Comments on: Curse the lousy weather!! I do realize it is just the imagination that says ‘good train run on lousy days’ but many times I really wonder…..On this rather grubby early spring day #422 is heading for the states and is seen here crossing Young St just outside of Smithville. Power is SOO 6058, 6604, CP 5813, 5617 and 6013. All units are gone from the CP/SOO roster now except for leader, an SD60M which now toils as CP 6258.

By: terry.oshell

terry.oshell — Mon, 25 Dec 2023 08:59:59 +0000

Very nice. I like the way you included the crossing signals.

By: Stephen C. Host

Stephen C. Host — Mon, 25 Dec 2023 02:30:12 +0000

It is. I wondered too but it all marks otherwise. I do remember those power lines. I hung out here a bit around this time.

By: awmooney

awmooney — Mon, 25 Dec 2023 02:10:22 +0000

I wondered if you had the right crossing.
On my left would be Superior Propane.

By: Stephen C. Host

Stephen C. Host — Mon, 25 Dec 2023 02:05:14 +0000

Yeah, in the traditional sense, you’re right.
But I lived at 3467 Mountain Road, and our mailing address and post office was “Grassie Ontario” at the now closed tack shop. We’re in that cluster of newer homes in the corner, the biggest one was ours. While we did go to Smithville for Chinese food (it was closer than Grimsby) we didn’t associate with Smithville at all.

We had a Grassie address but Grimsby services.

That spot changed quite a bit in the few years around this time you shot it. Buildings in the background all changed, as well the powerlines at right were removed.

I could see the trains here from my bedroom window, as distant as they were they sounded great. I only lived there for a bit of highschool and summers only, otherwise I had moved to Guelph for school not long after we moved here, then my parents ditched the place for Beamsville in ’01 by the lake.

By: cp5756

cp5756 — Mon, 25 Dec 2023 00:00:32 +0000

CP 6013 is also still on the roster, has been dormant in Montreal for a couple years. I sure do miss SOO power!

By: awmooney

awmooney — Sun, 24 Dec 2023 23:17:10 +0000

Really? I thought Grassie was at Mud St and Grassie Rd where the old businesses used to be…….and the station!

By: Stephen C. Host

Stephen C. Host — Sun, 24 Dec 2023 21:59:42 +0000

This is grassie! We just moved a year prior. I lived a couple km east by mountain and mud road.

By: Aitch

Aitch — Sun, 24 Dec 2023 20:32:47 +0000

Hahaha Mr. Mooney ! And a Merry Christmas to you and everyone !

By: awmooney

awmooney — Sun, 24 Dec 2023 19:22:01 +0000

Thanks, Aitch: You are once again very observant.(starting to make me wonder….) This particular shot is only attainable in the early morning at certain times of the year when the sun is out. Otherwise, the sun is off to my left and setting on that side as well. There is no place to stand on the other side of the track either, which is why I have never submitted or even shot from the other side here. Before posting this I made sure the train was indeed running in the direction which will take it to the US of A.
Merry Christmas to all…..

By: Aitch

Aitch — Sun, 24 Dec 2023 19:03:05 +0000

I have to admit, I do like cloudy day images. This is a wonderful shot that I’m guessing might have been tricky on a sunny day (?) I like the way you captured the train mid crossing, the big all-GM consist and the pops of colour on an otherwise dreary spring day.