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Railpictures.ca - Canadian Railway Photography - photographie ferroviaire Canadienne. » Marcus Stevens http://www.railpictures.ca The BEST Canadian photos on the Internet, eh? Sun, 23 Aug 2026 15:44:54 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1 Images by marcus-stevens http://www.railpictures.ca/2026/%postname?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=154 http://www.railpictures.ca/2026/%postname#comments Tue, 03 Nov 2026 10:36:30 +0000 Marcus Stevens

Between Caledonia and Fort Erie, not much remains intact of the former CN Dunnville subdivision. A small section remains on either side of the Welland canal in Port Colborne with the west side operated as needed by GIO Rail. This track survives today simply to serve the port as well as a tank car storage yard at the very west end of town. Long gone are the days of through trains here. GIO Rails slug set is interesting as mother unit 7224 is in GIO paint while the slug is painted for Locomotive rebuilder LDS, both are former CN, with the slug built from a retired S-3, and can only be connected to the mother unit from one end. The set is seen leaving the tank storage yard with a lone car as the head back towards the north end of town to work more industries. The switch in the foreground heads down to the harbor.

Name:	Marcus W Stevens
Railway:	GIO Rail
Date:	10/26/2026
Location:	Port Colborne
Province:	Ontario

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The well known pond at Campbellville has long been a favorite railfan location for me, unfortunately over the decades it has become overgrown and filled in, not to mention the code line here being in the way for most photos. While waiting for 135 to finally make its way to Guelph Junction, I got a heads up that 230 was only a couple miles away. Running out of time I decided to see if anything would work by the pond. To my surprise the code line and greenery beside the right of way has recently been cleared away opening up a few new photography opportunities. A nicely placed picnic table helped with the elevation as well. I’m no big fan of CP’s Gevos but the “s” curve here and changing fall colors made the shot. that seemed more same old, same old.

Name:	Marcus W Stevens
Railway:	Canadian Pacific K…
Date:	10/10/2026
Location:	Campbellville
Province:	Ontario

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It’s probably been about a decade since I last followed the original Goderich Exeter. Back then business on the line was still pretty steady, typically at least 5 days a week. Back then the line to Hensall and beyond was still on shaky ground but at least served regularly. Today things are different on the GEXR the line to Goderich see service once or twice a week while Hensall sees very limited service. This day I originally hoped to do the run to Goderich and back for old time sake but am thankful they took the more rare trip to Hensall. From what I hear the line is no longer served in the winter months due to heavy snow and bad track conditions. This day PRSL cab GP38 2117 is seen making the 10mph trip towards Hensall with four BNSF hoppers in tow. The train will return north a few hours later with the same number of cars. The train is seen passing farmland and grinding rust off the rails near Brucefield.

Name:	Marcus W Stevens
Railway:	Goderich-Exeter
Date:	10/08/2026
Location:	Brucefield
Province:	Ontario

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While not as interesting as the last set of GP9 rebuilds assigned to Brantford, consecutive numbered GP38 rebuilds are not a bad catch. CN’s desperation for four axle units has forced it to pick up some second hand GP38’s from other railroads. This pair formerly worked for Union Pacific. Here they are seen heading into Cainsville where they will work a tank car repair facility and lumber yard before heading back to Brantford yard.

Name:	Marcus W Stevens
Railway:	Canadian National
Date:	10/06/2026
Location:	Cainsville
Province:	Ontario

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It’s hard to resist not heading out after a night of fresh snow. Another one of those GP38 shots. I alway liked CP’s small and unique fleet of GP38AC’s while they look very similar to run of the mill GP38’s they do have some different details along with being the oldest GP38’s on the roster. After spending most of their lives assigned to western Canada along with Vancouver Island they were finally scattered across the system several years ago. 3004 and 3005 received a special paint scheme while working on the island but when CP gave up the trackage they were gradually repainted back to full CP paint. Today the majority of the small fleet survives with only a few retired. It was nice having 3004 in Southern Ontario for a brief period before returning to the States. Here it and another GP roll east under fresh powder at Meadowvale after working Hornby yard. Back in 2020 H24 would work Streetsville yard before heading to Hornby and back home to Toronto. This explains the covered hoppers in the consist.

