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Interesting indeed. I remember seeing that foreign stuff running around but what is just as unusual is seeing two freights on the Grimsby sub.
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Woah, that’s pretty cool.
Loving these Merriton shots..please keep em coming!
That’s Glendale which the approaching train is crossing? If so, I hardly recognize that area anymore.
The road crossing is indeed Glendale Ave. The track layout was changed about ten years ago (I’m guessing at that date), when the Merritt Road bridge was rebuilt. The crossover is now about a half mile west which makes quite a lengthy move when Trillium has a train heading south down the Thorold sub.
Without the water tower and the trestle across the Welland Canal, I never would have recognized this area as being Merritton. Even with those landmarks – of sorts – it looks nothing like I remember it.
This is the photo which could be paired in the Time Machine with Arnold Mooney’s 1980 photo of the bullet nose train. This photo demonstrates how much that area – where the Merritton train station used to be – has changed since 1980.
Tony, most interesting and enjoyable picture. As said, it is one of the few pictures showing the difference in size between North American railway diesel locomotives and UK/Netherlands diesels . Also, good picture of the Trillium track layout at Merritton, and how did you manage to get to CN freight trains passing at Seaway !
Thanks for sharing. Question, does anyone know if the ITS Rail plant is still in business ?