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I’ve been photographing trains since 1992.

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The W.C. Wood Company was a long standing Guelph appliance factory which was situated near the downtown core and along Arthur Street in Guelph. The Wood family, which began the business in Guelph during 1930, had sold the company to an American based equity firm in 2007. Not long after in November 2009, the company announced the plant's closure that included the elimination of 250 jobs. In later years the vacant building was demolished to make way for new upscale houses named the Metalworks.
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On a late June afternoon, CP 4222 is seen lifting a boxcar or two from the W.C. Wood Company plant at the Arthur Street crossing. The local had just previously switched the Owens Corning facility along York Road, which is where the Sandersville hopper was lifted from. While the lighting was not ideal at the time, 24 years later it does at least give a perspective of what the area looked like in 1996.

Name:	Jason Noe
Railway:	Canadian Pacific
Date:	06/21/1996
Location:	Guelph
Province:	Ontario

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CP C424 4222 blocks traffic as it switches the Owens Corning plant across York Road in Guelph. The afternoon lighting here was always the best during the summer months and the timing would work out well as the CP Guelph local usually departed Guelph Jct. sometime after lunch for Guelph. During the mid-1990's Owens Corning was one of the biggest users of rail as they received hoppers of materials for the manufacturing of fiberglass composites.

Name:	Jason Noe
Railway:	Canadian Pacific
Date:	06/21/1996
Location:	Guelph
Province:	Ontario

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C424 4222 leads the CP Guelph local across Victoria Road in Guelph with one hopper for Owens Corning after arriving from Guelph Jct. At the time seeing this unit on the local was a real surprise as it was normally not assigned C424's and usually operated with single GP7u/GP9u's and the occasional RS18u.

Name:	Jason Noe
Railway:	Canadian Pacific
Date:	06/21/1996
Location:	Guelph
Province:	Ontario

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CP GP7u 1501 is viewed switching the Owens Corning facility located along York Road in Guelph. This was a regular switch for the CP Guelph local job during the mid-1990s. In the winter months when the sun was lower the shadows here could make it tough to photograph depending on when the local arrived at the plant. The crew could sometimes spend quite a bit of time here lifting and setting-off hoppers that had clay in them for the manufacturing of fiberglass composites. This day, 1501 set-off and lifted one car before proceeding to switch the Huntsman Chemical Corporation plant on its way back to Guelph Jct.

Name:	Jason Noe
Railway:	Canadian Pacific
Date:	12/28/1995
Location:	Guelph
Province:	Ontario

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In the mid 1990’s the Guelph Junction Railway (GJR) lived a fairly quiet existence serving the city of Guelph with a Canadian Pacific local that was based out of Guelph Jct. in Campbellville. While the Guelph to Guelph Jct. portion was owned by the city, the GJR line was operated by CP and once extended to Goderich on Lake Huron. Officially named the Goderich Subdivision, the section between Guelph and Goderich was abandoned in 1988 after the last run occurred on December 16, 1988 with GP38-2 3032. The rails between Goderich and the Guelph city limits were lifted in 1989.
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By 1994, the remaining Guelph industries that utilized rail service by GJR included; ABB, Guelph Utility Pole, W.C. Wood Company, the Guelph Co-Op, Huntsman Corporation and Owens Corning, with the latter two getting the most cars. The other customers received rail shipments infrequently and runs to the interchange with CN occurred only as needed during the week.
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The typical weekday for the CP Guelph local’s crew was to switch the small yard and the nearby lumber companies at Guelph Jct. during the morning. This occurred after all the weekly morning GO Transit sets departed eastbound for Toronto. After its work at Guelph Jct. was completed the job would depart westbound on the Galt Subdivision to Puslinch to service the transload that was situated beside the siding and mainline. Following its work here, the local would return to Guelph Jct. where the crew completed any additional switching prior to departing for Guelph if required with usually a small train.
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After arriving light power from Campbellville, here CP GP7u 1501 is seen lifting a hopper car of clay in the yard at Stevenson Street in Guelph. Soon the job would depart for the Owens Corning glass plant located along York Road on a very cold but sunny winter day.

Name:	Jason Noe
Railway:	Canadian Pacific
Date:	12/28/1995
Location:	Guelph
Province:	Ontario

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On a quiet Sunday morning in September 1994, CP SW1200RS 8156 is seen with a caboose at Guelph Jct. in Campbellville. This would likely be the power for the local that operated to Guelph to service industries on the Guelph Junction Railway during the week.