Name:	Marcus W Stevens
Railway:	Canadian Pacific
Date:	11/23/2020
Location:	Meadowvale
Province:	Ontario

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I’ve always had a thing for GP38’s, while maybe not the most exciting units they definitely deserve their praise for what they have done for the railroad industry. I especially like the less common versions like the GP38AC’s and rare PRSL dual control stand versions. In the end the Pennsylvania Reading Seashore Lines ordered 15 of these units with Penn Central ordered a handful. In the end they all went to Conrail and later most of the fleet split between CSX and NS. As they were non Dash-2 they were later sold off. It was a treat years ago crossing paths with this unit when it first arrived in Hamilton in Railtex paint, lettered NECR 3840. It was later repainted into GW paint and lettered RLHH 2117. Its dual control stand replaced and dynamic brakes added. For a period after CN took back Hamilton operations this unit was relocated to GEXR’s Guelph Junction Railway operations, before being sent out to Stratford. This day the fresh snow made the shot as power awaited the next call to duty at Guelph Junction.

Name:	Marcus W Stevens
Railway:	Goderich-Exeter
Date:	01/02/2021
Location:	Guelph Junction
Province:	Ontario

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With autumn just around the corner I figured I’d post this shot from a few years ago at one of my favorite autumn spots. I’ve always loved hanging out here, taking in trains and nature, yet so close to the city. CPKC’s Hamilton subdivision is at the far left while the little used “cow path” is too the right of it. This spot was formerly CN Hamilton West but when the plant at Bayview Junction was expanded the name was dropped.

Name:	Marcus W Stevens
Railway:	Canadian National
Date:	10/11/2022
Location:	Bayview junction (…
Province:	Ontario

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“Preston Nights” one of the things I miss most about my old job was sometimes getting to fill in as back up company rep at the Cambridge Toyota plant. Typically a night thing that would allow me to pass by Preston in the early morning hours to see what CN (before that GEXR) had laying over on the old Fergus spur beside the the once busy walk board trans load facility. This arrangement last until the facility moved away off line, forcing this section of track to fall silent for good. The location of a well lit car lot provided lots of useful light for photography. This was the only time I caught a pair of GP9RM’s laying over. Today only a couple customers remain on this one time busy spur, only one customer remains in Cambridge the other close to Guelph.

Name:	Marcus W Stevens
Railway:	Canadian National
Date:	12/19/2021
Location:	Preston / Cambridg…
Province:	Ontario

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Back in 2003 the area still had two shortlines operating in the area over both former CP and CN lines. Not the case today unfortunately with only CN serving what rails remain. On this trip we hoped to get both railways operating but unfortunately the two days we had in the area nothing ran. I wasn’t exactly sure where the power at the time was kept but after scoping out the area we came across almost all of their power. For a brief period Trillium Railway had some kind of connection with the KPR I believe as their former M420 3575 is in the mix. The two HLCX former UP SD40’s (rebuilt into SD38’s) were a sign of what would become of the motive power here as the MLW’s would eventually be sold to Lake State Railway in Michigan and replaced with GP38’s. Eventually the KPR folded and CN returned to operate what remains here today.moving or not I certainly can’t complain with the consist this day in front of my eyes.

Name:	Marcus W Stevens
Railway:	Kewlona Pacific Ra…
Date:	07/13/2003
Location:	Vernon
Province:	British Columbia

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While waiting for the short lived tourist train to depart, myself and a railfan fried snuck down to the shop to find a trio of out of service RS23’s and this pair on the shop track. It was such an interesting operation that I regret never making a return trip to see again. I alway had a thing for CP’s RS23’s especially after catching them working countless times on the Ontario Southland. On the Windsor & Hauntsport only one unit received corporate paint while the rest retained patched CP paint. One even had a multi-mark. Sadly in the end all met the scrappers torch with their prime movers sold to a navel company.

