Trains of Vaughan January to March 2017

CN 2940 working hard as a mid-train DPU on a CN MacMillan yard bound mixed/intermodal train approaching the MacMillan yard at sunset.

CN 2940 working hard as a mid-train DPU on a CN MacMillan yard bound mixed/intermodal train approaching the MacMillan yard at sunset.

Heading for the CN MacMillan yard with CN 2940 working as a mid-train DPU to help push this long and heavy mixed/intermodal train to the yard

Heading for the CN MacMillan yard with CN 2940 working as a mid-train DPU to help push this long and heavy mixed/intermodal train to the yard

CN 3001 leads mixed freight to the CN MacMillan yard

CN 3001 leads mixed freight to the CN MacMillan yard

MacMillan yard bound consist passes over Doncaster Avenue with an SD70ACe working as a trailing unit

Sandwiched between CN 2831 and CN 2911 on a MacMillan yard bound consist

Heading for the CN MacMillan yard on a cold and windy Saturday

Heading for the CN MacMillan yard on a cold and windy Saturday

CN 8021 along with 2610 lead a mixed freight train from the CN MacMillan yard on a cold and windy Saturday afternoon

CN 8916 working as a mid-train distributed power unit helping CN 8021 and 2610 pull this train through the bush of Vaughan

Heading for the CN MacMillan yard at sunset

Helping CN 2526 pull this train into the MacMillan yard

Helping CN 2526 pull this train into the MacMillan yard

Waiting for permission to enter the CN MacMillan yard

Shoving two autoracks down the CN Mainline

Shoving a pair autoracks down the CN York subdivision

CN 3077 leads a mixed freight train into the CN MacMillan yard on a calm and sunny Sunday afternoon

CN 3077 leads a mixed freight train into the CN MacMillan yard on a calm and sunny Sunday afternoon

Helping CN 3077 pull a inbound mixed freight train into the CN MacMillan yard

As this train consisting of two autoracks shoved by two ES44DCs pulls out from behind the bushes, you can see that the brakerman is hanging on to tell the engineer what’s ahead.

I was quite surprised when I saw this pair of autoracks being shoved down the CN York Subdivision by a team of two ES44DCs going in reverse. This was definitely the smallest consist I ever saw on the CN York sub and definitely one of the weirdest (Normally, you don’t see trains going in reverse on one of the busiest mainlines in the country).