July 1st, 2006
With a busy day I only made it out for GEXR #432 at the station.
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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GEXR #432 passes through Guelph station.
July 4th, 2006
With detours going every which way since Friday, my car decided that it preferred to spend the weekend in the shop. Just my luck, both my scanners were stolen out of my locked car some time over the weekend, complete with the antenna and power cable. It really shakes my faith in humanity. Steve came and got me in the evening, and we went to get a detour train CN #F329 at Aldershot, then got an unknown, but probably detour train heading down the Hamilton sub at Guelph Junction.
Aldershot, Ontario
(map) This is the region between the (abandonned) Burlington West train station and Bayview Junction.
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CN #F329 passes a westbound Via train on its way through Aldershot.
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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Another detour train with CP power heads down the Hamilton sub.
July 23rd, 2006
Following most of a week at Ottawa Linux Symposium, my parents came up to Ottawa and took us on an HCW steam excursion for my birthday.
Gatineau, Quebec
(map) Immediately across the border from Ottawa, Gatineau contains the formerly independent city of Hull and houses the Quebec-Gatineau Railway (QGRY) and Hull, Chelsea, and Wakefield (HCW) scenic steam railway.
Wakefield, Quebec
(map) 35 km north of Hull (Gatineau) is the small tourist town of Wakefield, the end of the line for the Hull, Chelsea, and Wakefield steam excursion line, which runs Swedish railway equipment up to Wakefield and back every Sunday through the summer months, among other runs.
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2-8-0 HCW 909 turns on the manually operated turntable in Wakefield.
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HCW 909 attaches on to its diesel assist engine by the restaurant where we had our lunch.
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The HCW excursion train returns to pick us up at the secondary platform. The train spent half an hour trying to work its way by a car parked too close to the tracks as the passengers watched from the distance, wondering what it was up to.
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The HCW excursion train pulls up to the second platform for loading.
Gatineau, Quebec
(map) Immediately across the border from Ottawa, Gatineau contains the formerly independent city of Hull and houses the Quebec-Gatineau Railway (QGRY) and Hull, Chelsea, and Wakefield (HCW) scenic steam railway.
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Swedish diesel loco HCW 244 parks in its enginehouse as HCW 909 disappears out of sight to turn on the turntable behind the rest of the equipment.
