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VIA 73 takes the light at Waterdown West departing Aldershot en route to Windsor. At right, GO 1020 waits to depart for Toronto Union Station, while at left, CN L550 drills the yard with 4725 - 4138.
Name: Jacob Patterson
Railway: VIA Rail
Date: 05/04/2026
Location: Aldershot
Province: Ontario
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Daily except Sunday CPR train 326, running from Hamilton - Toronto, passes through Sunnyside. <br><br><i>Original Photographer Unknown, Jacob Patterson Collection Slide.</i>
Name: Unknown Photographe…
Railway: Canadian Pacific
Date: 09/09/1963
Location: Toronto
Province: Ontario
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Lined into the small yard at Cobourg, CNR 6167 shoves its excursion consist into the clear in preparation for servicing prior to the westbound run for Toronto. Today's excursion from Toronto included a stop at Oshawa for traction fans to take in the Oshawa Railway operations which were in the last few years of operation. This day marked the last train down King Street, <a href=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nLDUXiO1b-0>celebrated by a parade</a> as motor 300 hauled a single boxcar through town. Note the empty CPR water tower at left along the CPR Oshawa Sub. Shortly, 6167 and baggage car will head around the wye. <br><br>Steve Bradley would shoot the special after its westbound departure from Oshawa <a href=https://www.railpictures.ca/?attachment_id=34409>highballing through Port Union.</a> <br><br><a href=https://www.railpictures.ca/?attachment_id=50782>Arrival at Cobourg</a> <br><a href=https://www.railpictures.ca/?attachment_id=57413>Shoving into the yard</a> <br><a href=https://www.railpictures.ca/?attachment_id=53328>Around the wye</a> <br><br><i>Tom J. Gascoigne Photo, Jacob Patterson Collection Slide.</i>
Name: Tom J. Gascoigne Ph…
Railway: Canadian National
Date: 05/11/1963
Location: Cobourg
Province: Ontario
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Flying through Liverpool just before 0700, a second CN L546 returns to CN rails from the Metrolinx portion of the Kingston Sub with heritage equipment for RERA Canada, all from the defunct York Durham Heritage Railway operation. The overnight movement had <a href=https://www.railpictures.ca/?attachment_id=58783>lifted the equipment from Lincolnville</a> during the night, and shortly would terminate at Oshawa for remarshalling. Movement to Mac Yard would follow later this evening before splitting the equipment up for the respective destinations of North Bay, ON, Kronau, Saskatchewan, and a single car to the Roanoke Chapter of the NRHS.
Name: Jacob Patterson
Railway: Canadian National
Date: 04/01/2026
Location: Pickering
Province: Ontario
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Where electrics once roamed. GIO's Welland job switches out cars for Ardent Milling, to be transloaded on the westernmost track at the London Agricultural Commodities elevator, the former Robin Hood facility. <br><br>Constructed in 1940, the Robin Hood Flour Mill received rail service from the Niagara, St. Catharines & Toronto Railway via a spur from their <a href=https://www.railpictures.ca/?attachment_id=47466>Welland Division mainline</a> on Elm Street. An electric locomotive was based at the foot of Elm Street in Port Colborne as an outpost assignment, servicing this facility in what was then known as the community of Humberstone, amalgamating with Port Colborne in 1952. Electric service on the NS&T ceased in 1960, with CNR diesels taking over the assignment. The yard pictured contained only the main and east siding at the time, while over on Elm Street, a short stretch of the old NS&T main was kept south of Barrick Road for switching purposes. This arrangement remained until the <a href=https://www.railpictures.ca/?attachment_id=27684>connection at the north end of the elevator</a> was constructed in 1983-1984 to the Canal Sub. Per Paul Duncan, this connection appears to have been the CN Casco Lead until being handed off to the Port Colborne Harbour Railway. The connection <a href=https://www.railpictures.ca/?attachment_id=8122>south to the former Dunnville Sub</a> would be built in 1997 with startup of PCHR operations. <br><br>The Robin Hood Flour Mill would be closed in 2008 by Horizon Milling, and later sold to Ceres Global Ag in 2010 to be used primarily for grain storage and export. Space in the elevator would be leased to London Agricultural Commodities effective 2019, with LAC purchasing the facility in 2023. Shortly before the end of NS&T electric operations, this unit was built. Rolling out of GMDD London in 1955 as CNR 2013, this GP9 would be renumbered in 1956 to CN 4464. In 1986, it would be rebuilt as GP9RM 7224, and sold to Lambton Diesel Services in 2021. <br><br><a href=https://experience.arcgis.com/experience/d6985c1b40ca4604bcb7f9716f15a285>Looking at 1930s aerial imagery,</a> this site can be seen prior to the elevator's construction. Steve Host's recent research pointed out the abandoned right of way from the Welland Ship Canal Construction Railway. It would appear just north of the elevator location was a dump site for earth and other construction debris, and the construction "mainline" cut across the canal near this location. Comparing 1930s and 1940s imagery, one can see this track runs along the former construction railway right of way from the point where 7224 is seen above, right to the elevator silos.
