CN Stack Train 120 w/DPU at Amherst, NS (May 21, 2016)
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Channel: Darren Gordon (containerman2) · 2016 · Autos & Vehicles
Chasing CN Train 120 Video 1 of 3 Canadian National Railway locomotives 2279 (ES44DC), 2039 (ex UP/CNW C40-8), and mid-train DPU 8831 (EMD SD70M-2) power CN intermodal stack train Q120 (Toronto BIT, ON to Rockingham/Halifax, NS) with 115 cars (378 axles) of gondolas and double stack containers eastbound pass the VIA Rail station in Amherst, NS. Shorter than normal train today. This is the first of three videos shot of the daily stacker which I chased all the way to Folly Lake. Filmed at 5:50am, Saturday May 21, 2016 at mile 76.8 of the CN Springhill Subdivision. Camera: Canon VIXIA HF R500