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Norfolk Southern #8397 (137 KB) 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.
Norfolk Southern #8397 (141 KB) 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.
NS train leaving yard (151 KB) 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.
Derailment! (159 KB) 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.
Derailment! (198 KB) 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.
Derailment! (172 KB) Date: November 2000
Location: Niagara Falls, Ontario
Railroad: Canadian National
Description: A clearer view of the cars on the ground.
Derailment! (209 KB) 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.
Canadian National #5790 (158 KB) Date: November 2000
Location: Niagara Falls, Ontario
Railroad: Canadian National
Description: Face shot of CN SD75I #5790.
Canadian National #5790 (197 KB) 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.
Canadian National #5537 (171 KB) Date: November 2000
Location: Niagara Falls, Ontario
Railroad: Canadian National
Description: CN SD60F #5537 sits in the Niagara Falls CN Yard.
Canadian National #5129 (190 KB) Date: November 2000
Location: Niagara Falls, Ontario
Railroad: Canadian National
Description: CN SD40 #5129 sits in the Niagara Falls CN Yard.
Canadian National #5767 (172 KB) Date: November 2000
Location: Niagara Falls, Ontario
Railroad: Canadian National
Description: CN SD75I #5767 sits in the Niagara Falls CN Yard.
Canadian National #5642 (178 KB) 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.
Canadian National #5691 (122 KB) 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.
Canadian National #5129 (117 KB) 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.
CN train leaning into curve (162 KB) 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.
CN train rounding wye (167 KB) 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.
Canadian National #5550 (148 KB) 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.
CN train rounding wye (135 KB) 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.
Norfolk Southern #5270 (142 KB) 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.