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Filenames refer to location, date (dd.mm.yy), and camera-assigned four digit id number.
Top photos from October, 2004
| October 1st, 2004 | Now, OSR has 646-506-180 as its power, though only 180 was on line. 646 was, however, leading, with all 4 ditch lights. GEXR 580 has RLK 4096-2210, the matched pair in RailAmerica colours. GEXR 432 has CSXT 4845-4846. 432 left with 6100 feet, 3 GM flats (2 with loco trucks, 1 with tanks), and a lot of cars. | |
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| Guelph, Ontario | (map) The city of Guelph is my home town and is just East of Kitchener-Waterloo on the GEXR Guelph sub, and the Ontario Southland Railway/Guelph Junction Railway track, the other end of which is at Guelph Junction. | |
| 394 images | No videos | Marks: ACFX AGPX ALNX AMCX AMGX AOK ARSX BCOL BN BNSF CN CNA CNIS CNLX CNWX CRDX CSXT CV DMLX DOCX DOWX ECUX ETTX FPAX GATX GPLX HDSX HPIX HPPX IC ICG ITTX JTIX NAHX NATX NDYX NRLX OSRX PLCX PROX QTTX RBOX RLK SSW TILX TIMX TTGX UNPX UTCX UTLX WWLX |
| October 2nd, 2004 | OSR was ordered at 0430. They departed Guelph Junction at 0500 and pulled Schnabel car HEPX 200 out of ABB along with 2 smaller transformer loads, delivering it to the GEXR interchange a little bit before 0700. At 1000 GEXR finally pulled out of CN Guelph Junction with the loads, expected to arrive in Sarnia by evening where they will be interchanged with CSX and taken to Courtright, Ontario. | |
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| Guelph, Ontario | (map) The city of Guelph is my home town and is just East of Kitchener-Waterloo on the GEXR Guelph sub, and the Ontario Southland Railway/Guelph Junction Railway track, the other end of which is at Guelph Junction. | |
| 295 images | No videos | Marks: CN HEPX OSRX QTTX RLK |
| October 9th, 2004 | I went to CN Guelph Junction hoping to catch GEXR 432 with CSX engines, but instead got regular power... in a way I guess I kind of missed the regular power anyway, so that's not so bad. Later in the day I went looking for OSR. They were working late and I caught them heading from the interchange back to PDI after 18:00. | |
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| Guelph, Ontario | (map) The city of Guelph is my home town and is just East of Kitchener-Waterloo on the GEXR Guelph sub, and the Ontario Southland Railway/Guelph Junction Railway track, the other end of which is at Guelph Junction. | |
| 110 images | No videos | Marks: ACFX AMCX CAGY CCBX CEFX CN CSXT DOWX EEC EQUX ETTX FINX GEXR LLPX NCIX OSRX PROX RBOX SSW UNPX UTLX VSRR WCCL |
| October 10th, 2004 | Having received word of foreign power coming out of the Sarnia tunnel I moseyed over to Scotch Block and waited. Unfortunately a truck stalled on the tracks in London tying up traffic for hours. 8 hours after the train went through the tunnel the light began to fail and I was getting hungry, so home I went, picking up two more trains on the way, without ever seeing the train I went to see. | |
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| Guelph Junction, Ontario | (map) Technically Campbellville, Guelph Junction is the junction of the Guelph Junction Railway -- currently serviced by OSR -- the CP Hamilton sub, and the CP Galt sub. It is between Milton and Galt on the CP Galt sub. | |
| 30 images | No videos | Marks: BAR CP GMRC GNRR IC NOKL OTTX QGRY SHPX SOU |
| Mansewood, Ontario | (map) Mansewood is a nice open spot with nowhere really good to park near the tracks. It is immediately North of Milton and South of Scotch Block on the CN Halton sub. | |
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| Scotch Block, Ontario | (map) Scotch Block is an excellent photography location at mp 30.0 CN Halton sub, between Milton and Georgetown. | |
| 209 images | No videos | Marks: ACFX AGCX AOK BAR BNSF CFWR CHVX CITX CN CNA CNIS CVC DBCX DTTX EQUX ETTX FCTX FLOX GACX GATX GTW HS IC MBLX MLLX MP MWCX NAHX NCIX NCLX NCUX NKCR NREX NRLX PLCX PLEX PLMX PPGX PROX PSPX RCOX RRRX RTTX SBLX SCMX SHPX SLR TILX TTAX TTEX TTPX TTRX UNPX UTLX WLO |
| October 14th, 2004 | The CP TEC train, 8218 leading, ran the Guelph sub -- my first opportunity to catch a CP engine on the GEXR. 8218 met Via #84 at Guelph, holding up the passenger train for about 15 minutes. 8218, it appears, got back on the CP at London either through Kellog or GM's spur track, and returned through Guelph Junction about 4pm. | |
