Comments on: There are times that we can almost feel burnt out with a passion that we hold dear. the railroad industry is constantly changing and over the last several years that has meant loosing a lot of the motive power I grew up with, as well as loosing many trains I used to chase regularly. Starting a family also cut back drastically the distances I once traveled just to photograph my favourite trains, not that I would change anything because now I have two amazing little railfans :) We sometimes have to see the excitement in a child’s eyes to renew our passion in something that was once so dear to us. March 17, 2016 was just another dreary wet winter’s day, but my boys wanted to go rail fanning none the less, and I certainly couldn’t say no. Georgetown has been a long-time haunt for me, so this would be our destination this day. Knowing that CN stack train 148 was on it’s way we held up in the warmth of the car until we could hear a horn blowing for a distant crossing then ran for the cover of the old one time Grand Trunk station. The sight of a pair of SD75s and a Dash-9 did little to excite me, until I saw the excitement in my son Christian’s eyes as the train did a horn salute for him, forcing me to briefly brave the down pour to catch the moment. Suddenly the so called boring power wasn’t so bad after all, especially in days of endless lash-ups of GEVO’s. Thanks to my boys for renewing my passion.

By: Marcus Stevens

Marcus Stevens — Mon, 11 Apr 2016 10:11:36 +0000

Matt you were about thst size when we first met you there. LOL

mattwatson — Mon, 11 Apr 2016 07:41:08 +0000

This shot makes me think of how many rainy, and bitter cold days I spent at that station growing up. Great photo and story Marcus.

mile27 — Sun, 10 Apr 2016 21:26:41 +0000

Nice story, Marcus. Love rainy day shots.