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Trundling down the remaining active portion of the Kinghorn Sub, a CN extra utilizing GMD1 1439 leads 3 boxes destined for Thunder Bay packaging on the northeastern side of the city.
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Caption: Trundling down the remaining active portion of the Kinghorn Sub, a CN extra utilizing GMD1 1439 leads 3 boxes destined for Thunder Bay packaging on the northeastern side of the city.

Photographer:
David Young [289] (more) (contact)
Date: 02/19/2008 (search)
Railway: Canadian National (search)
Reporting Marks: CN 1439 (search)
Train Symbol: Not Provided
Subdivision/SNS: Mile 193.5, CN Kinghorn Sub (search)
City/Town: Thunder Bay (search)
Province: Ontario (search)
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3 Comments
  1. Chris Wilson
    November 19, 2014 at 11:00 pm

    For the record…

    Thunder Bay Packaging was owned by Buchanan Forest Products as a truck to rail/boat transfer for pulp from Terrace Bay. Pulp is now shipped 2.5 hours down the highway to a transfer facility in CN’s Neebing Yard.

  2. Chris Wilson
    November 19, 2014 at 11:06 pm

    Its cheaper to truck the pulp to Thunder Bay, (average of 160 bales a truck vs 360 a rail car) and load onto CN vs a direct CP shipment.

    From what I can tell, lately they have been using this method to ship west/south to MI/WI/TN… Before the cars would get placed on the “CN Haulage” for Franz (only to get delayed another week) and go to various eastern spots like Mehoopany, PA; Ottawa, ON; Chester, PA; Crabtree, PQ etc…

    Not sure if the next shipment down this line will be scrap steel from the plant or what. Nice touch Dave.

  3. David Young
    November 20, 2014 at 12:16 am

    Thanks for the update Chris. Unfortunate to hear About this “spur” now…

    I guess they are shipping out of the old shop at Neebing then?
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