First Glimpse of CFQC 3000

August 25, 2008

I was in Bathurst for a week and on the 25 I caught my first Glimpse of CFQC's RS-18 number 3000 pulling into the station yard at around 14:15. It is a very nice, well kept and surprisingly clean engine. I caught some pictures of it at the station and at the Golf Street crossing shunting some cars after it came in from Belledune with a load of three lumber cars.

As 3000 was shunting, CFMG 6908 and NBEC 1821 had started up and were idling on one of the rear sidings. They came out onto the main line and headed past the station to the siding by the St. Anne bridge.

I whipped over to the bridge to watch 6908 and 1821 hook up to the train that 597 put together and becoming NBEC 403. The consist was a mixed freight train with some woodchip cars, box cars, covered gondolas, tankers and the lumber cars that CFQC shunted earlier. At around 15:10, NBEC 403 had finally left but unfortunately I did not chase it to Beresford.

Engine 1851 was also at the station parked on one of the sidings that was used to dump scrap metal into gondolas back in the CN days about 12 to 13 years ago if memory serves me right.

Cheers,

CFQC 3000 In Bathurst Yard

Over the past couple of weeks, I've noticed that there is a CFQC engine hanging around and shunting in Bathurst. The unit number is 3000 and looks to be a RS-18 painted black with the Operation Lifesaver emblem on the side of the cab. Here are a few pictures of CFQC 3000 from this morning.

Also sitting quietly on a siding, were NBEC 1851 and 1821. I saw them later at around 15:00 shunting some cars around by the St. Anne bridge sidings.

Cheers,

EDIT: Corrected CFMG 3000 to CFQC 3000. Also corrected the tag.