I'm staying at my parents house for my holidays, and they just happen to be not too far from the train station in Bathurst on Riverside Drive. I was at the house when I heard the sound of a very large diesel engine. I figured I'd take a quick drive to the station. There I saw NBEC 1868 & 1813 hooking up the last few cars to make train 586 and getting ready to head up to Brunswick Mines with a load of empties. I headed straight for Nepisiguit Junction.
I arrived there 20 minutes ahead of 586 and saw on the siding 2 CFMG bulk wood cars, numbers 690151 and 690117. One was about 3/4 loaded with 8' poles and the other about full. Here's a few shots of them.
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I think that the siding these cars were on, at one time went up to about or a bit past the switch coming from Bathurst station as part of an old siding. But I admit that I could be wrong. You can view an older picture of Nepisiguit Junction on Steve Boyko's New Brunswick Railways web site which, I might add, I enjoy perusing a great deal.
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As I waited, I snapped a few other random shots of track, ballast and ties. Alot of them didn't turn out good because I was snapping pictures as the camera was hanging around my neck.
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At 19:30, I saw the lights of engine 1868 come around the bend in the distance. A quick stop to align the switch for the Brunswick Mines spur, and they were on their way again. I thought of catching them at Blue Mountain Pit, but the light at this time of years fades away early.
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Cheers,
2 comments:
Nice shots! And thanks for the comment on my web site.
The siding used to be double-ended but several years ago it was severed at one end.
Thanks and you're welcome. I've been enjoying your site for a couple of years now.
I figured something looked funny cause I remembered seeing the picture on you site. I also noticed the other day that one of the sidings in Beresford at the propane dealer has been cut at one end and the switch removed.
One more thing. I was taking some shots at the golf street crossing in Bathurst, and I guy pulled up and mentioned that CN had aquired NBEC and sometime next month will be taking over all NBEC lines. Have you heard anything about this?
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