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Caption: Lead unit New England Central 9539 was on GEXR for a few months. It arrived in Nov 1998 and was renumbered to 3856 in April of 1999. Interesting power on this train. NECR 9539, CN 9633, 9643 (leased) and GP 9 GEXR 901 the trailing unit. I'm guessing only that the GP9 and lone car was being taken down to drop at Shantz (a few miles east) and then the 3 mainline units would go back into Kitchener to pick up their train. Someone that knows the ins and outs of the GEXR probably could explain this better. The view from a clearing I had hacked out by the bridge I notice by google maps is now all housing development in the former open field, and no doubt the trees are up now, taking away this interesting angle from the photographer.
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This looks like it could have been shot in northern Vermont with a consist like that !
Yeah, over the bridge near Milton (Vt).
Arnie shantz was built in 2003.
I had no idea about Shantz. I thought it had been there for a long time, under another name.
That’s allright. There was a lot of new industry created around the time of GEXR startup. Shantz came in 2003.. Bio-Pro came in around 2001-2002 (became Traxxside).. PDI also around the same time..
And there’s more coming.. new industry is being built near Acton (By the detector – where I’ve photographed by Highway 7) and track is already in place.
This is the shot…….. Arnold that I had to do some clearning with to make it possible… a much smaller window of opening
http://www.railpictures.ca/?attachment_id=44641
there’s the codeline that should be right above where you’re standing in yours.
Took a while but I managed to get about 5 shots here before the railing went up kind of ruining it.