Comments on: Great fall afternoon to be out taking a few photos. This was an empty unit train, approx. 50 cars, with a smooth and short sided hopper neatly placed in the middle. The 4331 will head north to the Lac La Biche Sub. at Kerensky, a half mile or so past where I was standing. Keeping the theme from my other captions lately, notice the road bed, so neat and tidy. Pretty sure all the crews were enjoying it. Time of photo, 16:40, cab 79694 on the end.

By: Stephen C. Host

Stephen C. Host — Fri, 30 Jan 2026 18:46:48 +0000

Nice. I wonder how many of these 3 are still around.

By: terry.oshell

terry.oshell — Fri, 30 Jan 2026 12:19:55 +0000

Nicely captured scene. Looking good in stripes running long hood forward and wearing ditch lights.

By: L. Parks

L. Parks — Thu, 29 Jan 2026 17:41:34 +0000

With high hood GP9′s, very unlikely to happen, I agree with you. To have all 3 in Zebra these days (even if it is a GP38 and chopped GP9 mixture) will make the chances slimmer.
Thanks Ian.

By: Ian Malenfant-Picard

Ian Malenfant-Picard — Thu, 29 Jan 2026 05:23:43 +0000

Beautiful, you wouldn’t find CN unit trains with interesting power like that anymore!