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The late afternoon sun casts an orange glow on OSR's most recent addition to their operating fleet, former CP GP9u #1594. Fortunately saved from the fate of most other 1500's, 1600's and 8200's, the unit now joins equally-sharp looking OSR 1620 also based out of Salford. Here the Woodstock job is shoving down South 5 to lift five loads set off earlier in the afternoon by CP T-69.
Name: Peter MacCauley
Railway: Ontario Southland
Date: 11/10/2016
Location: Woodstock
Province: Ontario
2 Comments | 11 Favourites
Sometimes it's better to be lucky than good. Witness the leader on CP 235, at Woodstock, ON, on a sunny but very windy autumn day. Almost two years since I've seen anything but GE's on this train, a chance encounter with SD30C-ECO #5043 in the lead was a nice surprise. Here the train is waiting for the conductor to finish his (very long) walk back to the head end after making a mid-train lift out of Coakley siding. These days, 235 is a westbound "land-barge" with its' usual Montreal-Detroit intermodal cars, but also (in this case, as usual) head-end traffic for London, autoracks lifted at Coakley, the stack cars, and a long cut of autoracks lifted from Wolverton. Quite often the train is well over 10,000 feet out of Woodstock. NOTE: Photo taken from grade crossing; the train had shoved far enough to exit the crossing timing circuit and was stationary at time of photo.
Name: Peter MacCauley
Railway: Canadian Pacific
Date: 11/10/2016
Location: Woodstock
Province: Ontario
Comments | 6 Favourites
Why does it seem that interesting things always happen on cloudy days? As a timely modern-day complement to Mr. Mooney's outstanding 1980 photo from the same location which was recently uploaded to this site, we see CN L550 passing the newly-installed third track spans over the Desjardins Canal. This was the fourth movement though the area in the previous hour; CN 422 had dropped their train on track one at Aldershot east, set off at Aldershot, then ran light power back to Hamilton to make a 35 car lift. It was then back to Snake, where they waited on track 3 while CN 550 came out of the yard with 85 cars for Hamilton and Parkdale. For good measure, CP 246 also made an appearance, missing CN 422 by only a few minutes. The old Desjardins Canal bridge, rebuilt after the devastating 1857 passenger train wreck,is now permanently obscured by an even larger span which will carry a third track extending from Bayview to the GO West Harbour station.
Name: Peter MacCauley
Railway: Canadian National
Date: 12/01/2016
Location: Hamilton
Province: Ontario
Comments | 9 Favourites
Funny how history sometimes repeats itself: the old signal bridge that protected the west end of the old plant at Bayview was replaced by a pair of signal masts during the reconfiguration when the third main track was extended to Bayview as part of GO Transit service expansion to Hamilton. Now, with further extension of the third track west from Bayview, a new signal bridge has been placed not far from that in the photo above, but on the opposite side of the tracks (see photo #26232). In this view by Bill McArthur we see CN #399 starting up the Dundas sub through the 15 mph crossovers. Fast forward 10 year (! - hard to believe how time flies!...) and now trains can 40 mph through the reconfigured plant. Kodachrome slide, author's collection.
Name: Bill McArthur (Pete…
Railway: Canadian National
Date: 04/27/2006
Location: Hamilton
Province: Ontario
Comments | 7 Favourites
A cool crisp early autumn morning finds CN 384 coming slowly down the hill and through Bayview with the latest and greatest in GE technology holding back the train (CN 3120 trailing). This view was nearly ruined by 524 who had stopped at Snake on track 3 to wait for a 397 that had stopped with issues on track 2 to make a run for the hill. The dispatcher then crossed 524 into Aldershot yard at Snake in between 397 & 384, precision railroading at it's best... Note the new cantilever signal bridge in the distance, the latest change in the ongoing saga of GO expansion into Hamilton. Trackwork is under way at West Harbour, CN Stuart, with new signals also in place at the CP connection at Desjardins. Significant work remains on the bridge over the Desjardins canal, the last major hurdle in the push to extend a third track into Hamilton (2 CTC + Connecting Track).
Name: Peter MacCauley
Railway: Canadian National
Date: 09/24/2016
Location: Hamilton
Province: Ontario
2 Comments | 5 Favourites
Time machine: refer to Reg Button photo <a href=http://www.railpictures.ca/?attachment_id=25056> #25056 </a> for a view 22 years earlier in 1996 at the same spot. Once again, Hamilton Junction is being reconfigured with the addition of a third track between CN Bayview and the new West Harbour GO Station in Hamilton's north end. This necessitated a new span over the Desjardins canal, the construction of which can be seen at right. Since this photo was taken back in May, new signals have been erected spelling the end of the signal bridge and searchlight signals from the previous reconfiguration of the plant. The new third track will run on the west side of the existing two tracks, about where the east end of the signal bridge is located. Interestingly, it appears that all three tracks under the High Level bridge will be preserved, despite infrequent use of more than one at a time. Here we see a somewhat late CP 246 slowly passing the work zone with work ahead at Kinnear.
