STACKS IN THE NORTHLAND! More CN detours with X453 and Q149 (Feb 14, 2020)

The Canadian National train detours continue, with a few intermodal double stack trains thrown in the mix. First I catch X453 (manifest with lots of autoracks) enter North Bay from the south. Later we catch a Q149 (Montreal to Chicago) reroute come down the Ontario Northland line, where it will interchange with CN in North Bay and continue south to BIT. It is a refreshing sight to see this kind of freight roll through the area once again!
Locomotives:
X453
CN 2899 - GE ES44AC (4400 HP)
CN 3207 - GE ET44AC Tier 4 (4400 HP)
Q149
CN 2684 - GE C44-9W (4400 HP)
CN 2629 - GE C44-9W (4400 HP)

[@JayJr2007]

WAIT .. SAY WHAT?????????? (6:42) Q149
That's crazy they are double stacking up there!
Cheers, J

[@irtbmtind89]

I was actually considering driving up from Toronto to check this out - doubtful we'll ever see this again.

[@dave1001]

That snow looks cooling - what we need in Queensland Australia

[@NorthernRailsTrainsInTheNorth]

I live just over 2 hours North of North Bay and I saw that stack reroute in my town. It was -40 that morning. Definetly cooling

[@bikerdude3r]

Great video and great catches. Two days for the 149 from here to North Bay with the detour, it went by on Feb 12 in the afternoon

[@northernontariorails3414]

Thanks Andre! That's a long trip around the detour for sure! I guess they gotta do whatever it takes to get the priority freight through, and we aren't complaining 😎

[@bikerdude3r]

@@northernontariorails3414 I heard that the Senneterre yard is full.... I guess the major problem is to find crews to operate all these detours, and there are some 'limitations' with the length of sidings also ;-)

[@cameron.s.9368]

Bad ass man. If I wasn't 3 hours away I would be up there haha! I'm roughly 25 min from the CN Kingston sub and everywhere you go there's trains completely stopped

[@northernontariorails3414]

Thanks! It's nice to have this kind of traffic up here, without having to take a trip to find it lol. We essentially traded spots 😁

[@mccarvillestudios]

Nice.

[@northernontariorails3414]

Thanks :)