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Very nice shot John, assume all those centrebeam lumber cars are heading for Mac Yard . And then out west ?
What train symbol is this? And I wonder why they’re all empty? Seems a bit of an odd move.
Seen a similar train running as X327 before
Ran as x396
These are heading to Montreal and then presumably northern Quebec.
Neat catch John, I’ve always wanted to get one of these movements.
You also highlight an interesting case study here. An empty centerbeam weights about 65,000 lbs. 121 of them totals out to 3932.5 tons (7,865,000 lbs). In comparison, a single crude oil tank car weighs 286,000 lbs maximum fully loaded. If a unit train has 100 of those cars, that’s 14,300 tons (28,600,000 lbs), and CN or CP typically puts 2 or 3 big engines on them, and the empty center beam train is about a third of the crude trains total weight. Just thinkin’ out loud, lol.
This was train X39671 13, which came out of storage at/near Bois, IL deep on the former IC. The train symbol originated at Bois, IL and terminated at Garneau, PQ. I’m thinking CN was a little behind in servicing their customers in Northern Quebec after having to run so many detour trains in that area over the past month. Cool move indeed.