January 2nd, 2007
Jay reported CP #424 by his place with 7 units, 4 of them GEVOs and the last one of two STLH GP38-2s. I shot it at the crossing on Wellington Road 35, with CP 8738 - CP 9535 - CP 9821 - CP 8783 - CP 8741 - CP 8743 - STLH 7306.
Killean, Ontario
(map) This is CP's name for the passing track at Cambridge on the CP Galt sub.
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CP #424 passes with GEVO-AC4400CW-AC400CW-GEVO-GEVO-GEVO-GP38-2 for power.
January 6th, 2007
Derailment! CP London Pickup picked the north wye switch at Galt yard and put both units on the ground at around 20:30. We went down to see what we could see, catching CP #244 at Killean siding on the way in. Earlier in the day, CN #271 had a UP leader with an unpatched SP SD40 elephant style, but I was unable to see it, and in the afternoon, I tied CP #158 to the nearest crossing to my house on the Galt sub with 2 GEVOs in atrocious lighting and rain.
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CP #158 brings with it the sweet sound of a GEVO horn.
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CP #244 passes on the main through Killean siding.
Cambridge, Ontario
(map) Cambridge is the home of Babcock and Wilcox, Toyota, the CP Waterloo sub, the CP Galt sub, the CN ex-Fergus sub and a lot of trains.
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CP 8222 and CP 1614 back up along the Waterloo sub as the Galt yard crew and London Pickup's crew work on solving London Pickup's derailment.
January 14th, 2007
GEXR #432 had a JT42CWR class 66 between two buffers. I watched it at Guelph Via station but didn't do a particularly good job of shooting it.
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 #432 comes through Guelph with three units, a knuckle to buffers-and-chains adapter car, a class 66, and another adapter car.
January 16th, 2007
CN #351 military extra with CN-UP power came through. I shot it at Ingersoll after missing the head end of CN #331 and shooting CN #392. I caught CP #424 with 8783-1614-6021 on the way home.
Ingersoll, Ontario
(map) The CN Dundas, the CP St. Thomas, and the OSR Port Burwell subs are very active through Ingersoll, with the CP Galt sub just to the North in Zorra.
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CN #392 passes through Ingersoll with a BNSF unit trailing.
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CN #351 Canadian army extra runs through Ingersoll bound for the US.
Killean, Ontario
(map) This is CP's name for the passing track at Cambridge on the CP Galt sub.
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CP #424 crosses Sideroad 10 S with a GEVO-GP9-SD40-2 for power.
January 21st, 2007
Saturday we missed an EMD extra through Guelph. Not wanting to miss it again, we went off to Newtonville in the hope that it would be heading east Sunday. It did, eventually, as CN #436, but by the time it came it was somewhat dark. We saw around 20 other trains through the day as well. Tally for the day: CP westbound, VIA #43, CP westbound, VIA #60, VIA #44, CN 371, CN #149, VIA #57, CP #310, CP #153, VIA, CP #122, CN #874, VIA #46, CP #198, CN #305, missed CN #369 with a DPU, CP #121, CN #363, VIA #66, CN #148, CP #116, CN #376, and CN #436 with 8 class 66s in tow. CN #308, #309, #363, and several others passed or parked while we were at Belleville, but we concentrated on CN #436.
Newtonville, Ontario
(map) This community is about an hour East of Toronto. Through the area the CP Belleville sub from Toronto to Montreal, and the CN Kingston sub on the same routes run parallel.
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A CP westbound intermodal passes under Newtonville Road.
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VIA #43 zips through under Newtonville Road.
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Another CP westbound intermodal passes through Newtonville as VIA #60 passes on the nearby CN tracks with VIA 6429.
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CN #371 heads west with CN 2204 trailing.
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VIA #44 comes around the tail end of CN #371 and heads under Newtonville Road.
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CN #149 heads for Toronto with 2 SD75is.
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VIA #57 heads for Toronto.
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CP #310 grain train heads for Montreal.
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CP #153's power eludes the camera as it passes under Newtonville Road.
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A westbound Via passes with two trainsets.
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CP #122 expressway, CP's highest priority train, heads for Montreal.
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VIA #46 heads east.
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Another Via westbound zips by.
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CN #874 grain train heads for Montreal.
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VIA #46 heads for Ottawa.
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CP #198 makes a run for Montreal.
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CN #305 passes by slowly shortly after sunset.
Cobourg, Ontario
(map) Cobourg is about the mid-point of the CN Kingston sub and CP Belleville sub's roughly parallel running between Belleville, and Newtonville. At the station, the North side of the parking lot has the Kingston sub and a small yard and wye, and on the South side of the parking lot is the CP Belleville sub, with a yard visible a little ways East.
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CP #121 passes along the south side of the station parking lot as VIA #66 meets CN #363 on the north side.
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CN #148 heads east.
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CP #116 passes with CP 8801 trailing in decidedly poor lighting conditions.
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CN #376 heads for Montreal.
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CN #436 with 5383 and 8 Freightliner Class 66s fly through Cobourg station.
Belleville, Ontario
(map) CN and CP are roughly parallel through Belleville. The CN Kingston sub and the CP Belleville sub head through the city, crossing just East of the city where the Belleville sub swings North to Smiths Falls.
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CN #436 pulls to a stop at Belleville with CN 5383 and 8 Class 66s for a crew change.
January 28th, 2007
CN #351 dimensional extra was heard at Paris so I headed down to Hamilton West to see it, catching the tail end of CN #435 on arrival there. #351 was effectively identical to the CN #351 I shot on December 26th.
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 #351 dimensional extra comes off the Dundas sub with a shrink-wrapped load.
January 31st, 2007
CN #391 went into emergency over the Credit bridge, tieing up the Halton sub for the morning. I headed down to mile 30 when he was finished setting off his bad order car and caught CN #391, #399, #385, #338, #271, and #148 in 70 minutes.
Scotch Block, Ontario
(map) Scotch Block is an excellent photography location at mp 30.0 CN Halton sub, between Milton and Georgetown.
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CN #391 kicks up the snow across 10 Sideroad at mile 30 Halton sub with CN 5324-BNSF 5070-BNSF 3124, the latter being a GP50 in the new powerbar paintscheme.
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CN #399 with NS 8350-NS 6683 crosses 10 Sideroad at mile 30 Halton sub.
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CN #385 heads down the hill with a pair of CN units.
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CN #338 slowly climbs the hill after sitting in the hole at Mansewood for three.
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CN #271 with CN 8014 leading heads west.
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CN #148 crosses under the golf cart bridge at mile 30.
