Due to changing economics the CN Rail Barge, Aqua Train, has made their final run. The Aqua rain is one of two rail barges that serve the state of Alaska. Service began in 1962 and as a general rule made two trips a month between Prince Rupert and Whittier Alaska. Over the last several years servic

Some posters have referred to CN abandoning the former BC Rail line between Williams Lake and Squamish, but it has not been abandoned. Service has been suspended. Abandonment, which is known as “discontinuance” in the Canadian federal regulatory regime, involves a process that can take several years to complete.

Beyond Appleton, Neenah is a good place to see a lot of mainline action on the CN. The CN Neenah Subdivision is a major link between Chicago and Superior, Wisconsin and hosts intermodal trains, oil trains, ore trains and manifest freights. Railroad radio frequencies around Appleton, Neenah and Green Bay: CN 160.785 160.260 161.295 160.335 160.845

3/29/25 10:58 64 degrees at CN MP 202.4 Charlotte, Michigan as CN 5604 powers Track Geometry Train 0998 past the old GTW depot and over the ChS junction switch. This train is a sure sign of spring here and will be followed shortly by …

> CN in BC? I have been tracking The Canadian of > late in preparation for an upcoming trip. VIA's > tracking shows it has been stuck nine minutes east > of Clearwater for well more than 12 hours and is > now behind more than 18 hours. Terminated there due to a freight derailment, with passengers bussed to Vancouver, per the VIA subreddit. Dave

According to the Class I railroads, the service, which launches on Oct. 2, will provide customers with “an integrated, market-competitive, and efficient all-rail service.”The two carriers, CN and NS say, will utilize new intermodal steel wheel interchanges in Detroit and Chicago to “seamlessly operate like a single-line intermodal product.”

CN published its intention to discontinue 193.50 miles of the Takla Subdivision, from Mile 79.80, a few miles north of Fort St. James, in northern British Columbia, to Mile 273.30, the station name Minaret. The Takla Subdivision is a remnant of the never completed Dease Lake Extension.

GMD1 1074 had apparently accomplished the feat in a WB move through the points, and was grounded. Three flags covered the approaches to the site, and you can see how much pull the moving locomotive applied to the ties as it caught the north rail on the wrong side.

As a result of spring thaw, an ice flow struck a railway bridge located on CN Rail's Drummondville Subdivision approximately 1 mile west of Charny, Quebec. As a consequence of this incident, which occurred at 06:40 EDT on Tuesday April 5, the bridge is undergoing necessary maintenance, impacting trains running between Montreal and Quebec City.

CN 8822 East is at Snider West in Concord, Ontario with it's own power (including the GTW heritage unit) followed by five Quebec, North Shore & Labrador "AC44C6M" rebuilds and four Ontario Northland SD70MAC's acquired from Progress Rail still in Kansas City Southern "Southern Belle" paint. The 12-unit wonder was the focal point for many yesterday.