CN manifest 438 works hard up Bedford Hill on Friday, May 10th, 2024.

This guy could be heard for a while before he got to my spot at mile 97.5 on the Sprague sub. Bedford Hill or Ridge is a long steep grade that starts around mile 103 of the Sprague sub. Of course, it is uphill pretty much all the way from Ste Anne. There is a small hill between Giroux and La Broquerie that eastbound trains have to accelerate up after a meet with westbounds at Giroux. 438 is bound for the twin ports of Duluth -Superior.
The time was 8:15 a.m.
power was ET44AC 3157
ES44AC 2999 is the DPU on the tail end.
total axles were 568, or 139 cars, and 2 engines.
Their speed up the grade was 23 mph.