Author: David Ashley
After setting out cars in Norwood for Q620 to pickup B787 is on the move.
B787 heads towards the paper mill with one tank car.
Q620 enters the St. Lawrence Sub at "BROUSE" with a pair of AC4400CWs doing the honors.
B787 makes her way to Poulin Grain with three covered hoppers, the last stop for this local before heading back to Massena.
A pair of CSX SD40-2s and a CN C44-9W lead Q620 south out of Massena at sunset.
With B775 now in the clear in Norwood, the second section of Q620 begins to head south, but with a broken rail south of Norwood, they did not get to far.
B787 runs long hood forward on the spur that serves the paper mill with one tank car.
A trio of EMDs rolls south out of Norwood with a huge train.
Q620 heads south on the St. Lawrence Sub at crawling speed as they approach "RICH."
B798 enters the St. Lawrence Sub with cars to be set out at Norwood.
After working in Norwood, the crew of Q621 outlawed and the B798 crew had to lug this train into Massena.
Q620 passes through northern New York farmland as they make their way south towards a crew change in Watertown.
Q620 passes through rolling countryside at QM 127.
Q620 heads south through the village of Potsdam with a decent sized train in tow.
Q620 passes QM 97 as they approach Antwerp.
After a brief stop, Q620 is once again on the move and are seen encountering the rolling northern New York landscape as they head south out of block station "EBEN."
Q620 makes her way south through Potsdam with a good sized train in tow.
Q620 passes some farmland on their way south.
Q620 heads south near "KALB" with a 122 car train consisting of seven intermodal and 115 mixed manifest traffic.
Q620 is seen near QM 97 as they are about to pass through Antwerp.
Q620 heads south near QM 112.
A trio of GEs, including an ex-UP C40-8 now owned by CN lead southbound manifest Q620 through the rolling countryside around block station "EBEN."
A long Q620 heads south through DeKalb Jct. with three GEs making their way south with their long train.
A GEVO leads L621 north across the Gladding Road as they approach "BROUSE" with a solid 106 car manifest for CNs Taschereau Yard in Montreal in tow.
Moving at a good clip, Q620 heads south towards Norwood to make a pick up under the late afternoon sun.
With a decent lashup, CSX K534 heads south across Sandy Creek with a 100 car empty iron ore train from Alcoa in Massena, New York.
At exactly 08:47 AM Q620 crosses south across the Oswegatchie River in Gouverneur.
A CN SD70I and a CSX GE showing signs of a fire in its exhaust stack lead this short train into Massena for a crew change before heading north to Montreal.
A CN Dash 9 leads Q621 north across the Gladding Road
After setting out cars in Norwood, a big and colorful lashup leads Q621 north towards Massena and eventually Montreal.
A pair of GEs coupled elly style lead this long southbound manifest on the St. Lawrence Sub.
A rather short Q620 makes their way south past QM 142.
A pair of GEVOs lead L621 northbound towards Massena in the late afternoon.
Q620 makes their way south near QM 92 with a decent lashup and a huge train in tow.
A pair of standard cab Dash 8s and a SD70ACe lead a monster Q620 (130 mixed manifest, three intermodal) south near block station "KALB."
Q620 crawls along near the boundry between Jefferson and St. Lawrence Counties with their monster train. It took nearly eleven minutes to pass this location.
A trio EMDs all adorning the YN3 paint scheme lead southbound K534 near QM 125. This is an empty bauxite ore train that came from ALCOA in Massena, New York.