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BCOL blue Dash 9 4653 leads a truncated Q102 south through Mt. Albert enroute to BIT on a sunny March afternoon. Due to things getting a little hectic up north on the Ruel Sub due to trains dying in the sub-zero temperatures, Capreol at the time was chock-full of intermodal trains split up into blocks, awaiting an opportunity to continue south pending power and crew availability. This no.102 was quite short, only a few thousand feet in length, punctuated by CN 2697 on the tail end (the locomotive what was previously the mid-train DP), that somehow had it's bell left on, ringing all the way down to Toronto from up north.
Name: Cameron Applegath
Railway: BC Rail
Date: 03/27/2026
Location: Mount Albert
Province: Ontario
Comments | 11 Favourites
One of my favourite shots taken aboard VIA's Canadian, westbound out of Capreol, Ontario somewhere in the hinterland on the Ruel Sub. Taken with a Fujifilm XE-4.
Name: Cameron Applegath
Railway: VIA Rail
Date: 02/02/2025
Location: the vast wildernes…
Province: Ontario
Comments | 9 Favourites
CN's daily transfer from North Van to Thornton rolls though the junction at Braid in Sapperton, on the outskirts of Vancouver with three ex-Oakway's on the headpin.
Name: Cameron Applegath
Railway: Canadian National
Date: 03/01/2026
Location: Vancouver
Province: British Columbia
2 Comments | 15 Favourites
A few weeks ago now, Toronto got dumped with 56 centimeters of fresh snow, the largest one-time snow fall in Toronto's history, and a record for the city. Now, I love a good snow day, and what better way to be a part of a real-life snow globe than to pack my camera and head trackside? I found two stack trains on the CP Rail before I headed towards the lake, hoping to find somewhere I could shoot high speed intercity and commuter trains kicking up flakes. I decided on Danforth and I think I made the right choice, as here we see VIA no.53 from Gare Centrale heading west down the last few miles of the MX Kingston Sub for Union Station in the downtown core. Admittedly, this guy was moving very cautiously passed the platforms, likely going no more than 15 per hour. Frankly, I'm shocked a charger set made it that far on it's own without taking a dump and stranding everyone for seven hours.
Name: Cameron Applegath
Railway: VIA Rail
Date: 01/25/2026
Location: Toronto
Province: Ontario
2 Comments | 18 Favourites
CP eastbound auto train, possibly no.734 I do not recall, heading eastbound through town at mile 2 of the North Toronto Subdivision.
Name: Cameron Applegath
Railway: Canadian Pacific
Date: 08/11/2025
Location: Toronto
Province: Ontario
Comments | 7 Favourites
During an inclement snow storm, CP's turn from London heads east into Woodstock with three four-axles up front. They will drop cars for interchange with the Ontario Southland in West Coakley before lifting their cars for London and flipping back west. Points for the GP38AC leading donning clean bank gothic paint.
Name: Cameron Applegath
Railway: Canadian Pacific
Date: 01/19/2026
Location: Woodstock
Province: Ontario
Comments | 15 Favourites
On the evening of November 5th, CN ran a second section of L546 up the Uxbridge Subdivision to retrieve two heritage rail cars from Lincolnville, ON for delivery to MacMillan Yard via the Uxbridge, Kingston, and York Subdivisions. Due to not having an SBU available, the movement was restricted to 15 miles per hour for the whole trip, limiting the crew's ability to make Mac Yard, thus the train was yarded in Oshawa at daybreak. CN L54632 04 consisted of CN GP9 4125, ex-ONT coach RPDX 2514, and an ex-VIA/nee-CN baggage RPDX 9636...the Rapido reporting marks tip us off as to the equipment's destination, which I can only guess will be Salford on the Ontario Southland, who will do the job of repainting both cars at the behest of the VIA Historical Association.In this scene, lone Geep 4125 tiptoes past the platforms at Markham GO station, headed northwest towards Lincolnville layover facility where the two cars are parked awaiting a lift.
Name: Cameron Applegath
Railway: Canadian National
Date: 11/05/2025
Location: Markham
Province: Ontario
6 Comments | 24 Favourites
CN Q112 Weston Rd - Coasting downhill at mile 2 of the Halton Sub is the no.112 train with a freshly rebuilt C6M up front.
Name: Cameron Applegath
Railway: Canadian National
Date: 04/03/2025
Location: Vaughan
Province: Ontario
Comments | 10 Favourites
Two CP 40-2's make their way south down the Mactier Sub at John Street with a welded rail train for work on a Metrolinx project close to West Toronto...they will be dumping rail for future bridge widening and station construction over St Clair Ave on the Weston Sub.
Name: Cameron Applegath
Railway: Canadian Pacific
Date: 10/14/2025
Location: Toronto
Province: Ontario
2 Comments | 11 Favourites
I love a good daylight Weston Sub roadswitcher, always a solid way to spend an afternoon on the CN. GP40-2LW 9639 spots XTL along the Weston Sub at Etobicoke North during the afternoon rush.
