A Long, Slow Meet on the Springhill Sub! Stack Train CN 120 & CN 407 Cross Paths at Amherst, NS

It took about 20 minutes for this meet between the late CN 120 and manifest train CN 407 at the Nova Scotia border town! Chasing a long and late stack train CN 120 to Amherst video 3 of 3 / chasing freight train CN 407 to Moncton video 1 of 4! Canadian National Railway locomotives 3044, and 3260 (both Tier 4 ET44AC Gevos) slowly lead a good size manifest train CN A407 (Dartmouth, NS to Moncton, NB Gordon Yard) westbound on the siding track at Amherst, NS hauling 77 cars of mixed freight and autoracks on a mostly overcast afternoon. On the mainline, a long and late intermodal stacktrain CN Z120 (Toronto, ON BIT to Halifax, NS Pace Yard) powered by Canadian National Railway locomotives 3096 (Tier 4 ET44AC Gevo), 3196 (Tier 4 ET44AC Gevo), 3090 (Tier 4 ET44AC Gevo), and mid-train DPU 2875 (ES44AC Gevo) slowly approaches on the mainline hauling 133 cars (8620 feet / 420 axles) of double stack intermodal containers, and some hopper cars. Both trains briefly stop in front of the VIA station. Filmed at 12:55pm, Thursday March 19, 2026 at about mile 76.9 of the CN Springhill Subdivision. Cameras: Sony HDR-PJ440 & Sony HDR-CX405