Canadian Railroads > This Mornings's Trains at Turcot West

At this time of the year, grey cloudy days are the norm here in Montreal, so I was pleased to see the sun (briefly) this morning when I went to the Route 138 overpass to photograph the trains at Turcot West.

Picture #1: the setting. In the distance, stopped on the North main track, is a CN freight I believe was a late 401 from Joffre.

The sun was still shining a few minutes later when VIA 63 passed (Picture #2), but a few minutes after that, when VIA 663 came by, sun was behind the extensive cloud deck (Picture #3).

I would say that two-thirds of the VIA trains I see now are Siemens Venture sets.

10 minutes later, VIA 624 arrived, with 6 LRC cars and powered by two unwashed locomotives (Picture #4).

With the passenger traffic done for about 1 1/2 hours, CN 401 then started up to complete its trip (Picture #5).

Ray

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Pictures #4, 5....

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