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I grew up around Coatsworth, Ontario next to the C&O Canadian Division back in the 70's. Have always been interested in trains since I was a toddler. My Grandfather gave me my first electric train when I was 4 and it has now stuck for 48 years. My son, 6, and daughter, 10, are both interested in model trains and photography as well, so I hope to share my 30+ years of experience with them for many more years to come.

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CP Train #244, with SD70Acu #7038 on point, speeds through Essex County on a brisk and sunny November 28th. The draw today isn't the leader, but the trailing unit, Union Pacific #1983, the Missouri Pacific Heritage Unit. First one of the UP Heritage fleet I've been able to shoot as the Rio Grande unit went by in the dark a few years back. Thanks to all for the H/U's.....

Name:	Geoff Elliott
Railway:	Canadian Pacific
Date:	11/28/2020
Location:	Belle River
Province:	Ontario

2 Comments | 12 Favourites

All covered up..... Ontario Southland's matched pair of covered wagons lead 4 covered hoppers past a field of dreams just west of Ingersoll, Ontario. The hoppers, of SOO Line, MILW, and LEF&C lineage, were pulled in Putnam and are headed eastward. From here the wagons will switch the CAMI plant and lift cars from the St. Thomas job that they will meet in town. Once all the work in Ingersoll is complete, the pair will continue east to Woodstock and interchange cars with the CP.

Name:	Geoff Elliott
Railway:	Ontario Southland
Date:	10/16/2020
Location:	Ingersoll
Province:	Ontario

Comments | 10 Favourites

The St. Thomas job has returned north from Tillsonburg and is now headed west out of Ingersoll bound for St. Thomas. 378 is about to cross King Street and has 1 car on the tailend for the Woodstock job that will be setout at Cami for 6508 to lift as it heads east toward Woodstock later.

Name:	Geoff Elliott
Railway:	Ontario Southland
Date:	10/16/2020
Location:	Ingersoll
Province:	Ontario

Comments | 7 Favourites

Hard to beat Fall colors and early morning sun. Ontario Southland GP7 #378 leads the St. Thomas job south out of Salford, Ontario and through a beautiful Fall color setting with a lone tankcar bound for the transloading facility in Tillsonburg.

Name:	Geoff Elliott
Railway:	Ontario Southland
Date:	10/16/2020
Location:	Salford
Province:	Ontario

Comments | 13 Favourites

Well, of course I'll "STOP".... With OSR 1401 now on point heading west, the Woodstock job pulls 6 hoppers of various lineage toward the large grain facility in Putnam, Ontario as it is about to cross Five Points Road.

Name:	Geoff Elliott
Railway:	Ontario Southland
Date:	10/16/2020
Location:	Putnam
Province:	Ontario

1 Comments | 6 Favourites

Ontario Southland FP9A #6508 leads sister #1401 north on the Woodstock job. Once they arrive in Ingersoll, Ontario to start the days' work they will head out to switch the mill in Putnam, then back to pull/switch the Cami plant and then head on down the link to Woodstock to make their interchange with the CP.

Name:	Geoff Elliott
Railway:	Ontario Southland
Date:	10/16/2020
Location:	Ingersoll
Province:	Ontario

Comments | 8 Favourites

Fall is here and the colors are showing all around. Even on the trains. CP Military Tribute unit #7023 leads CP Script heritage unit #7013 on train #235 as it rolls through the Essex County country side near Puce, Ontario on October 7, 2020.

Name:	Geoff Elliott
Railway:	Canadian Pacific
Date:	10/07/2020
Location:	Puce
Province:	Ontario

3 Comments | 12 Favourites

Not quite a matched set, but a 'nice pair' to say the least. CP Train #235 sports 2 Heritage units today with 7019 in Block Lettering and 7013 in Script. The turning Soyabeans show that Fall is here and with the units it almost looks like 1965 all over again.

Name:	Geoff Elliott
Railway:	Canadian Pacific
Date:	09/25/2020
Location:	Puce
Province:	Ontario

2 Comments | 8 Favourites

It's apparent that the soyabeans are getting ready to harvest as CP 7018 east, with train #140, rolls through the Essex County flatlands and passes by MP 88 of the CP Windsor Subdivision on a beautiful last day of Summer 2020.

Name:	Geoff Elliott
Railway:	Canadian Pacific
Date:	09/21/2020
Location:	Haycroft
Province:	Ontario

Comments | 5 Favourites

"Block Party" of sorts. CP 7018, in it's block CP Heritage scheme, leads Train #140 into the siding in Belle River, Ontario to wait on westbound CP 8101, Train #235. This is the first decent shot of a block lettered unit I've been able to nab as they always seem to going the wrong way for the light. Nice catch for the day.

