Ontario Trains - November/December 2012
Author: Neil Barratt
Can't recall a longer stretch of time with so few good rail photo opportunities - particularly on the weekends. Nothing like a little snow in late December to liven things up a little.
Photo Gallery
Sister SD70s lead an inbound freight at Beare siding.
Mid-train helper pushing gondolas full of neat and colorful bags of something.
Inbound intermodal bends the rails at Beare Road crossing.
Another look at this inbound intermodal entering the home stretch enroute to CP Agincourt yard.
The 'Canadian' emerges from the fog at Franklin Pond.
Another view of the VIA 'Canadian' cutting through the morning fog.
Not long after the Saturday morning VIA Canadian comes this inbound intermodal. Trailing locomotive is one of my favorites - a Dash-8 with the Draper Taper body design.
Cool GP9 rests at the Orangeville Train Station.
McCowan Road crossing.
Colorful freighter pounds the grade at Slater's Road siding.
Bitter cold and windy, and all is quiet on CN's Bala Subdivision. But you can't waste the last rays of a gorgeous sunset, so this interesting string of track machines gets the spotlight.
Dashing through the snow at Slater's Road siding. Working hard at the rear is CN 2256.
About the only thing I like about Distributed Power is getting a clear view of the cool flared grill assemblies on GE power.
Mechanical troubles forced this northbound freighter into the siding at Quaker in the whipping snow.
Inbound intermodal Train 112 paints a colorful morning scene at Franklin Curve. Dash-9 CN 2709 is pushing furiously on the rear end.
Working the rear end of inbound intermodal Train 112.