May 14th, 2006
We went down to Paris for the NS trains, but found it blocked with equipment and moved to Brantford, where we caught 8 trains in about three hours before coming home to get other stuff done.
Brantford, Ontario
(map) This is the home of the Southern Ontario Railway, part of the large-and-growing family of Rail America, and also houses the CN Dundas sub. It is between Paris and Hamilton.
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CN #398 comes to a stop at Brantford to make s set-off.
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VIA #70 comes to its station stop at Brantford.
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VIA #671 pulls into Brantford station as VIA #70 pulls out and CN #587 switches the yard.
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NS #328 meets NS #327 right in front of us at Brantford station.
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CN #399 passes through to set off at Paris as Brantford yard is full.
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CN #385 stops to pick up paperwork.