Name:	Geoff Elliott
Railway:	Canadian Pacific
Date:	09/21/2020
Location:	Belle River
Province:	Ontario

Comments | 10 Favourites

CP train #235 with a trio of SD70Acu's #7012, #7043, and #7010 rolls up on MP 88 of the CP Windsor Subdivision just west of Haycroft, Ontario today. Considering how screwed up 2020 has been so far, you couldn't have asked for a better consist or day for this to happen. Thanks to the motive power guys in Toronto for setting this one up for us!!!

Name:	Geoff Elliott
Railway:	Canadian Pacific
Date:	08/06/2020
Location:	Haycroft
Province:	Ontario

2 Comments | 13 Favourites

Hard to shoot rosters of locomotives in the new millenium, but with issues at the NS Bridge in Detroit, and trains stopped on the CP with no where to go, it got a little easier today. I was finally able to snag a decent roster of Canadian Pacific SD70ACU #7023 while it sat quietly between St. Joachim and Haycroft, Ontario while waiting for the RTC to determine it's fate. It later made it to Windsor at about 15mph, but it won't be going to the U.S. any time soon.........

Name:	Geoff Elliott
Railway:	Canadian Pacific
Date:	06/30/2020
Location:	Haycroft
Province:	Ontario

Comments | 8 Favourites

CP train #235 sits quietly between St. Joachim and Haycroft, Ontario on June 30, 2020. Due to issues at the Norfolk Southern Bridge over the Rouge River in Detroit, all traffic to/from the CP/NS has been stopped all day. 235 sits here with 10K feet of train while a 141 sits in Windsor ahead of him with 9100 feet of train. With no place to go where they will fit, all they can do is sit. Also in the mix is a 140 on the U.S. side, west of NS Bridge, with CP 7016 and mid-train DPU 6644. Just another day of "Precision Railroading" on the CP in 2020!!!

Name:	Geoff Elliott
Railway:	Canadian Pacific
Date:	06/30/2020
Location:	Haycroft
Province:	Ontario

1 Comments | 12 Favourites

Backlit blues.... CP D-Day unit #6644 leads Heritage Sister 7016 as the power for today's Train #141 as it rolls past the corn fields of Essex County just west of Haycroft, Ontario on June 28, 2020.

Name:	Geoff Elliott
Railway:	Canadian Pacific
Date:	06/28/2020
Location:	Haycroft
Province:	Ontario

Comments | 9 Favourites

CP 9720 leads a MONSTER train #235 as it arrives at the WSS Belle River, Ontario on June 28, 2020. CP 8001 will proceed east after 235 clears.

Name:	Geoff Elliott
Railway:	Canadian Pacific
Date:	06/28/2020
Location:	Belle River
Province:	Ontario

Comments | 2 Favourites

Soon to be "amber waves of grain".......... CP SD70ACU #6644, in it's camouflage colors applied to Royal Canadian Air Force "Spitfire" fighter planes flown at the Allied invasion of Normandy, France, on June 6, 1944, rolls past the large grain elevator in Haycroft, Ontario on June 25, 2020. Grain, grain elevators, and trains combined made Canada great, but sadly the railroad no longer services this mill and all product is now shipped by truck which is an all too common reality in this new millenium.

Name:	Geoff Elliott
Railway:	Canadian Pacific
Date:	05/25/2020
Location:	Haycroft
Province:	Ontario

7 Comments | 7 Favourites

CP 8109 West, Train #235, rolls through the 'Essex County Prairies' as the wheat starts to head out for the 2020 harvest season. Although nothing special, it was just a nice day to get out and take a shot...... Can't wait for 2020 to be overwith!!

Name:	Geoff Elliott
Railway:	Canadian Pacific
Date:	06/11/2020
Location:	St. Joachim
Province:	Ontario

Comments | 3 Favourites

A nice set of 38's will usually get me out to take a look. But those are usually in pairs... ;-) Since I didn't see any of those around I instead ventured out to shoot this trio of CP GP38's on today's T29, or as I referred to it today, the "COVID Turn". Here the trio is lifting around 90 empty racks that have been stored in Belle River, Ontario since the COVID-19 lockdown began. Nice to see some of the old power still working hard and making miles.

Name:	Geoff Elliott
Railway:	Canadian Pacific
Date:	05/31/2020
Location:	Belle River
Province:	Ontario

2 Comments | 11 Favourites

Seems like every time CP 7020 goes through Belle River it's a cloudy grey day. Today is no exception as Train #650 comes to the east 'Belle River' mileboard with 7020 leading the way. Hopefully the guys further east will have better luck with the sun.

Name:	Geoff Elliott
Railway:	Canadian Pacific
Date:	05/27/2020
Location:	Belle River
Province:	Ontario

Comments | 6 Favourites

CP 6045 West, train 2-WGA-17, passes MP 98 of the CP Windsor Subdivision in Puce, Ontario on May 20, 2020 as it sprays the weeds along the RoW to keep it nice a clean for any possible post-Covid railfanning in 2020.

Name:	Geoff Elliott
Railway:	Canadian Pacific
Date:	05/20/2020
Location:	Puce
Province:	Ontario

Comments | 12 Favourites

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