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Canadian National logo (131 KB) Date: September 2001
Location: MacMillan Yard (Vaughan, Ontario)
Railroad: Canadian National
Description: The Canadian National Logo at the top of the Administration Building at MacMillan Yard.
Brampton Intermodal Terminal (146 KB) Date: September 2001
Location: Brampton Intermodal Terminal (Brampton, Ontario)
Railroad: Canadian National
Description: A "packer" in use at Brampton Intermodal Terminal. Packers are large machines, equipped with dual front wheels, rear steering, and a large boom to pick up and move containers.
Brampton Intermodal Terminal (142 KB) Date: September 2001
Location: Brampton Intermodal Terminal (Brampton, Ontario)
Railroad: Canadian National
Description: One of the packers sorts through a mess of containers to load an intermodal train.
Brampton Intermodal Terminal (141 KB) Date: September 2001
Location: Brampton Intermodal Terminal (Brampton, Ontario)
Railroad: Canadian National
Description: Another packer grabs a CN Intermodal refrigerated container. Refrigerated containers can be easily identified by the cooling unit that sticks out of one end.
Brampton Intermodal Terminal (127 KB) Date: September 2001
Location: Brampton Intermodal Terminal (Brampton, Ontario)
Railroad: Canadian National
Description: A glimpse at a small portion of Brampton Intermodal Terminal.
CN Packer (143 KB) Date: September 2001
Location: Brampton Intermodal Terminal (Brampton, Ontario)
Railroad: Canadian National
Description: One of the intermodal container loaders (packers) on display.
CN Intermodal Mi-Jack crane (157 KB) Date: September 2001
Location: Brampton Intermodal Terminal (Brampton, Ontario)
Railroad: Canadian National
Description: A CN Intermodal Mi-Jack crane. The crane straddles the length of a train, then can either pick up trailers off the train and set them next to it on the ground, or the other way around.
CN Intermodal Mi-Jack crane (141 KB) Date: September 2001
Location: Brampton Intermodal Terminal (Brampton, Ontario)
Railroad: Canadian National
Description: A look inside at the controls and operating cab of a CN Mi-Jack crane.
CN Intermodal Mi-Jack crane (142 KB) Date: September 2001
Location: Brampton Intermodal Terminal (Brampton, Ontario)
Railroad: Canadian National
Description: Front view of the CN Mi-Jack crane. The huge forks in the centre of the crane are what is actually used to lift trailers.
CN yard truck (144 KB) Date: September 2001
Location: Brampton Intermodal Terminal (Brampton, Ontario)
Railroad: Canadian National
Description: One of the yard trucks used around CN's Brampton Intermodal Terminal to shuttle trailers and containers on a chassis around the yard.
CN Intermodal container and chassis (139 KB) Date: September 2001
Location: Brampton Intermodal Terminal (Brampton, Ontario)
Railroad: Canadian National
Description: A CN Intermodal 53' container on a chassis.
CN Mobile 3 Emergency Response (143 KB) Date: September 2001
Location: MacMillan Yard (Vaughan, Ontario)
Railroad: Canadian National
Description: CN Mobile 3 Emergency Response vehicle.
Rails (195 KB) Date: October 2001
Location: St. Catharines, Ontario
Railroad: Canadian National/Trillium
Description: The converging tracks and turnout of a track switch near CN's mainline and Trillium's Merritton Yard.
CN MOW hoppers (178 KB) Date: November 2001
Location: Fort Erie, Ontario
Railroad: Canadian National
Description: A cut of CN Maintenance-of-Way hoppers with a Trackmobile sandwiched in the middle help with some trackwork in the Fort Erie area.
Fort Erie trackwork (245 KB) Date: November 2001
Location: Fort Erie, Ontario
Railroad: Canadian National
Description: CN work crews lay down new track on the existing Stamford Sub (two tracks on right), while more crews work at repairing the ex-CP line (two tracks on left) to handle increased traffic.
Fort Erie trackwork (251 KB) Date: November 2001
Location: Fort Erie, Ontario
Railroad: Canadian National
Description: CN work crews lay down new track on the existing Stamford Sub (two tracks on right), while more crews work at repairing the ex-CP line (two tracks on left) to handle increased traffic.
Kinzua Bridge (162 KB) Date: May 2002
Location: Kinzua State Park, Pennsylvania
Railroad: Knox, Kane & Kinzua RR
Description: Looking through the support trusses and beams from one end of the Kinzua Bridge to the other.
Kinzua Bridge (132 KB) Date: May 2002
Location: Kinzua State Park, Pennsylvania
Railroad: Knox, Kane & Kinzua RR
Description: Looking up at the Kinzua Bridge from the valley below, silhoutetted by the clouds and sky above.
Kinzua Bridge (190 KB) Date: May 2002
Location: Kinzua State Park, Pennsylvania
Railroad: Knox, Kane & Kinzua RR
Description: The underside of the Kinzua Bridge.
Kinzua Bridge (206 KB) Date: May 2002
Location: Kinzua State Park, Pennsylvania
Railroad: Knox, Kane & Kinzua RR
Description: The underside of the Kinzua Bridge.