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Viewing Album:  New Brunswick Shortlines
 
By:Geoff Doane
Dates:9/23/2008 - 10/28/2015
Album Info:New Brunswick East Coast, successor CN internal shortline, New Brunswick Southern, and freight operations on the Gaspé.
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NBEC 1819
Title:  NBEC 1819
Description:  Train 578's RS-18u rests near the end of track and old CN station on NBEC's Nelson Spur.
Photo Date:  9/23/2008  Upload Date: 12/4/2008 9:32:05 PM
Location:  Chatham, NB
Author:  Geoff Doane
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  NBEC 1819(RS18u)
Views:  572   Comments: 1
NBEC 402
Title:  NBEC 402
Description:  After a stop at Bathurst, 402 gets under way again for Miramichi. These were the last days of the NBEC before being taken over by CN as an internal shortline.
Photo Date:  9/24/2008  Upload Date: 10/4/2016 10:04:15 PM
Location:  Bathurst, NB
Author:  Geoff Doane
Categories:  Scenic,Bridge,Track,Action
Locomotives:  NBEC 6904(SD40)
Views:  243   Comments: 1
NB Southern 907 at Wirral
Title:  NB Southern 907 at Wirral
Description:  NBSR's only 6-motor diesels (at the time) charge along next to the siding at Wirral, NB
Photo Date:  3/16/2012  Upload Date: 3/22/2012 10:31:48 PM
Location:  Wirral, NB
Author:  Geoff Doane
Categories:  Winter,Action
Locomotives:  HLCX 6318(SD40-2) HLCX 6200(SD40-2)
Views:  498   Comments: 2
NBSR 907 at Harvey Station
Title:  NBSR 907 at Harvey Station
Description:  This NB Southern westbound passes the siding and team track at Harvey, birthplace of fiddling legend Don Messer.
Photo Date:  3/16/2012  Upload Date: 3/22/2012 10:37:56 PM
Location:  Harvey Station, NB
Author:  Geoff Doane
Categories:  Winter,Action
Locomotives:  HLCX 6318(SD40-2) HLCX 6200(SD40-2)
Views:  332   Comments: 0
Arriving at McAdam Station
Title:  Arriving at McAdam Station
Description:  907's crew will do some some switching, and then return to Saint John with train 908.
Photo Date:  3/16/2012  Upload Date: 3/22/2012 10:40:47 PM
Location:  McAdam, NB
Author:  Geoff Doane
Categories:  Winter,Station,Action
Locomotives:  HLCX 6318(SD40-2) HLCX 6200(SD40-2)
Views:  446   Comments: 1
Mini Ore Train
Title:  Mini Ore Train
Description:  Train 566 has taken the switch to the wye at the junction. This is the location where the runaway train derailed in 1987.
Photo Date:  6/17/2012  Upload Date: 6/23/2012 2:59:45 PM
Location:  Nepisiguit Jct., NB
Author:  Geoff Doane
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  CN 4125(GP9RM) CN 9675(GP40-2LW) CN 4722(GP38-2)
Views:  528   Comments: 0
CN 566
Title:  CN 566
Description:  Woodchip and center beam cars will be dropped at Bathurst Lumber. The ore cars will continue on to the mine.
Photo Date:  6/17/2012  Upload Date: 6/23/2012 3:03:03 PM
Location:  Blue Mountain Settlement, NB
Author:  Geoff Doane
Categories:  Scenic,Action
Locomotives:  CN 4125(GP9RM) CN 9675(GP40-2LW) CN 4722(GP38-2)
Views:  469   Comments: 0
Crossing Route 430
Title:  Crossing Route 430
Description:  566 is struggling on the grade as they near the second crossing of Route 430
Photo Date:  6/17/2012  Upload Date: 6/23/2012 3:04:33 PM
Location:  Blue Mountain Settlement, NB
Author:  Geoff Doane
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  CN 4125(GP9RM) CN 9675(GP40-2LW) CN 4722(GP38-2)
Views:  454   Comments: 0
Climbing the Last Mile
Title:  Climbing the Last Mile
Description:  566 has just about reached the mine at MP 14.7. The tops of the ore hoppers are open for loading.
