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At around 8:10 in the morning, CN 3941, a former Citirail ES44AC, begins to pull its train out of Mont-Joli yard as it passes by the former taxi stand, at the western end of the yard. The consist that day was pulled by two engines facing the same direction, which is unusual for the Mont-Joli subdivision, as this requires CN to use SFG's tracks in Matapedia to turn around the engines.
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Caption: At around 8:10 in the morning, CN 3941, a former Citirail ES44AC, begins to pull its train out of Mont-Joli yard as it passes by the former taxi stand, at the western end of the yard. The consist that day was pulled by two engines facing the same direction, which is unusual for the Mont-Joli subdivision, as this requires CN to use SFG's tracks in Matapedia to turn around the engines.

Photographer:
Ian Malenfant-Picard [29] (more) (contact)
Date: 12/09/2022 (search)
Railway: Canadian National (search)
Reporting Marks: CN 3941 (search)
Train Symbol: CN A403 (search)
Subdivision/SNS: CN Mont-Joli Yard (search)
City/Town: Mont-Joli (search)
Province: Quebec (search)
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5 Comments
  1. Aitch
    January 17, 2026 at 10:16 pm

    Sweet light ! That is a very long way to go to wye the power.

  2. Ian Malenfant-Picard
    January 18, 2026 at 12:49 pm

    Thanks @Aitch! There used to be a wye closer to Campbellton, at the AV Cell plant in Atholville, but one of the legs were torn up in the 1990s. I assume the crew runs the train LHF between Campbellton and Matapédia on the trip back to Mont-Joli when that happens.

  3. Aitch
    January 18, 2026 at 5:38 pm

    Ahhh, I see. I thought 402/403 were Joffre – Mont-Joli trains. Didn’t know they continued further east. Thanks Ian ! :-)

  4. Ian Malenfant-Picard
    January 18, 2026 at 6:15 pm

    Ah sorry, i should have mentionned, train 562 (and now 558) completes the run between Mont-Joli and Campbellton with the same engines. Train 402/403 did run all the way to Moncton back before CN took over in 2008 though!

  5. Aitch
    January 18, 2026 at 6:28 pm

    Thanks for the additional info Ian !
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