March 6th, 2005
After weeks of concentrating on flying school where there was good weather, I headed down to Guelph Junction on a windy, overcast Sunday afternoon and caught 5 trains, the last westbound having both the triple-flag CP unit and a caboose trailing.
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.
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CP #256, running with only grain cars, heads South on the Hamilton sub.
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CP #423 heads West through the Junction with a "single" flag unit in second place. The Canadian flag's access panel has been replaced on it.
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CP #424 heads East through the Junction.
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CP #425 heads West with a triple flag unit and a burn-damaged 9558 leading while CP #167 comes North off the Hamilton sub.
March 8th, 2005
CN 148, 391, 422, 392, CP 424, and 127 kept my trains-per-hour ratio up on the first nice day in ages.
Scotch Block, Ontario
(map) Scotch Block is an excellent photography location at mp 30.0 CN Halton sub, between Milton and Georgetown.
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CN #148 crosses broken rail at 15 miles an hour.
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CN #391 crosses two stretches of broken rail at mile 30.
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CN #422 finally gets going with a new crew.
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CN #392 passes with a long cut of new FBOX boxcars making the smooth noise associated with cars that haven't yet experienced an emergency brake application.
Milton, Ontario
(map) This is where the CN Halton and the CP Galt subs cross eachother, though there is no junction.
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.
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CP #127 heads through the Junction.
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.
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VIA #89 with 917 leading crosses Watson Rd. I caught it when I saw a glow on the tracks, returning from ground school.
March 11th, 2005
OSR picked up KRL 300302 at ABB and brought it to the interchange. GEXR 580 and 432 came from Kitchener minutes apart some time later, and 580 went North to pick up the dimensional at the interchange and deliver it back to 432, which took it directly to Mac yard.
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GEXR 432 heads through the Via station with KRL 300302 a few cars back, shortly after picking up the 12-axle dimensional load from 580.
March 23rd, 2005
GEXR #580 with GEXR 3843 leading switched the CN Guelph Junction yard over lunch.
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GEXR #580 switches the yard at CN Guelph Junction.
March 26th, 2005
On my way back from CNC4, I caught 431 with regular power passing behind the shopping centre at Victoria Road.
March 29th, 2005
I took a few minutes in the evening to see if anything interesting was going by on CN. And it was -- it had just all gone by, by the time I arrived.
Scotch Block, Ontario
(map) Scotch Block is an excellent photography location at mp 30.0 CN Halton sub, between Milton and Georgetown.
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CN #411 heads West with two engines and mixed freight.
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CN #145, the Triple Crown, passes with its usual roadrailers and a long set of CN roadrailers at the back.
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CN #434 heads East wrapping up a short detour to the tracks.
March 30th, 2005
Ontario Northland 2200 and 2202 were seen going through Ingersoll at 14:28. I figured from that they would be at Bayview Junction at 16:15 and Scotch Block at 17:00. At 16:56 CN #396 rolled by with the engines.
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CN #396 heads by with 7 locomotives and a long train. Locos #6 and #7 are Ontario Northland ONT 2200 and 2202, freshly acquired GP40s.