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CP 241 with a colourful lashup sits on the main track at Nissouri awaiting a crew

Name:	Stefano
Railway:	Canadian Pacific
Date:	0000-00-00 00:00:00
Location:	London
Province:	Ontario

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GEXR's special Schnabel car move on it's way to Georgetown. I don;t do much in the way of rail fanning anymore but this was certainly fun to go chase.

Name:	Drew Goff
Railway:	Goderich-Exeter
Date:	7/3/2016
Location:	Acton
Province:	Ontario

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Heading north under questionable skies, CCGX 1000 rounds the bend north of Inglewood with five cars in tow, hightailing it through the scenic Caledon countryside back to Orangeville with no work enroute. Next will be the five-mile-an-hour Forks of the Credit bridge before heading on to Cataract, Alton, Melville and finally home.

Name:	MrDan
Railway:	Orangeville-Brampt…
Date:	06/20/2008
Location:	Inglewood
Province:	Ontario

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Light snow is falling as one of CN's latest acquisitions still in EMD demonstrator paint leads train 331 at Copetown, ON.

Name:	Dave Burroughs
Railway:	Canadian National
Date:	01/26/2014
Location:	Copetown
Province:	Ontario

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A northbound GO train zooms by CN A412 as it's approaching his destination of Mac Yard

Name:	Liam Dumancic
Railway:	Canadian National
Date:	8/16/2017
Location:	Richmond Hill
Province:	Ontario

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Having learned that VIA No.1 would be departing Toronto at 0900 (it's old departure time), due to the late arrival of VIA No.2 the previous evening; I wanted to try and recreate a shot of No.1 at Falding from 2007.
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Alot has changed in the 8 years between these photos. VIA has rebuilt their fleet of F40's, making the bright yellow and grey units a thing of the past. The schedule for No.1 and No.2 has been drastically changed, with time added in an attempt to increase on time performance, resulting in a 2200 departure from Toronto. It takes 8 hours to turn the train and when they arrive 10+ hours late, we get a rare daylight treat like this.

Things have changed on the CN side as well. The 6120' passing track at Falding is now a stub ended storage track, with the south switch being ripped out about a year ago. Signal 1428 now protects a glorified location for Foreman and work trains to clear; maybe the odd hot box set out if required. Due to the short length of the siding (6250feet is considered siding length) and being located on a 0.3% - 0.8% southward grade the siding was rarely used, except by well powered and short trains. Not to mention, the siding was located 4 miles from the "double track" provided by the Directional Running Zone with CP and given the gradient, it was a risky meet location.

While much has changed, some things have remained the same. The classic shot from the overpass at Rankin Lake Road still provides a clear view of a northbound sweeping through the curve, with the old siding track swinging eastwards around some rocks and a pond. The old searchlight signal remains, warning of approaching trains and protecting the old siding track. Last, but not least, it is still impressive to watch VIA's the Canadian streak through Muskoka with 25 gleaming stainless steel coaches, diners, sleepers and domes as the engineer provides a friendly wave.

Name:	Rob Eull
Railway:	VIA Rail
Date:	09/06/2015
Location:	Foley
Province:	Ontario

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Southbound QGRY train crossing bridge over the St. Maurice River between Shawinigan and Trois-Rivières, Québec.

Name:	Martin Brodeur
Railway:	Quebec Gatineau Ra…
Date:	05/21/2010
Location:	Saint-Étienne-des…
Province:	Quebec

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$This image should appeal to those interested in the local history around Dundas. Currently, if you look over the side down into the valley town of Dundas from up on the Peak, you will see a modern upper-scale subdivision just below the CN mainline approximately Mile 4, Dundas Sub. This image predates all of that. The area once was the location south side of the tracks for quarry operations, limestone & dolomite/dolostone mostly; and the image is of the former Dolomite Refractories Ltd operation that existed there from 1945 to early 1977, after which Steetley took it over. The view shows the company switcher with a gondola of containers being loaded with dolomite. Perhaps this is destined for Dofasco? (Dolomite can be used as a flux for the smelting of Iron & Steel)Perhaps it is being shipped out to a marketer of potting soils or the like; dolomite is also used as an acid neutralizer. Many uses. The making of cement is another. This area also stockpiled crushed stone from the limestone quarry above (Canada Crushed Stone) which was used mainly in construction materials. Out of sight is rail connection to and from CN as well as a connection to the TH&B which at one time ran thru the valley joining the current trackage at Aberdeen Yd in Hamilton. All this is gone, and looking around today, one would not realize it ever existed. Comments/corrections appreciated.$

Name:	A.W.Mooney
Railway:	Industrial
Date:	11/28/1979
Location:	Dundas
Province:	Ontario

