Comments on: UP SD70Ms 4087 and 4885 ease westward on CN’s Whitby Service Track with Oshawa, ON – Gibson, IN train E27931 16. In less than a mile they will accept the light at Whitby and head onto CN’s Kingston Sub.

By: headtailgrep

headtailgrep — Sat, 28 Dec 2013 00:15:04 +0000

You are right Tim – it also signified a different time slot – usually a bit later in the day too.

You could almost set your watch to these auto trains (271/5).

By: Tim Stevens

Tim Stevens — Fri, 27 Dec 2013 23:51:48 +0000

Yep, I can’t remember why it was an E279 on this day. It ran in the same slot as the usual E275 but I think E279 was the Sunday combo train or something when the morning E271 didn’t run.

By: MichaelDelic

MichaelDelic — Fri, 27 Dec 2013 20:54:38 +0000

Ah yes, the 279. Wish these Oshawa-originating auto trains still ran, they normally had something good for power!