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Images: These pictures are not censored for quality. What one person considers a bad or useless picture may be exactly what someone else is looking for. I hope you enjoy these pictures as much as I enjoyed taking them.
Videos: These videos are very big, which is why railfanning videos are so rare on line. As long as Windows Media Player says "Connecting" it is working, even it if appears to be taking a very long time. It says "Connecting" until it has finished downloading the video. Please be patient. If you are unable to play these videos with Windows Media player, a problem which exists with some versions of Media Player and (sometimes) with Internet Explorer versions lower than 6, I strongly recommend the use of Quicktime if it is available. If you are using Linux, mplayer needs to be told that the videos have a bit depth of 16 (-bpp 16) to work.
Filenames refer to location, date (dd.mm.yy), and camera-assigned four digit id number.
Top photos from May, 2004
| May 5th, 2004 | Another Alaska unit scramble. ARR 4322 departed London at 16:45, which would normally mean arrival at Guelph Junction at around 18:15. It came about 21:30. | |
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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. | |
| 105 images | 1 videos | Marks: ACFX ARR CN CP CPWX DLRX DTTX FLOX GOT HS LW MMA NAHX NOKL PTLX QGRY SLC SLGG SLR SOU TCMX WCTR |
| May 7th, 2004 | Laura and I headed to Guelph Junction for 10 solid hours and caught 3 7-engine trains among a variety of others. | |
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| Flamborough, Ontario | (map) This is a community at the top of the Hamilton sub between Waterdown and Guelph Junction. It is technically part of Hamilton, as a result of the amalgamations. | |
| 27 images | No videos | Marks: ACFX ATW BNSF CP CPAA CPLX DTTX GCCX HS NAHX NCUX WCTR |
| 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. | |
| 521 images | No videos | Marks: ACFX ADMX AEX AMCX AOK ATTX ATW BNSF BWCX CCBX CCLX CEFX CELX CFMX CGLX CGTX CHTT CHVX CITX CLC CN CNA CP CPAA CPLX CPWX CR CRDX CRLE CSXT DME DTTX ELTX EQUX ETTX FEC FINX FPAX FTTX FURX GACX GATX GFSX GMRC GMSR GOT GPFX GPLX GVSR HCBX HS IBT IC IMCX IMRL IR ITLX KCS KYLE LW MILW MLLX MSDR NAHX NATX NBIX NCHX NCTX NCUX NOKL NS NW NYC OAR OSRX PCN PGHX PLCX PLMX PLWX PPRX PROX QC QGRY RBOX RTTX RUSX SHPX SLGG SLR SOO SP STE TBOX TJRX TR TTAX TTGX TTHX TTX TTZX UNPX UP USLX UTLX WC WCCL WCRC WCTR WP XOMX XPWX YKR |
| May 16th, 2004 | Laura, Steve, and I headed down to Ingersoll for a few hours. Among the highlights was an Ontario Northland SD75i on horsepower hour repayments. | |
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| Ingersoll, Ontario | (map) The CN Dundas, the CP St. Thomas, and the OSR Port Burwell subs are very active through Ingersoll, with the CP Galt sub just to the North in Zorra. | |
| 247 images | No videos | Marks: ABOX ABWX ACFX AM ATSF BFGX BN BNSF BTTX CC CEFX CGLX CN CNA CNLX CP DTI DTTX EAGX ECUX ETTX FBOX FTTX GATX GGCX GTW IC ICG MEC NATX NDYX NOKL NS NVR ONT PBFX PLMX PROX PTLX SRY STSX TFM TILX TLCX TSE TTGX TTZX UP UTLX VIA WC WCCL |
| May 21st, 2004 | Laura and I headed down to Ingersoll to catch 148 and then headed up to Scotch Block to catch it again. It had a pair of E8 6-axle widebody units with a business train. | |
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| Ingersoll, Ontario | (map) The CN Dundas, the CP St. Thomas, and the OSR Port Burwell subs are very active through Ingersoll, with the CP Galt sub just to the North in Zorra. | |
| 91 images | No videos | Marks: AGCX CGLX CN CNA CNIS CNLX CP CR GATX GTW IC NS OSRX PROX RTMX SRN UTLX VIA |
| Scotch Block, Ontario | (map) Scotch Block is an excellent photography location at mp 30.0 CN Halton sub, between Milton and Georgetown. | |
| 169 images | 1 videos | Marks: ACFX ACTX AGPX BCIT BM CABX CANX CGMX CGTX CN CNA CNIS CNLX CNWX CP CR CRLE DJJX DTTX DUPX DWC ECXX ETTX GATX GNRR GTW HLSC HS IATR IC ICG JRSX LW MR MSDR MVRY NOKL NS ONT PLMX PROX RTMX RTTX SCMX SLGG SLR SMNX SP SRY TSRD TTAX TTGX UP UTLX VCY WC |
| May 25th, 2004 | I spent a few hours working from the Junction after hearing about dimensional loads on the scanner. Apparently they only meant excess-height cars, and I only caught 4 CP trains, a hy-rail truck, and OSR. | |
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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. | |
| 89 images | 2 videos | Marks: ABOX CEFX CNA CP CPAA DOWX DTTX FTTX GACX GATX HMAX MLLX NCTX OLNX OSRX PROX SLC SOO TTAX TTGX TTRX UTLX WCTR XPWX |
| May 29th, 2004 | Steve advised that there were 3 dimensional loads parked at CN Guelph Junction after we heard discussion of them on the scanner. Steve and I chased 432 around downtown Guelph, though GEXR #432 only took one of the loads. The remaining 2 left a little bit later on a second 432, but I never did get to see them. | |
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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. | |
| 55 images | 2 videos | Marks: CEFX CN CNIS ETMX GEXR QTTX RLK VSRR |