Comments on: If you missed CP on the St. Thomas Subdivision in 2009 or earlier, this is your next closest thing, they look CP, GP9′s were every day assignments on the line, so you can’t get more back to the future than this on the St. Thomas Sub. A rare Saturday extra for OSR meant I spent the morning chasing this St. Thomas job capturing photos like it was 2004 all over again. This scene at Ferguson line is one of my favourites.

By: Stephen C. Host

Stephen C. Host — Sun, 21 Nov 2021 15:46:49 +0000

I do enjoy Branchline railroading. I also spent quite a bit of time on this Branchline in the CP days… so I’m a sucker for these colours on this line.

Speaking of which, OSR is running a propane extra with these engines again… today through this very spot.

By: railwayguy

railwayguy — Sun, 21 Nov 2021 15:30:49 +0000

Ahh Mr. Host, another of your beautiful bucolic rural pictures capturing the very essence of branchline/shortline railroading. So nicely framed between the silver silo on the right and the red painted shed on the left, and, love the red on the ex-CPR GP9 matching the colour of the shed. Thank you for posting, John

By: Aitch

Aitch — Tue, 10 Aug 2021 01:12:25 +0000

Wow, that’s just stellar !

By: Stephen C. Host

Stephen C. Host — Fri, 14 May 2021 23:42:38 +0000

Fyi all a snowplow in same spot:

http://www.railpictures.ca/?attachment_id=13936

By: jknott86

jknott86 — Wed, 12 May 2021 17:36:52 +0000

Always happy to talk crops.

By: Stephen C. Host

Stephen C. Host — Wed, 12 May 2021 13:04:42 +0000

Wow thank you James. That’s interesting.

By: jknott86

jknott86 — Wed, 12 May 2021 02:11:06 +0000

It is sowed the season before and germinates in the fall and overwinters for next season

By: jknott86

jknott86 — Wed, 12 May 2021 02:08:19 +0000

Winter wheat likely

By: Stephen C. Host

Stephen C. Host — Wed, 12 May 2021 01:33:27 +0000

Two things: osr was moving propane to dealers for winter corn drying which keeps the line busy all winter long.

Secondly what the heck is growing at right in November????