Comments on: After reloading at the St-Cyrille pit, ballast train CN O491 is heading back west. Here it is about to change crews at Turcot Ouest on a scorching Victoria Day with CN 5713 & CN 2560 for power. http://www.railpictures.ca The BEST Canadian photos on the Internet, eh? Mon, 27 Apr 2026 15:16:11 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1 By: ngineered4u http://www.railpictures.ca/?attachment_id=54494#comment-61120 ngineered4u Wed, 29 May 2024 20:20:12 +0000 http://www.railpictures.ca/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/DSC_8506_ca.jpg#comment-61120 Herzog trains are cool. It dumps ballast using GPS and a laptop in the locomotive. The best part is that it can dump ballast at 15mph. A far cry from the "walking speed" of conventional ballast cars! Herzog trains are cool. It dumps ballast using GPS and a laptop in the locomotive. The best part is that it can dump ballast at 15mph. A far cry from the “walking speed” of conventional ballast cars!

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