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I shot CN 347 and CN 199 in the past few days. First, here's CN 347 heading out of Winnipeg, throwing a bit of snow.CN 8930 was the sole unit on the train, which consisted of a lot of empty centerbeam flat cars and some miscellaneous freight. I think their speed was being restricted, because I was able to leapfrog them a couple of times as they rolled along the Rivers subdivision.
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Here are a few recent VIA trains that I've seen.On April 23 I shot the Canadian rocketing out of Winnipeg. I was near Diamond but I didn't have a lot of time to get ready. I got this shot of VIA 1 but did not get the full consist, s... Read Post

I always like seeing the "older" power on CN trains. On June 4 I saw two different trains with "old" EMD SD60 units leading.First I saw this train heading into Winnipeg. I shot CN 5506 just east of the mile 10 hotbox detector. My so... Read Post

On Tuesday, Dec 22, I shot the Hudson Bay as it left Winnipeg for the northern reaches of Manitoba. VIA 6438 and 6440 led a five car train.Shortly after that, CN 111 rolled by with a long container train. CN 8006 and 8855 were the m... Read Post