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"Checklist" Train
Usually when a good train comes around, it is usually on the CPKC Windsor sub the train comes on, in which I get straight to documenting old searchlights if possible. But, sometimes it is nice to take a break to shoot something good on the Chatham sub. While it might not be as good photo wise compared to the Windsor sub around here, I had the chance to shoot an EB CN leader in the morning on the Chatham sub. This is something pretty rare, as 438 never runs in the morning, like they used to back in the early 2010s, and 514 only runs EB from Chatham to Thamesville, in which you have to hope they run in the morning and face the right way AND have cars :). But, instead of 1501 leading the tech train, we have CN 0999 here with an Ex-IC Dash 9 as a pilot. Now I do not know what the difference is between the two technically, but after catching 72 the morning of, I heard them getting ready to leave CN Little yard on my scanner. This gave me the opportunity to shoot the Dash 9 in morning light here at Belle River Marina, a catch I have been wanting to get a good shot for a long while. The train was lined into Stoney point siding for a meet with VIA 71.
"Checklist" Train
Usually when a good train comes around, it is usually on the CPKC Windsor sub the train comes on, in which I get straight to documenting old searchlights if possible. But, sometimes it is nice to take a break to shoot something good on the Chatham sub. While it might not be as good photo wise compared to the Windsor sub around here, I had the chance to shoot an EB CN leader in the morning on the Chatham sub. This is something pretty rare, as 438 never runs in the morning, like they used to back in the early 2010s, and 514 only runs EB from Chatham to Thamesville, in which you have to hope they run in the morning and face the right way AND have cars :). But, instead of 1501 leading the tech train, we have CN 0999 here with an Ex-IC Dash 9 as a pilot. Now I do not know what the difference is between the two technically, but after catching 72 the morning of, I heard them getting ready to leave CN Little yard on my scanner. This gave me the opportunity to shoot the Dash 9 in morning light here at Belle River Marina, a catch I have been wanting to get a good shot for a long while. The train was lined into Stoney point siding for a meet with VIA 71.