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It's been noted that the reliability of many of Amtrak's P42DC's seems to be starting to go downhill. Granted there's been numerous occasions recently in which the Maple Leaf has seen a helper Amtrak unit. Amtrak 121 led the Toronto bound Maple Leaf last night, but was unable to get going in the morning to take it back to the U.S. It left Toronto over four hours late, and spent another hour at Aldershot. Where the Via F40PH-2 was placed on to lead is unknown to me. A rare occasion at best, the last time I remember seeing a Via unit on the Maple Leaf was about eight years ago. Multiple occasions were also noted in February 2011 requiring a Via helper, although if it has happened since then, it has gone under the radar.
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Via 6419 was called to aid the Maple Leaf on this day. With Via no longer a regular visitor in Niagara, this was a treat. By the time the mess was sorted out, the sun had long since moved into the west, meaning a nose shot was not an option.
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6419 was taken off on the Canadian side of Niagara Falls, and Amtrak 110 backed across to take 121 and the Maple Leaf to Albany. 6419 would be placed on the rear on Via 98 with Amtrak 100 leading. The Maple Leaf ended up leaving Niagara Falls almost seven hours late. And yes, it did have passengers on board. Not fun... Word was it got into Penn Station in New York City around 5am.
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Most of Amtrak's P42DC's got a mid life rebuild after 10 years, meaning the majority are overdue for another or retirement. Amtrak has stated intentions to purchase new locomotives, but that would mean deliveries are at the very least a couple years away. Until then, the increasingly ailing P42's may draw more frequent interesting lashups onto the Maple Leaf. Dual Genesis lashups started to go from rare to occasional last summer, and the P32AC-DM units started to reappear on the Leaf after being mostly absent for a few years. Amtrak 514 also paid quite likely the first visit of a P32-8BWH to Niagara recently. A typically mundane train might be worth keeping up to tabs with for the next little while.

Name:	Daniel Odette
Railway:	VIA Rail
Date:	04/20/2018
Location:	St. Catharines
Province:	Ontario

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CN X527 has a pair of GP9's (CN 7246 & CN 7277) as it heads back to Pointe St-Charles yard with a long string of cars being pulled from the Turcot holding track in the St-Henri neighbourhood of Montreal. The brakeman in the distance will have to take a taxi back to the yard; the train is so long that it will stall if they stop long enough to let him climb aboard the power.

Name:	Michael Berry
Railway:	Canadian National
Date:	03/08/2015
Location:	Montreal
Province:	Quebec

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A grubby looking 9544 leased to the BNSF leads CP 147 up the grade, trailing is BNSF 9749.

Name:	Michael Da Costa
Railway:	Canadian Pacific
Date:	04/11/2014
Location:	Campbellville
Province:	Ontario

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The demolition of the westbound lanes of autoroute 20 in Montreal continues at right as CN 401 heads west towards Taschereau Yard with ES44AC's CN 2990 & CN 2969 for power. In the background is the rapidly changing Turcot interchange.

Name:	Michael Berry
Railway:	Canadian National
Date:	06/16/2018
Location:	Montreal
Province:	Quebec

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A special place – The Rock.
August 2, 1982.
Wonder Train. GMD built G-8's #801-802 (with Caboose #6061) are in charge of the Weekly Wednesday only Clarenville – Bonavista Terra Transport train #206 at the causeway near Lockston on the approach to the Trinity Loop. (What's interesting: Yes, CN inherited a loop, constructed 1910 by the Reid Newfoundland Company, the loop is open unlike the covered loop in the west. (The closest existing “ near “ loop in the east that I can think of is Jackfish Bay on the CPR where – for example - the The Canadian's power would be proceeding in the opposite direction of the Park car. And of course in Pennsylvannia is the horseshoe curve). Other “loops” you are aware of? See the Trinity Train Loop http://www.heritage.nf.ca/society/rhs/tz_listing/155.html ). The summertime train patronage was sufficiently heavy that the crew had to use a caboose. Note the condition of the roadbed in the foreground and to the right of the roadbed the 1910 cribbing at sea level.) Wondered why – in 1982 - why this train existed – and certainly happy to witness and share with you. Kodachrome by S. Danko.

Name:	sdfourty
Railway:	Terra Transport
Date:	08/02/1982
Location:	near Lockston
Province:	Newfoundland and …

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<b>Sunny, but barely.</b> CN 529 with three NS units (NS 9321, NS 8362 & NS 8886) is through Montreal West with 76 cars, comprising cars from both CN 529 as well as CN 323. The sun would start to disappear about half a second after I took this shot.

Name:	Michael Berry
Railway:	Canadian National
Date:	09/18/2016
Location:	Montreal West
Province:	Quebec

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A clean rebuild leads two other units on a short 147.

Name:	Brian Bui
Railway:	Canadian Pacific
Date:	10/30/2018
Location:	Cambridge
Province:	Ontario

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CN 1329 and 1324/1317 are the power assinged to the Boat Yard in Sarnia, where the barge to Port Huron was loaded/unloaded prior to the opening of the new Sarnia Tunnel. The Barge can be seen between the power, floating on the St. Clair River

Name:	John Eull
Railway:	Canadian National
Date:	07/14/1994
Location:	Sarnia
Province:	Ontario

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