Ashcroft Etc.

Near new CN 2337 shines in morning sun.

A pair of SD40-2's for two ballast cars.

Work train will run around ballast cars at Ashcroft and push them to Black Canyon.

Eastbound CP stacker running on CN track east of shared trackage.

This one just kept coming and I counted 171 grain cars.

Head end passing some interesting rocks.

Another look at a long train.

8012 on head end of stack train crosses mouth of Bonaparte River.

After driving up "White Knuckle Hill" I got a nice look at an eastbound stack approaching "the Bridge".

Same stacker closer in. CN (Westbound) track in foreground.

Tail end just passing small yard at "the Bridge"

Rejected by RP.

Westbound grain pulling out of Ashcroft siding

Westbound grain leaving Ashcroft siding

Westbound grain in early morning light. Second unit ex UP.

Westbound coal train crossing one of many CN bridges over the Thompson River.

Eastbound mixed passing Ashcroft tie plant.

Mother Nature has a way of making us feel insignificant.

Near new CN 2337 makes another appearance.

A few mixed cars on the head end, balance of the train empty sulpher cars.

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