CN 489/490

Trains Magazine General Discussion
1

A little help please.

This last week I have heard of CN trains 489 and 490 on the scanner here in NW Indiana.

Any idea of what these trains are? Origin/destination, etc.

thanks,

ed

2

Anyone got anything on this?

Thanks,

ed

3

Go buy a Canadian Trackside Guide. The Bytwon Railway Society publishes it annually. It will list all US and Canadian trains operated by CN and CPR.

www.bytownrailwaysociety.ca

4

489 should be Port Huron Mich. to Virginia Min. and 490 should be the reverse.

5

Hey thanks for the help.

I had not heard these trains and suddenly they showed up. Perhaps they were infrequent trains, or run late at night.

I will try to see the next one that runs to get an idea of the traffic (boxcar, lumber, tanks, etc).

ed

6

I don’t know now but 489 used to be a Niagara Falls, Canada to Capreol slag empties train and 490 was a Capreol to Chicago slag loaded train according to a 2002 sheet I have.

7

The current Trackside guide has 4 489s and 4 490s including those.