Name: Cameron Applegath
Railway: Canadian National
Date: 03/10/2025
Location: Toronto
Province: Ontario
1 Comments | 15 Favourites
Summer has passed and Fall is here, evidenced here by a deep golden sunset featuring CP's eastbound flagship stack train, no.112 from Vancouver, seen here splitting the intermediates at Yonge Street on the North Toronto Subdivision.
Name: Cameron Applegath
Railway: Canadian Pacific
Date: 09/29/2025
Location: Toronto
Province: Ontario
1 Comments | 16 Favourites
CP's Windsor Sub local bursts out of London with a three-pak of Geeps at full throttle, seen here knocking down the finial-adorned searchlight signals at the east end of Lobo siding.
Name: Cameron Applegath
Railway: Canadian Pacific
Date: 08/13/2025
Location: London
Province: Ontario
Comments | 14 Favourites
CP no.118 rolls through the neighbourhood with brand new CPKC ET44 7435 leading the way over the Yellow Creek and Balfour Ravine.
Name: Cameron Applegath
Railway: Canadian Pacific
Date: 08/11/2025
Location: Toronto
Province: Ontario
Comments | 7 Favourites
In this image, two KCS SD70MACe’s are on the head end of this Herzog GPS train, which is dumping ballast on the Galt Sub between Guelph Jct. and Orr’s Lake. After some confusion over the radio about work authorities and who had track time where, the WGA crew finally got the work authority they needed and the onboard Herzog crew began to work their magic in the area of expertise of ballast dumping and so the chase was on. I believe about ten to twelve foamers were on the Hwy 6 overpass waiting for this guy.
Name: Cameron Applegath
Railway: Canadian Pacific
Date: 06/02/25
Location: Puslinch
Province: Ontario
Comments | 12 Favourites
Toronto to Winnipeg freight no.421 hustles through Severn Falls, Ontario, soaring over the Trent-Severn waterway on a truss bridge just north of Buckskin, at mile 104 of the CP Mactier Subdivision. So many effin' mosquitos...
Name: Cameron Applegath
Railway: Canadian Pacific
Date: 07/07/2025
Location: Severn Falls
Province: Ontario
Comments | 7 Favourites
After waiting for the no.103's light power at Leaside, the Lambton transfer soars over top of Ernest Thompson Seton park on a beautiful summer evening. The hogger aboard 7307 has the throttle rapped to the wall for the climb uphill towards Toronto Yard in Scarborough.
Name: Cameron Applegath
Railway: Canadian Pacific
Date: 07/15/2025
Location: Toronto
Province: Ontario
Comments | 9 Favourites
Headed into the late evening sun, CN Z149 rolls westward under 1960's-era searchlights at McCowans on the York Subdivision.
Name: Cameron Applegath
Railway: Canadian National
Date: 04/01/2025
Location: Markham
Province: Ontario
Comments | 5 Favourites
CN's 1600 yard job out of Stuart Street pulls up to Victoria Avenue on their way back to homebase as the sun begins to sink towards the horizon, bathing GP9RM 7081 in golden evening light. The Bunge facility is the white building in the background.
Name: Cameron Applegath
Railway: Canadian National
Date: 10/21/2024
Location: Hamilton
Province: Ontario
Comments | 6 Favourites
Here we have a pace shot of CP train H86 racing westbound through Crumlin on the Galt Sub, just miles away from their arrival at Quebec Street Yard in London.Props to Liam Macd for keeping pace.
Name: Cameron Applegath
Railway: Canadian Pacific
Date: 08/13/25
Location: London
Province: Ontario
Comments | 12 Favourites
RARE TO SEE: On the morning of August 24th, 2025, CN double stacker Q107 derailed at Doncaster, taking multiple tracks out of service on both the Bala and York Subdivisions, conveniently right before VIA no.1, the Canadian, was set to depart Toronto's Union Station on schedule at 0955 hrs. The Q107 derailed on the northwest quadrant of the Doncaster diamond, which is the same connector that VIA needs to be able to reach the Bala after using the MX Newmarket and York Subdivisions on their way out of the city. As luck would have it, Snider Sunday was in effect at Snider West when we got word of no.1 using the Oakville Sub...beyond Mimico Toronto Maintenance Centre. This gave us the notion the train A) was not cancelled and still very much in service, and B) was likely utilizing the entire Oakville Sub to reach Bayview Jct, the idea being no.1's crew would wye at Bayview and travel all the way back east, bypassing Union station, and climbing up the Don Valley to get back on track for their trip, albeit four hours later than originally intended. VIA 88709, the observation dome park car 'Laurentide Park' brings up the tail end of the Canadian, seen here cruising eastbound under Lemonville Rd, approaching Aldershot on a bright and sunny afternoon.
Name: Cameron Applegath
Railway: VIA Rail
Date: 08/24/25
Location: Burlington
Province: Ontario
2 Comments | 20 Favourites
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