Onrail_Photography
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During what was thought to be GIO Rail's final run to St. Catharines on the Grantham Spur, a couple of friends and I ventured a little over a hundred kilometres to go see it. We unfortunately missed the train's arrival on the spur as it got there about an hour earlier than expected, and by the time we showed up it was already down to the last customer before making its way back south. A slight hiccup to be sure, but nothing too serious. The boxcars now had to be loaded/unloaded by employees of the industry, Dunn Paper, before the train could continue. The process took at least another three hours after this photo was taken, but chatting with the other photographers who arrived from all over made the wait significantly more bearable. It was the silver lining of an otherwise depressing event - what very well could be the final train to run over the right-of-way of a long-dead interurban. The "chase" ended up only lasting for about 500 metres when it was found the locomotive was leaking oil, prompting the crew to tie it down for the night later that afternoon. It was certainly a disappointing conclusion for us, but still a solid introduction to a shortline railroad I'd never shot before. The remainder of this train's final run was conducted the following day.
A brief ray of sunlight shines on TRRY 1859 at Dunn Paper while a lake-effect snow squall darkens the sky behind it.
Papers, Please
During what was thought to be GIO Rail's final run to St. Catharines on the Grantham Spur, a couple of friends and I ventured a little over a hundred kilometres to go see it. We unfortunately missed the train's arrival on the spur as it got there about an hour earlier than expected, and by the time we showed up it was already down to the last customer before making its way back south. A slight hiccup to be sure, but nothing too serious. The boxcars now had to be loaded/unloaded by employees of the industry, Dunn Paper, before the train could continue. The process took at least another three hours after this photo was taken, but chatting with the other photographers who arrived from all over made the wait significantly more bearable. It was the silver lining of an otherwise depressing event - what very well could be the final train to run over the right-of-way of a long-dead interurban. The "chase" ended up only lasting for about 500 metres when it was found the locomotive was leaking oil, prompting the crew to tie it down for the night later that afternoon. It was certainly a disappointing conclusion for us, but still a solid introduction to a shortline railroad I'd never shot before. The remainder of this train's final run was conducted the following day.
A brief ray of sunlight shines on TRRY 1859 at Dunn Paper while a lake-effect snow squall darkens the sky behind it.