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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. |
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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. |
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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. |
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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. |
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Date: September 2001
Location: Brampton Intermodal Terminal (Brampton, Ontario)
Railroad: Canadian National
Description: A glimpse at a small portion of Brampton Intermodal Terminal. |
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Date: September 2001
Location: Brampton Intermodal Terminal (Brampton, Ontario)
Railroad: Canadian National
Description: One of the intermodal container loaders (packers) on display. |
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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. |
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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. |
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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. |
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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. |
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Date: September 2001
Location: Brampton Intermodal Terminal (Brampton, Ontario)
Railroad: Canadian National
Description: A CN Intermodal 53' container on a chassis. |
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Date: September 2001
Location: MacMillan Yard (Vaughan, Ontario)
Railroad: Canadian National
Description: CN Mobile 3 Emergency Response vehicle. |
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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. |
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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. |
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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. |
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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. |
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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. |
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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. |
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Date: May 2002
Location: Kinzua State Park, Pennsylvania
Railroad: Knox, Kane & Kinzua RR
Description: The underside of the Kinzua Bridge. |
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Date: May 2002
Location: Kinzua State Park, Pennsylvania
Railroad: Knox, Kane & Kinzua RR
Description: The underside of the Kinzua Bridge. |