Name: Peter MacCauley
Railway: Canadian Pacific
Date: 05/06/2016
Location: Hamilton
Province: Ontario
1 Comments | 20 Favourites
Hamilton Hill Helpers: A rather late 247 (Work CP 8940 North) gets an assist from the Kinnear job, TH-31, with 2292, 3090, and 2319 helping 21 loads and 46 MT's up to mile 67 of the Hamilton Sub. At 8950 feet, most of the cars are AutoMax's heading for the Alliston Honda plant.
Name: Peter MacCauley
Railway: Canadian Pacific
Date: 08/19/2016
Location: Hamilton
Province: Ontario
Comments | 4 Favourites
Triple play at Bayview: CN 385 heads down track one for the Dundas Sub while VIA 82 rolls off of the south track of the Dundas, now with an all-Budd consist. Meanwhile, 421 has stopped to work Stuart street yard in Hamilton, and his tail end sits in the plant at Bayview. Note that MOW crews have been working on track one recently, with new rail installed, new ballast, and new ties not yet installed (piled on north side if the tracks).
Name: Peter MacCauley
Railway: VIA Rail
Date: 08/19/2016
Location: Burlington
Province: Ontario
1 Comments | 9 Favourites
A pleasant late summer day finds the East Local heading out of Hamilton's Kinnear yard for a trip to Port Maitland. It's late in the game for the TH&B, with just over two years to go until the merger with part-owner CP. The 34-year old GP7 is looking a little worse for wear, but remarkably, the TH&B never replaced its' original power, relying on the veteran GM-EMD's right up until the end. This unit would go onto be rebuilt as CP 1683 in 1988 and served another 27 years until being declared surplus in 2015. The disused, and later removed, yard lead at right now serves as a handy area to display the annual Christmas train.
Name: Reg Button (Peter M…
Railway: Toronto Hamilton a…
Date: 09/16/1984
Location: Hamilton
Province: Ontario
4 Comments | 15 Favourites
NS 328 was definitely one of the more entertaining trains in southern Ontario over the years. Popular among railfans for unusual and interesting power, a wide variety of NS – and commonly run-through – power brought locomotive models not often seen in Canada otherwise. In this view by Reg Button, we find newly-patched NS GP40-2 #3035 handling what was probably a short train on the Cowpath track heading for Hamilton in a snowy February 2000 scene. After the demise of this NS operation, the Ford plant at Talbotville that drove the need for the trains' existence followed the train into history in 2010, eliminating the once-common NS high-cubes from southwestern Ontario. Peter MacCauley collection.
Name: Reg Button (Peter M…
Railway: Norfolk Southern
Date: 02/00/2000
Location: Hamilton
Province: Ontario
9 Comments | 14 Favourites
Time machine: remember back in 1994 when GO Transit was pushing to reach the second Hamilton commuter station? Revival of the old Hunter Street TH&B station spelled the end of GO train service to the former CN James Street station, at least for a while. It also meant changes at Hamilton Jct, the union of the Cowpath, the CP, and the CN Oakville Sub in the form of a new connection. Despite a connection already in place between CN and CP, it was decided to build, on taxpayer money, a new bridge specifically for the expanded GO service to Hunter Street. Then, as now, Bermingham had the contract to the preparatory work for the new bridge. Fast forward almost 22 years, and the next GO Transit expansion in Hamilton has seen the construction of the West Harbour station on the site of the old James Street station (in fact, almost underneath it). This again means changes at Hamilton Jct, with a new track to be placed on the west side of the CN Main and Connecting tracks. Meanwhile, CP 526 is somewhat a relic of the past, exercising trackage rights on the CN Oakville sub between Hamilton Jct and Canpa. On this day, we find CP 4214, 1812, 4233, and 8237 hauling autoracks towards the Steel City. CP 4214 would go onto serve QGRY and NBEC under the same number, until CN takeover of the latter resulted in the unit meeting the torch in 2010. Stay tuned for a present-day update. Reg Button photo, author's collection.
Name: Reg Button (Peter M…
Railway: Canadian Pacific
Date: 11/04/1994
Location: Hamilton
Province: Ontario
5 Comments | 24 Favourites
GO Transit F59PH #541 leads an eastbound deadhead move back to Willowbrook after carrying weary commuters back home to the steel city. This scene looks significantly different today, with work being done to install a third track between Bayview and the new West Harbour GO Transit station on the site of the old James street station in Hamilton. A new bridge will be located on the west side of the existing bridge over the canal - the abutments are in place, and interestingly, have been cast to resemble the old cut stone abutment of the bridge pictured above. Reg Button photo, collection of Peter MacCauley.