Name:	Carl Noe (Collectio…
Railway:	Canadian Pacific
Date:	09/18/1994
Location:	Campbellville
Province:	Ontario

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SOO Line SD40B 6450 is viewed getting serviced at Canadian Pacific's Toronto Yard between assignments. During the 1990's, this one of a kind SOO Line unit, did occasionally venture into Ontario from the US. It is ex-BN SD40B 7600 and nee-BN SD40 6302.

Name:	Jason Noe
Railway:	Canadian Pacific
Date:	05/27/1995
Location:	Toronto
Province:	Ontario

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CN "Laser Train" 238 descends the Niagara Escarpment grade with 9650, 9631 and GT 5929 during an early fall morning as it passes the location of the former Dundas station. While probably a few feet away from an exact "Time Machine" comparison it still shows the differences over 34 years later compared with Doug Page's great image at the same location.
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Name:	Carl Noe (Collectio…
Railway:	Canadian National
Date:	09/30/1995
Location:	Dundas
Province:	Ontario

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Name:	Carl Noe (Collectio…
Railway:	Wisconsin Central
Date:	09/15/1995
Location:	Sault Ste. Marie
Province:	Ontario

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CN 433 climbs up the grade through Dundas during an early fall morning with a solid four-axle consist that included; 9525, 3518, 3502, 4136 and 7034.

Name:	Carl Noe (Collectio…
Railway:	Canadian National
Date:	09/30/1995
Location:	Dundas
Province:	Ontario

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Former VIA Rail FP7A 6553 and Wisconsin Central SD45 6541 share shop space at WC's Sault Ste. Marie diesel facility as both units were in different stages of life. WC 6541 was originally built in 1971 as Burlington Northern, before becoming WC 6541, then re-numbered 7526, before ending its run as NREX 7526. FP7A 6553, which was built for Canadian Pacific in 1953 went on to become Algoma Central FP9A 1756. It was later retired and sold to the West Coast Railway Association in Squamish, British Columbia.

Name:	Carl Noe (Collectio…
Railway:	Wisconsin Central
Date:	09/15/1995
Location:	Sault Ste. Marie
Province:	Ontario

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The fall colours were beginning to emerge as a mid-morning CN westbound powered by 5361, 5049 and 5356 dragged 93 cars up the Niagara Escarpment through Dundas on the appropriately named Dundas Subdivision. This photo was taken across from where the small station once stood under famed Dundas Peak.

Name:	Carl Noe (Collectio…
Railway:	Canadian National
Date:	09/30/1995
Location:	Dundas
Province:	Ontario

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CN L568 with 4790 and 7025 are at Mile 72 of the Guelph Subdivision in Baden, Ontario heading westbound to Stratford. July 31, 2019.

Name:	Jason Noe
Railway:	Canadian National
Date:	07/31/2019
Location:	Baden
Province:	Ontario

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CN L568 with 4784, 7071 and 7083 is crossing Queen Street in Kitchener, Ontario on the Huron Park Spur as it heads to the interchange with Canadian Pacific. After working the spur, L568 would depart westbound for Stratford on the Guelph Subdivision. August 24, 2019.

Name:	Jason Noe
Railway:	Canadian National
Date:	08/24/2019
Location:	Kitchener
Province:	Ontario

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CP 5818 along with several other units are seen being moved by hostlers at CP's diesel shop in Toronto Yard. The units included; 5818, PNC 3064, 5559, 8119 and SOO Line 6621.

Name:	Carl Noe (Collectio…
Railway:	Canadian Pacific
Date:	09/18/1994
Location:	Toronto
Province:	Ontario

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CP C424 4237 and M636 4740 have just departed the shop tracks at Toronto Yard and are seen heading to their assembled train that will take them eastbound across the Belleville Subdivision to Smiths Falls.

Name:	Carl Noe (Collectio…
Railway:	Canadian Pacific
Date:	October 1994
Location:	Toronto
Province:	Ontario

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VIA Rail F40PH-2 6429 is trailing on train #73's tail-end as it climbs the grade at Copetown on the CN Dundas Subdivision. In 1997, the unit was adorned in a special Home Hardware promotional livery, which it stayed in for several years.

Name:	Carl Noe (Collectio…
Railway:	VIA Rail
Date:	October 1997
Location:	Copetown
Province:	Ontario

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Over two decades later the Waterloo Spur is a much different place now being owned by the Region of Waterloo and is a large component of the new ION light rail system. After servicing the line for 20 years, the Goderich-Exeter Railway’s lease of the Guelph Subdivision and related spurs wasn’t renewed, thus CN returned in November 2018. Now, ordered as required for 21:00 CN L566 services Elmira during the week operating on the shared ION trackage during a small window over night. The CN assignment has to be off the ION operated section before the light rail schedule begins to roll again in the early morning hours. However, sometimes the job doesn’t make it back due to any number of factors and ends up timing-out on the line between Elmira and Northfield Drive in Waterloo.