Name:	Marcus W Stevens
Railway:	Windsor and Hantsp…
Date:	07/14/2002
Location:	Windsor
Province:	Nova Scotia

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For a few years I made the effort to go out mainly for the fall and winter “Credit Valley Explorer” trains. It was hard to take a bad photo on most of the line with its scenery and deep history. Definitely one of the lines in Southern Ontario I miss the most today. One by one the branchlines that connected to the subdivision vanished into history and freight traffic went on a steady decline well after passenger service ended. Cando did what it could to satisfy the customers that remained but in the end it wasn’t enough. The tour trains on the other hand were a huge success often selling out. But when Orangeville lost interest in the line nothing could save it and today the line is abandoned but still mostly intact. I always tried to get shots of the large Forks of the Credit bridge but it wasn’t an easy task. Limited parking and tight angles didn’t help but this day lucky timing prevailed. The passing tour train catches the eye of a fuel truck driver filling a local home as the veteran GP9 rolls across the bridge.

Name:	Marcus W Stevens
Railway:	Orangeville-Brampt…
Date:	10/20/2007
Location:	Forks of the Credi…
Province:	Ontario

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It’s hard to pass up a trio of CN “stripes” in 2026, even if they are looking a bit ratty. It feels like it was only yesterday that I was chasing the once so common sets of six axle units painted is stripes. Sadly it was a lot longer since I’ve had the opportunity to. This spot near Etonia is one of my favorites in more recent years, at least for westbounds. Here the sound of local CN 383 fills the air long before its arrival as it heads westbound, back home to London.

Name:	Marcus W Stevens
Railway:	Canadian National
Date:	08/20/2026
Location:	Etonia
Province:	Ontario

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It’s unfortunate back it those traveling days my friend and I always wanted to cover a lot of ground each day of the holiday. Unfortunately our visit to the Windsor Hauntsport Railway landed on the weekend , meaning we could not catch any of the gypsum trains. We did thankfully that day cross paths with the relatively short lived tourist train they ran. The WHRC typically put a RS23 on each end as there were no run around spots at the end. At Wolfville the train would stop allowing passengers a chance to have a picnic lunch before heading back. What I give today for a redo here, unfortunately the RS23’s are long gone and the line has been out of service for years.

Name:	Marcus W Stevens
Railway:	Windsor and Hantsp…
Date:	07/14/2002
Location:	Windsor
Province:	Nova Scotia

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It’s hard to believe it has been 15 years since I last crossed paths with Cando GP9 1001. The last time was sadly the final run to Collingwood. I can only wish I was railfanning back when CN still ran through Barrie. Allandale yard was once a busy and important division point for all the branchlines that once were fed from the yard there. The 1980’s and 90’s claimed almost all of the lines including severing CN’s New Market sub. as a through route. Today only GO Transit and Barrie Collingwood remain. Thanks to an early start today I was able to finally cross paths again with the veteran high hood GP9. (A big thanks to a well known railroader for information on today’s run) today’s train only had two cars out of Utopia and left the run around track with 3 more. Here the train has just finished running around its train at the end of track under Highway 400 and will now serve one last customer on its way home.

Name:	Marcus W Stevens
Railway:	Cando
Date:	07/23/2026
Location:	Innisfil
Province:	Ontario

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The forest fire smoke from northwestern Ontario is very visable thanks to shifting winds, as OSR’s job to Tilsonburg heads south just out of Salford, with three tank cars in tow. They will have over an hours work in Tilsonburg before heading back north.

