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About rsd-17


I've been photographing trains in Canada since I immigrated from the U.K. in 1981. Currently I use an aging Sony Alpha 100 (the original Sony DSLR) and an LG G7 mobile phone. Most of my images are from southern Ontario (CP Belleville and CN Kingston subs.) I recently moved to Nova Scotia and I'm hoping to build a portfolio of images from Nova Scotia and New Brunswick.

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Number of images: 103
Total gold: 802
Number of comments recieved : 64
Number of comments posted : 23
Total views: 176766


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rsd-17's 103 photos on Railpictures.ca:


September 21st, 2021 @ 14:58 at Little Forks Road, A407 is down to 172 axles after setting off a car at Springhill Jct. BCOL 4648 and CN 8845.
Name: John Reay
Railway: Canadian National
Date: 09/21/2021
Location: Little Forks
Province: Nova Scotia
Comments | 10 Favourites
Oct 15th @ 10:17, A407, all intermodal out of Rockingham yard, finally takes the siding at Springhill Jct, NS to meet Z120, which had been waiting at a red signal for almost 30 minutes. 446 axles with CN 2911, CN 2837 and CN 3816. The siding (second longest between Moncton and Halifax) is 11,350 ft. Z120 is 12,806 feet, and A407 is 9,732 ft. You do the math.
Name: John Reay
Railway: Canadian National
Date: 10//15/2021
Location: Springhill Jct
Province: Nova Scotia
2 Comments | 6 Favourites
Nov 14th 2021 @ 14:16 AT, Z120 at MP 42.5 CN Springhill sub (Thomson Road). 634 axles with CN 2844, CN 3257 and CN 2257. The leaves are gone! I've been waiting for this as it reveals the containers rounding the curve to the west of the crossing. The curve looks a lot sharper in real life than it does on the map. As a bonus the sun appeared at the right time.
Name: John Reay
Railway: Canadian National
Date: 11/14/2021
Location: Thomson Station
Province: Nova Scotia
Comments | 4 Favourites
Oct 9th @ 14:58 ADT, A407 at Springhill Jct, MP 59.5, CN Springhill sub. 388 axles, CN 2321 & CN5763, all intermodal out of Rockingham yard in Halifax, NS.
Name: John Reay
Railway: Canadian National
Date: 10/09/2021
Location: Springhill Junctio…
Province: Nova Scotia
Comments | 8 Favourites
Oct 2nd 2021 @ 12:01, after a meet with Z120 at Springhill Jct, I caught A407 at Little Forks Road, under an increasingly threatening sky.
Name: John Reay
Railway: Canadian National
Date: 10/02/2021
Location: Little Forks
Province: Nova Scotia
Comments | 8 Favourites
Oct 2nd 2021 @ 10:39, Springhill Jct, Q123 with 352 axles. CN 3035 and CN 3125.
Name: John Reay
Railway: Canadian National
Date: 10/02/2021
Location: Springhill Junctio…
Province: Nova Scotia
Comments | 4 Favourites
Oct. 7th 2021 @ 11:07, Z120 by Oxford Junction, NS. 626 axles with CN 3253, CN 2873 and CN 2872. No DP today.
Name: John Reay
Railway: Canadian National
Date: 10/07/2021
Location: Oxford Junction
Province: Nova Scotia
Comments | 9 Favourites
September 19th, 2021 @ 10:27, Z120 at Thomson Station, MP 42.5 CN Springhill sub, 402 axles CN 3265, CN 3273, CN 2990.
Name: John Reay
Railway: Canadian National
Date: 09/19/2021
Location: Thomson Station
Province: Nova Scotia
Comments | 3 Favourites
Running about 20 minutes late on September 1st, 2021 @ 15:37 ADT, VIA #15 (the westbound "Ocean") passes through Oxford Jct, MP 46.9, CN Springhill sub with the VIA 6415 and 6414 back-to-back in charge.
Name: John Reay
Railway: VIA Rail
Date: 09/01/2021
Location: Oxford Junction
Province: Nova Scotia
3 Comments | 6 Favourites
