May 15th, 2005
Steve woke me up to hit the tracks as soon as he was up and from there we went to the cowpath at Bayview Junction, caught an absurd number of trains in an hour, and moved on to explore Hamilton before coming back for a few more trains at Bayview and going back to Guelph, where we caught 431 - sans CN unit.
Bayview Junction, Ontario
(map) This is where the CN Oakville, CN Grimsby, and CN Dundas subdivisions meet at a great big wye, beside which is the CP Hamilton sub. This location encompasses CN Bayview Junction, Hamilton West, and Hamilton Junction.
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CN #331 heads up the cowpath onto the Dundas sub around CN #390, parked at the signal on the South track.
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CN #435 passes CN #390 on the North track from the Oakville.
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CN #390 finally gets its light and heads down the hill toward the Oakville sub.
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NS #328 heads down the cowpath with an interesting mix of power.
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VIA #70 comes off the Dundas sub.
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3 units leads this CN manifest freight up Copetown hill.
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CN #148 comes down Copetown grade immediately following Barne's Turn passing Desjardins on the Hamilton sub.
Hamilton, Ontario
(map) Hamilton Ontario is an industrial region on the tip of lake Ontario.
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CN #154 heads down the Grimsby sub.
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CN #338 comes down the Grimsby sub bound for Toronto.
Bayview Junction, Ontario
(map) This is where the CN Oakville, CN Grimsby, and CN Dundas subdivisions meet at a great big wye, beside which is the CP Hamilton sub. This location encompasses CN Bayview Junction, Hamilton West, and Hamilton Junction.
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A CP train heads down the Hamilton sub.
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Another CN train comes off the Dundas sub on the South track.
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Another lengthly freight starts up Copetown hill.
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Making as much noise as a loaded train, light power CN 2606 heads up the cowpath to wye and back down the Dundas sub.
Guelph, Ontario
(map) The city of Guelph is my home town and is just East of Kitchener-Waterloo on the GEXR Guelph sub, and the Ontario Southland Railway/Guelph Junction Railway track, the other end of which is at Guelph Junction.
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GEXR #431 comes back from Mac yard with only its own power, evidentally having returned CN's GP40-2W that it'd borrowed for much of the week.