Comments on: Those who know me, know that I usually don’t go out and shoot what everyone else is shooting. Not that I don’t find it interesting, I will just usually attempt to document something else, even if it typically means shooting inferior power. Case in point, a couple of months ago I was shooting red GEs while everyone else was having a blast with a pair of SD40-2s on the rail train. Maybe I am crazy, who knows, I just typically opt with documenting something else, knowing everyone will do a good job documenting the better train. Today I made an exception though, as I figured this was something I’d be foolish not to be a part of. I’d been saving this angle specifically for a CP 143 in the morning in the summer – where I could get north side light of a CP train coming off the connecting track (the Cayuga Spur) between the CP Hamilton Sub to the CN Stamford Sub at CN Robbins. Admittedly, I have tried for this shot quite a bit, as recently as Monday (the sun wasn’t high enough yet and I had to move east to Fort Erie instead), but I had yet to get it to a point where I was happy with it lighting-wise. Today it worked out though, and to be honest I would have been thrilled to pull it off with a pair of red GEs, yet alone this. I honestly never thought I’d lay eyes on one of these units, yet alone get one leading in a shot I had been trying to pull off for ages. Goes to show, you just never know.

By: jknott86

jknott86 — Wed, 27 Jan 2021 02:03:41 +0000

I’m with you 100% there Arnold!

By: awmooney

awmooney — Tue, 26 Jan 2021 22:24:17 +0000

Your caption, James, explains why I went to Niagara Falls to shoot trains for a few years when it would have been far more lucrative to shoot at Bayview, a spot which was a roaring good time back then.
No point in being where everyone else is. )

By: BradKetchen

BradKetchen — Sun, 21 Jun 2020 14:05:51 +0000

Where did they drop the TRE unit that @ryangaynor caught in the lashup? Another good one!

By: jknott86

jknott86 — Sun, 21 Jun 2020 13:41:09 +0000

Haha, thanks Rob! This was a high priority spot for me but also the only shot I did between Welland and Fort Erie.

With all the other fans out yesterday this train was covered in about every worthwhile location imaginable I would guess (although I didn’t see anyone up on Wilhelm Road behind me which I was a bit disappointed in as I figured it was a given) – and I am looking forward to seeing all the other shots, that’s for sure.

By: rsmith

rsmith — Sun, 21 Jun 2020 02:37:09 +0000

You win.

By: jknott86

jknott86 — Sun, 21 Jun 2020 02:01:20 +0000

Thanks all. It was a fun experience to see.

By: Oxford

Oxford — Sat, 20 Jun 2020 15:14:14 +0000

Fantastic !

By: Curtis Umbelina

Curtis Umbelina — Sat, 20 Jun 2020 15:04:22 +0000

Glad you got it buddy

By: Kevin Flood

Kevin Flood — Sat, 20 Jun 2020 14:54:10 +0000

*beat

By: Kevin Flood

Kevin Flood — Sat, 20 Jun 2020 14:53:34 +0000

You really can’t this…quite possibly the lashup of the year here!