March 24th, 2007
CEFX 101-CEFX 110 led CP #254 which took the Oakville in the evening. I took a chance and went after it, getting VIA #98 (the Amtrak Maple Leaf), CN #599 (SOR steel train), VIA #79, CN #275, CN #385, and finally CP #254, none of them in shootable light... not that it stopped me from trying. We went after #254 at Kinnear yard, but it did a crew change north of the north switch and didn't stop, with CP #255 blocking any chance of viewing it anyway on the passing track.
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.
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VIA #98, the Amtrak Maple Leaf, comes off the Grimsby sub and heads up the Oakville sub toward Toronto.
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CN #599, the RailLink steel train, heads up the cowpath on its way to Nanticoke.
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VIA #79 starts up the Dundas sub.
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CN #275 starts up the Dundas sub with a barely visible UP unit trailing.
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CN #385 starts up the Dundas sub with a pair of GP9s trailing a single six axle unit.
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CP #254 passes under Plains Rd with a pair of CEFX SD90/43MACs on point.
Hamilton, Ontario
(map) Hamilton Ontario is an industrial region on the tip of lake Ontario.
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CP #255's FRED blinks away as CP #254 with a pair of CEFX SD90/43MACs pulls by it.
