O/S Brantford Saturday Mar 25/06

Give us a run down of what you saw, post pictures if you'd like...any info is welcome.
Aleks
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O/S Brantford Saturday Mar 25/06

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08:10
NS 327
NS 4640 - FURX 1164 (Going by the stripes on the nose and the grey paint scheme I'd say this was an ex KCS GP40-2)
23 high cubes

08:50
NS 328
UP 9328 - TFM 1401
32 cars
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Heard over the scanner that 328 was going to be held at Masseys for 671.
I headed to Masseys but just got there as he was pulling away so didn't get into a good spot to get the shots. Oh well!
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09:14 to 09:30
CN 399 stopped to make a set-off.
CN 5736 - CN 2439 - CN 5635 - GT 5936 (dead in tow)
132 cars - 2 = 130 cars on departure.
Powers back on the train and he's pumping air.
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Starting to pull
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10:09
CN 394 as best I could tell.
CN 2636 - CN 2410 - BNSF 6316 - BNSF 7001 - BNSF ???? - BNSF ????
58 cars _________(Blue & Yellow) (Heritage 1) (BN Green)
Have to wait for slide shots to get the rest of the numbers.

10:32
CN 271
CN 5640 - CN 5262
60 cars

10:47
CN 587 backed into the yard from the Burford Spur.
4 covered hoppers
CN 7039

12:37 to 12:40
VIA #72 made its station stop.
VIA 903
5 LRC coaches

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