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What a great image ! CN also used these ore cars on a limestone turn from Mac Yard to Uhthoff. think it was numbered 719.
@Aitch. The north end crew that operated 719 used to leave the train in the Newmarket/York connecting track for the south end crew. I used to operate this train as 718 and we would come out of Mac Yrd with the caboose on the point. We would “kick” the caboose and conductor (on the handbrake) into the connecting track, then the RTC would give us a light up to Snider North where we would back onto the loads, make sure that the caboose was tied on, do a brake test and then shove the train out of the connecting track on to York 1 or 2. We would then head west on the York Sub and south on the Uxbridge Sub at Hagerman to Millikens where we would pick up the empties, spot the loads and then head back to the connecting track and leave the train for the north end crew to take back to Uhtoff. Ahhh the good old days!
Thanks guys for the comments. I have a shot of what you describe ngineered4u, but it probably won’t pass quality. I’ll give it a try and see what happens.
@ngineered4u: Thanks for those great operational details ! I always planned to see 719 in action but it ceased operation before I really gave it some focus. I do remember seeing the cars parked on the connecting track. Those short ore cars looked great piled high with crushed limestone.