Railpictures.ca - Greg Roach Photo: It’s getting to the end of a cold Sunday – early in January 2009…the stock market was plunging, trains were getting shorter…and in a few days, Sully would make his miracle landing. A small rerouted G872 grain train switches from track 2 to 1 at Snake – and heads east. | Railpictures.ca – Canadian Railway Photography

It's getting to the end of a cold Sunday - early in January 2009...the stock market was plunging, trains were getting shorter...and in a few days, Sully would make his miracle landing.

A small rerouted G872 grain train switches from track 2 to 1 at Snake - and heads east.

Caption: It's getting to the end of a cold Sunday - early in January 2009...the stock market was plunging, trains were getting shorter...and in a few days, Sully would make his miracle landing. A small rerouted G872 grain train switches from track 2 to 1 at Snake - and heads east.

Photographer:	Greg Roach [69] (more) (contact)
Date:	01/11/2009 (search)
Railway:	Canadian National (search)
Reporting Marks:	CN 2640 (search)
Train Symbol:	G872 (search)
Subdivision/SNS:	Burlington (search)
City/Town:	Burlington (search)
Province:	Ontario (search)
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Tim Stevens

January 24, 2017 at 8:00 pm

Nice catch. These G872s were few and far between, but this was the regular route for them. They were generally Waterloo, IA – Quebec City, PQ trains.

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