Comments on: “The Penultimate Run”. In what was supposed to be the last day of Gio Rail operations North of Welland on the Canal Sub and Grantham Spur in St Catharines, turned out not to be. Upon gathering eight cars, 1859 did what MLW/Alco’s love to do, sprung an oil leak. The train was tied down and after repairs the following day the last run did occur. It was not a great day for the railway or myself as earlier I had stopped at the dirt crossing at Hurricane Road to shoot this train and had slipped and fell on some snow covered ice. It was not until I got to Thorold that I realized my phone was missing. I backtracked to Hurricane Road and found my phone in an ice encrusted puddle. Amazingly it still worked albeit a bit glitchy and so I missed them crossing the CN at Glenridge. The hazards of this sport we call Railfanning. Here we find the last Northbound on leap year day Feb 29th 2024 just past Allanburg with four cars for Clearwater Paper. http://www.railpictures.ca The BEST Canadian photos on the Internet, eh? Tue, 28 Apr 2026 07:42:28 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1 By: Marcus Stevens http://www.railpictures.ca/?attachment_id=53991#comment-60344 Marcus Stevens Sun, 03 Mar 2024 04:35:01 +0000 http://www.railpictures.ca/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/2024-02-29-DJP.jpg#comment-60344 Nicely done Dave! I definitely was a challenging day all around and even GIO Rail had their issues. LOL! Nicely done Dave! I definitely was a challenging day all around and even GIO Rail had their issues. LOL!

]]> By: Stephen C. Host http://www.railpictures.ca/?attachment_id=53991#comment-60342 Stephen C. Host Sun, 03 Mar 2024 00:03:48 +0000 http://www.railpictures.ca/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/2024-02-29-DJP.jpg#comment-60342 Damn lost phone..crazy. Dave remember when we had the 3 f units on OSR January 2015? During that chase I locked my keys in my vehicle at pittock Bridge. Missed a couple shots:) You were there in the morning!! Damn lost phone..crazy. Dave remember when we had the 3 f units on OSR January 2015? During that chase I locked my keys in my vehicle at pittock Bridge. Missed a couple shots:)

You were there in the morning!!

]]> By: terry.oshell http://www.railpictures.ca/?attachment_id=53991#comment-60340 terry.oshell Sat, 02 Mar 2024 23:36:13 +0000 http://www.railpictures.ca/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/2024-02-29-DJP.jpg#comment-60340 Nice. The headlight and ditch lights on full power look great. Nice. The headlight and ditch lights on full power look great.

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