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Chemin de Fer Lanaudiere last Thursday Jan 7, 2010.

KG



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 01/11/10 03:08 by kgmontreal.

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Neat shot--is this the corporate remnant of Ottawa Central?

No, the CFL is a section of the former CPR St-Gabriel sub from Joliette to St-Felix-de-Valois. It interchanges with Quebec Gatineau at Joliette. Perversely, most of their traffic comes from CN. The CN/QG/CFL interchange is 1/4 mile south of where CFL ends. Although the CFL can see the cars for them at the CN interchange they have to wait for QG to move the cars 1/4 mile to them.

The Ottawa Central was all ex-CNR trackage (now back in CN hands due to the financial collapse of the Quebec Railway Corp). The #3000 looks like an Ottawa Central unit because it was the demonstrator built by ERS in Moncton with the NBEC/Ottawa Central in mind. Somehow it escaped the CN purge of all NBEC RS-18's.

Attached is a shot of the QG crossing the CN diamond in Joliette having just interchanged with CFL.

KG



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 01/11/10 14:42 by kgmontreal.

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Nice winter shots KG. Do you have anymore of the CFL 3000 that you could post?


Stephen

Here's another one from the same day.

KG

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Thanks for the extra picture!


Stephen

great stuff, good to see an "obscure" location

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