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| Guelph, Ontario | (map) The city of Guelph is my home town and is just East of Kitchener-Waterloo on the GEXR Guelph sub, and the Ontario Southland Railway/Guelph Junction Railway track, the other end of which is at Guelph Junction. | |
| 26 images | No videos | Marks: CP VIA |
| Guelph Junction, Ontario | (map) Technically Campbellville, Guelph Junction is the junction of the Guelph Junction Railway -- currently serviced by OSR -- the CP Hamilton sub, and the CP Galt sub. It is between Milton and Galt on the CP Galt sub. | |
| 21 images | No videos | Marks: CP |
| October 23rd, 2004 | We went to the Junction first thing in the morning, hearing a full 7 eastbounds clearing before we got there. Once there, it was dead. Eventually we moved up to mile 30 and saw 3 trains before coming home. | |
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| Scotch Block, Ontario | (map) Scotch Block is an excellent photography location at mp 30.0 CN Halton sub, between Milton and Georgetown. | |
| 86 images | No videos | Marks: ACFX AGCX AMCX ARLX ATW CGLX CGMX CGTX CN CNA CNIS DWC EEC ENGX ETTX GATX GMRC GROX GTW IC JMHX KCPX KCS MDR MEC MMA NAHX ONT PLCX PROX QCCX RS SHPX SSPX TASD TILX TKEN TOE UTLX WC |
| October 27th, 2004 | An ex-Rio-Grande tunnel motor was spotted heading East. Needless to say I couldn't pass that up... | |
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| Guelph Junction, Ontario | (map) Technically Campbellville, Guelph Junction is the junction of the Guelph Junction Railway -- currently serviced by OSR -- the CP Hamilton sub, and the CP Galt sub. It is between Milton and Galt on the CP Galt sub. | |
| 78 images | 1 videos | Marks: CGLX CN CNA EQUX GPLX IC OSRX ROIX |
| Scotch Block, Ontario | (map) Scotch Block is an excellent photography location at mp 30.0 CN Halton sub, between Milton and Georgetown. | |
| 160 images | No videos | Marks: ACFX ADMX AEX AGPX ALY BNSF CABX CCBX CEFX CGTX CITX CN CNA CNIS CNW CSXT CVC DJJX DTI DTTX ETTX FURX GATX GECX GNRR GTW HPIX IC ICLX KCS LNAC MLLX MP NAHX NCIX NCUX NOKL NS ONT PROX QTTX SLR SMNX SP SPGX SSW TCSZ TGIX TR TTGX TTPX TTZX UNPX UP USLX UTLX WC YARR |
| October 28th, 2004 | CN RTC said there would be a parade on the Halton sub from about 1pm to about 5pm because of border crossing issues in Buffalo and Sarnia. | |
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| Guelph Junction, Ontario | (map) Technically Campbellville, Guelph Junction is the junction of the Guelph Junction Railway -- currently serviced by OSR -- the CP Hamilton sub, and the CP Galt sub. It is between Milton and Galt on the CP Galt sub. | |
| 90 images | 1 videos | Marks: ACFX ADMX ATW BNSF CCBX CGLX COCX CP CSXT DME EPAX GACX GATX GPLX HCBX HLTX ICE IMRL KCS LVRC MILW MMA NAHX NCTX NOKL NRLX NS PLCX PROX SGAX SLGG SOO SP STLH TBOX USBX UTCX UTLX WW YKR |
| Milton, Ontario | (map) This is where the CN Halton and the CP Galt subs cross eachother, though there is no junction. | |
| 31 images | No videos | Marks: BRAN CP CRLE DTTX FEC RTTX SOO TTCX TTRX |
| Scotch Block, Ontario | (map) Scotch Block is an excellent photography location at mp 30.0 CN Halton sub, between Milton and Georgetown. | |
| 104 images | No videos | Marks: AMOX ATSF BAR CBRY CCLX CGTX CN CNA CRDX CRLE CSXT CTRN DBCX DCLX GACX GATX GLNX GMRC GNRR LAHX MMA MRL NAHX NATX NOKL NVR ONT PLCX PLMX PROX RCOX RFMX RRRX SLGG SLR SOEX SPGX TBOX TCSZ TCWR TGIX TILX TSE TTZX UTLX VICX WC YKR |
| October 30th, 2004 | After a morning of intense rain and lousy weather, the sun came out and we went trackside. And boy was it worth it! EMD SD70ACe demonstrator unit GM 70 and two brand new CEFX AC4400s punctuated a short, productive trip. | |
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| Milton, Ontario | (map) This is where the CN Halton and the CP Galt subs cross eachother, though there is no junction. | |
| 30 images | No videos | Marks: AOK ARSX CEFX CNA CP CPDX CSXT EPRY GNWR GVSR LBR QGRY SIRX SOO |
| Puslinch, Ontario | (map) This community straddles highway 401 from West of Guelph Junction to Killean on the CP Galt sub. | |
| 42 images | No videos | Marks: AGPX ARMN ATTX CLP CP CPAA EMDX MMA MSDR TTAX TTRX |