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Canon 7D, 24-105mm, 10-22, 70-200. That's my weaponry.

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A warm May day last year brought me out to Stratford, ON, where after following 568 from Kitchener with RLK 4095 in tow (set off just before this frame), they are now seen putting together their outbound train for customers further down the line towards Pottersburg. They are pictured here running up the ladder track, framed beside Jordan spreader CN 50948, which has spent the last year and a half resting away in the MOW tracks after the ill-fated work extra last year. Full consist that day into Stratford was CN 4131- CN 9427- CN 7521 - RLK 4095 and a measly single tank car.

Name:	frmn2001
Railway:	Canadian National
Date:	05/29/2022
Location:	Stratford
Province:	Ontario

2 Comments | 9 Favourites

L58031 17 heads south on the Hagersville Sub with a fair train in tow for industries further south along the line. Pre hood swapped 4136 is in charge today as they make the trek towards Caledonia

Name:	frmn2001
Railway:	Canadian National
Date:	05/17/2021
Location:	Onondaga
Province:	Ontario

Comments | 9 Favourites

On a warm June afternoon, what I believe is OSR Guelph Junction Railway division's job #2 has stopped short of a Rule 41/841 red flag while wyeing their power on the Guelph North Industrial Spur.

Name:	frmn2001
Railway:	Ontario Southland
Date:	06/30/2020
Location:	Guelph
Province:	Ontario

Comments | 12 Favourites

On a gorgeous April morning, (at the time) recently re-activated RS23 503 is back doing her thing, as they drill cars in Tillsonburg after making the trip down from Salford earlier. The hogger gives a nice touch of the throttle as they shove a cut, releasing the notorious MLW/ALCO smoke that we all love. Great crew and a great chase, although it wasn't long before the clouds rolled in. Glad I got the best of the morning light at least.
Recently, this unit has been sidelined once again after a few weeks/months back on the road last year. Currently the only MLW in active service on the OSR is RS18, 182. Better than nothing, but never take advantage of these old girls. Never know when you'll have your last shot.

Name:	frmn2001
Railway:	Ontario Southland
Date:	04/12/2022
Location:	Tillsonburg
Province:	Ontario

1 Comments | 17 Favourites

On a chilly but bright March evening, the 1500 or 1600 Hamilton Yard job performs its duties at NSC with one of, if not the only GMTX locomotive(s) ever assigned to the Hamilton Terminal. I absolutely despise these things, especially now in their CN patch-jobs, but after seeing this and rarely ever a photo of one in Hamilton, I figured it'd be an interesting addition to the site. I remember not being impressed that this was the engine facing the sun, as 7258 and 1408 were trailing behind it, but I made up for that on later dates :)

Name:	frmn2001
Railway:	Canadian National
Date:	03/27/2020
Location:	Hamilton
Province:	Ontario

5 Comments | 9 Favourites

T72 shoves their way up the Ayr Pit Spur with a string of hoppers for the FS Partners mill in the namesake town of Ayr.

Name:	frmn2001
Railway:	Canadian Pacific
Date:	12/17/2017
Location:	Ayr
Province:	Ontario

2 Comments | 5 Favourites

Rolling through the plant at Norval, GEXR 432 is under the watchful eye of a CN foreman as they bring their light train from Stratford and Kitchener to Mac yard. Lots has changed in this image, obviously GEXR is long gone from the Halton and Guelph subs, but this location at Norval has changed dramatically too. Hardly recognizable now with all the expansion and housing additions.

Name:	frmn2001
Railway:	Goderich-Exeter
Date:	11/16/2016
Location:	Mount Pleasant
Province:	Ontario

1 Comments | 11 Favourites

On a crisp December day, GTW 6226 and CN 4028 kick up some snow as they roll through the small town of Baden. One can spot a dimensional load on the tail end bound for GEXR in Goderich and then to Bruce Power if I'm not mistaken. Corrections on that are welcome.