Name: Jacob Patterson
Railway: GIO Rail
Date: 10/16/2025
Location: Port Colborne
Province: Ontario
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Storming through Hamilton Junction, CPR 5118 and 5214 take charge of an NRHS Buffalo Chapter excursion heading up the Goderich Sub to Guelph Junction, before speeding east down the Galt Sub to Streetsville Jct. These two locomotives are just the first of six pressed into service for excursionists on this day, with CPR 1098, and 1092 handling the train from Streetsville to Orangeville and Fraxa, and CPR 2214, and 2332 taking the train from Streetsville back to Hamilton. <br><br>Note the new searchlight signals on the Oakville Sub and CN's "cowpath." Less than a year old, CN upgraded the plant around <a href=https://www.railpictures.ca/?attachment_id=60036>Bayview Junction</a> and Hamilton Junction with Centralized Traffic Control in late 1958, plus trackage through Hamilton to <a href=https://www.railpictures.ca/?attachment_id=54400>N&NW Junction,</a> where the N&NW spur and the Hagersville Sub branched off from the Grimsby Sub. The whole operation was controlled from Hamilton's <a href=https://www.railpictures.ca/?attachment_id=38517>James Street station.</a> The concrete base of the old <a href=http://www.cnr-in-ontario.com/Thumbs/RailwaySignaling_192710_0375-01.jpg>Hamilton Junction tower</a> remains to the left of the crossovers in the distance. The <a href=https://archive.org/details/sim_railway-age_1958-10-20_145_16/page/n29/mode/2up>October 1958 issue of Railway Age, volume 145, issue 16,</a> features an article on the recently completed upgrades on pages 26 - 29. <br><br>More shots of this well-documented excursion:<br><a href=https://www.railpictures.ca/?attachment_id=33872>Rounding the wye at Streetsville; John Wagner</a><br><a href=https://www.railpictures.ca/?attachment_id=28108>Northbound at Cataract (Approach)</a><br><a href=https://www.railpictures.ca/?attachment_id=44202>Northbound at Cataract (Going away)</a><br><a href=https://www.railpictures.ca/?attachment_id=36987>North of Cataract</a><br><a href=https://www.railpictures.ca/?attachment_id=47339>Pausing at Orangeville</a><br><a href=https://www.railpictures.ca/?attachment_id=28583>Taking on water at Orangeville</a><br><a href=https://www.railpictures.ca/?attachment_id=50062>Headed to Fraxa</a><br><a href=https://www.railpictures.ca/?attachment_id=13014>Waiting at Streetsville</a><br><br>More of Hamilton Jct. from the hill:<br><a href=https://www.railpictures.ca/?attachment_id=12998>TH&B 1977; Steve Danko</a><br><a href=https://www.railpictures.ca/?attachment_id=24399>CP 2016; Jacob Patterson</a> <br><br><i>Original Photographer Unknown, Jacob Patterson Collection Slide.</i>
Name: Unknown Photographe…
Railway: Canadian Pacific
Date: 07/19/1959
Location: Hamilton
Province: Ontario
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The tranquility along the shores of the La Vase River is briefly interrupted by squealing steel on this late summer afternoon. Ducking beneath CN’s Newmarket North sub, Ottawa Valley Railway F61 departs North Bay for the 85 mile run to Mattawa with 29 cars for Rayonier Advanced Materials’ mill in Temiscaming, Quebec. A week after this photo, <a href=https://www.nugget.ca/news/temiscamings-ryam-plant-closing-its-industrial-complex-sept-15-400-unionized-workers-affected>RYAM would announce the indefinite idling of the Temiscaming mill</a> on account of 50% tariffs imposed by the American government. <br><br>The Kipawa Mill was constructed at Temiscaming circa 1918 - 1919 by the Riordon Pulp and Paper Company, which had also acquired the nearby 1888 Lumsden Sawmill. The site would come under control of the Canadian International Paper Company (CIP) in 1925, and continue until 1972 when CIP would close the mill. It was revived in 1973 under the name Tembec, a company largely founded by the mill's former employees, which ran until being bought out by Rayonier Advanced Materials in 2017. <br><br>Further information can be found in the 1975 National Film Board documentary <i><a href=https://www.nfb.ca/film/temiscaming-quebec/>Temiscaming, Quebec.</a></i>
