Stick Season ~ CN, CPKC, Cando, and VIA Rail action

Описание: November, 2025 ~November in Superior Country, Ontario, Canada

The transition months are never fun to deal with on the north shore. From the rain & snow mix before freeze up, the muddy mess and not to mention the shock to the system and finger tips being outside. Clear skies give way to clouds and wind then boom we are into December and the onslaught of winter. One positive is we are less than a month of these short days as we approach the new year.

Starting in Marathon we see some eastbound traffic with CPKC's propane train followed by an intermodal complete with a CN leader. You will see a variety of action from CN & CPKC on the main line and VIA Rail Canada's eastbound Canadian. While in Thunder Bay mid month we see some yard jobs using DMIR 403 and CN 3115 painted in British Columbia Railway heritage paint. One thing this fall is CPKC switching their operations. Eastbound intermodal traffic is now combined onto three trains at Calgary pushing them over 14,000ft in length.

Watch for aerial views, changing conditions, and listen for the radio chatter! Sit back and relax, cheers!

Chapters
0:00 CPKC propane train followed by 114 at Marathon
3:48 CN westbounds Q101 and M303 on the Caramat Sub at Leigh
8:22 CPKC 118 thru Marathon with aerial views
10:15 Carden Cove & CPKC train 113 west of Marathon
12:36 CPKC 113 at Marathon West wrong caption
13:55 Meet with 118 & 421 at Marathon West
26:33 CPKC 113 at Cavers
29:31 CPKC 112 passing downtown Port Arthur & Current River
33:14 Thunder Bay 1400 yard switching in E Yard
36:50 Cando Rail & Terminals CCGX GMD1 1101 switching
40:14 CN extra yard with BC Rail heritage unit CN 3115
45:00 CN yard with DMIR 403 at Thunder Bay North
51:15 CPKC 119 passing the depot
55:02 14000ft eastbound CP at Dorion
59:05 CN Caramat Sub at Hillsport Q185 & M313
1:03:08 CN Q185 & Q102 at Stevens
1:05:58 VIA Rail Canada train #2 at Hillsport
1:06:36 CPKC 118 meeting 113 at Marathon before the snow
1:15:22 CPKC 118, 100, and 101 in the snow at Marathon
1:21:21 Aerial view and a Marathon meet


Thanks for Watching!
Keeper on the Rails

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