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CN / NS 445 was always a nice catch back in the day especially considering the distance it has to travel between Fort Erie and Niagara Falls. CN back then and still today has no direct access to NS in Buffalo NY, so with that said NS still has to interchange with CN in Ontario, although they barely cross the border into Canada other the a mile into Fort Erie. This day the power was interesting as it was two freshly painted units. A NS Dash-9 and a CSX former Conrail GP15. It was odd seeing the CSX unit with the NS, and I wondered how this consist came to be.
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Caption: CN / NS 445 was always a nice catch back in the day especially considering the distance it has to travel between Fort Erie and Niagara Falls. CN back then and still today has no direct access to NS in Buffalo NY, so with that said NS still has to interchange with CN in Ontario, although they barely cross the border into Canada other the a mile into Fort Erie. This day the power was interesting as it was two freshly painted units. A NS Dash-9 and a CSX former Conrail GP15. It was odd seeing the CSX unit with the NS, and I wondered how this consist came to be.

Photographer:
Marcus W Stevens [1030] (more) (contact)
Date: 01/28/2002 (search)
Railway: Norfolk Southern (search)
Reporting Marks: NS 9117, CSX 1537 (search)
Train Symbol: CN 445 (search)
Subdivision/SNS: Stamford subdivision (search)
City/Town: Port Robinson (search)
Province: Ontario (search)
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8 Comments
  1. Klaucker
    April 9, 2022 at 7:49 am

    Pretty sweet shot !

  2. Driver8666
    April 9, 2022 at 11:28 am

    I’m wondering if you smelled the paint on the NS unit. That looks like it’s factory fresh.

  3. ngineered4u
    April 9, 2022 at 12:09 pm

    Actually CN did have access to NS and we used to interchange trains with them on a regular basic for awhile. I took many CN trains to the NS Bison Yard and back to Mac Yrd.

  4. Marcus Stevens
    April 9, 2022 at 12:30 pm

    Thanks for the clarification. I had always heard there was no direct interchange but then wondered how the old 334/335 did it. So why does NS still travel to Fort Erie rather then CN run into Buffalo. I know CN interchanges with CSX there?

  5. ngineered4u
    April 9, 2022 at 5:35 pm

    No problem Marcus. Actually 334/335 was a pain in the ass to work because you had to get across CP437 near the old Buffalo Terminal and the had to get permission from CP Rail through SK yard ( former D&H) and then on to Bison. LOL and everyone had a different switch key! After CN stopped running to Bison (2004 I think), NS started to bring the traffic across to FT.Erie again, as they do today. I guess like the old Wabash? I used to work 339/338 to Frontier Yard but the abolished 339/338 and gave the work to the Pt.Robinson crews. Now they run roadswitchers from Ft Erie to Frontier Yard and then combine the NS and CSX traffic to make up train 422.

  6. Marcus Stevens
    April 9, 2022 at 9:34 pm

    Thanks so much for the clarity. I always wondered how the arrangement worked.

  7. mattwatson
    April 9, 2022 at 11:29 pm

    Cant beat a pair of clean units, especially considering that CSX debuted the “Dark Future” paint scheme the very next month.

  8. Marcus Stevens
    April 9, 2022 at 11:33 pm

    And I believe NS added the horse head logo not long after either.
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