Comments on: After making their way down the grade into Hamilton (presumably dumping ballast somewhere between here and Guelph Jct.) the crew member gives me a sinister stare while rounding the west leg of the wye. After clearing the switch below me the crew would back the train around the east leg of the wye onto the Hamilton Sub. They then proceeded North, returning to Guelph Jct (with 8910 hot on his heals) and then into Toronto presumably to reload the train with ballast. To me this unique operation and consist is somewhat of a throwback to when CP was running the training train in Southern Ontario. I’m hoping that continuing maintenance on the Hamilton Sub will mean at least a few more trips like this one. Time will tell.

By: Stephen C. Host

Stephen C. Host — Mon, 02 Jul 2018 00:42:38 +0000

These trains are loaded at Fisher Wavy in Sudbury.

mberry — Tue, 26 Jun 2018 01:26:51 +0000

They are loaded in Sudbury I believe.

ngineered4u — Mon, 25 Jun 2018 22:10:55 +0000

I don’t think the trains are loaded in Toronto. When I used to dump the Herzog trains they came from the east.

Curtis Umbelina — Mon, 25 Jun 2018 18:54:00 +0000

Awesome shot