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Date: November 2000
Location: Niagara Falls, Ontario
Railroad: Conrail/Norfolk Southern
Description: Conrail #8397 sits in the Niagara Falls CN Yard. This
locomotive is now a Norfolk Southern unit, but has yet to be repainted. |
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Date: November 2000
Location: Niagara Falls, Ontario
Railroad: Conrail/Norfolk Southern
Description: Conrail #8397 displays her renumbering work. Notice
the "PRR" symbol stenciled underneath the number. |
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Date: November 2000
Location: Niagara Falls, Ontario
Railroad: Conrail/Norfolk Southern
Description: The last car of the NS train, as well as the locomotive,
all in one photo. This one is around the wye, after a CN train passed. |
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Date: November 2000
Location: Niagara Falls, Ontario
Railroad: Canadian National
Description: Derailment! It looks like the far centerbeam flatcar
and the Southern boxcar in the middle jumped the tracks somewhere near
the turnout. |
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Date: November 2000
Location: Niagara Falls, Ontario
Railroad: Canadian National
Description: The first CN crews arrive on the scene to assess the
damage. It didn't appear to be much, and within the hour they were well
on their way to re-railing the cars. |
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Date: November 2000
Location: Niagara Falls, Ontario
Railroad: Canadian National
Description: A clearer view of the cars on the ground. |
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Date: November 2000
Location: Niagara Falls, Ontario
Railroad: Canadian National
Description: A CN engine crew tries to rerail the cars that went on
the ground. When I left, it appeared that they weren't successful yet, but
they were trying. |
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Date: November 2000
Location: Niagara Falls, Ontario
Railroad: Canadian National
Description: Face shot of CN SD75I #5790. |
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Date: November 2000
Location: Niagara Falls, Ontario
Railroad: Canadian National
Description: A 5-unit consist splits it's train up so it will fit into
the yard. This one was long enough it needed two yard tracks. CN #4732, in the
background, sits by itself. |
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Date: November 2000
Location: Niagara Falls, Ontario
Railroad: Canadian National
Description: CN SD60F #5537 sits in the Niagara Falls CN Yard. |
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Date: November 2000
Location: Niagara Falls, Ontario
Railroad: Canadian National
Description: CN SD40 #5129 sits in the Niagara Falls CN Yard. |
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Date: November 2000
Location: Niagara Falls, Ontario
Railroad: Canadian National
Description: CN SD75I #5767 sits in the Niagara Falls CN Yard. |
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Date: November 2000
Location: Niagara Falls, Ontario
Railroad: Canadian National
Description: CN SD75I #5642. The conductor puts a derailer back in place
after the engines have all come to a complete stop. |
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Date: December 2000
Location: Niagara Falls, Ontario
Railroad: Canadian National
Description: CN SD75I #5691 leads a quartet of units past a rural grade
crossing in Niagara Falls. These units were revved up a lot, since they had a
fairly lengthy train and were just recovering from the climb up the Niagara
Escarpment. |
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Date: December 2000
Location: Niagara Falls, Ontario
Railroad: Canadian National
Description: CN SD40-2 #5129 runs second in the lineup. This unit was in
the Niagara Falls just a few short weeks before. |
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Date: December 2000
Location: Niagara Falls, Ontario
Railroad: Canadian National
Description: Lean! Like a team of olympic bobsledders, the lineup of
SD75I's #5691, #5747, #5785, and SD40-2 #5129 lean their train into a curve
outside of Niagara Falls. |
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Date: December 2000
Location: Niagara Falls, Ontario
Railroad: Canadian National
Description: Another quartet of CN diesels makes their way around
the wye at the top end of the Niagara Falls yard. |
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Date: December 2000
Location: Niagara Falls, Ontario
Railroad: Canadian National
Description: CN SD60F #5550 leads the charge as the train heads south
into the Niagara Falls Yard. |
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Date: December 2000
Location: Niagara Falls, Ontario
Railroad: Canadian National
Description: CN SD50F #5401 runs last in the 4-unit lineup as they head
south into the Niagara Falls Yard. |
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Date: December 2000
Location: Niagara Falls, Ontario
Railroad: Norfolk Southern
Description: After waiting for a CN train to pass, the Norfolk Southern train,
using ex-Conrail power, prepares to head out onto the Stamford Sub and on to Buffalo. |