December 17th, 2005
On our way to visit my family, we stopped at Coteau for a few hours, venturing twice up to De Beaujeu's diamond for CP trains. We saw an eastbound with CN 2205, CN #327 with 2 CSX units, #149 with a BNSF, a westbound with ONT 2105, CP #107 with a DPU, and CN #538 switching with the slug leading. After that, we went for lunch and subsequently saw the CN TankTrain heading West and a Loram rail grinder heading East through Montreal, but got no pictures of either.
Beaujeu, Quebec
(map) De Beaujeu is the site of the Via Alexandria sub and CP Winchester sub Beaujeu diamond and connecting track, a few minutes North of Coteau.
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CP #153 crosses the Beaujeu diamond.
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CP #107 crosses Beaujeu diamond with a DPU unit.
January 18th, 2014
We stopped at Beaujeu Diamond for a CP #143 and headed back to Coteau for CN #326, catching another CN freight and several Vias while waiting.
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CP 143 crosses Beaujeu Diamond in my first dashcam-based trainspotting video, using a Lukas LK-7900 ACE.
