July 1st, 2003
Canada Day 2003, we went on a large circle route catching both CP and CN over the course of several hours.
Lynden, Ontario
(map) This town is East of Brantford on the CN Dundas sub and once hosted the South end of the CN Fergus sub.
March 11th, 2007
Jay warned me about a CP #244 coming wtih CP 8798 leading. Wanting my 100th GEVO, I went for it, shortly finding CP #424 behind it with 6 units, 3 of them some of the less than 20 remaining CP 56xx SD40-2s, then getting CP #159 and #243 block on block westbound. We then headed down to Hamilton West for CN #394 with BNSF-CSXT power, CN #384 with two dimensionals, and migrated westward to Copetown following a CN #547 off to rescue a stalled CN #385, which met #330 at Copetown West before #547 cut off to go back to work at Aldershot. We then moved a couple of miles west, catching CN #385 and CN #394 by the detector at Lynden and finished off the day by checking out the current selection of power parked at Aberdeen yard.
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CN #385 approaches the top of Copetown grade.
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CN #394 heads eastward with CN 8018 leading.
July 29th, 2010
We took off after CN 396 with an EJE unit catching it at Lynden Junction and again at Aldershot station.