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CN 451 departs Huntsville after setting out 1 MoW gondola for the guys (both CN and contractors) doing work in the area. The colors this year can't seem to get it together, some have turned and dropped all the leaves and others have yet to start turning. That's okay by me, I like the variety!
Name: Wayne Shaw
Railway: Canadian National
Date: 10/11/2023
Location: Huntsville
Province: Ontario
3 Comments | 14 Favourites
CN 451 arriving at Huntsville just as the morning fog begins to lift. The weathering on CN 4762, the power for this week's CN 595 (the Huntsville Roadswitcher) might lead one to think it had sat through a wildfire or something. Not so, it's just bad paint as with most of the old "zebra stripe" painted units.
Name: Wayne Shaw
Railway: Canadian National
Date: 9/15/2023
Location: Huntsville
Province: Ontario
4 Comments | 18 Favourites
The spreader approaches the south switch at Martins where it will do some dusting up before continuing on to Huntsville Yard, where it will tie down for the night.
Name: Wayne Shaw
Railway: Canadian National
Date: 01/07/2017
Location: Martins
Province: Ontario
2 Comments | 9 Favourites
CN ran a Jordan Spreader up the Newmarket Sub from Washago to Huntsville today, first time I've seen one in these parts since about 30 years ago when they used to keep one parked at Martins or in Huntsville Yard to use in the area. There wasn't much for it to do on this part of its run except push back banks a bit more as they were on the heels of a ballast regulator from at least Falkenburg, but it was reported they encountered more snow than expected down south of Bracebridge from the dumping of the other day, so I'm assuming they had to do all the work from Washago to Falkenburg. Here it's seen waiting for the south switch at Martins to be set for the siding so it can do a little clean-up there although the previous crew had already done the bulk of it.
Name: Wayne Shaw
Railway: Canadian National
Date: 01/07/2017
Location: Martins
Province: Ontario
Comments | 8 Favourites
CN ran a Jordan Spreader up the Newmarket Sub from Washago to Huntsville today, first time I've seen one in these parts since about 30 years ago when they used to keep one parked at Martins or in Huntsville Yard to use in the area. There wasn't much for it to do on this part of its run except push back banks a bit more as they were on the heels of a ballast regulator from at least Falkenburg, but it was reported they encountered more snow than expected down south of Bracebridge from the dumping of the other day, so I'm assuming they had to do all the work from Washago to Falkenburg. Thanks to Scott and his wife for letting us use his back yard for this shot!
Name: Wayne Shaw
Railway: Canadian National
Date: 01/07/2017
Location: Martins
Province: Ontario
3 Comments | 13 Favourites
At the end of the night after all the kids have relayed to him their Christmas wishes, a weary Santa was kind enough to pose for a shot or two before we head back to town.
Name: Wayne Shaw
Railway: Preservation
Date: 12/17/2016
Location: Huntsville
Province: Ontario
Comments | 6 Favourites
Preparing for the annual Christmas (Santa) Trains is a lot of hard work. Starting the previous day we go in, clear snow from the switches and ice from the crossing flangeways then plow the line. Our "plow" is nothing more than a spare tie laid up against the locomotive's front frame member then chained to stay in place when reversing. Since the station at Fairy Lake, the far end of the line, is off the grid and unfortunately a prime target for vandals, we leave the decorating for the day of the event. We begin that day early in the afternoon with another plow run (hey, we get snow here, what can I say?) then begin the process of shipping decorations, generator, gas heater, snowblower and volunteers down the line. A few hours and runs later as it's just starting to get dark we are generally ready for the final pre-event run which is to take Santa down there. By this time we have got the train decorations all lit and checked as seen in this shot. Generally by the time we return here a lineup has already started to form well in advance of the advertised runs but since we now have everything ready to go we get right to it to try to keep the line-up manageable. This year an intimidating road conditions forecast kept the numbers relatively low, but not enough to keep right around 700 people from attending. One father I was chatting with between runs said he had come down from North Bay and would have driven twice as far to attend. I'm sure others came from even further afield, being a family tradition for many who have vacation properties or have moved down to the GTA for employment reasons. As always, a great time was had by all!
Name: Wayne Shaw
Railway: Preservation
Date: 12/17/2016
Location: Huntsville
Province: Ontario
Comments | 8 Favourites
A CN Signals Maintainer changing out the bulbs on the west signal bridge at CN Snake.
Name: Wayne Shaw
Railway: Canadian National
Date: 11/02/2016
Location: Burlington
Province: Ontario
Comments | 6 Favourites
A long block of tank cars passes under the old Snake Road bridge west of Aldershor, ON.