Name: Jacob Patterson
Railway: Ottawa Valley Rail…
Date: 08/19/2026
Location: North Bay
Province: Ontario
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An afternoon snowstorm has blown in on OSR's Woodstock Job while working around its namesake town. Cars have been pulled and spotted at the Roslin transload, and all outbound cars set out in the old Jellicoe yard tracks for CPKC to lift. With freshly cleaned switches already filling back in, the crew takes their light power down to the east end of the yard, passing the 1899-built station, to lift inbound traffic.
Name: Jacob Patterson
Railway: Ontario Southland
Date: 12/11/2025
Location: Woodstock
Province: Ontario
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With the weekend of the Waterloo Railway Expo approaching, the smell of coal smoke once again fills the air in St. Jacob's. The steam crew at Waterloo Central has been hard at work making final preparations on the 1923 MLW 0-6-0, returning to service after a three year restoration. The major work includes a new firebox, rebuilt air compressor, rebuilt dynamo and upgraded electrical components, the 6 brake replaced with a 26L brake system, and the installation of a Lempor exhaust to improve draft. Shortly before departure, the boiler is blown down, and 9 will momentarily roll off the shop track to lift 5 coaches and van to begin a few test runs halfway to Elmira.
Name: Jacob Patterson
Railway: Waterloo Central
Date: 08/26/2026
Location: St. Jacob's
Province: Ontario
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Shortly after 4 axle BNSF units arrived on CN rails to repay horse power hours, a few were assigned to the Toronto pool and dispatched to the local terminals. Working out of Kitchener, BNSF 2090 is paired with CN 7068 while switching customers around Guelph.
Name: Jacob Patterson
Railway: Canadian National
Date: 09/22/2023
Location: Guelph
Province: Ontario
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GO 2718 departs Kipling GO station, headed towards West Toronto, and the short run down to the final stop at Union Station.
Name: Jacob Patterson
Railway: GO Transit
Date: 05/28/2026
Location: Etobicoke
Province: Ontario
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The early morning hours at VIA's Toronto Maintenance Centre find numerous pieces of equipment at the ready for upcoming departures to Ottawa, Montreal, Windsor, and New York. The new Siemens Charger sets make up the majority of the scene, including "LUMI" at centre, with stored Budd equipment in the distance beyond the newest delivery or Siemens equipment. Ontario Northland's third and final set of equipment, ONT has just been delivered by and is seen being positioned by VIA 903 after a brief stop at the fuel pad. Note freight equipment from CN L543 in the distance, waiting for the pair of geeps to turn on the wye before returning to Oakville.
Name: Jacob Patterson
Railway: Ontario Northland
Date: 08/12/2026
Location: Mimico
Province: Ontario
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CN M377 rolls through Snider on approach to Mac Yard.
Name: Jacob Patterson
Railway: Canadian National
Date: 07/20/2025
Location: Vaughan
Province: Ontario
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Its half past midnight at Kitchener yard. The last GO trains of the evening have cleared the area, and freight action is well underway. L566 slipped out to the Waterloo Spur behind 4906, 7068 shortly before this scene, rushing to clear up and give L533 access to the yard, while L587 with 4125, 4902, and HESR 3510 sat on the ladder. <br><br>With 533 in the siding and their engineer changing ends, 587 tacks the 3510 onto 533's power for movement to G&W's RailSynergy Oshawa operation, then ducks back into the yard to allow the Toronto crew to shove clear of the plant and make their runaround move to the east end of their lift. 587 will begin breaking up the inbound cars as soon as they've cleared the lead.
