The Northern Lines Railway

WORKING QUEBECORP.

On March 20th 2008 (my birthday FWIW) I was lucky enough to be passing by Quebecorp as #1703 arrived to work the siding there. Here's a selection of pictures of the process...

Here we see #1703 arriving caboose first. It has 3 gondolas of scrap and an ex-Corinth and Counce box car which is destined for delivery to Quebecorp.

The train is pushed into the headshunt, which is really the remains of the old line. The Gondolas are left there and the Loco pulls forward with the box car blocking the road

The turnout is then switched...

... and the loco pushes the box car down to its alotted unloading dock.

Then with a belch of black smoke , the loco pulls away to rejoin the rest of the train

Once coupled up the loco, gondolas and caboose head back into Saint Cloud. The whole operation took no more than 10-15 minutes.