Name: Reg Button (Peter M…
Railway: GO Transit
Date: 02/20/1993
Location: Hamilton
Province: Ontario
Comments | 12 Favourites
Traffic Jam: CP TL-11 with 3097-3085 makes a runaround move at the west end of Quebec Street after pulling cars from the CN interchange at the east end of the yard. In the background CP 647 (8948-8884) pumps air on their 2200' lift, while 2-242's crew fiddles around with their power (2280-5906-6260). They would leave the GP20 and SD40-2 in the yard before wying 6260 on the GM wye (more accurately, "former" GMD wye), and leaving town westward light engine. Also in the mix were T-92 and T-96, not pictured here. Busy day on the west end of the Galt Sub!
Name: Peter MacCauley
Railway: Canadian Pacific
Date: 11/16/2015
Location: London
Province: Ontario
1 Comments | 2 Favourites
VIA P42DC #906 leads an all-Budd consist through London Jct, past CN 7311 parked on track CL-50.
Name: Peter MacCauley
Railway: Canadian Pacific
Date: 11/16/2015
Location: London
Province: Ontario
1 Comments | 2 Favourites
I was out for a walk, and what should I see? A CN SW1200RS, built by GMD. My lame limerick aside, as if on queue after the recent discussion on current SW1200RS's on CN's roster, one has been parked on the shop track for the last couple of days at London East. CN 7311 is the second SW1200RS on CN in southern Ontario, the other being CN 7304 employed at Parkdale yard in Hamilton. In the background CN 331 heads through the junction behind BCOL 4612. Thanks T for the heads-up.
Name: Peter MacCauley
Railway: Canadian National
Date: 11/16/2015
Location: London
Province: Ontario
Comments | 3 Favourites
The shortest day of the year finds NECR 3840 switching out cars at the SOR's Stuart Street yard. At left, the track gang is making good progress on the new track and support structures for the new GO Transit Hamilton station and layover yard. Aside from the track, a new signal bridge has been erected along with lights on very tall poles where the old CN shop stood not too long ago.
Name: Peter MacCauley
Railway: Southern Ontario R…
Date: 12/21/2014
Location: Hamilton
Province: Ontario
1 Comments | 4 Favourites
In an area that once was blanketed with the tracks of not one but two railroads, CN 438 passes the one remaining steam-era landmark in west London. Originally the Holeproof Hosiery company, the brown brick building in the background somehow has escaped the wrecking ball to become a storage facility. CN 4713 leads 5761 slowly pulls past the VIA depot in London with an unusually long train. They are running immediately behind CN 509, and both trains were running abnormally late.
Name: Peter MacCauley
Railway: Canadian National
Date: 10/25/2014
Location: London
Province: Ontario
1 Comments | 2 Favourites
My spur-of-the-moment attempt at a fall foliage shot finds CP 244's power pulling into the clear of the back lead at London to allow T-69's power to move down the back lead for the shop track. After the two sets of engines meet, 244 will obtain a work authority from begin/end CTC London to the ESS Lobo to retrieve their train of empty autoracks that the inbound crew tied down in the siding early that morning. Once their train was back together, the crew would have more work to do in London as 242's power would be lifted from the passing track. The engineer on 244 shut down the BNSF 899 after the trailing unit produced large amounts of smoke that drifted into the cab of the lead engine. Despite being not that long out of rebuild at CAD, the lead engine was reported to have several defects, including leaky weatherstripping on the cab doors.
Name: Peter MacCauley
Railway: Canadian Pacific
Date: 10/25/2014
Location: London
Province: Ontario
3 Comments | 7 Favourites
Returning to the yard at an odd time, the London Pickup makes a headroom move at the west end of Quebec street yard with a pair of shiny GP20-ECO's. Normally nocturnal, its' departure time from London seems to be rather variable these days.
Name: Peter MacCauley
Railway: Canadian Pacific
Date: 10/25/2014
Location: London
Province: Ontario
Comments | 3 Favourites
Despite going to great lengths to rebrand the company, one of the road's few remaining Beaver logo GP38-2's can be found switching out cars at Quebec Street yard. Now "CP" instead of Canadian Pacific, the new corporate identity has already been applied to the 1960's vintage yard office and a few company vehicles. The sharp-eyed observer will notice a pumpkin as well as other staples of the fall harvest sitting in the gigantic flowerpot out front of the office building. In this new era of precision railroading, one has to wonder what the company accountants think of seeing flowerpots on an expense report...
Name: Peter MacCauley
Railway: Canadian Pacific
Date: 10/25/2014
Location: London
Province: Ontario
1 Comments | 4 Favourites
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