Christmas Eve Railfanning! Elephant Style - Very Late CN 306 at Lutesville East
661 views · Published 25 December 2018 · 5:44 · Indexed 28 September 2026
Channel: Darren Gordon (containerman2) · 2018 · Autos & Vehicles
Christmas Eve Railfanning in the Moncton Area video 1 of 3 Canadian National Railway locomotives 8870 (EMD SD70M-2), 5662 (EMD SD75I), 2680 (C44-9W), 5628 (EMD SD75I), and 4729 (EMD GP38-2) elephant style power a very late CN manifest train M306 (Toronto, ON MacMillan Yard to Moncton, NB Gordon Yard) eastbound at Lutesville East on approach to the Gordon Yard hauling 111 cars of mixed freight. The lead unit, 8870 died at North Branch (about 15 miles west of this location) meant that the train had to travel well below track speed for the rest of the way into the Gordon Yard. Filmed at 9:44am, Monday December 24, 2018 at mile 131.1 of the CN Springhill Subdivision. Cameras: Canon VIXA HF R70 & Nikon D5500