Photo Date:  6/17/2012  Upload Date: 6/23/2012 3:07:36 PM
Location:  Brunswick Mines, NB
Author:  Geoff Doane
Categories:  Scenic,Action
Locomotives:  CN 4125(GP9RM) CN 9675(GP40-2LW) CN 4722(GP38-2)
Views:  524   Comments: 1
Top of the Grade
Title:  Top of the Grade
Description:  566 slowly pulls onto the mine property to begin loading the ore cars.
Photo Date:  6/17/2012  Upload Date: 6/23/2012 3:08:44 PM
Location:  Brunswick Mines, NB
Author:  Geoff Doane
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  CN 4125(GP9RM) CN 9675(GP40-2LW) CN 4722(GP38-2)
Views:  496   Comments: 0
Only Freight Customer
Title:  Only Freight Customer
Description:  A pair of RS-18us switches the lumber mill, currently the line's only regular freight customer.
Photo Date:  6/18/2012  Upload Date: 6/23/2012 3:38:30 PM
Location:  Nouvelle, QC
Author:  Geoff Doane
Categories:  Scenic,Action
Locomotives:  SFG 1849(RS18u) SFG 1819(RS18u)
Views:  445   Comments: 0
Lumber Loads and Empties
Title:  Lumber Loads and Empties
Description:  The RS-18us swap empty centerbeams for loaded ones on the lumber track
Photo Date:  6/18/2012  Upload Date: 6/23/2012 3:40:11 PM
Location:  Nouvelle, QC
Author:  Geoff Doane
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  SFG 1849(RS18u) SFG 1819(RS18u)
Views:  489   Comments: 1
Woodchips
Title:  Woodchips
Description:  Hauling 6 loads of woodchips off the chip track.
Photo Date:  6/18/2012  Upload Date: 6/23/2012 3:41:16 PM
Location:  Nouvelle, QC
Author:  Geoff Doane
Categories:  Scenic,Action
Locomotives:  SFG 1849(RS18u) SFG 1819(RS18u)
Views:  355   Comments: 0
SFG 1819
Title:  SFG 1819
Description:  The two RS-18us haul the 7-car train up the grade at Nouvelle-Ouest
Photo Date:  6/18/2012  Upload Date: 6/23/2012 3:46:32 PM
Location:  Nouvelle, QC
Author:  Geoff Doane
Categories:  Scenic,Action
Locomotives:  SFG 1819(RS18u) SFG 1849(RS18u)
Views:  337   Comments: 0
Another Big Load of Woodchips
Title:  Another Big Load of Woodchips
Description:  50 years after they were built by MLW, the RS-18us are still earning their keep hauling freight.
Photo Date:  6/18/2012  Upload Date: 6/23/2012 3:47:10 PM
Location:  Escuminac, QC
Author:  Geoff Doane
Categories:  Scenic,Action
Locomotives:  SFG 1819(RS18u) SFG 1849(RS18u)
Views:  390   Comments: 1
Restigouche River
Title:  Restigouche River
Description:  The tide is out on the Restigouche River as train 565 continues towards Matapédia. In the background is the Interprovincial Bridge between Pointe-a-la-Croix and Campbellton.
Photo Date:  6/18/2012  Upload Date: 6/23/2012 3:47:34 PM
Location:  Broadlands, QC
Author:  Geoff Doane
Categories:  Scenic,Action
Locomotives:  SFG 1819(RS18u) SFG 1849(RS18u)
Views:  382   Comments: 0
Almost in Matapédia
Title:  Almost in Matapédia
Description:  The short train has less than a mile to go before reaching the wye and CN main line, where loads will be swapped for empties.
Photo Date:  6/18/2012  Upload Date: 6/23/2012 3:47:57 PM
Location:  Matapedia, QC
Author:  Geoff Doane
Categories:  Scenic,Action
Locomotives:  SFG 1819(RS18u) SFG 1849(RS18u)
Views:  551   Comments: 2
VIA Station in Bathurst
Title:  VIA Station in Bathurst
Description:  566's crew has just come on duty. They have a few hours of switching ahead of them before leaving for the Nepisiguit Sub.
