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It finally happened, 431 stalled on the Acton grade last night, forcing the two units (CN 2409, 9473) to back the train from near Acton back to CN Peel at the Bramalea Station. This morning a new crew was called to finish the trip, coming from Mac with extra power in the form of GP9u 4131. The unit are seen dragging their 8300 tons of freight through the street running portions of Guelph just west of mile 49 on what was one of the first sunny days we've seen in quite awhile.
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Caption: It finally happened, 431 stalled on the Acton grade last night, forcing the two units (CN 2409, 9473) to back the train from near Acton back to CN Peel at the Bramalea Station. This morning a new crew was called to finish the trip, coming from Mac with extra power in the form of GP9u 4131. The unit are seen dragging their 8300 tons of freight through the street running portions of Guelph just west of mile 49 on what was one of the first sunny days we've seen in quite awhile.

Photographer:
Jacob Patterson [560] (more) (contact)
Date: 01/04/2019 (search)
Railway: Canadian National (search)
Reporting Marks: CN 4131, CN 2409, CN 9473 (search)
Train Symbol: A43131-03 (search)
Subdivision/SNS: Guelph Sub (search)
City/Town: Guelph (search)
Province: Ontario (search)
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6 Comments
  1. Noe
    January 4, 2019 at 10:10 pm

    There certainly wasn’t a better day for this to happen. Nice shot Jacob!

  2. Dave Brook
    January 4, 2019 at 10:57 pm

    There is a little comedy in CN’s idea of rescue power……….

  3. Jacob Patterson
    January 5, 2019 at 12:01 am

    Thanks Jason.
    @Dave, certainly was an interesting choice, I’m not complaining though :-)

  4. Jacob Patterson
    January 5, 2019 at 12:49 am

    Also of note, 4131 started out as NAR 207

  5. Larry Parks
    January 5, 2019 at 11:13 pm

    Thanks for the NAR tidbit Jacob. :-)

  6. Drew Goff
    January 8, 2019 at 5:23 pm

    Looks Good!
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