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CSX SD40-2 8005 (a former L&N/Seaboard System unit) and GP40-2 6364 (built for SCL) idle in front of the former Canada Southern/New York Central/Penn Central/Conrail station in St. Thomas after an overnight trip from Buffalo. Unusually, the power will be removed from this train and replaced by the inbound power from train 320, also at St. Thomas this Saturday morning; perhaps there was enough traffic to run an extra from points west that day.

Name:	John Eull
Railway:	CSX Transportation
Date:	4/4/1992
Location:	St. Thomas
Province:	Ontario

Comments | 16 Favourites

Having arrived on CSXT train 320, units 7069 and 8356 prepare to depart St. Thomas South with train 321 on a fine spring morning in April 1992. Little did we know at that time that CSX operations on the CNCP Caso sub would end 4 years later when CN and CSX reached a haulage rights agreement for Buffalo traffic. (CSX trains on the Caso ended 25 years ago this month—April 1996; facilitating de facto abandonment between Fargo and Hewitt.)

Name:	John Eull
Railway:	CSX Transportation
Date:	4/4/1992
Location:	St. Thomas
Province:	Ontario

1 Comments | 17 Favourites

When CSX rationalized its operations in Ontario in the late 1980s, it moved trains west of St. Thomas to the CN-CP owned CASO sub (January 1987) and shut down the Talbot yard and engine servicing in St. Thomas. Traffic was down to one train per day each way circa 1985 and 3 days/week east of St. Thomas (Monday/Wednesday/Friday) circa 1990. You will note in this photo only shows engines 8356 (a former Clinchfield/Seaboard System SD40) and 7069 (a former L&N/Seaboard System C30-7) and a caboose; the Buffalo cars have been left at Fargo (along with cars set off for CSX points on the Sarnia sub) because CN would only allow CSX to use side tracks in St. Thomas in case of emergency.
In 1993, CSX re-configured its operations to run trains 323/322 Sarnia-Detroit via Fargo and 320/321 Chatham- Buffalo. According to Mr. Mercer, it was a 12-14 hour trip to Buffalo. This eliminated the lift/setoff at Fargo and the CSX local dragging cars from Fargo back to Chatham.

Name:	John Eull
Railway:	CSX Transportation
Date:	4/4/1992
Location:	St. Thomas
Province:	Ontario

3 Comments | 14 Favourites

25 minutes behind 382 with the CN Vetrans unit, the prize of the day came along--IC heritage unit 3008 leading train 384! (I always thought that a GE in IC black would look good...especially against snow.)

Name:	John Eull
Railway:	Canadian National
Date:	12/26/2020
Location:	Georgetown
Province:	Ontario

1 Comments | 11 Favourites

When VIA rationalized the transcontinental train services taken over from CN and CP in 1979, a barebones "remote service" train was established over CN's main line between Capreol and Winnipeg. This little two or three car train shuttled back and forth three times per week until the "Canadian" was permanently rerouted over CN lines in January 1990. (It's interesting how this was an "essential service" until this year when the now twice-weekly "Canadian" was suspended due to COVID...as this is written, Nos. 1 and 2 operate once per week west of Winnipeg but there is no service across isolated northern Ontario!)

Name:	John Eull
Railway:	VIA Rail
Date:	2/25/1984
Location:	Dugald
Province:	Manitoba

Comments | 6 Favourites

Having received a "heads up" that the GTW Heritage unit would be leading into Toronto, I headed out to Snider (the entrance to MacMillan Yard) on Sunday morning. Patience was rewarded when train 450 from North Bay finally pulled into the yard around 1235 (after being held out due to congestion). Power was SD70M-2 8952, C40-8 2035, C44-9W 2552, and GP38-2W 4790 (probably returning from Huntsville).

Name:	John Eull
Railway:	Canadian National
Date:	12/13/12020
Location:	Vaughan
Province:	Ontario

1 Comments | 12 Favourites

Having loaded a handful of passengers, VIA 64 with F40PH-2D 6417 "waits time" at Belleville (holds in the station until its scheduled departure time). I haven't shot in Belleville for a few years and was very disappointed to see how the area has changed--the old 1856 stone station is dwarfed and now almost completely hidden by more modern structures. Contrast this shot with a 1961 photo of the same area by Doug Page, http://www.railpictures.ca/?attachment_id=41967.

Name:	John Eull
Railway:	VIA Rail
Date:	9/4/2020
Location:	Belleville
Province:	Ontario

Comments | 4 Favourites

Four cars at a time...OSR sets over covered hoppers lifted in Guelph for interchange with CP at Guelph Jct. RS18 182 and GP9 1591 perform the chore today.

Name:	John Eull
Railway:	Ontario Southland
Date:	08/07/2020
Location:	Campbellville
Province:	Ontario

3 Comments | 9 Favourites

CP train 147 overtakes an Ontario Southland Railway assignment switching at the west end of Guelph Jct. Power on 147 is CP AC4400CW 9615 and BSNF ES44C4 7117 while the OSR has RS18u 182 and GP9u 1591 (former QGRY/CP 1801, built as 8764; and 1591, built as 8487). Special thanks to the OSR hogger for making this shot possible--he made sure that 147 passed him prior to the crossing, making for some great video as well as an interesting photo!

