December 4th, 2005
CN #784 was seen still sitting at Paris last night, so I went there to see if I could possibly get shots of it meeting the morning NS trains. When I got there, I found it was gone, but it had been replaced by a CN #785 on the other side of Paris Junction pointed westward. That train left a couple of hours later and, together with more foreign power (the norm now on CN around here) and a dimensional on CN #331 made for a good, if quiet, day. Oh, and I saw the CP Holiday Train!
Paris, Ontario
(map) Paris is just West of Brantford on the CN Dundas sub and was once the site of the junction between the Dundas sub and the completely defunct Drumbo sub that connected Paris and Stratford. There's also a large trestle in Paris.
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NS #327 passes just after dawn.
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CN #399 pulls a long cut of covered hoppers out of the south service track at Paris West.
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VIA #671 passes through the signals at Paris Junction.
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CN #385 passes with a BNSF yellow bonnet in third position.
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CN #785 pulls out of the North service track at Paris West with two NS units as only power.
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CN #330 passes with its usual load of GFSX garbage gons.
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VIA #72 passes Paris Junction with 910 leading.
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VIA #73 passes with tomorrow's #86 in tow.
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CN #331 passes through Paris with a D5 dimensional under a tarp.
Flamborough, Ontario
(map) This is a community at the top of the Hamilton sub between Waterdown and Guelph Junction. It is technically part of Hamilton, as a result of the amalgamations.
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CP's 2005 US Holiday Train heads South on the Hamilton sub.
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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CP's 2005 US-bound Holiday Train passes the lookout at Hamilton West.
