Canadian Railroads > Goodbye 136, Hello 122

Another Groundhog Day picture, this time from 2004.  This is train 122, shortly after it replaced 136 as the mid morning intermodal/junk train into Halifax, and is what I was thinking of when I posted the Groundhog Day pictures from 2005, below.  122 previously had terminated in Moncton, but in order to eliminate a train, the Halifax traffic was combined with it, and the run extended to Halifax.  148 lasted a few more years as the Chicago to Halifax intermodal train, but then somebody decided to take the Halifax cars off it in Montreal and put them on 122 instead, adding almost 24 hours to the transit time.  Suddenly CN's boast about quick service between Halifax and Chicago went out the window, and everything into Halifax was combined into the one 10,000+ ft. land barge we have today.

The number 122 does sometimes get used if there is an extra 120, although the train could just as easily be called a "second 120" too.

GTD

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One of the most effective heat shimmer shots I've seen. Lovely.
Fred