May 4th, 2008
We went to mile 30 to see what we could see. CN #338 came up with an LMS, and CN #399 went down with a UP ES44AC, but mostly mile 30 was full of railfans, with 8 cars worth by the time I left. As we were leaving, CN #394 called the signal at Tansley and we got it at Derry Rd by the detector. Derry Rd was still surrounded by fields the last time I was there, but there is a rather substantial development going in there now.
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 #338 comes up the hill with an LMS unit in second.
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CN #399 heads down the hill with a UP GEVO trailing.
Milton, Ontario
(map) This is where the CN Halton and the CP Galt subs cross eachother, though there is no junction.
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CN #394 arrives at the Derry Rd. crossing by the 36.6 detector at the same time we do.
May 11th, 2008
GEXR has received 3 6-axle units which means some of its 4-axle power is going to be distributed to other RailAmerica lines. I went to Stratford to find what I could of them, chasing GEXR #431 to London. There it lifted 10 EuroCargo Rail Class 66s and returned as GEXR #432, which I dutifully chased home.
Stratford, Ontario
(map) Stratford lies between Kitchener-Waterloo and London on the GEXR Guelph sub and is the home of Cowie junction, where the GEXR Goderich sub begins.
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VIA #85 pulls into Stratford station.
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GEXR #431 pulls out of Stratford.
St. Marys, Ontario
St. Marys is between Stratford and London on the GEXR Guelph sub.
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GEXR #431 crosses St. Marys viaduct and sets off cars at Kelleys.
London, Ontario
(map) The home of EMD, the plant responsible for a lot of the large engines we see on the rails today, London hosts the West end of the GEXR Guelph sub at the CN yard where the CN Dundas sub joins the CN Strathroy and CN Talbot subs, CP's yard, and the CP Windsor and Galt subs.
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GEXR X432 pulls 10 EuroCargo Rail Class 66s out of the factory at EMD in absolutely miserable weather.
St. Marys, Ontario
St. Marys is between Stratford and London on the GEXR Guelph sub.
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GEXR X432 with 10 ECR Class 66s crosses the St. Marys viaduct in the rain.
Stratford, Ontario
(map) Stratford lies between Kitchener-Waterloo and London on the GEXR Guelph sub and is the home of Cowie junction, where the GEXR Goderich sub begins.
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GEXR X432 pulls into Stratford as GEXR #433 pulls out.
Breslau, Ontario
(map) This is a small town between Guelph and Kitchener-Waterloo on the GEXR Guelph Sub.
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GEXR X432 crosses a field a mile or so east of the Breslau detector.
May 24th, 2008
D&H 7312 trailing on CP #254. Need I say more?
Flamborough, Ontario
(map) This is a community at the top of the Hamilton sub between Waterdown and Guelph Junction. It is technically part of Hamilton, as a result of the amalgamations.
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CP #254 leaves Guelph Junction with D&H 7312 trailing.