Name:	frmn2001
Railway:	Canadian National
Date:	12/27/2020
Location:	Baden
Province:	Ontario

2 Comments | 8 Favourites

After making a run to Kitchener to set-off and lift, 542 is pictured here heading home to Hespeler with two lumber cars in tow for either Gillies Lumber or Hunt's Logistics, can't recall which customer. A nice scene reminiscing of the 1990's on these sleepy branchlines, the only thing missing is the van on the tail end.

Name:	frmn2001
Railway:	Canadian National
Date:	04/23/2022
Location:	Wellington County
Province:	Ontario

2 Comments | 16 Favourites

On a warm spring afternoon, 540 is near Guelph Sub track speed on its return trip back to their home terminal of Kitchener. 7521 is in charge on this leg of the run, and is one of many former hump yard service units that have kicked their legs out onto the road over the past year and a half. With the GMD-1s sold off or retired, and a handful of GP9RM's being retired as well by the months, CN has resorted to these 7500 series units to take their place, along with the purchase of 20 or so ex GMTX GP38-2s. Many of CNs ex Oakway SD60s, and SD40-2Ws have been given R/C capabilities and are taking on yard service roles at various terminals to substitute for these hitting the open road, although a number of SD40-2Ws have had R/C capability for some time now. Nonetheless, something different for anyone in areas where 4 axle power is utilized.

Name:	frmn2001
Railway:	Canadian National
Date:	05/11/2022
Location:	Mosborough
Province:	Ontario

1 Comments | 10 Favourites

After a day of working around Guelph and Kitchener, 542 shoves two cars lifted from Traxxside into the what's left of the old Guelph siding, before departing light engines down the Fergus spur for Hespeler. Late afternoon winter light is my favourite, so I made sure to soak that up while watching these veterans do their thing on the same steel they would have decades on decades ago.

Name:	frmn2001
Railway:	Canadian National
Date:	01/15/22
Location:	Guelph
Province:	Ontario

Comments | 11 Favourites

While GIO railway was performing the last revenue movements on the remainder of the Owen Sound Sub, something else caught my eye. A rare early morning 568 move (or westbound freight in general) from Kitchener straight shot to Stratford.

I was in fact on my way to check out the GIO move when I drove by the Kitchener yard, and saw this 4-pack just finishing up their shove move to grab the conductor in the Kitchener siding. This was odd as usually any train switching the west end that early, ends up moving to the east end and going to Shantz and/or Guelph/Acton. But once I saw the conductor getting on board, and the huge train of mixed cars for HCL, GEXR, Kellys and more, I knew something different was up. So I stuck around and took advantage of the chance, and knocked some shots off my list west of Kitchener in the nice morning light. Here's one of them just between Kitchener and Petersburg.

Also not sure if this was and extra or not, but they called themselves 568 on the radio.

Name:	frmn2001
Railway:	Canadian National
Date:	12/17/2021
Location:	Petersburg
Province:	Ontario

4 Comments | 8 Favourites

On a gorgeous late summer evening, an afternoon belt pack job shoves their way into Hamilton's Industrial Sector J, heading to one of many industries located in the area. I don't recall exactly where they were going or what job it was, but this scene quickly caught my eye. Quite a lunch spot huh?

Name:	frmn2001
Railway:	Canadian National
Date:	09/04/20
Location:	Hamilton
Province:	Ontario

5 Comments | 12 Favourites

A gorgeous fall day, and nothing to do after work, usually means a trip to the OSR for me. This particular day, I ran into the Woodstock job bringing traffic down to Belmont, where they'll make a handful of moves and head back east for Woodstock. I may have missed the CPR era on the Elgin and Oxford county branchlines, but I certainly won't complain about this. It's as close as I'll get, but only a sprinkle of dust compared to what these lines have seen before my time..

