CP has assigned the following train number for expressway service - 121 M to W ex Sat 122 W to M ex Sat 123 M to W ex Fri & Sat 123 M to T Fri only 124 W to M ex Sat & Sun 124 T to M Sun only M = Montreal T = Toronto W = Windsor In the early stages of operation, the west terminal was Detroit instead of Windsor.
Expressway power 2005/02/11 Cobourg 121 6611 and 5669 122 5567 3182 and 9611 3182(CEFX),5567, 5669 & 6611 - SD40-2 9611 - AC4400CW
6611 is a Soo Line unit, saw one coming in late yesterday afternon in fresh golden rodent paint. Quite the mix of units compared to a while back.
We get a lot of SOO power through here as well Lenny. For example yesterday #153 had SOO 6011 and 6015. And the horns!
#122 Feb 18 SD40-2's 5953 and 5919 with 50 cars of which 5 were empty #124 Feb 19 SD40-2's 5652 and 5615 with 85 cars of which 11 were empty. Back to the SD40's it would seem although only two units instead of three.
2005/04/08 at Cobourg (Belleville sub) 122 12:30 45 cars (13 empty) 5817, 5800, 5910. 121 16:30 45 cars (22 empty) 5908, 5708. All power SD40-2
CP train #122 The Expressway at Newtonville 2005/06/03 with locomotives 5939 and 6077 (both SD40-2's) leading a 45 car train. The train was pretty full for a Friday.
Media article on the expressway including a photo of the load/unload procedure - Logistics Quarterly - intermodal update [ January 23, 2006, 09:23 AM: Message edited by: Milne ]
