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My summer sailing trip photos often include Toronto CN Tower shots .. though nature makes each one a little different.
Whistler, BC
Finally a day with sunlight. No luck finding any wildlife but at least I was not hit by a train.
CN A438 holds at CN Howard with a pair of BCOL dash 9s. CP was having PTC issues and Conrail in Detroit wouldn't accept their train which blocked A438 from being able to leave. Normally this is a turn job that runs Windsor-London-Windsor, but because of the delay they would run out of hours in London that night.
Train: CN A438 with BCOL 4645 (C44-9W) and BCOL 4654 (C44-9W).
CN CASO Spur
Windsor, ON
A late departing CN 559 negotiates the winding curvature of the Halton sub through Halwest following the block of 421 as they cross over to T3 to work some industries about a mile or so west of me in the Bramalea area.
With work completed at Thamesville, CN 7071 rolls westward over the Thames River with train 514 at mile 47.6 on the Chatham Sub.
CP 119 through Cherrywood with a odd choice of power! Pair of CN gevos leads the way from Mtl with a huge string of solid auto racks.
After tying down for the day, R960 power, with a former GTW unit still in Burdakin Blue stands by as A407 with a pair of former IC units, one of which still in deathstar passes by as they head north through Kankakee heading for Kirk Yard.
Approaching the mile 11 marker on the old C&O's Canadian Subdivision No. 2, CN 7071-514 trundles down the Sarnia Spur with a cut of cars for the mill at Blenheim.
CN 5427 North rolls north past Munger, Mn with the evening Proctor to Symington freight on May 12, 2019. After our usual slow spring, it's still the brown season well into May, but the standard cab and clouds add some interest here.
An all-MLW lashup, C-630M 2003, C-424 3206 and RS-18 3107, is leading a long westbound freight as it approaches Komoka diamond.
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Finishing this two part series we see the beautiful figure of an SD40U coming back through Eagle Mills light engine heading towards Partridge after dropping off Tilden Mine cars at the LS&I.
CN FPA-4 6775, F9B 6618 and GP9 4105 are in charge of Windsor - Toronto train #146, as they approach the Denfield Road bridge, between Komoka and London. Fresh snow has fallen and the fast moving train had whipped it up.
CN L551 has copied a pass stop at Milbase in order to return to their train after running around. They would roll back to Aldershot shortly after.
CN 395 grinds upgrade at Copetown with CN 5794 leading the charge and 172 cars. Of note, recently reactivated BCOL 4620 trails third.
Green meadows for the Green Machine...
CN L580 trundles along the Hagersville Sub at Onondaga, approaching Brantford with a green machine up front. Within the last month, BNSF has repaid horsepower hours to CN with a handful of four axle units, which were spread out between Montreal, Toronto, and Vancouver. Ex-BN GP38-2 2098 is currently a staple on L580 and 581, and so far has not shifted assignments.
On the evening of November 5th, CN ran a second section of L546 up the Uxbridge Subdivision to retrieve two heritage rail cars from Lincolnville, ON for delivery to MacMillan Yard via the Uxbridge, Kingston, and York Subdivisions. Another late night rarity on the seldom-run line to Stouffville.
CN 2454 leads eastbound train 306, as they crest the hill after entering the Pelletier Subdivision, approaching Fourchue. Some nice Fall colors are in the area.
October 6, 2018.
CN's Sarnia - Toronto train #86 approaches Denfield Road, between Komoka and Hyde Park, led by GP9 4575 and FP9 6531. Evidently something has gone wrong with the 6531, and Sarnia has added a freight-geared Geep for power. 65 m.p.h. maximum speed will mean a late arrival in Toronto.
CN FP9 6519 along with F9Bs 6617 and 6619 are in charge of the twelve cars forming Toronto - Windsor train #159. The location is the long gone trestle bridge where the Pulham Road crossing is today, east of Komoka.
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