Name:	frmn2001
Railway:	Ontario Southland
Date:	10/05/20
Location:	Ingersoll
Province:	Ontario

1 Comments | 11 Favourites

On a miserable April morning back in 2018, a fan shared a tip about Amtrak 514 leading evening train 98 eastbound to Union, where it would wye and return as VIA 97 the following day. Knowing this, I opened my weather app to see what I may be venturing into. Long behold, an April blizzard. Just great....however, something like this cancels out any weather to me. Turns out I wasn't the only one with this idea. Multiple fans were out to capture this days 97, including quite the photo line here at Wellington St in the hammer. I don't shoot much passenger, however with the Maple Leaf suspended due to COVID-19, and VIA due to recieve their fresh Chargers at the end of the year, I'm glad I shot what I could, and still can.

Anyways, back to the reason I'm even sharing this right now, happy 50th to Amtrak. Its good to see a potential resurgance of its system, and even rumours of returning Chicago/Detroit - Toronto service have been thrown out there. It'll be interesting to watch and see what happens to the United States' largest passenger carrier in the next few years. Hopefully the next 50+ years of Amtrak keeps on rolling smooth.

Name:	frmn2001
Railway:	Amtrak
Date:	04/15/2018
Location:	Hamilton
Province:	Ontario

2 Comments | 8 Favourites

In early 2018, one of the 0700 or 0800 SOR yard jobs (corrections welcome, my notes contained everything but the ID) switches out one of the few Bunge locations in the Hamilton area on a beautiful morning. I watched these guys switch Stuart St for a bit earlier until CN 551 called out the approach to Hamilton with a trio of CN GP9RMs. They ended up running to Parkdale which I also shot, and a few other industries on the Grimsby Sub before running back to Aldershot. I then ran back into the SOR job as I slowly crept back home, and thus came this photograph. If only the GP9 led though. :)

Name:	frmn2001
Railway:	Southern Ontario R…
Date:	01/24/2018
Location:	Hamilton
Province:	Ontario

4 Comments | 10 Favourites

The miserable weather of late February to early May has begun, and today was nothing but a prime example. Since the sun was nowhere to be found in my area today, I searched through some photos for my share of sun. What I pulled out was this shot of westbound 383 rolling through the plant at Paris West. Being in the area, and the light being fantastic, I stopped in for a shot. Another cool note about this, was the mid-train units were BCOL 4642 and CN 8891, basically a mirror of the two leaders pictured here. Obviously the two BCOL up front would have been preferred, but the light somewhat made up for it.

Name:	frmn2001
Railway:	Canadian National
Date:	07/14/2017
Location:	Paris
Province:	Ontario

2 Comments | 12 Favourites

Too bad kitchener can't put together a consist like this right now. Back in the first few months of CN's return to the Guelph Sub, there were a few particular consists that stood out to me. This being one of the top. A solid, decently clean zebra set is pretty uncommon nowadays, especially with the influx of GM blue all over the 4 axle roster. 540's crew utilizes said power set as they make a few moves at the Shantz Station terminal, with 4777 in the lead facing west for Kitchener.

Name:	frmn2001
Railway:	Canadian National
Date:	01/13/2019
Location:	Shantz Station
Province:	Ontario

8 Comments | 20 Favourites

Back in the SOR days of Hamilton, we have QGRY 2500 and RLK 4001 shoving back through the north end of Strathearne Ave in some crisp winter evening light, with a few fellow RP.ca contributors soaking in the sight as well.

Name:	frmn2001
Railway:	Southern Ontario R…
Date:	12/03/2018
Location:	Hamilton
Province:	Ontario

Comments | 10 Favourites

Resting on the Waterloo back track is Wolverton-Hagey turn T72, as they occupy the last running miles of CP's Waterloo Subdivision, that spans from South Jct in Kitchener (interchange with CN's Huron Park Spur), to Galt where it connects with the Galt main. T72 has a decent cut of autos from Toyota, destined for the growing Wolverton auto facility, and is holding presently for 254 to clear the main. Once they do, the hogger will throw on the bell, crank his throttle, enter the CTC, and clear the west backtrack swtich Galt.

Name:	frmn2001
Railway:	Canadian Pacific
Date:	07/04/2020
Location:	Galt
Province:	Ontario

2 Comments | 13 Favourites

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