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Have you ever got a shot you were personally quite pleased with only to come across a train about a month later much more deserving of the angle? Well, that's what happened to me today. About a month ago I shot the CN spray train crossing the Welland River on its way to Port Rob and thought to myself "well that's pretty neat." Tonight however, detour train 122 with EMDX 1606 on point came into Canada in the early evening hours from Buffalo, and as far as I am concerned is much more deserving of this location. Talk about the pinnacle of the hobby - a detour train (for those not local, CN never runs stacks on the Stamford) with an EMDX demonstrator leader in the soft evening sun. Worth the drive indeed, and I hope you all don't mind the repeated angle.
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Caption: Have you ever got a shot you were personally quite pleased with only to come across a train about a month later much more deserving of the angle? Well, that's what happened to me today. About a month ago I shot the CN spray train crossing the Welland River on its way to Port Rob and thought to myself "well that's pretty neat." Tonight however, detour train 122 with EMDX 1606 on point came into Canada in the early evening hours from Buffalo, and as far as I am concerned is much more deserving of this location. Talk about the pinnacle of the hobby - a detour train (for those not local, CN never runs stacks on the Stamford) with an EMDX demonstrator leader in the soft evening sun. Worth the drive indeed, and I hope you all don't mind the repeated angle.

Photographer:
James Knott [529] (more) (contact)
Date: 07/08/2019 (search)
Railway: Canadian National (search)
Reporting Marks: EMDX 1606 (search)
Train Symbol: 122 (search)
Subdivision/SNS: Stamford Sub (search)
City/Town: Port Robinson (search)
Province: Ontario (search)
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9 Comments
  1. NiagaraMike11
    July 9, 2019 at 6:14 am

    Excellent-nice to meet you at Merriton!

  2. BradKetchen
    July 9, 2019 at 6:29 am

    Very nice as always James. Why was it detoured?

  3. jknott86
    July 9, 2019 at 6:40 am

    Thanks guys.

    Mike, nice to meet you too.

    Brad, the stack trains have been coming in over at Fort Erie since the derailment in Sarnia. 122 is the usual 148.

  4. BradKetchen
    July 10, 2019 at 9:20 am

    I didn’t know about the derailment until know. So they had to cut under Lake Erie? Could have used the CASO sub now. ;)

  5. jknott86
    July 10, 2019 at 9:46 am

    They detoured trains through both Windsor and Fort Erie.

  6. Stephen C. Host
    July 10, 2019 at 11:18 am

    And northern Ontario!

  7. Stephen C. Host
    May 4, 2020 at 7:59 pm

    Just wait James – the pinnacle of the hobby is certainly debatable… but a CP re-route here…

    or NS / CSX reroutes.. which happened in 2005/6… could happen again easily, just a matter of time.

    The best is yet to come :)

  8. jknott86
    May 4, 2020 at 8:23 pm

    Haha! Looking back I am kinda shocked I called this the pinnacle of the hobby. Must’ve been pretty excited still when I wrote the caption. Yeah, gimme a real random detour instead.

  9. Stephen C. Host
    May 4, 2020 at 9:02 pm

    But your reroute still counts my friend!! Honestly… the best part of the hobby is the unknown. CSX Detours in 2005/6 and NS reroutes in 2011… need I say more with the EL detours in 1970???

    What’s next? Don’t know – bring it on though!
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