Name: Wayne Shaw
Railway: Canadian National
Date: 11/02/2016
Location: Burlington
Province: Ontario
Comments | 4 Favourites
Although what I heard on the scanner sounded more like 304 I'm guessing this train was 384 as the former didn't make any sense to me. It was a long one anyway, and came around the corner into CN Snake quite slow, so much so that even though I had the camera set at 1/15th shutter speed for a zoom-pan effect the motion-blur streaks didn't come out as pronounced as I intended.
Name: Wayne Shaw
Railway: Canadian National
Date: 11/02/2016
Location: Burlington
Province: Ontario
Comments | 5 Favourites
After making us wait in the on-again, off-again rain CN 435 finally pulls out of Aldershot Yard through the CN Snake interlocking. Nice to see the fall colours still hanging on down in these parts.
Name: Judy Shaw
Railway: Canadian National
Date: 11/02/2016
Location: Burlington
Province: Ontario
Comments | 6 Favourites
The 2007 York Durham Heritage Railway's Halloween Special deadheads to Unionville, approaching Major Mackenzie Drive headed up by RS-3 1310. RS-11 3612 is on the tail end to pull for the return trip.
Name: Wayne Shaw
Railway: Tourist
Date: 10/28/2007
Location: Markham
Province: Ontario
2 Comments | 6 Favourites
The 2007 York Durham Heritage Railway's Halloween Special passes the Granite Golf Club in Stouffville on a deadhead move to Unionville where it will pick up its load of ghouls and goblins, headed up by venerable RS-3 1310. Out of view on the tail end is RS-11 3612 to pull for the return trip.
Name: Wayne Shaw
Railway: Tourist
Date: 10/28/2007
Location: Stouffville
Province: Ontario
Comments | 7 Favourites
The 2007 York Durham Heritage Railway's Halloween Special deadheads to Unionville where it will pick up its load of ghouls and goblins, headed up by venerable RS-3 1310. Out of view on the tail end is RS-11 3612 to pull for the return trip.
Name: Wayne Shaw
Railway: Tourist
Date: 10/28/2007
Location: Goodwood
Province: Ontario
1 Comments | 3 Favourites
Early Christmas card?
Name: Wayne Shaw
Railway: Canadian National
Date: 10/27/2016
Location: Huntsville
Province: Ontario
5 Comments | 14 Favourites
Oh what a difference a day makes! About 24 hours previous I took <a href="http://www.railpictures.ca/?attachment_id=26665"> <b>this shot</b> </a> of 4132 sitting in Huntsville Yard. It doesn't appear to have turned a wheel since and all the same cars are in the same places, it's just all those white glops falling from the sky that makes it different!
Name: Wayne Shaw
Railway: Canadian National
Date: 10/27/2016
Location: Huntsville
Province: Ontario
4 Comments | 9 Favourites
There's enough traffic hanging in Huntsville yard lately in spite of the fact that there's not a tank to be found since the closure of Stepan Chemical in Longford Mills.
Name: Wayne Shaw
Railway: Canadian National
Date: 10/26/2016
Location: Huntsville
Province: Ontario
5 Comments | 8 Favourites
On a hot summer night in 2009 the Guelph Junction Express dinner excursion train has just returned to its home base which actually was in in Guelph Junction at that time, before they moved it to Arkell. Ontario Southland looked after the operational side of things and RS-23 506 was the "dedicated" power, complete with the Sleeman logo on the cab (Sleeman was a corporate sponsor and supplied the beer for the excursions, of course). We had spent the day doing promotional photography at the request of Rita and John Carroll, the train's owners. As John unloaded the coaches in the background I had asked the crew to wait until I had finished "painting" the loco with light before uncoupling the locomotive and driving off to park it. When I killed my big HID spotlight Bruce released the brakes and drove out of the frame, resulting in this image.
Name: Wayne Shaw
Railway: Ontario Southland
Date: 07/18/2009
Location: Campbellville
Province: Ontario
Comments | 7 Favourites
Looking back 8 years, we see GMD1u CN 1423 basking in the late afternoon sun in Oakville Yard.
Name: Wayne Shaw
Railway: Canadian National
Date: 10/03/2008
Location: Oakville
Province: Ontario
Comments | 12 Favourites
After working the CN Newmarket Sub between Washago and North Bay the past few days, I caught CN W914 pooping out what appeared to be its last string of rail at Mile 132.5 just north of Martins on my way in to run the Portage Flyer this morning.
Name: Wayne Shaw
Railway: Canadian National
Date: 10/08/2016
Location: Martins
Province: Ontario
Comments | 6 Favourites
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