Located on McKellar Island in Thunder Bay, Ontario is Thunder Bay Terminals Limited which was built to transfer bulk cargo from Western Canada delivered by CN & CP trains to "lakers" and... (more)
After a crew change Toronto to Vancouver stack train 105 departs Thunder Bay on the north track. Off to the right is the jacknife bridge over the Kaministiquia River to reach customers on Mission ... (more)
Formerly owned by Cargill now the Superior Elevator is locomotive 1217 ex CN 1217 purchased in 1995. This SW1200RS has stood the test of time moving grain cars around from both CP & CN. Next door ... (more)
Cando GMD1 CCGX 1011 awaits for some work in CN's Mission Yard. CN & CPKC will yard grain trains with CANDO spotting the two large elevators off in the distance.
CN's Thunder Bay yard power heads down the Mission Spur with grain to fill the local G3 elevator. They are in the process of yarding the train at Mission Yard where Cando will take over for the fi... (more)
CN U70241 26 powered by CSXT 3032, UP 6203, and UP 6284 will head back to the UP at Superior, WI to head back to Roseport, MN after delivering coke. Next door CP AC4400CWM 8038 is on the point of ... (more)
CN coke empties powered by CSXT + UP power head off McKellar Island after dumping a train load of coke at Thunder Bay Terminals Limited to be loaded onto boats. Meanwhile a CPKC stack train with C... (more)
Cargill, CGAX 1217, SW1200RS, built for the CNR as 1588, and renumbered 1217 in the year 1956. It was sold to Cargill in 1995, and retains the CN number. Thunder Bay, Ontario. September 15, 1998.... (more)
Rebuilt from an EMD SD45, DRGW 5333, SD40-3 CP5493 worked for a number of years switching Thunder Bay. It could often be found here, parked by the old Pool 8 grain elevator.
CN SD40-2W's 5270 + 5320 sandwich DMIR SD40-3 403 with CN's Thunder Bay yard power. The grain season has just started in the port city with CPKC & CN bringing the first grain trains in of the seas... (more)