Intermodal to Saint John

120 was into Greenville Jct. at 12:52 with CP 9777/KCSM 4733/CP 7052, 52 mixed freight (6 loaded autoracks), 3 wells/5 containers, 23 empty wells.

Will be interesting to learn the consist of 121. I guess there must be a whole lot of Containers on the Saint John docks after, essentially, the one day work stoppage.

121 was into Greenville Jct. at 07:47 with CP 9777/KCSM 4733, 24 mixed freight, 51 wells/103 containers, CP 7052, 99 wells/182 containers.

9777 was the lead unit from the 2010 movie 'Unstoppable'.

Bravo to the doofus in the red Chevy with Maryland plates that kept going until they crashed into the ramp railing at 07:13, sat there for 90 minutes, then drove off without ever even getting out of the car or apparently acknowledging they even hit anything...

120 was into Greenville Jct. at 13:30 with CP 9837/KCSM 4527/CP 8912, 35 mixed freight, 4 empty wells.

Well Mr. NHV, your report regarding #121 certainly suggests that train had its "work cut out for it" after the work stoppage (lockout, walkout, whatever. ).

121 was into Greenville Jct. at 07:48 with CP 9837/KCSM 4527, 84 wells/176 containers, CP 8912 (DPU), 28 wells/62 containers, 4 empty wells, 65 mixed freight (7 autoracks).

I don't have a facebook account so I haven't seen the picture here:

"from ILA Local 273: 2 additional cranes coming to the port in November. Will be slightly larger than the two largest cranes currently at the port.

Quote:
”Two additional cranes arrival date in Saint John, November of this year. They are slightly larger than the two largest cranes now at DP World Saint John. They will arrive by ship and be loaded and off loaded as they look in the picture , the house will not be dropped, and they will be painted to match the cranes that are here now”.
https://www.facebook.com/share/p/Qky...ibextid=WC7FNe

120 was into Greenville Jct. at 15:12 with CP 8161/CP 9720/CP 9803/CP 7003, 26 mixed freight (5 loaded autoracks), 2 wells/4 containers, one empty well.

It looks like these are coming from an APM Terminal (Maersk).

Mr. Kuband, what's going on?

First, I assume that those cranes liveried in Maersk colors are at Saint John.

But someone (I think you) noted that Maersk does not call at Saint John.

Did Maersk have a "ændring af hjerte" (Mr. Google can help)?

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I happened to look through readily available videos and pictures and noted that all SD70M-2s have been in service through the aforementioned time period and up until this posting. The only unit that hasn't been seen since January is the 6402, which may just be up north. Further, no one else has mentioned any sort of 'dead line' or issues with the 70s.
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It sounds like you need to make a trip to the area and listen to the conversations between the train on EMR and MNR crews and Saint John, since almost every night EMR has engine issues I guess you didn't look too hard, considering a conductor on Irving has mentioned the engine issues in several groups in the comments. The guy in nb who posts the videos of 121 commonly notes engine issues and a railfan named Brandon whose last name I am not going to even attempt to spell, noted that 909 lost several units and required a GP38-2 to come and rescue them. So I don't know what to tell you, like I said before in one of the groups I am in there were photos of "stored" SD70's at Saint John. The SD70M-2's in general have had boat loads of issues since the introduction of the model and that has carried over to the ones Irving owns. So to pass off that supposedly "no one has mentioned issues with the 70's" is incorrect in itself.

Here's the press release for the 2 new cranes coming to SJ later this year from Virginia. Expected to be operational by early 2025. Good news for traffic and hopefully more trains.
https://www.globenewswire.com/news-rele ... 7jw0WaTOEg

OK, that press release located by Mr. RailandShip, clears up a lot of issues.

The photo of those cranes was not at Saint John, but rather at another DP World facility. That they presently are in Maersk livery does not mean that Maersk will call anytime soon at Saint John.

And finally, when the cranes are readied for use at Saint John, they will be reliveried.

Gilbert B Norman wrote: ↑Fri Aug 30, 2024 10:07 am OK, that press release located by Mr. RailandShip, clears up a lot of issues.

The photo of those cranes was not at Saint John, but rather at another DP World facility. That they presently are in Maersk livery does not mean that Maersk will call anytime soon at Saint John.

And finally, when the cranes are readied for use at Saint John, they will be reliveried.

Mr. Norman,

The picture is the current location of the two Maersk cranes. It is not a DP World facility. I think it's at Norfolk, VA. I don't think it's a Maersk (APM) terminal either. They are going to be delivered to Saint John approximately November 2024. They will need to be recommissioned to be ready for use in early 2025.

I did say that Maersk does not currently call at Saint John. I expect that to change as of February 2025.

In February 2025, Hapag Lloyd and Maersk are going to be combining their fleets and routes (while maintaining their separate corporate identities). At that time, I, and many others, are assuming that Maersk ships will begin calling at Saint John as part of the Hapag/Maersk partnership name of Gemini Cooperation.

These 2 additional cranes (combined with the completion of the terminal surfacing) will increase the Saint John intermodal capacity to 800K TEU/year. The surfacing operation continues, but it is mostly done at this point. Even so, it may take another year or more to fully cure the new surface for heavier loading.