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Railpictures.ca - Canadian Railway Photography - photographie ferroviaire Canadienne. » Chris van der Heide 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 cv_acr http://www.railpictures.ca/2026/%postname?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=17 http://www.railpictures.ca/2026/%postname#comments Wed, 06 May 2026 15:31:50 +0000 Chris van der Heide

CN 3309 and 3394 lead CN's Safety Train into Sarnia, Ontario, where they will stop at the Sarnia VIA station for Canada Customs check in before parking in the yard near the yard tower overnight.

Name:	Chris vanderHeide
Railway:	Canadian National
Date:	06/11/2025
Location:	Sarnia
Province:	Ontario

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IC 101314 "Champlain" is a gorgeous old classic clerestory-roof heavyweight sleeping car still in use in CN's executive train fleet.

Name:	Chris vanderHeide
Railway:	Canadian National
Date:	06/11/2025
Location:	Sarnia
Province:	Ontario

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After completing Canada Customs check in at the VIA station, CN's executive train rolls through on the south track down to "A" yard to park for the night next to the yard tower.

Name:	Chris vanderHeide
Railway:	Canadian National
Date:	06/11/2025
Location:	Sarnia
Province:	Ontario

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It's Safety Train days! CN's executive train stops at the Sarnia VIA Rail station for Canada Customs inspection and check in.

Name:	Chris vanderHeide
Railway:	Canadian National
Date:	06/11/2025
Location:	Sarnia
Province:	Ontario

1 Comments | 7 Favourites

After wying their power due to a PTC issue with the (former) leader preventing them from continuing to the United States, CN 301's engines back onto their train on the north main at Sarnia.

Name:	Chris vanderHeide
Railway:	Canadian National
Date:	05/27/2025
Location:	Sarnia
Province:	Ontario

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CN 8836 leads train M301 out of Sarnia heading for the international rail tunnel to Port Huron, Michigan in the evening sun.

Name:	Chris vanderHeide
Railway:	Canadian National
Date:	07/25/2024
Location:	Sarnia
Province:	Ontario

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With some track maintenance being performed on the north main, 397 takes the south main to depart Sarnia, ON for Port Huron, MI while the crew of a yard job looks on.

Name:	Chris vanderHeide
Railway:	Canadian National
Date:	05/23/2024
Location:	Sarnia
Province:	Ontario

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CN ES44DC 3880 heads east out of Sarnia light power on the Strathroy subdivision to rescue a train tied down at Kerwood.

Name:	Chris vanderHeide
Railway:	Canadian National
Date:	07/07/2023
Location:	Sarnia
Province:	Ontario

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Having arrived back in town after another leisurely excursion to the scenic Agawa Canyon Park, the Agawa Canyon Tour train poses next to a pair of preserved pieces of historic railway equipment - one being an "interpretative" representation of an old railway boxcar that the the Canadian "Group of Seven" artists camped in along the Algoma Central and sketched what would become some of their famous scenic artwork, and the other is a surviving Algoma Central (nee CP) caboose.

Name:	Chris vanderHeide
Railway:	Agawa Canyon Railr…
Date:	08/31/2023
Location:	Sault Ste. Marie
Province:	Ontario

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After a leisurely layover at the scenic Agawa Canyon Park, the Agawa Canyon Railroad's excursion train waits for passengers to re-board to begin the trip back south to the city of Sault Ste. Marie.

Name:	Chris vanderHeide
Railway:	Agawa Canyon Railr…
Date:	08/31/2023
Location:	Agawa Canyon
Province:	Ontario

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The pair of FP40PHR locomotives powering the Agawa Canyon Tour Train run down the siding at Canyon to change ends and prepare to bring the tour train back home to Sault Ste. Marie.

Name:	Chris vanderHeide
Railway:	Agawa Canyon Railr…
Date:	08/31/2023
Location:	Agawa Canyon
Province:	Ontario

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CN's Sarnia "Industrial" assignment shoves three cars back towards the Sarnia "A" classification yard, while the "Puller" crew brings train A491 out of the yard on the South Main to bring it across the border to Port Huron, MI where a US crew will pick it up for the trip westward to Battle Creek.

Name:	Chris vanderHeide
Railway:	Canadian National
Date:	07/16/2023
Location:	Sarnia
Province:	Ontario

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CN 3309 leads a six car executive business train through the Paul M. Tellier tunnel into Sarnia, Ontario.

Name:	Chris vanderHeide
Railway:	Canadian National
Date:	06/07/2023
Location:	Sarnia
Province:	Ontario

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GP38-2s 4719 and 7502 push a string of covered hoppers through Sarnia's downtown Centennial Park to the Cargill elevator facility at Sarnia Harbour on a rare Sunday evening run on the Point Edward Spur.

Name:	Chris vanderHeide
Railway:	Canadian National
Date:	21/05/2023
Location:	Sarnia
Province:	Ontario

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CN GP38-2s 4719 and 7502 walk through Sarnia's downtown Centennial Park with a baker's dozen cars of fertilzer for the Cargill agricultural facility at Sarnia's downtown harbour.

Name:	Chris vanderHeide
Railway:	Canadian National
Date:	21/05/2023
Location:	Sarnia
Province:	Ontario

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CN ES44AC 2331 leads a pair of older GE's on CN train M397 through Sarnia on a nice spring evening.

Name:	Chris vanderHeide
Railway:	Canadian National
Date:	26/05/2023
Location:	Sarnia
Province:	Ontario

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With wildfires in Alberta delivering smoky, hazy skies, another delivery from the west arrives in Ontario in the form of a new VIA train set from Siemens in California, led by CN SD70M-2 8961.

VIA Rail/Siemens numbers:
SIIX 2304 cab coach
SIIX 2804 coach
SIIX 2904 coach
SIIX 2704 business class coach
SIIX 2604 business class coach
SIIX 2205 SCV-42 locomotive

Name:	Chris vanderHeide
Railway:	Canadian National
Date:	06/05/2023
Location:	Sarnia
Province:	Ontario

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Three units power a Saturday evening 385 out of Sarnia to Port Huron, MI.

Name:	Chris vanderHeide
Railway:	Canadian National
Date:	06/19/2021
Location:	Sarnia
Province:	Ontario

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A matched pair of GP40-2s handle a dozen empty potash hoppers back to the yard from the Cargill facility at Sarnia's harbour.

Name:	Chris vanderHeide
Railway:	Canadian National
Date:	03/25/2021
Location:	Sarnia
Province:	Ontario

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Having lifted a trio of empty hoppers at the Cargill Grain Terminal at Sarnia's harbour, the crew of the CN local job walks their train over one of many crossings as they work their way through Sarnia's downtown waterfront Centennial Park.

Name:	Chris vanderHeide
Railway:	Canadian National
Date:	07/27/2020
Location:	Sarnia
Province:	Ontario

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