Cranes & Trains

CN 2246 is in the foreground at Pillsbury Point with Mahers ZPMC cranes in the background at Fairview Terminals

Fairview Terminals container train

Early Sunday, October 12th ILWU local 505 members at the controls of CN locos pull a loaded container train into Maher Terminals, Fairview Port to be unloaded.

Fall from Glory

CN 5334 seen here in Prince Rupert September 28, 2008. This weather beat iron horse was once a rolling billboard for Expo 86 in Vancouver, BC. It was sitting on the waterfront in the rain this morning awaiting the arrival of the rail barge out of Alaska. I thought I'd try a snap a few shot of it in the rain......after giving it a looking over I noticed through the faded worn paint what appeared to be green and yellow paint, so I started to think about the colours and rememberd CN had painted a locomotive to promote the 1986 worlds fair. After doing a little digging online I discovered that this was indeed the former Expo unit. 1 paint job and 22 years have past and this is how it looks today!

Mayer Terminals ZPMC Cranes

Mayer Terminals ZPMC cranes with their booms raised. These are 2 of the 3 cranes used at the fairview terminal container port here in Prince Rupert.

Departing East for Terrace

The video clip show CN 2304/7210/1444 departing Rupert this morning on its way to drop their railcars before dead heading on to Terrace. 7210 will be dropped in Terrace while 1444 is going to Prince George for servicing.

Something old, something new........

Road number 2304 / GE ES44DC and road number 1444 / GMD 1 coupled together at the south end of the Prince Rupert railyard.

GMD 1 / GP-9 VIDEO CLIPS

Well I managed to catch up with GP-9 number 7210 and GMD-1 number 1444 along the waterfront this morning and record these 2 short video clips of them idling away.

GP-9 back on the Waterfront

CN 7210 Built 04/1959 was in Rupert today offloading the rail barge from Whitter. it looks like the crew will have to wait for the raising tide before reloading the barge for the trip North. It has been awhile since I've seen CN use this type of power here. The barge crew usually has mainline road power like SD50's or Dash-9's assigned to them. I'll try to find out if they ran the GP down on its own or in a consist with some bigger power.

Ridley Terminals / Wood Pellets

GMD-1 Road number 1444 at Ridley Terminals Inc south of Prince Rupert, B.C. April 5th 2008. Waiting for the next batch of cover hoppers to arrive from the interior of the province with their load of wood pellets. Ridley Terminals off loads the hoppers into a gigantic storage bid before loading the pellets into bulk carriers destined for locations around the globe.

WHEN TRAINS COLLIDE!

The following video clip and photos show the result of 2 BNSF trains hitting after one gets to close to the switch points.

THE TRAIN YOU WERE RIDING ON GOING INTO THE SIDING TO THE RIGHT HAD THE SIGNAL. THE TRAIN COMING TOWARD YOU WENT TOO CLOSE AND FOULED THE TRACK THAT'S WHY YOU SAW THEM JUMP OFF TO THE LEFT TO FIND A DIFFERENT JOB.

THE FIRST WAS THE ONE YOU WERE ON THE SECOND WAS THE ONE COMING TOWARD YOU NOT FAIR YOU HAVE MORE DAMAGE WHEN IT WAS HIS FAULT.