Photo Date:  6/18/2012  Upload Date: 6/23/2012 8:18:32 PM
Location:  Bathurst, NB
Author:  Geoff Doane
Categories:  Station
Locomotives:  CN 4125(GP9RM) CN 9675(GP40-2LW) CN 4722(GP38-2)
Views:  492   Comments: 1
Ore Hoppers
Title:  Ore Hoppers
Description:  These covered hoppers are used in captive service between the mine at the end of the Nepisiguit Sub, and the smelter at Belledune, NB
Photo Date:  6/18/2012  Upload Date: 6/23/2012 8:19:06 PM
Location:  Bathurst, NB
Author:  Geoff Doane
Categories:  RollingStock
Locomotives: 
Views:  275   Comments: 0
Power for Train 566
Title:  Power for Train 566
Description:  566's 3 units switch the train at the Golf St. crossing in Bathurst.
Photo Date:  6/18/2012  Upload Date: 6/23/2012 8:19:38 PM
Location:  Bathurst, NB
Author:  Geoff Doane
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  CN 4125(GP9RM) CN 9675(GP40-2LW) CN 4722(GP38-2)
Views:  515   Comments: 1
Entering the Wye
Title:  Entering the Wye
Description:  566 enters the west leg of the wye at the junction at 20:11. VIA will be by in the opposite direction in about 20 minutes.
Photo Date:  6/18/2012  Upload Date: 6/23/2012 8:20:06 PM
Location:  Nepisiguit Jct., NB
Author:  Geoff Doane
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  CN 4125(GP9RM) CN 9675(GP40-2LW) CN 4722(GP38-2)
Views:  383   Comments: 0
Last Rays of Sunshine
Title:  Last Rays of Sunshine
Description:  This time, the train didn't get to the mine before sundown, so I had to settle for a glint shot of the rails leading into the mine complex.
Photo Date:  6/18/2012  Upload Date: 6/23/2012 8:38:43 PM
Location:  Brunswick Mines, NB
Author:  Geoff Doane
Categories:  Track
Locomotives: 
Views:  178   Comments: 0
Division Point
Title:  Division Point
Description:  Train 564 stands ready to go in Campbellton Yard. The milepost in the foreground marks the end of the Newcastle Sub, and the start of the Mont Joli Sub.
Photo Date:  6/19/2012  Upload Date: 6/23/2012 4:34:39 PM
Location:  Campbellton, NB
Author:  Geoff Doane
Categories:  Yard
Locomotives:  CN 4703(GP38-2) CN 4773(GP38-2W)
Views:  396   Comments: 0
564 Gets Under Way
Title:  564 Gets Under Way
Description:  After spending most of the morning making up the train, 564 is finally leaving Campbellton at 10:28
Photo Date:  6/19/2012  Upload Date: 6/23/2012 4:35:19 PM
Location:  Campbellton, NB
Author:  Geoff Doane
Categories:  Scenic,Action
Locomotives:  CN 4703(GP38-2) CN 4773(GP38-2W)
Views:  456   Comments: 0
Campbellton Mile Board
Title:  Campbellton Mile Board
Description:  564 is just passing the mile board for Campbellton (yellow triangle) as they head east with a freight for Irvco.
Photo Date:  6/19/2012  Upload Date: 6/23/2012 4:35:45 PM
Location:  Campbellton, NB
Author:  Geoff Doane
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  CN 4703(GP38-2)
Views:  456   Comments: 2
Jaquet River, NB
Title:  Jaquet River, NB
Description:  564 has slowed for the causeway and pony truss bridge at Jaquet River.
Photo Date:  6/19/2012  Upload Date: 6/23/2012 4:36:13 PM
Location:  Jaquet River, NB
Author:  Geoff Doane
Categories:  Scenic,Bridge,Action
Locomotives:  CN 4703(GP38-2) CN 4773(GP38-2W)
Views:  305   Comments: 0
Setting Off Centerbeams
Title:  Setting Off Centerbeams
Description:  564 has stopped at Irvco, and will set off about a dozen empty centerbeam lumber cars for the mill there.
Photo Date:  6/19/2012  Upload Date: 6/23/2012 4:36:36 PM
Location:  Irvco, NB
Author:  Geoff Doane
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  CN 4703(GP38-2) CN 4773(GP38-2W)
Views:  364   Comments: 3
Saint John Transfer
Title:  Saint John Transfer
Description:  Two geeps have a long transfer in tow as they climb past the Mill St. mile board on their way to the Dever Rd. yard.
Photo Date:  10/28/2015  Upload Date: 11/12/2015 7:51:33 PM
Location:  Saint John, NB
Author:  Geoff Doane
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  NBSR 2610(GP38-3) GMTX 2666(GP38-2)
Views:  409   Comments: 0

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