Comments on: I wasn’t foaming this day, but for whatever reason had the scanner on and heard that train 335 (Garneau, PQ. to Buffalo, NY) had stalled on the ‘Scarborough Hill’. It took a little while to get down to the tracks, but when I did was greeted with a unusual sight in the diesel era; headend helpers. Though helpers were most common here in the steam era from Don Yards as far as Port Union, a combination of better low speed pulling power of the diesel and the re-routing of most freights away from downtown via the York and Halton Subs had made this non-existant. Usually a heavy train with a good amout of steel out of Hawkesbury, it would seem that this 335 was too much for CN 6027 and CR 6666 to get over the hump, so 546′s power, CN 4115 and 4101, came to the rescue. And yes, it sounded great! 1329hrs.

By: DoctaPinklaces

DoctaPinklaces — Tue, 30 Jun 2015 04:31:41 +0000

Thought the ID sounded familiar..thanks

Mike Lockwood — Tue, 30 Jun 2015 03:05:02 +0000

Indeed it did operate on the Grimsby Sub.

DoctaPinklaces — Mon, 29 Jun 2015 23:16:37 +0000

335 use to come down the Grimsby right?

Cameron A. — Fri, 26 Apr 2013 18:31:25 +0000

This is incredible.

David Vincent — Sun, 21 Apr 2013 04:29:03 +0000

Great consist and great story!