August 22nd, 2021 @ 15:30, CN A407 at Springhill Junction, MP 60, CN Springhill sub, with CN 8944, CN 8877 and 192 axles. This is a new location for me, 1/2 mile west of the VIA flag stop.
Name: John Reay
Railway: Canadian National
Date: 08/22/2021
Location: Springhill Junctio…
Province: Nova Scotia
Comments | 9 Favourites
Today I took a short hop on the first VIA (15) "The Ocean" since the pandemic led to VIA suspending service.The train was 12 minutes down when it slowed to a stop at Springhill Junction at 15:55 to pick up one passenger (me.) The coach I was in (line# 1503 - HEP 1) seemed to be about 1/3 full. We arrived in Amherst (shown here) at 16:16. About 6 people got off and about 6 joined the train.
Name: John Reay
Railway: VIA Rail
Date: 08/11/2021
Location: Amherst
Province: Nova Scotia
2 Comments | 11 Favourites
July 31st, 2021 @ 08:14, CN train Z120 passing over the defect detector at MP 42.5, CN Springhill sub (Thomson Stn.) With CN 2916, CN 3815 trailing 446 axles at a reported 57 mph. DPU CN 2901 is mid-train. Dramatic morning sky.
Name: John Reay
Railway: Canadian National
Date: 07/31/2021
Location: Thomson Station
Province: Nova Scotia
Comments | 3 Favourites
July 24th, 2021 @ 09:31, CN Z120 by Springhill junction, 578 axles, CN 3115 (BCOL heritage), CN 3075, + DPU CN 3864.
Name: John Reay
Railway: Canadian National
Date: 07/24/2021
Location: Springhill
Province: Nova Scotia
Comments | 6 Favourites
June 13th, 2021 @ 15:30. Springhill Jct, MP 59.5, CN Springhill sub, train A407 with CN 2673 and CN 2274 trailing 356 axles.
Name: John Reay
Railway: Canadian National
Date: 06/13/2021
Location: Springhill Junctio…
Province: Nova Scotia
Comments | 4 Favourites
CN 120 at Oxford Junction, NS, milepost 46.9 CN Springhill sub, with CN 3164, 2885, 3279 trailing 406 axles @ 09:09, 2021-05-30.
Name: John Reay
Railway: Canadian National
Date: 05/30/2021
Location: Oxford
Province: Nova Scotia
Comments | 3 Favourites
CN train A407 by Oxford Jct, NS @ 14:36, 328 Axles, CN 3175, CN 2317 on May 28th, 2021. Oxford Junction is fast becoming one of my favourite locations near where I live.
Name: John Reay
Railway: Canadian National
Date: 05/28/2021
Location: Oxford
Province: Nova Scotia
Comments | 2 Favourites
CN train 407 approaching Oxford Jct, MP 46.7 CN Springhill sub at 15:29 on May 24th, 2021, with the station sign in view. This train had 296 axles and three units (trailing unit is CN 4700, a conventional cab GP38-2, possibly heading to Moncton for service.)
Name: John Reay
Railway: Canadian National
Date: 05/24/2021
Location: Oxford
Province: Nova Scotia
Comments | 3 Favourites
09:29 ADT, 2021-05-24 at Springhill Jct, MP 59.5 Springhill sub. This is an angle I haven't shot before, from the south side at the former station for an eastbound. CN 2971, CN 3270, <b>BNSF SD70ACe 8417</b>.
Name: John Reay
Railway: Canadian National
Date: 05/24/2021
Location: Springhill
Province: Nova Scotia
Comments | 5 Favourites
CN 2907 and CN 3167 provide the power for a solid double-stacked 407 at Glenville, NS, milepost 50.28 Springhill sub on May 17th, 2021.
Name: John Reay
Railway: Canadian National
Date: 05/17/2021
Location: Glenville
Province: Nova Scotia
Comments | 3 Favourites
May 17th, 2021 @ 0752 Springhill Jct. Intermodal 120 had Progress Rail 7201 trailing. What's the story with the funky paint scheme sported by the boxcar behind the power?
Name: John Reay
Railway: Canadian National
Date: 05/17/2021
Location: Springhill Junctio…
Province: Nova Scotia
2 Comments | 8 Favourites
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