Name:	Marcus W Stevens
Railway:	Ontario Southland
Date:	07/16/2026
Location:	Salford
Province:	Ontario

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The good old “rent a wreck” days on CN. Don’t think too many of these actually led trains while on CN so this dreary day it was worth running out to Tansley to get it, especially as no CN units on the train. I miss all these unwanted Dash-8 leasers, as well as the unwanted BNSF ex ATSF SD75’s. The NS SD60 rebuild was just a bonus. I could definitely use some of this variety today.

Name:	Marcus W Stevens
Railway:	Canadian National
Date:	06/23/2018
Location:	Tansley
Province:	Ontario

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Happier times in Uxbridge. Back in 2015 I was able to take my boys to see Thomas the tank engine on the York Durham RR. The area that day was pretty congested with people but I managed to get a few photos. Here RS11 3612 is getting looked over before the next push out of town on the next trip. I miss photographing that railroad but am at least happy most of the equipment survived the end of the operations here and we’ll be enjoyed by others out in western Canada. Our loss is truly their gain.

Name:	Marcus W Stevens
Railway:	Tourist
Date:	08/22/2015
Location:	Uxbridge
Province:	Ontario

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When it comes to CN’’s Dash-9’s these first examples have always been my favourite. In the early years they were hard to find unless you heard to the Bala subdivision. Thankfully as more GE’s arrived they became more common in the east. It was always nice catching them in pairs although not all that common. I liked the four window can and marker light set up not to mention them being the only Dash-9 to receive the map paint scheme. This day rack train 275 had a pair of low 2500’s as they sit the signals at mile 30. CN 2517 was one of two with the map scheme that had the website added later. Today their numbers are dwindling rapidly and their paint jobs are looking pretty rough and faded.

Name:	Marcus W Stevens
Railway:	Canadian National
Date:	08/04/2015
Location:	Scotch Block
Province:	Ontario

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While CN’s surviving GP9RM’s get most of the attention these days, the surviving GTW GP9R’s deserve just as much attention. While they spend most of their time States side, a few have made their way north of the border to help fill in where needed. Originally built as a high short hood GP9 and utilized on both the GTW and CV , it years later was sent to undergo the GP9R rebuild program. In the process it received a new cab and short hood as well as relocated air tanks along with many other modifications. While several have been repainted in CN paint, others like 4623 retain their GTW blue and red. Unfortunately today it spent the day in trailing position on local 542 but at least allowed me one opportunity to catch it not nose coupled as it switched out the shared Guelph North spurs.

Name:	Marcus W Stevens
Railway:	Canadian National
Date:	05/14/2026
Location:	Guelph
Province:	Ontario

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Streetsville has long played a part in my Railfaning life. It has always been my closest location when it comes to photographing CP. Often after college I would take the long route home trough Streetsville just in case anything was around. I soon discovered the local that served local industries here. Originally a single MLW based at Guelph Junction, later it was relocated to West Toronto where it is still located today. Back in the early 2000’s the local was still running daily, Monday to Friday. The ADM Mill was still a big customer for CP in those days, served almost daily and often twice on Wednesday’s, even occasionally served on Saturday’s. Here is one of those rare Saturday runs, dodging winter shadows as it heads back to the mainline. While the spur to the mill wasn’t long it was somewhat scenic travelling trough a tunnel of trees, clinging to the hillside above the Credit River on part of a route proposed so long ago by “booth” when he proposed the Credit Valley Railway follow the River to a connection with the Great Western Railway (now CN) at Port Credit. Although the route was rejected this short spur gives you an idea of what could have been. Unfortunately the more recent years have not been good for ADM’s mill. A change in shipping found the mill totally end rail service and even trucks to the mill don’t seem as frequent. Today the spur has been severed from the mainline and is now badly overgrown. Only time will tell if a revival will ever come.

Name:	Marcus W Stevens
Railway:	Canadian Pacific
Date:	12/14/2002
Location:	Streetsville
Province:	Ontario

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