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History Awaits, Created By You!

CN L514 departs the small town of Blenheim Ontario, with CN 4116 taking the lead. This is only just a small snapshot of what used to be here compared to this spot back in the pre 1990s. Crazy enough that this line used to be busy enough with C&O Traffic to justify CTC, in which evidence of signal masts still scattered around the old Blenheim junction just a mile behind me. Purely fascinating, if only I had a time machine.... But you take what you have, and over the years I have learned to not take everything for granted, even if most people cant see it yet. This is one of the very few railway lines that I actually feel could get abandoned in my lifetime.

So, this summer, I took the time in, with many attempts over the years, to see 514 leading northbound with cars in some nice afternoon sunlight. Not that hard right? :) Well, this particular job is very unpredictable, in which the crew can be called at any time, usually depending on when 439 arrives into Windsor, but can still vary throughout the day. But fine, lets say they get ordered in the afternoon, then add on the uncertainty of them bringing cars OUT of Blenheim, or even running down here at all. Not to even mention the amount of times I have had a cloud wall come out of nowhere right as they were departing the town or the sun setting too soon. Anyways, enough complaining, as that's not what I am here to do. The main point of the speech is to always document document document! As you never know this could be the last time you experience it!