Canadian Railroads > Unexpected Sunshine in Halifax

Yesterday in Halifax was hot, muggy, and mostly cloudy for much of the day.  But just as the day was ending, a crack appeared in the clouds, and the sun shone on the Rockingham area long enough to grab these shots of the Rockingham switcher getting 121's intermodal traffic together.

At 18:42, GP40-2W 9639 and GP40-2L 9591 were on the freshly ballasted Deepwater Spur with some well cars.  Until the Halifax Explosion in 1917, this was the main line to the North Street station.  In later years it served the naval dockyard, Windsor Park Spur, and a few other industries before being cut back to the location of the present Halifax Intermodal Terminal (HIT).

As 9639 was shoving the loaded cars into one track, and the empties into another, one particular container caught my eye.  There are always several Canadian Tire 53 ft. boxes on 120/121, but I haven't seen one before with this billboard applied to it.  It appears to be a vinyl panel stuck to the sides of the container.

While making their last move, the two GP40s passed 121's power, which had come up from the Fairview Roundhouse on the Transfer track.  After coupling onto the first cut of cars, 121 would take the crossover in the foreground to the main line at mile 6.05 and avoid the 15 mph switch at Millview, 2 miles to the west.  With the grade up Bedford Hill starting at about mile 10, that would allow them to get a better run at the hill.

GTD

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Nice light.  Glad to see that the handymen are wearing their safety glasses.

KG