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CN Extra 2027 West - a Montreal 1967 built MLW C-630M leading, 


   with sisters 2324 & 2021, both MLW builds ( M-636 built 1971 and  C-630M built 1968 ), 


   as their train, at left, rolls across the Canso Causeway. 


   At Lower Quarry Rd, Aulds Cove, N.S., August 11, 1982  Kodak negative by S.Danko  


   Notable: 


   Railway operations on the Cape Breton section of the CB&CNSR were discontinued 2015. 


   CN 2027 retired April 29, 1993;  CN 2021 retired July 30, 1992 with the trucks recycled to GE  to Dash 8's in the 2430-2454 series per Branchline Mar/Apr 21; CN 2324 retired by 1998 per Trackside Guide.
   

   Note: at left, the CP Rail car –  that box is likely returning from a trip on Terra Transport:


   CP Rail on The Rock:


        a big 40 foot box
Copyright Notice: This image ©sdfourty all rights reserved.



Caption:

CN Extra 2027 West - a Montreal 1967 built MLW C-630M leading,

with sisters 2324 & 2021, both MLW builds ( M-636 built 1971 and C-630M built 1968 ),

as their train, at left, rolls across the Canso Causeway.

At Lower Quarry Rd, Aulds Cove, N.S., August 11, 1982 Kodak negative by S.Danko

Notable:

Railway operations on the Cape Breton section of the CB&CNSR were discontinued 2015.

CN 2027 retired April 29, 1993; CN 2021 retired July 30, 1992 with the trucks recycled to GE to Dash 8's in the 2430-2454 series per Branchline Mar/Apr 21; CN 2324 retired by 1998 per Trackside Guide.

Note: at left, the CP Rail car – that box is likely returning from a trip on Terra Transport:

CP Rail on The Rock:

a big 40 foot box

Photographer:
sdfourty [672] (more) (contact)
Date: 08/01/1982 (search)
Railway: Canadian National (search)
Reporting Marks: CN 2027 (search)
Train Symbol: CN extra 2027 west (search)
Subdivision/SNS: mile 8 Sydney Subdivision (search)
City/Town: Aulds Cove (search)
Province: Nova Scotia (search)
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2 Comments
  1. Here’s hoping the Province and other folks can get the railway back off the ground – no sense in a port project in Sydney without a railway! last chance too.

  2. Great image Steve! Lengthy trains were the norm back then in both Cape Breton and Newfoundland. You captured so much in that trip to the East Coast in 1982. – Ken

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