Comments on: For the GEXR and G&W fans – Train 518 (Stratford road switcher) has ran to Kitchener, and will take this lone car to switch a customer at New Hamburg. Once completed, 518 ran back to Kitchener, grabbing some empty autoracks which just arrived from Toronto on train 431, for a direct connection to the CP interchange at South Junction (near Cambridge). One can see the new Kitchener station name sign on top of the sand tower – the sign was briefly located at the freight shed in 2014 (Rob Smith photo here) , only to be removed a month or two later. http://www.railpictures.ca The BEST Canadian photos on the Internet, eh? Thu, 16 Apr 2026 10:49:57 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1 By: Stephen C. Host http://www.railpictures.ca/?attachment_id=19460#comment-9716 Stephen C. Host Tue, 30 Jun 2015 02:36:40 +0000 http://www.railpictures.ca/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/GW_Kitchener_STRSCH_7263.jpg#comment-9716 Paid $80 used for mine - was worth about $200 when purchased around 1999. This is the closest to it now: http://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/133003-REG/B_W_66026598.html It was this one: http://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/133012-REG/B_W_65_016930.html The difference now is they added MRC coating on the newer models. A tip for anyone shopping for a filter: I'd always advocating for getting the best you can - I've used filters in the past that caused headlight ghosting.. this does no such thing.. or I'd just throw it out/sell it. Cheap filters can have unwanted effects - read reviews first before buying. This goes for anyone wanting to put a protective UV filter on their glass.... ruined a number of my shots in 2004, took it off and never looked back :) Paid $80 used for mine – was worth about $200 when purchased around 1999.

This is the closest to it now:

http://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/133003-REG/B_W_66026598.html

It was this one:

http://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/133012-REG/B_W_65_016930.html

The difference now is they added MRC coating on the newer models.

A tip for anyone shopping for a filter:

I’d always advocating for getting the best you can – I’ve used filters in the past that caused headlight ghosting.. this does no such thing.. or I’d just throw it out/sell it.

Cheap filters can have unwanted effects – read reviews first before buying. This goes for anyone wanting to put a protective UV filter on their glass…. ruined a number of my shots in 2004, took it off and never looked back :)

]]> By: Kevin Flood http://www.railpictures.ca/?attachment_id=19460#comment-9714 Kevin Flood Tue, 30 Jun 2015 02:18:47 +0000 http://www.railpictures.ca/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/GW_Kitchener_STRSCH_7263.jpg#comment-9714 A couple paychecks from now will find me on Kijiji in the market for a polarizer lens! A couple paychecks from now will find me on Kijiji in the market for a polarizer lens!

]]> By: Stephen C. Host http://www.railpictures.ca/?attachment_id=19460#comment-9713 Stephen C. Host Tue, 30 Jun 2015 02:15:14 +0000 http://www.railpictures.ca/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/GW_Kitchener_STRSCH_7263.jpg#comment-9713 Yes, polarizer was used. Hazy day, made all the difference.. I have to say, been using it a LOT this year.. Yes, polarizer was used. Hazy day, made all the difference..

I have to say, been using it a LOT this year..

]]> By: Kevin Flood http://www.railpictures.ca/?attachment_id=19460#comment-9712 Kevin Flood Tue, 30 Jun 2015 02:13:12 +0000 http://www.railpictures.ca/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/GW_Kitchener_STRSCH_7263.jpg#comment-9712 Did you use a polarizer here? Very crisp colours. I also need to get shots of GEXR along the Huron Park spur to the freight yard at Hayward Ave. Did you use a polarizer here? Very crisp colours. I also need to get shots of GEXR along the Huron Park spur to the freight yard at Hayward Ave.

]]> By: Stephen C. Host http://www.railpictures.ca/?attachment_id=19460#comment-9703 Stephen C. Host Mon, 29 Jun 2015 19:48:23 +0000 http://www.railpictures.ca/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/GW_Kitchener_STRSCH_7263.jpg#comment-9703 Read my caption and tell me what you think it should say :) Read my caption and tell me what you think it should say :)

]]> By: RLK2211 http://www.railpictures.ca/?attachment_id=19460#comment-9702 RLK2211 Mon, 29 Jun 2015 19:26:55 +0000 http://www.railpictures.ca/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/GW_Kitchener_STRSCH_7263.jpg#comment-9702 Doesn't matter, it's not Cambridge. It's South Jct (Kitchener). Doesn’t matter, it’s not Cambridge. It’s South Jct (Kitchener).

]]> By: Stephen C. Host http://www.railpictures.ca/?attachment_id=19460#comment-9699 Stephen C. Host Mon, 29 Jun 2015 15:12:54 +0000 http://www.railpictures.ca/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/GW_Kitchener_STRSCH_7263.jpg#comment-9699 Yes, I'm trying to show that South Junction is still in Kitchener, but located a few miles south toward Cambridge. It's only a couple KM to the river, which is the border.. Updated caption to reflect that ;) Yes, I’m trying to show that South Junction is still in Kitchener, but located a few miles south toward Cambridge. It’s only a couple KM to the river, which is the border..

Updated caption to reflect that ;)

]]> By: RLK2211 http://www.railpictures.ca/?attachment_id=19460#comment-9698 RLK2211 Sun, 28 Jun 2015 22:56:19 +0000 http://www.railpictures.ca/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/GW_Kitchener_STRSCH_7263.jpg#comment-9698 South Jct near Cambridge!!! South Jct is Kitchener Stephen!! South Jct near Cambridge!!! South Jct is Kitchener Stephen!!

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