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Started my railroad career at CN in July 1969 and retired from the industry 49 years later on March 1, 2018. My area of expertise was railway Work Equipment. Currently reside in Binbrook, ON. I use a Nikon D850, Nikon D7200 (Nikkor Gold Ring 24-120mm, 35mm, 18-140mm, 55-300mm, & 80-400mm) and scan with an Epson V550. Enjoy my contributions. Be safe. Lots more of my photos at: https://www.flickr.com/photos/197431498@N07/albums

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HBRY 6005 SD60M (ex-UP) sits sandwiched between HBRY 6004 & HBRY 5005 at HBR's The Pas, MB diesel shop yard on a sunny but bitterly cold March 16, 2023.
Name: Paul O'Shell
Railway: Hudson Bay Railway
Date: 03/16/2023
Location: The Pas
Province: Manitoba
4 Comments | 9 Favourites
In the absence of modern wayside electronic axle/bearing heat sensors on portions of the Hudson Bay Railway line, VIA trains on the trip to Churchill have to stop periodically for a roll-by manual laser temperature reading of each axle end bearing. <br> VIA 690 is getting checked out by the second engineer at HBR Pikwitonei, MB Mile 214 Thicket Sub. during my southbound trip to The Pas, MB on March 15, 2023. <br> Oh, the sights you get to see on this trip from Winnipeg to Churchill and return. :-)
Name: Paul O'Shell
Railway: VIA Rail
Date: 03/15/2023
Location: Pikwitonei
Province: Manitoba
Comments | 10 Favourites
VIA 185 with three Budd RDC's has come to a stop at the station in Cartier, ON and the step box is on the platform at the vestibule steps of VIA 6119 waiting for those interested in detraining or those wanting to board the iconic train to its destination in White River, ON.
Name: Paul O'Shell
Railway: VIA Rail
Date: 07/27/2023
Location: Cartier
Province: Ontario
2 Comments | 12 Favourites
Business car HBRY 800576 Canadian Sunrise (ex-Grand Canyon 2093, exx-CN 22, exxx-CN 90, exxxx-CN 100 Bonaventure) Class PV-79-E Business Car, NSC built in 1959 sits in the Carlton Trail Railway (OmniTRAX) roundhouse in Prince Albert, SK May 29, 2002. <br> I was in Prince Albert with a new Nordco ballast regulator/snow fighter for the CTR as seen in the stall next to the Business Car, and got so wrapped up in my work that I failed to get a better angle shot of the car or ask for a tour of the interior. :-( <br> In my two trips from Winnipeg to Churchill and points in between in the past two years, I have yet to spot this car anywhere on the HBR line. News on its whereabouts would be appreciated from anyone. :-) <br> The roundhouse still stands in Prince Albert.
Name: Paul O'Shell
Railway: Hudson Bay Railway
Date: 05/29/2002
Location: Prince Albert
Province: Saskatchewan
Comments | 10 Favourites
After a brief stop to unload groceries and other essential supplies, a yell from the second engineer is my signal to climb back on board VIA #693 The Hudson Bay at HBR Thicket Portage, MB Mile 185.0 Hudson Bay Railway Thicket Sub. on March 13, 2023. <br> And yes, it is as cold as it looks! Brrr!
Name: Paul O'Shell
Railway: VIA Rail
Date: 03/13/2023
Location: Thicket Portage
Province: Manitoba
6 Comments | 10 Favourites
The famous CP Multi-Mark is slowly fading from the side of CP 434627 which sits on static display near the VIA station in beautiful downtown Chapleau, ON. <br> While on a round trip from Sudbury, ON to White River, ON this past July I was able to step off VIA 185's Budd RDC cars and snap a few pics in this small railroad town.