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On July 30, 2019 it was reported that CN L566 had ran out of time that morning in Elmira with none other than 4138. The unit and two tankers would sit near the former Uniroyal plant, now Lanxess, for most of the day and evening awaiting a fresh crew to take L566 back to Kitchener later that night. There was no question that after work that day, Elmira was my destination. Now 26 years later, I still felt the same excitement as I had the day of my first cab ride. This time it was the anticipation of once again seeing CN 4138 on the Waterloo Spur so many years later. Upon arrival in Elmira I saw it had its CN noodle proudly re-applied on its long hood exactly as it did in 1993. For a brief period I was that 13-year-old kid again as I photographed 4138 in the same evening lighting as that summer day so long ago. And the best part was that I was able to share it with my wife and young daughter who had come with me. I wasn’t going to take any chances as this time ensuring that all the images were saved on my SLR camera’s memory card…..and on my phone and my wife’s phone, which they thankfully all were. Checked, double-checked and triple-checked….

Name:	Jason Noe
Railway:	Canadian National
Date:	July 30, 2019
Location:	Elmira
Province:	Ontario

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In the three years that passed since I had my cab ride in 4138, the unit had gone on to become a ‘movie star’. It was chosen to be in the 1997 Canadian comedy “The Wrong Guy” that was filmed primarily around Toronto and area. While the movie didn’t receive much box office success, the unit had had its CN markings removed and became AR Illinois after a fictional shortline that appeared in the film. When the movie was finished, the GP9RM’s return to CN caused quite a stir amongst railfans. Most people didn’t realize it was used in a movie shoot until the film was released. I honestly grew tired of AR 4138 rather quickly and much preferred its original CN wet noodles, as the unit had during my ride. Ironically, even as of 2020 the unit still has its AR Illinois markings on the nose, however they are fading so badly it now looks like ‘AP’ Illinois.
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Here, 4138 is viewed still movie fresh as it is seen switching industries in Elmira. At the time, Nutrite, Sulco Chemical and Uniroyal Chemicals were the three main customers serviced by the 15:30 Kitchener Job.

Name:	Carl Noe (Collectio…
Railway:	Canadian National
Date:	September 3, 1996
Location:	Elmira
Province:	Ontario

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In July 1993 I was invited for my first cab ride by the crew of the 15:30 Kitchener Job. They would be taking a train north to Elmira on the Waterloo Spur, which was only a block away from my house at the time. The crew said they would get me at the crossing as they headed-up. For a 13-year-old kid, there was no greater excitement than knowing that this time I wouldn’t just be watching from the sidelines, but actually on board this day. CN GP9RM 4138 slowly came into view as it led the small train across the two streets ahead of mine. Once the train came to a stop, I climbed aboard before being handed a bottle of cold water as it was an incredibly sweltering afternoon. Rollie, who was the conductor, let me have his seat as we began across my street and towards Uptown Waterloo.
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The entire trip lasted about two hours as the job switched Nutrite Feeds and Sulco in Elmira after arriving. I took photos of as much as I could. Seeing things from high in the cab gave a new perspective on the line. The friendly crew even took photos of me in the engineer’s seat as well. So many wonderful memories were made that day, however, in the end that’s all that became of my first cab ride on the spur….just memories. Unfortunately, it was later discovered that the roll of film in the camera wasn’t advancing at the time while the number counter was, giving the illusion of things working properly. It was my first hard lesson in photography, to ensure all equipment was fully functioning and working properly before a shoot.
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While time had continued on in the following years, I was always still determined to photograph 4138 on the Waterloo Spur again to somewhat make-up for the photos lost from that day. I had to wait over three years, until September 1996 when CN had assigned 4138 to Kitchener again. On a hazy late summer afternoon, my dad and I followed the 15:30 Job up to Elmira and back. Here, 4138 is seen emerging from a large corn and vegetable field as it approached Scotch Line Road south of Elmira with cars for Nutrite as well as Sulco Chemicals. However, the GP9RM looked a lot different from three years prior as it no longer had any CN logos….

Name:	Carl Noe (Collectio…
Railway:	Canadian National
Date:	September 3, 1996
Location:	Between St. Jacobs…
Province:	Ontario

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