Name:	John Eull
Railway:	Canadian Pacific
Date:	8/7/2020
Location:	Campbellville
Province:	Ontario

Comments | 10 Favourites

Having just overtaken a westbound freight at Savona, the westbound "Rocky Mountaineer" rolls past the entrance to Juniper Beach Provincial Park on July 29, 2018. Lead unit 8013 was originally CN 9621 (off the roster in 1999 according to the Canadian Trackside Guide) and trailing unit 8016 began life as PC 3116 (and has been through several owners). This location is just off the Trans-Canada Highway, about an hour west of Kamloops.

Name:	John Eull
Railway:	Rocky Mountaineer …
Date:	6/29/2018
Location:	Juniper Beach Prov…
Province:	British Columbia

Comments | 3 Favourites

It's now been about 20 years since CN and CP instituted directional running from Basques, BC to the Vancouver area. In 2004, this was supplemented by "co-production agreements" where CN and CP trains operate to points on the other railway to avoid interchanges in the lower mainland. Here we see CP train 303 operating to the coast on CN track where it will terminate "North Shore grain" at CN's Thornton Yard. According to the 2017 Trackside Guide, 303 could originate at Alyth, Brandon, Broadview, Clover Bar, Dumore, Hardisty, Medicine Hat, Moose Jaw, Red Deer, Sutherland, Swift Current, Wilkie, Winnipeg, Wynyard, or even Kamloops!

Name:	John Eull
Railway:	Canadian Pacific
Date:	7/1/2018
Location:	Martel
Province:	British Columbia

Comments | 4 Favourites

In a summer when many of us can't travel very far, let's go back to a trip to British Columbia taken in the summer of 2018. A westbound CN intermodal (105, if I recall correctly) rolls through Lytton and is about to cross the Thompson River (just before it joins the Fraser River). Power is CN SD75 5799 and GECX C40-8W 9141 (former UP 9439...don't ask me why it was renumbered!) Nice way to end a day of shooting "in the Canyon"!

Name:	John Eull
Railway:	Canadian National
Date:	6/29/2018
Location:	Lytton
Province:	British Columbia

Comments | 7 Favourites

After hearing that a pair of GMD1s were at Aldershot and assigned to 551 this afternoon, I headed up to the Halton sub to catch them on their way to Milton (hauling 16 cars). Of the 39 units rebuilt by CN in 1988 and 1989 (15 with A1A-A1A trucks that were later converted to B-B trucks, and 24 with B-B flexicoil trucks), 14 are still on the CN roster in July 2020 with 7 in service, 5 stored servicable, 1 awaiting repairs and another awaiting disposition). From what I have heard 5 are around Winnipeg and another 5 are in southern Ontario--so catching two of them operating together is a rare treat!

Name:	John Eull
Railway:	Canadian National
Date:	7/24/2020
Location:	Burlington
Province:	Ontario

Comments | 18 Favourites

Name:	John Eull
Railway:	Canadian National
Date:	5/4/1990
Location:	Otterburn Park
Province:	Quebec

1 Comments | 13 Favourites

You can almost hear what the Conductor is thinking above the noise of the locomotives..."Not those guys again!"

Many were out after 247 today with its CMQ/former (and again) CP SD40-2F and former SOO SD60M consist (9023 and 6260)...As one of the guys said, "Are you chasing it?" (Unfortunately no---duty (work) calls...)

Name:	John Eull
Railway:	Canadian Pacific
Date:	6/22/2020
Location:	Hamilton
Province:	Ontario

Comments | 14 Favourites

After lifting at Aldershot, CN 148 follows 422 up the Halton sub at Mile 40.7 (Ash). Power is ES44AC 3845 and EMDX SD70ACe-T4 7201, currently demonstrating on CN.

Name:	John Eull
Railway:	Canadian National
Date:	5/2/2020
Location:	Burlington
Province:	Ontario

Comments | 6 Favourites

And here is Saturday's "catch of the day"--CN 148 led by BNSF 9222 with CN 5735 and IC 2702.

Name:	John Eull
Railway:	Canadian National
Date:	2/16/2019
Location:	Burlington
Province:	Ontario

Comments | 10 Favourites

While waiting for CN 148 with reported FPON, I was pleasantly surprised by 383 with the interesting consist of BCOL C40-8m 4623, GECX 7676 (ex CSX C40-8W) and GTW GP40-2 6420, one of the last units still in "Burdakin blue". (They met 148 with a UP leader around Dundas.)

Name:	John Eull
Railway:	Canadian National
Date:	2/17/2019
Location:	Burlington
Province:	Ontario

1 Comments | 11 Favourites

CN 394 moves up the grade behind the exotic consist of SD70I 5610, leased GECX C40-8W 9450 (ex-UP), CN SD75I 5725, and GO Transit 676). Thanks for the FPON heads-up!

Name:	John Eull
Railway:	Canadian National
Date:	2/18/2019
Location:	Milton
Province:	Ontario

Comments | 7 Favourites

In the early days, CP's "Expressway" service ran behind GP38-2 units with "Iron Highway" technology. Snow kicked up by the westbound train hides the Beaconsfield commuter station as the train passes under the bridge near Beaconsfield High School on a cold January day.

Name:	John Eull
Railway:	Canadian Pacific
Date:	1/10/1999
Location:	Beaconsfield
Province:	Quebec

3 Comments | 10 Favourites

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