Railpictures.ca - Canadian Railway Photography - photographie ferroviaire Canadienne. » Carson McGinness http://www.railpictures.ca The BEST Canadian photos on the Internet, eh? Mon, 20 Apr 2026 18:06:08 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1 Images by carson-mcginness http://www.railpictures.ca/2026/%postname?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=2599 http://www.railpictures.ca/2026/%postname#comments Sat, 09 May 2026 03:04:27 +0000 Carson McGinness
Looking a little worse for wear, CPR 4065 rests outside what looks like the Nelson BC shops. Thanks again to Jacob Patterson for the scanning, corrections are always welcomed trying to place these slides.
Name: Carson McGinness
Railway: Canadian Pacific
Date: 04/30/1972
Location: Nelson
Province: British Columbia
Comments | 11 Favourites
Pictured is ETR 107 with an impressive cut of cars, date is a rough estimate, ETR 107 acq. 7/1977 (ex DD-GM 113, nee EMD 113) SW1500 EMD 37436 4/1971. Note the CNR Cylindrical hoppers in the back on the left. From Old Time Trains: This unit had been a plant switcher first at EMD in La Grange and later at GMD in London. It had problems with the sharp curves in the GMD plant and was swapped for ETR 102 an SW8
Name: Carson McGinness
Railway: Essex Terminal
Date: 01/20/1982
Location: Windsor Area
Province: Ontario
1 Comments | 19 Favourites
What I can only guess as London (where the estate was located) and having him been an occasional railfan of the London area, this Eythl Canada tank car looks right at home. A wonderful write up from Geoff Elliott on these (https://actionhobbiesrailroad.wordpress.com/2015/05/11/geoff-elliott-on-modelling-ethyl-anti-knock-tank-cars/#jp-carousel-1058) helped narrow down either where this was going to, or from. Eythl Canada had a plant in Corunna, Ontario from 1956-2013 when the plant was closed. Eythl had a rather modest roster of roughly 60 tank cars of different capacities. https://www.theobserver.ca/2013/10/30/another-business-closure-adds-to-mounting-job-losses-in-sarnia-lambton Our subject is the smaller of the lot, rated at 3,000 Gallons with 9 tank cars rostered of this style. Thanks again to Jacob Patterson for scanning these
Name: Carson L McGinness
Railway: Other
Date: 08/06/1974
Location: London
Province: Ontario
2 Comments | 16 Favourites
Out of a local estate came these slides, beautifully scanned and uploaded by our own Jacob Patterson. I know little about them as unfortunately, no dates or titles came on the slides, so location and dates are at best, an educated guess. I can say however that C-Liner is out of Nelson, British Columbia, with more than a feast for the eyes worth of old equipment.
Name: Carson McGinness
Railway: Canadian Pacific
Date: 07/30/1972
Location: Nelson
Province: British Columbia
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Well, that's it. As plain and unassuming as the black paint on the former CP RS-18u, TRY 1859 heads up the Canal Sub one last time before the line would be mothballed to its current state. As far as I am aware, this was the last train to pass over this segment between Merritton and Thorold. The track between Welland to Thorold is still in service as tank cars are still being stored behind Poly.
Name: Carson McGinness
Railway: Trillium Railway
Date: 03/01/2024
Location: Thorold
Province: Ontario
4 Comments | 16 Favourites
Finally, after years of being evaded, or outright just missing the plow jobs across Southern Ontario, luck was finally on my side. After burning through two sets of power, 182 suffering mechanical problems having not even reaching McBeth Rd before being swapped for OSR 102. On the second attempt, a "loud bang" was heard, retiring the second set. Finally hearing "go warm them up", having the F units on a plow extra was a treat, myself not seeing them run since 2021. OSR made quick work of both the Port Burwell Spur and the St Thomas Sub. CN as well the same day would run a spreader from Stratford to London, unfortunately, not leaving until almost 16:00 due to a bulb issue...
Name: Carson McGinness
Railway: Ontario Southland
Date: 02/18/2025
Location: Belmont
Province: Ontario
5 Comments | 24 Favourites
After flagging the stop, CN901 accelerates towards Huntsville to fetch the spreader. Things would only go sideways from there. Once arriving, 901 would tie down in the yard as workers attempted to get the Spreader to function. It would take them almost two extra days before being able to use it and start plowing on the Newmarket.
