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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 August, 2004
| August 7th, 2004 | We caught GEXR with 2 CSX units going through Guelph again. There were 5 parked in Stratford but the same two seem to be on 432/431 every time. | |
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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. | |
| 56 images | No videos | Marks: AGPX CC CN CNA CNIS CNLX CNWX CSXT DMLX FURX IC KCS NOKL PRAX PROX SLGG SOU UTLX WLO |
| August 8th, 2004 | We picked up my mother-in-law at Aldershot, pausing frequently to take pictures... | |
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| Aldershot, Ontario | (map) This is the region between the (abandonned) Burlington West train station and Bayview Junction. | |
| 105 images | No videos | Marks: ACFX AMTK ATSF CC CN CNIS CNWX CO CRGX CSXT ECQX GMRC GNRR HOKX ICG LW NYC ONT PLCX PROX SHPX TBOX TEIX UTLX WC |
| Burlington West, Ontario | (map) This is between Burlington and Aldershot on the CN Oakville sub, where the CN Halton sub merges in. | |
| 54 images | No videos | Marks: ACFX BCLR CGTX CN CNA ETTX NATX NCIX NCLX PROX SHPX TTGX |
| 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 | No videos | Marks: ALAX AMCX CCBX CN CNIS CNLX CSXT DJJX DMLX IC NATX QTTX UTLX |
| August 15, 2004 | I went up to Scotch Block for the afternoon, leaving when it started raining. | |
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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. | |
| 157 images | No videos | Marks: ACFX ADMX AGPX AMOX BCOL BRAN CC CCLX CCX CGTX CHSX CN CNA CNIS CNWX CVC DWC ECUX FURX GATX GNRR GTW GVSR HS IC KDCX LW MLLX MP NATX NCIX NCLX NDYX NKCR NRLX NS PFMX PRL PROX RVPR SBLX SHPX SLR SSAM SSW TBOX TIMX UNPX UPFE UTLX WC YKR |
| August 17th, 2004 | On the way back from the North end, I found OSR switching on the South industrial. Later in the day, Walter called in that a BCR unit was through Ingersoll about 13:40. It finally showed up at mile 30 at about 17:00 after lifting at both Beachville and Aldershot. | |
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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. | |
| 25 images | 1 videos | Marks: HMAX OSRX UTLX |
| Scotch Block, Ontario | (map) Scotch Block is an excellent photography location at mp 30.0 CN Halton sub, between Milton and Georgetown. | |
| 157 images | No videos | Marks: BCOL CCX CGMX CN CNA CNLX CP CV CVC DTTX DUPX DWC GNRR GPFX GTW HLMX HOKX IC ICG LW NAHX NCIX NDYX NOKL OCPX ONT PROX SLGG SLR TCMX TTAX TTGX UTLX WC WCCL |
| August 19th, 2004 | I stopped at mile 30 for three trains before heading down to Aldershot to pick up Laura. | |
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| Aldershot, Ontario | (map) This is the region between the (abandonned) Burlington West train station and Bayview Junction. | |
| 8 images | No videos | Marks: AMTK |
| Scotch Block, Ontario | (map) Scotch Block is an excellent photography location at mp 30.0 CN Halton sub, between Milton and Georgetown. | |
| 87 images | No videos | Marks: ACFX ALY AMCX ASAB ATW CGLX CGMX CN CNA CNLX CP CSP DOWX DTTX DWC EEC GATX GMRC GNRR IC ICG MMA NADX NOKL NS ONT PROX RS SHPX SOU TSRD TTGX VICX WC WCRC |
| August 21st, 2004 | Laura, Steve, and I went to CN territory to see what we could see. And boy did we see. CSX, BNSF, a business car, and a spiderman engine were just the highlights. | |
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| Bayview Junction, Ontario | (map) This is where the CN Oakville, CN Grimsby, and CN Dundas subdivisions meet at a great big wye, beside which is the CP Hamilton sub. This location encompasses CN Bayview Junction, Hamilton West, and Hamilton Junction. | |
| 347 images | 1 videos | Marks: ACFX ADMX AEX AGPX ALAX ANR ASHX BCOL BLE BNSF CABX CC CCLX CCX CEFX CELX CGLX CGTX CN CNA CNIS CNLX CP CR CRDX CRGX CSXT CVC DME DWC FBOX GATX GMRC GTW HCGX ICE KCS MSRC NAHX NATX NCIX NDYX NOKL ONT PLCX PROX PTLX QGRY RACX RBOX SHPX SMNX SSIX SSPX TILX TLCX TTGX UELX UNCX UNPX UTLX VIA WC WLPX YKR |
| Burlington West, Ontario | (map) This is between Burlington and Aldershot on the CN Oakville sub, where the CN Halton sub merges in. | |
| 157 images | No videos | Marks: ACFX ADMX AEX ANR ASHX ATSF BN BNSF CEFX CHSX CN CNA CNIS CVC DTTX ETTX FINX GATX GPLX GTW LUCX MLLX MRL NS ONT PLCX PTLX RBOX SP SSAM SSW TBOX TCMX TTGX VIA WC XOMX |
| August 29th, 2004 | GEXR and OSR were both working Guelph on this very wet Sunday so I went to see who I'd find. I never found GEXR working but OSR was working PDI. Later, GEXR 431 came back with 4837 and 4839 - two more CSX units in testing. | |
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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. | |
| 43 images | 1 videos | Marks: ACFX CN CNA CNIS CNLX CNWX CSXT IC ITTX OSRX PROX ROIX SHPX TCIX WLO |
| August 30th, 2004 | OSR had 2 trains, GEXR 580 broke down at the Junction, 432 had CSX engines leading... just another day in Guelph. At CP we found a crane working. 159 went through, tripping the hotbox detector at Puslinch, and CN was busy but didn't have anything particularly unusual. | |
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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. | |
| 106 images | 2 videos | Marks: ACFX CAGY CGLX CN CNA CNLX CNWX CPWX CSXT DOWX GEXR GMRC GTW IC OSRX PROX RLK ROIX SHPX TR UTLX WLPX WWLX |
| 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. | |
| 34 images | No videos | Marks: CP DTTX SOO TTRX VTTX |
| Scotch Block, Ontario | (map) Scotch Block is an excellent photography location at mp 30.0 CN Halton sub, between Milton and Georgetown. | |
| 182 images | No videos | Marks: ACFX ADMX AGCX BRAN CABX CEFX CGLX CGTX CITX CN CNA CNIS CP CSXT CVC DCLX DOWX DTTX DUPX GACX GATX GCCX GLNX GTW ICG INFX KCPX NCTX NOKL NS PLMX PROX PTLX RACX RTMX SIRX SLGG SPGX SSPX TR TTGX UELX UNPX UTCX UTLX WC |