Comments on: Not exactly a common sight. A high priority CP intermodal freight stopping practically in the middle of nowhere. CP 101 has come to a stop just short of Side Road 25. The reason? I am unsure myself, as my radio is broken. Scanning the tracks for trains as I do sometimes, I noticed an approaching northbound that appeared to be moving rather slow. I decided to head up to Side 30 in hopes of seeing it there. By the time I was there, I noticed the headlights of 101 had still not passed the signal just north of 6th Line. I returned to Side Road 25, and as I was coming up the crossing, the train was stopped just short of it, and the crossing lights deactivated right as I got there. So an emergency brake application was out of the question. Crew running out of hours, maybe?… Despite being close to Barrie, this seems like a random location to leave a train, on single track, and Baxter siding being less than 5 miles south of here. Whatever the reason, I decided to take advantage of this opportunity by taking a long exposure of 101. Light pollution is from Barrie’s south end.

By: Daniel Odette

Daniel Odette — Sun, 21 Dec 2014 22:39:36 +0000

Thanks Kevin, and yes Joe, Utopia is very ironically named. There’s practically nothing here, just a few farms. The north end of it, however, has a little yard though that has a few old Geeps.

By: JoeDurocher

JoeDurocher — Sun, 21 Dec 2014 18:22:11 +0000

This is what Utopia looks like?

By: Kevin Flood

Kevin Flood — Sun, 21 Dec 2014 02:49:48 +0000

Great shot man. Very moody.