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For years, the Napierville Junction's train originated in Rouses Point, NY and ran to Montreal with a couple of MLW built RS2 units. After they were retired, the D&H would assign whatever they had laying over in Rouses Point. After the D&H was integrated into Guilford in the early 1980s, this could include Maine Central and Boston & Maine units--such as B&M GP40-2s 304 and 308, as well as GP39-2 350 (originally built for the D&H). Guilford cast the D&H into bankruptcy in 1988 and by 1991 it was integrated into CP Rail System and run-through operations became the norm.

Name:	John Eull
Railway:	Delaware and Hudso…
Date:	06/2/1986
Location:	LaSalle
Province:	Quebec

1 Comments | 10 Favourites

In mid-January 1986, the Adirondack's Montreal terminal moved to Central Station and the train was re-routed over CN between Rouses Point, NY and Montreal. (That made the Adirondack the last inter-city train to use CP's Windsor Station!) Here we see the train approaching St-Lambert and in a few moments it will be crossing the Victoria Bridge and the St. Lawrence River on the last leg of its journey from New York City. On the left you can see a CN M420W, used on one of the south shore locals based out of St-Lambert.

Name:	John Eull
Railway:	Amtrak
Date:	6/19/1988
Location:	St-Lambert
Province:	Quebec

Comments | 7 Favourites

From its inception on October 31, 1982 until January 14, 1990 joint VIA-Amtrak train the "International" ran over CN's Oakville and Dundas subdivisions to London. Originally, Amtrak's "Blue Water" terminated in Port Huron, Michigan and after the successful introduction of the New York-Toronto "Maple Leaf" in April 1981, Amtrak and VIA came to an agreement for a jointly operated train. Re-routing over "the back route" through Guelph and Kitchener at the time of the 1990 VIA cuts added an hour to the schedule and then the discontinuance of on-board U.S. Customs inspections at Port Huron after the September 11th, 2001 terrorist attacks made the trip even less attractive. (Passengers had to board buses and clear customs at the Bluewater bridge for six months.) Initially, VIA and Amtrak provided equipment for one of the two train sets which evolved to a VIA locomotive and Amtrak cars both ways in the mid-1990s (single level until November 1995 and Superliner equipment--occasionally replaced by Horizon cars--thereafter). At the end, Amtrak was providing both the locomotive and cars in both directions. The last westbound "International" ran on April 23, 2004.

Name:	John Eull
Railway:	VIA Rail
Date:	1/2/1984
Location:	Dundas
Province:	Ontario

3 Comments | 12 Favourites

Even in 1978, the crossing protections on Conrail's Canada Division were unique. So, please forgive the somewhat distant train--I wanted to make sure that I caught the "wig-wag" in the photo! Detroit-Buffalo train 64, the "Niagara Rainbow" somewhere east of St. Thomas behind a former Milwaukee Road E9. (Can anyone out there properly identify the location?)

Name:	John Eull
Railway:	Amtrak
Date:	4/15/1978
Location:	east of St. Thomas
Province:	Ontario

3 Comments | 25 Favourites

One of Amtrak's trains with an "on again, off again" history is the Montrealer. Initially begun in 1972 (first southbound trip was September 30th), the train was suspended between April 1987 and July 1989 due to slow timing over Guilford track. Once restored, it ran on its overnight schedule for almost another six years before changed to a day train and originating at St. Albans, Vermont on April 1, 1995. Apparently the Montrealer was the first train to use Amtrak on-board personnel because there weren't any holdover staff from its private railroad predecessor. Here we see the southbound train making its first stop on its way to Washington at the Montreal suburb of St-Lambert behind F40PH 404.

Name:	John Eull
Railway:	Amtrak
Date:	7/19/1990
Location:	St-Lambert
Province:	Quebec

Comments | 9 Favourites

Former Penn Central E8 264 leads Buffalo-Detroit train 63 across the Canada Southern in the summer of 1975. This service ran across southern Ontario from October 31, 1974 to January 31, 1979.Of extra interest is the baggage car still in NYC colors. (U.S. spelling since we are talking about Amtrak here!)

Name:	John Eull
Railway:	Amtrak
Date:	8/13/1975
Location:	Hagersville
Province:	Ontario

2 Comments | 17 Favourites

After early success with its French-built Turboliners, Amtrak ordered seven train sets based on the French design (but built by Rohr in California who had obtained a license from ANF. These trains used carbodies, wheels and engines brought from France while Rohr was responsible for the cabs and interiors. The trains were delivered in the second half of 1976 and assigned to "Empire State Service" in New York state, including runs to Montreal. In this photo we see nearly new car 159 leading the Adirondack past CP's Glen coach yard on the final lap of its trip from Grand Central station in New York to Windsor Station in Montreal. These train sets continued to serve Amtrak until the mid-1990s. The 159 was part of a group of cars removed from service for rebuilding in 1994 as the prototype for an "RTL II" modernization program. Alas, that was the only train set completed and it ran until 2002. (With supplemental information from Dale Johnson's book "Trail of the Turbo, The Amtrak Turboliner Story".)

Name:	John Eull
Railway:	Amtrak
Date:	7/2/1977
Location:	Westmount
Province:	Quebec

Comments | 10 Favourites

After years of development and testing, two LRC train sets were built for Amtrak in 1980. Two locomotives (38 and 39), two club cars (40 and 45), and eight coaches (41-44 and 46-49) were leased to Amtrak with an option to buy that was not exercised. Amtrak used the LRCs between New York and Boston for a couple of years before returning them. While the locomotives were assigned VIA numbers (6941-6942), they never entered VIA service and were eventually scrapped by Bombardier. Nine of the passenger cars were modified by VIA and eventually used between Toronto and Chicago on the International. Orphans in the VIA fleet, the "Amtrak" LRC cars were removed from service early and finally retired in 2001. (With additional information from Eric Gagnon's Trackside with VIA book.)

Name:	Lucien Dauphenais, …
Railway:	Amtrak
Date:	04/1980
Location:	Montreal
Province:	Quebec

1 Comments | 17 Favourites

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 | 17 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 | 18 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 | 15 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

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