Name: Paul O'Shell
Railway: Canadian Pacific
Date: 07/27/2023
Location: Chapleau
Province: Ontario
Comments | 8 Favourites
Westbound GOT 347 cab car is about to enter the Toronto Union station train shed with a long train of morning commuters. <br> Construction work is equally busy on new condominium towers, Union Station rework, and the USRC maze of tracks beyond the east end of the train shed. <br> Out of site to the right is VIA #64 which will depart shortly for Montreal signaling the beginning of my 4-day journey to and from Halifax, NS.
Name: Paul O'Shell
Railway: GO Transit
Date: 08/30/2023
Location: Toronto
Province: Ontario
Comments | 10 Favourites
GT 79047 sits at CN Pointe St. Charles, QC waiting for its next assignment as a rider car.
Name: Paul O'Shell
Railway: Grand Trunk
Date: 08/30/2023
Location: Montreal
Province: Quebec
Comments | 18 Favourites
VIA 6439 is in charge of VIA #64 Toronto to Montreal daily at Union Station Toronto, ON August 30, 2023. <br> The original train shed roof is visible behind the newer concrete structure at the east end of the station complex.
Name: Paul O'Shell
Railway: VIA Rail
Date: 08/30/2023
Location: Toronto
Province: Ontario
1 Comments | 10 Favourites
Battered and boarded up CN 79834 sits at Pointe St. Charles, QC waiting for its next assignment as a rider car.
Name: Paul O'Shell
Railway: Canadian National
Date: 08/30/2023
Location: Montreal
Province: Quebec
1 Comments | 16 Favourites
Having departed Sudbury, ON on time at 09:00 earlier in the day, VIA 185 has arrived at White River, ON Mile 129.9 CP White River Sub. at 18:15 hrs. just one hour and ten minutes late. <br> Robin, the VIA Service Manager has made arrangements for me to get a lift to my motel from non-other than the former Mayor of White River! The same courtesy was extended to me at 06:30 the next morning for my return trip to Sudbury. Good old northern Ontario hospitality at its finest! :-) <br> The former CP station, now lettered for VIA Rail is in rather rough condition with many windows broken and boarded up, and no access to the interior. I was disappointed to find the individual letters spelling out WHITE RIVER on the east end roof of the building were no longer there. :-( <br> As you can see by the beautiful blue sky, it was another great day to be train travelling and taking photos! <br> Retirement is great!!! :-)
Name: Paul O'Shell
Railway: VIA Rail
Date: 07/27/2023
Location: White River
Province: Ontario
2 Comments | 19 Favourites
With the recent heat wave experienced in Ontario this past week or so, I thought I'd post something on the cooler side from March of this year. <br> VIA 691, with VIA 6455 on the point is idling away on a yard track in front of the station in The Pas, MB on a very cold March 16, 2023 morning. <br> KRC's train 291 The Pukatawagan Mixed will soon be made up in front of the station, but the VIA equipment will continue to spend a few more hours in The Pas before making its way north to Churchill, MB later in the day.
Name: Paul O'Shell
Railway: VIA Rail
Date: 03/16/2023
Location: The Pas
Province: Manitoba
4 Comments | 13 Favourites
VIA 185 The Sudbury to White River train has stopped at CP Swanson to exchange arriving and departing guests, and load/offload baggage and supplies for the famous Lodge Eighty Eight at Mile 88.8 CP White River Sub. <br> While the VIA crew assist guests with gear at the baggage car, one passenger at left can be seen picking raspberries which were thick on the bushes everywhere along the line. <br> Those clear plastic bags down by the baggage car are filled empty water bottles and beer cans being returned for deposit/recycling. Someone will pocket a few dollars from that load!!! :-) <br> VIA 6105 is sporting the VIA Rail Canada logo on the center of the nose door, and running numbers stenciled at the lower front corners making it a little less stealthy than VIA 6250 seen in a photo I posted yesterday. I much prefer the noses of these VIA Budd cars with yellow paint. <br> Another trip with perfect weather. :-)
Name: Paul O'Shell
Railway: VIA Rail
Date: 07/27/2023
Location: Swanson
Province: Ontario
1 Comments | 12 Favourites
Budd RDC's!!! VIA #185's equipment for the Sudbury to White River train is slowing backing into the station track on a clear blue, sunny morning in Sudbury, ON. <br> The overcast and rainy weather from the evening before has moved out, and the great weather seen in this pic will stick around for my entire two-day journey from Sudbury to White River and return.
