The world of trains according to David Graham

This photo contains:
CN 2659 C44-9W (ENG)
UP 2681 SD40-2 (ENG)
UP 3234 SD40-2 (ENG)

EXIF data (camera's timestamp may not be accurate):

Camera make and model:	Canon EOS DIGITAL REBEL XT
Exposure length:	1/60 ( ~0.01666666666666666667 )"
F-stop:	35/10 ( 3.5 )
Focal length:	18/1 ( 18 )
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Timestamp:	2008:02:18 20:58:36

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.

February 18th, 2008

DETOURS! A wreck at Aldershot East sent three CN freights and countless VIAs over the GEXR Guelph sub. Naturally I spent the day at Guelph station. Last detours were five years previous, almost to the day. The day started with VIA #82 coming through Guelph station ahead of VIA #84-#70, followed by VIA #85, a chase of GEXR #580 down the Fergus sub, VIA #73 and #72 meeting at Guelph, CN #396, CN #394, VIA #75, VIA #87-#83, and CN #392 with 2 UPs to finish it up. In the cold weather, I had finished off all my camera batteries by #392 and my still camera gave out after shooting the lead unit on the train which had CN-UP-UP-CN-CN for power. Re-using an almost-dead battery got me through the end of the evening.

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