Railpictures.ca - Marcus W Stevens Photo: It’s hard to believe it has been 15 years since I last crossed paths with Cando GP9 1001. The last time was sadly the final run to Collingwood. I can only wish I was railfanning back when CN still ran through Barrie. Allandale yard was once a busy and important division point for all the branchlines that once were fed from the yard there. The 1980’s and 90’s claimed almost all of the lines including severing CN’s New Market sub. as a through route. Today only GO Transit and Barrie Collingwood remain. Thanks to an early start today I was able to finally cross paths again with the veteran high hood GP9. (A big thanks to a well known railroader for information on today’s run) today’s train only had two cars out of Utopia and left the run around track with 3 more. Here the train has just finished running around its train at the end of track under Highway 400 and will now serve one last customer on its way home. | Railpictures.ca – Canadian Railway Photography

It’s hard to believe it has been 15 years since I last crossed paths with Cando GP9 1001. The last time was sadly the final run to Collingwood. I can only wish I was railfanning back when CN still ran through Barrie. Allandale yard was once a busy and important division point for all the branchlines that once were fed from the yard there. The 1980’s and 90’s claimed almost all of the lines including severing CN’s New Market sub. as a through route. Today only GO Transit and Barrie Collingwood remain. Thanks to an early start today I was able to finally cross paths again with the veteran high hood GP9. (A big thanks to a well known railroader for information on today’s run) today’s train only had two cars out of Utopia and left the run around track with 3 more. Here the train has just finished running around its train at the end of track under Highway 400 and will now serve one last customer on its way home.

Caption: It’s hard to believe it has been 15 years since I last crossed paths with Cando GP9 1001. The last time was sadly the final run to Collingwood. I can only wish I was railfanning back when CN still ran through Barrie. Allandale yard was once a busy and important division point for all the branchlines that once were fed from the yard there. The 1980’s and 90’s claimed almost all of the lines including severing CN’s New Market sub. as a through route. Today only GO Transit and Barrie Collingwood remain. Thanks to an early start today I was able to finally cross paths again with the veteran high hood GP9. (A big thanks to a well known railroader for information on today’s run) today’s train only had two cars out of Utopia and left the run around track with 3 more. Here the train has just finished running around its train at the end of track under Highway 400 and will now serve one last customer on its way home.

Photographer:	Marcus W Stevens [1120] (more) (contact)
Date:	07/23/2026 (search)
Railway:	Cando (search)
Reporting Marks:	CCGX 1001 (search)
Train Symbol:	Not Provided
Subdivision/SNS:	Beeton sub. (search)
City/Town:	Innisfil (search)
Province:	Ontario (search)
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3 Comments

awmooney

July 25, 2026 at 10:42 am

Thanks for going out for this. The box giving the location is a giant plus toward making this a very good image. One of these days I have to make the same trip. Someday…….
Marcus Stevens

July 25, 2026 at 10:54 am

Yeah for me it’s hard to usually justify an hour and a half drive when they have a 7am start and I typically don’t know what days they work but this worked out well.
MuskokaMoFo

July 25, 2026 at 12:37 pm

Regularly scheduled/on duty for 0700 @ Utopia every Mon and Thur, sometimes the inbound cars from CP aren’t there in time and they’ll do a makeup day but that hasn’t been happening as much, and you’ll see them on Mon/Thur more often than you won’t!

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awmooney

July 25, 2026 at 10:42 am

Thanks for going out for this. The box giving the location is a giant plus toward making this a very good image. One of these days I have to make the same trip. Someday…….

Marcus Stevens

July 25, 2026 at 10:54 am

Yeah for me it’s hard to usually justify an hour and a half drive when they have a 7am start and I typically don’t know what days they work but this worked out well.

MuskokaMoFo

July 25, 2026 at 12:37 pm

Regularly scheduled/on duty for 0700 @ Utopia every Mon and Thur, sometimes the inbound cars from CP aren’t there in time and they’ll do a makeup day but that hasn’t been happening as much, and you’ll see them on Mon/Thur more often than you won’t!