Name: Paul O'Shell
Railway: VIA Rail
Date: 07/27/2023
Location: Sudbury
Province: Ontario
6 Comments | 21 Favourites
CN 7044 GS-418c EMD GP9RM (ex-CN 4318 GP9) sits in line with other foreign power on a yard track outside the ONR diesel shop in North Bay, ON April 13, 2023.
Name: Paul O'Shell
Railway: Canadian National
Date: 04/13/2023
Location: North Bay
Province: Ontario
Comments | 16 Favourites
Prior to the start of forest fires in BC this year, one of CN's Poseidon fire fighting consists sits on stand-by in the yard at Kamloops, BC. Let's hope this equipment doesn't have to see too much action!
Name: Paul O'Shell
Railway: Canadian National
Date: 05/03/2023
Location: Kamloops
Province: British Columbia
2 Comments | 14 Favourites
Here's a street side view looking west of the impressive Sioux Lookout, ON station, with VIA 001 The Canadian stretched out along the platform on CN's Allanwater and Redditt Sub. mainline track. With a headend crew change and refueling taking place here, the front of the train is only a few passenger cars past the west end of the station leaving about 20 car lengths, or more than a 1/4 mile walking distance for folks in Prestige Class to make their way to this location. It was a cool, overcast, but pleasant mid-day arrival in The Sioux and lots of passengers took advantage of the 35-minute stop to detrain and stretch their legs.
Name: Paul O'Shell
Railway: VIA Rail
Date: 05/01/2023
Location: Sioux Lookout
Province: Ontario
Comments | 11 Favourites
Two's company, three's NOT a crowd! <br> VIA 691 is in the siding at left, KRC 291 The Pukatawagan Mixed sits on the main in front of the station, and yard switcher HLCX 3840 is in the distance having just tacked a few cars on the tail end of The Mixed. <br> HLCX 3840 is on its way back to the yard near the roundhouse, KRC 291 is just minutes away from departing The Pas, MB for points northwest, and VIA 691 will sit idling for a few more hours until it's time to head north to Churchill, MB. <br> Endless railroad action, all day, every day, in The Pas. :-)
Name: Paul O'Shell
Railway: Keewatin Railway
Date: 03/16/2023
Location: The Pas
Province: Manitoba
3 Comments | 14 Favourites
A close up look at CN 10900 with mate CN 10800 coupled just out of frame to the left. <br> CN 10900 & CN 10800 (ex-Kaoham Shuttle) aka TU-109 and TU-108, built in 1999 by Jim Busby Services of California, sit on a deadline track near the Work Equipment Repair Facility in CN's Kamloops, BC Yard on May 3, 2023. <br> Each time I have passed through Kamloops North in the past 2-3 years, these vehicles continue to show additional signs of slowly being cannibalized for parts.
Name: Paul O'Shell
Railway: Canadian National
Date: 03/03/2023
Location: Kamloops
Province: British Columbia
3 Comments | 12 Favourites
What year is it? Take away the pickup truck and it could easily be 40 years ago, but it's actually only 3 months ago on March 17, 2023. <br> The old station building, a couple of VIA blue and yellow passenger cars, and a string of Government of Canada cylindrical grain hoppers could all be seen in a similar photo snapped in the early 1980's. <br> There's so much railroading to see and photograph in The Pas that it warrants another trip back in the warm weather months sometime next year. :-)
Name: Paul O'Shell
Railway: VIA Rail
Date: 03/17/2023
Location: The Pas
Province: Manitoba
2 Comments | 12 Favourites
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