PADUCAH, Ky. — New Brunswick Southern Railway SD70M-2, the first of six locomotives slated to be refurbished for the Canadian railroad, awaits departure from the Paducah & Louisville yard on June 26, 2021, following the completion of work by Progress Rail at its Mayfield, Ky., facility.
New Brunswick Southern is one of three J.D. Irving Ltd. short lines based in Saint John, N.B., along with the Eastern Maine and Maine Northern railways. Its former Canadian Pacific lines provide interchange with CP’s former Central Maine & Quebec at Brownsville Junction, Maine, with CP using a haulage agreement to reach the port of Saint John [see “Acquisition unlocks growth for Canadian Pacific in Eastern Canada,” Trains News Wire, June 11, 2021].
I saw this unit noonish on a BNSF eastbound through Hinsdale, IL on July 3rd. I wondered what it was. Now I know!