:12,right on time.

    

  

   Later on that day I found out TrainGeek (Steve Boyko) also shot "The Canadian" at The Saint James Junction which is about a kilometer from here.

    About 8 minutes after the via left BNSF came out of their yard with 14 tank cars and 2 Gondolas headed to Fort Rouge with the caboose in the lead.

  

    
   It's nice to see BNSF in action.
  
   At 12:30 2 CN's had a meet. First CN 2720 pulled a train with mixed freight and intermodals past me.
  

      

        Then after that CN 5684 pulled another train past me.

  

   After that BNSF 2756 returned to Their yard with 2756 leading and 9 cars.

    

                
Then after that I waited about another 20 minutes and nothing came so then I left. It was a really nice train day though.

BNSF 2756 in Action at The Saint James Junction.

Like I said before when we were going to Taylor to shoot "The Canadian" BNSF 2756 was pushing a transfer out of their yard. I was able to get two shots of it.

    
The shots actually didn't turn out too bad. Then right after The VIA past BNSF returned to their yard with 18 cars.

   Here it is switching on to the track to enter the yard. It's caboose was right be the engine as you can see.

  
  This is a shot I took of just the loco right before it crossed Taylor and entered the yard. It was doing some really loud and long horn blasts.

This was the first time I saw BNSF 2756 and also the first time I caught a BNSF Manitoba transfer at The Saint James Junction. After this I think it was done for the day and went back into the shed. Hopefully I'll be able to catch another transfer at TSJJ next time.

Two trains on The Sprague

When we were driving on Highway 1 East of  Winnipeg we saw a train on The Sprague sub.At first I thought we totally missed it but i noticed it was going really slow into the siding. It had two DPUs in the middle so it was a must catch. We went all the way to Highway 206 to see it had came to a stop in the siding and the Westbound signal was green so I new another train was going to come. A few minutes later this train came into sight and rolled past me.

As you  can see in The video the train is going really fast.

About 16 minutes later The other train left the siding and headed East.

So this was a pretty good catch on The Sprague hopefully we'll get more another time.

CN 2720 pulling intermodals on The Rivers sub

At 15:00 I saw green over red signal at Waverly street so I knew i train was coming. A few minutes later a train did come into sight. Heres a pic of the train from about 700 meters away.

At exactly 15:03 CN 2720 rolled past me with a really long intermodal train.

After that train past I waited for about another 30 minutes and nothing came so we left..