Name: Carson McGinness
Railway: Canadian National
Date: 12/03/2024
Location: Gravenhurst
Province: Ontario
2 Comments | 16 Favourites
Good things come to those who wait. Cottage country this last week received a walloping of lake effect snow, with several locations breaking 100CM + of accumulation. Gravenhurst would receive the most with the township reporting 140CM. For us in the GTA only receiving a measly 5cm last night, the chance of a plow running along the Newmarket was fairly high. Thanks to a few friends giving me tips, CN 901 was supposed to run to Huntsville to fetch the Jordan Spreader. Leaving incredibly early to be in Washago for 901's departure, all hands were on deck to plow Highway 11, the plow drivers all things considered did a phenomenal job, even the side roads were fairly well maintained. I surely thought I would get ditched somewhere but, I was happily mistaken. My luck, the sun broke through, clouds receded giving way to spectacular conditions, even if it was for just a SD75I and a Dash 9, it made for a spectacular chase.
Name: Carson McGinness
Railway: Canadian National
Date: 12/03/2024
Location: Washago
Province: Ontario
2 Comments | 14 Favourites
No hiding NOVA 2450's heritage with those original boards. Built for the Southern Pacific, 2450 is the first of SP's & SSW's fleet of 240 SW1500's and has faired very well since being built by EMD almost 60+ years ago. Today, 2450 is at LDS getting its usual routine inspection. The refinery produces 1.8 billion pounds of ethylene per year and another two billion pounds of related products, so the speed limit is probably a good idea. Ethylene has a number of uses in the chemical industry (think of the many uses of ethylene glycol) and is a key component in products used in agriculture to hasten the ripening of fruit. ( Beachburg Blog )
Name: Carson McGinness
Railway: Other
Date: 02/01/2024
Location: Sarnia
Province: Ontario
1 Comments | 11 Favourites
A massive thank you to the workers at LDS who were able to accommodate me during their busy day and give me the full guided tour. GTW / LDSX 4620 sure has been around the country quite a bit recently in the last few years. Previously out in Saskatchewan at Stewart Southern Railway parked in their potential " to be used " (<a href=http://www.railpictures.ca/?attachment_id=49678><b>http://www.railpictures.ca/?attachment_id=49678</b></a>) worked its way to LDS for a fresh overhaul and lease. From the Beachburg Blog Spot: Luckily, for rail enthusiasts in this area, the roundhouse was kept intact when Lambton Diesel Specialists (LDS) took over the facility in 1992 and assumed the diesel servicing operations from CN. The actual turntable is long gone, but some of the bays are still there (most boarded up) and are used for rehabbing locomotives from a number of railways. Also, the old windows have been replaced with renovations still taking place. Neat to note, some interior walls are braced with former 40' Wood boxcars with original Canadian National markings and notes for grain and other bulk quantities written on the planks.
Name: Carson McGinness
Railway: Other
Date: 02/01/2024
Location: Sarnia
Province: Ontario
4 Comments | 13 Favourites
Part 1: After missing the last run down into St Catharines from Thorold, I thought I had missed my change to catch the last operations of GIO on the Grantham Spur. Thankfully I was poorly mistaken. After suffering from engine issues and dumping oil, 1859 was tied down until the following day. After a constant battle with attempting to start it with the help of a few cans of what looked like Diethyl Ether, 1859 reluctantly came to life. However, doing what ALCO/MLW's do best, left the surrounding area in a cloud of oil burned blue smoke.
Name: Carson McGinness
Railway: GIO Rail
Date: 03/01/2024
Location: St Catharines
Province: Ontario
1 Comments | 23 Favourites
Two sights of a forgone time. From Historic Places; The Canadian Pacific Railway (CPR) Station at Medicine Hat reflects the early 20th-century prosperity of western Canada, and the close relationship between the railway and local development in western Canada. Originally constructed in 1906 as part of a major local CPR redevelopment project, the station was doubled in size in 1911-12 in response to the booming local economy. The Medicine Hat station is an early and important example of the picturesque aesthetic used for larger CPR stations during the early 20th century. The 1911-12 expansion added a near-mirror image of the original station to its southern end, and maintained its picturesque appearance. The station retains vestiges of its original station garden, one of western Canada’s earliest railway gardens. CP 434588 however, albeit not as historically significant as the station, has faired well for being close to 50` years old. Interesting to note is that the Angus shops were able to churn out roughly one Angus van a day for close to $40,000. Both stations and vans like this that used to litter the country and were synonymous with every day life, have and still are fading. Such stations like Ingersoll that are simply too far gone for salvaging and preservation have met their fate in recent years. It's a treat when smaller things, as simple as a van and station, cross paths like they have for decades.