Name: Jacob Patterson
Railway: Canadian National
Date: 03/20/2025
Location: Kitchener
Province: Ontario
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A pair of former Metrolink F59 locomotive shells, recently purchased by Ontario's Metrolinx, are tied down in the yard at Galt, set off on account of air issues affecting their movement on 2-230. With the issues sorted, setoff complete, and coffees on board, 2-230 finally gets underway towards Toronto.
Name: Jacob Patterson
Railway: Canadian Pacific K…
Date: 01/03/2026
Location: Galt
Province: Ontario
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A set of leased GO Transit units head train 505 west out of Montreal passing through Pointe Claire. It is 1430h on Sunday, March 6, and the units need to be back in Toronto for the Monday morning commuter runs.<br><br>More GO leasers:<br><a href=http://www.railpictures.ca/?attachment_id=39920>1980 Reg Button</a><br><a href=http://www.railpictures.ca/?attachment_id=36340>1985 Arnold Mooney</a><br><a href=http://www.railpictures.ca/?attachment_id=45447>1988 John Reay</a><br><br><i>John Sutherland Photo, Jacob Patterson Collection Slide.</i>
Name: John Sutherland Pho…
Railway: Canadian Pacific
Date: 03/06/1988
Location: Pointe-Claire
Province: Quebec
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CNR H-6-c 4-6-0 1320, an MLW product of 1910, pauses at Wingham with Palmerston – Kincardine mixed train M331. If on time at 1315, the train should be about two thirds of the way through the three hour and five minute journey to the subdivision’s namesake town. Mail and express is exchanged from the RPO car to the baggage cart pulled up alongside it, while a conversation is had with the head end crew. The 1320 has about a year left before scrapping in late 1955, while the mixed train has about five years to go before cancellation upon end of the mail contract in June 1959. The 1905 GTR station still stands today, having housed various businesses over the years, it is now home to a youth centre for the community. <br><br><a href=http://www.railpictures.ca/?attachment_id=39967>Arnold Mooney’s 1977 view of the station</a> <br><br><i>Basil Headford Photo, Jacob Patterson Collection Slide.</i>
Name: Basil Headford Phot…
Railway: Canadian National
Date: 07/1954
Location: Wingham
Province: Ontario
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GO Transit 564 shoves on the rear of train 3959, making their way west on the GEXR Goderich Sub to tie down at mile 3 during their layover. The train will return west to Toronto early in the evening. <br><br>GO Transit service to Stratford commenced this past week, with equipment using the Goderich Sub as a pullback during the week to clear the plant at Stratford West prior to departing for Toronto. On weekends, the run is flipped, starting out of Toronto, returning east in the evening. <br><br>While today, Stratford is renowned for theatrical performances of the Stratford Festival, it of course relied heavily on the Grand Trunk Railway during the early years. While heading up the branch, the equipment passes the GTR shops (behind the photographer,) as well as the residential neighbourhood along St. David Street. The housing you see here, as well as that on the four streets off to the left/south - McKenzie, Argyle, Stratford, and Nelson Streets - were constructed circa 1909 as part of the GTR's shop expansion, with properties available for GTR shop employees on a rent - to- own basis. Over a century later, the majority of these properties remain as more expansion comes to the local railway scene.
Name: Jacob Patterson
Railway: GO Transit
Date: 07/11/2026
Location: Stratford
Province: Ontario
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CN M396 is seen ducking beneath the new Mississauga Road overpass approaching the Norval crossovers. The bridge recently opened during this past winter, <a href=https://www.railpictures.ca/?attachment_id=59492>replacing the grade crossing.</a>
Name: Jacob Patterson
Railway: Canadian National
Date: 05/17/2026
Location: Norval
Province: Ontario
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Closing in on a crew change at Guelph Junction, CPKC's weed spray train cuts across the farmland near Progreston.
Name: Jacob Patterson
Railway: Canadian Pacific K…
Date: 06/02/2026
Location: Progreston
Province: Ontario
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