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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.
A CN oil train rumbles through Juniper Beach Provincial Park. The park is located on the north side of the Thompson River west of the town of Savona and protects the dry sagebrush and desert ecology of the area.
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.
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.
With the escarpment impeding on the sun, CN 149 is about to take the curve at Milbase, seen here thundering past the switch to the glass lead.
Ancient 1920s built English Electric Z-4-a boxcab electrics depart from Laval Links with the 1640 Montreal - Deux Montagnes. These relics lasted until 1995, when they were replaced with multiple units.
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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Heading into the blinding late afternoon sun we find CN train #411 lead by HR616 2111, trailing a pair of M636's the 2308 and 2328 seen here approaching Komoka, Ontario - October 23, 1993.
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 2449 South cruises out of Culver with empties for Proctor on June 20, 2018. Power was 2449, 2408, and 2131 on these U714 Minntac stone empties. The two cowls have been long time power on these limestone runs, but the trailing 2131 was just added to this consist. It took the place of fellow standard cab Dash 8 #2038 that locked an axle on the northbound run the previous day.
CN's eastbound Petrolia wayfreight approaches Denfield Road, between Komoka and Hyde Park, led by dual-service RS-18 3121. It is running short hood first since there are were no turning facilities at Petrolia. The Petrolia branch, which left the CN Strathroy Subdivision west of Wyoming, is long gone.
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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.
CN 9453 is in charge of train 422 as it passes the old station at Glencoe Ontario. Helpers include CN 2506, 9419 and 9441.
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.
Running along the Thompson River, CN 2922 and 8015 head up this westbound intermodal train at mile 72 on the CN's Ashcroft Sub.
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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