Name: Carson McGinness
Railway: Canadian Pacific
Date: 05/29/2023
Location: Medicine Hat
Province: Alberta
1 Comments | 17 Favourites
Who needs a drone. Well above downtown Hamilton we found one of the CPR jobs starting to work its way back to Kinnear. The weather this day was beautiful, but being high up with the window open in a little 152 didn't make for a fun time in the early days of March. Thankfully a longtime friend of mine who like me, had their pilots license and flew numerous photo flights, making for easy work of chasing a train.
Name: Carson McGinness
Railway: Canadian Pacific
Date: 03/04/2021
Location: Hamilton
Province: Ontario
2 Comments | 23 Favourites
It never fails to amaze me how fast and how quiet something like two SD40-2's can sneak up on you. After waiting at Victoria road for less than 20 minutes, 6080 with 6045 in tow fires East to back onto their train tied down at Guelph Junction. They would continue East dumping rail along the Galt around mile 66 and further on around Milton West for the rest of the day.
Name: Carson McGinness
Railway: Canadian Pacific
Date: 03/13/2023
Location: Puslinch
Province: Ontario
1 Comments | 15 Favourites
6080 seems to be a rather frequent visitor to Southern Ontario the last few years, with its last appearance being on the spray train in 2022. In preparation to dump rail on the Galt later in the week, the train has been wye'd in order to dump rail properly on its return trip. They would not get far however. After 6045 had loading issues past notch 6, they would eventually finish their day in Zorra.
Name: Carson McGinness
Railway: Canadian Pacific
Date: 03/01/2023
Location: Campbellville
Province: Ontario
1 Comments | 20 Favourites
A starch contrast between 2021 and 2023. 2021 snowfall reports for the year indicate about 105cm total for Southern Ontario ( albeit that some areas would have been hit harder due to lake effect ). 2023 we are currently sitting with only 38cm for the year. Dont forget, we still have March, which is anything but predictable. But 1591 looks perfectly at home as the pair are about to work GM. The CP Rail lead autorack was a nice touch to complete the trio.
Name: Carson McGinness
Railway: Ontario Southland
Date: 02/16/2021
Location: Ingersoll
Province: Ontario
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With Solenis having resumed receiving tank cars once again and usually being worked on Sunday on 554's return from Oakville, I headed out hoping to find them working the wye. Thankfully, having to move four cars around to pull empties, it gave some ok photo angles as they had to pull far enough up what is left of the Beach Sub. The weather this day made it rather mediocre, but knowing any other time of the year, the sun would have been less than ideal anyways.
Name: Carson McGinness
Railway: Canadian National
Date: 01/08/2022
Location: Burlington
Province: Ontario
1 Comments | 20 Favourites
Although its a regular, day to day operation, catching 7304 can be somewhat tedious. Only running from Parkdale Avenue to the connecting track to the East of Ottawa Street, it's area is fairly limited and usually obscured by cars in the yard in Parkdale. Today however, luck shined on me, after watching the NSC 44 Tonner move around and Parkdale being next door, the decision was pretty clear. It still amazes me that 7304 has spent almost the last 4/5 years living at Parkdale. I could almost sit there all day and listen to the 12 cylinder do its thing.
Name: Carson McGinness
Railway: Canadian National
Date: 12/21/2022
Location: Hamilton
Province: Ontario
8 Comments | 23 Favourites
The 07:00 job has just cleared the automatic interlocking and will shove into Stelco to lift a cut of coils. Winter is always a hit and miss season, its brutally miserable being outside for too long, but it sure does open spots up that are usually overgrown in the Summer.
Name: Carson McGinness
Railway: Canadian National
Date: 12/13/2022
Location: Hamilton
Province: Ontario
3 Comments | 19 Favourites
Having dropped their train, 4125, probably being one of the nicest GP9rm's left in zebra, shoves into Agromart to pull roughly 6 empties, making quick work before taking the entire train to London.
Name: Carson McGinness
Railway: Canadian National
Date: 11/26/2022
Location: Kellys
Province: Ontario
4 Comments | 18 Favourites
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