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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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Decided I liked my shot from yesterday ( http://www.railpictures.ca/?attachment_id=51350 ) enough that I would attempt a 'repeat' of sorts. Today CP Heritage Unit #7014 leads train #134 past the westbound signal at MP 92.7 of the Windsor Subdivision on March 8, 2023 on a beautiful March 8th day......
Name: Geoff Elliott
Railway: Canadian Pacific
Date: 03/08/2023
Location: Belle River
Province: Ontario
Comments | 7 Favourites
"Fresh Fish!!" Union Pacific C44ACM #6473 sports a fresh coat of Armour Yellow with UP's most recent paint scheme as it is leads a relatively short CP Train #234 through Belle River, Ontario on March 8, 2023.
Name: Geoff Elliott
Railway: Canadian Pacific
Date: 03/08/2023
Location: Belle River
Province: Ontario
Comments | 11 Favourites
Rear DPU, Union Pacific AC45CCTE #7475, shoves hard on the tail end of Canadian Pacific Ethanol Train #528 as it passes the westbound signal at MP 92.7 of CP's Windsor Subdivision on a sunny March 7th afternoon.
Name: Geoff Elliott
Railway: Canadian Pacific
Date: 03/07/2023
Location: Belle River
Province: Ontario
Comments | 6 Favourites
CP 8111 leads NS SD70ACe #1033 on CP train #231 as it rolls through Puce, Ontario on a beautiful March 5th of 2023...
Name: Geoff Elliott
Railway: Canadian Pacific
Date: 03/05/2023
Location: Puce
Province: Ontario
Comments | 6 Favourites
Coming and going.... VIA train #73 runs 'push pull' on March 4, 2023 with VIA #900 "coming" at us in the lead and 914 trailing. From the "going" perspective the P42 will be going in the near future as the Siemens train sets replace these types of consists. :-(
Name: Geoff Elliott
Railway: VIA Rail
Date: 03/04/2023
Location: St. Joachim
Province: Ontario
Comments | 7 Favourites
In what is the weirdest move I've seen on CP so far in 2023, Work Extra 7051 heads eastbound, running long hood forward, along the Windsor sub with 2 SD70ACu's and 5 cars. These cars are to be setoff in the backtrack in Belle River, Ontario presumably for an Eastbound or the London Pickup to lift at a later time. Work Extra 7051, once the cars were setoff, headed light power back to Windsor with 7041 leading. The power then changed to CP Train 135 when the reached Windsor.
Name: Geoff Elliott
Railway: Canadian Pacific
Date: 02/26/2023
Location: Belle River
Province: Ontario
Comments | 8 Favourites
Essex Terminal units #105 & #104, with the 0830 Job, have just crossed Brock Street as they roll through the west end of Windsor while heading out to Ojibway Yard on what was by far the nicest day of 2023 so far.
Name: Geoff Elliott
Railway: Essex Terminal
Date: 02/11/2023
Location: Windsor
Province: Ontario
Comments | 12 Favourites
In what is a classic Windsor shot, Essex Terminal units #105 & #104 roll over the cut of the former Canada Southern, now Canadian Pacific, that leads to the Windsor/Detroit Railway tunnel. Sadly no train was coming out of the tunnel today to get the over/under but this location still makes for a great shot. Too bad the 'Taggers' couldn't leave the bridge alone though.....
Name: Geoff Elliott
Railway: Essex Terminal
Date: 02/11/2023
Location: Windsor
Province: Ontario
5 Comments | 19 Favourites
Essex Terminal's Heritage Unit #105 approaches Campbell Ave., as it leads sister #104, in it's new paint, on the 0830 job as they trundle along through the west end of Windsor heading to Ojibway Yard. 105 and 104 had left Lincoln Yard with the 2 tanks and made a pretty descent sized lift from the CN, including a couple autoracks which are becoming a more and more common site on the Essex Terminal with the new auto loading facility opening just off Kildare Road.
Name: Geoff Elliott
Railway: Essex Terminal
Date: 02/11/2023
Location: Windsor
Province: Ontario
Comments | 18 Favourites
It's February and this is the first sunny train shot of 2023. Here VIA P42 #901 leads train #73 at track speed on the Chatham Subdivision between Stoney Point and St. Joachim, Ontario on my 55th Birthday, February 9, 2023.
Name: Geoff Elliott
Railway: VIA Rail
Date: 02/09/2023
Location: Stoney Point
Province: Ontario
4 Comments | 13 Favourites
As the snow melts with rising temperatures CP Train #134 heads eastbound on the CP Windsor Sub on December 28, 2022. The CP 7028 and UP 4066 pair came west on train #135 the day before when they were plagued by issues. From losing the UP unit and having to double the hill at Campbellville, to computer issues on 7028 in London, the train finally made it to Windsor around 11:00pm on the 27th resulting in this early morning eastbound run. Not sure they had the power issues resolved, but at least the horn on 7028 worked today!! All tolled train #134 had 544 axles at the detector, so I'm hoping they had a better eastbound run than they did heading west the day before....
Name: Geoff Elliott
Railway: Canadian Pacific
Date: 12/28/2022
Location: St. Joachim
Province: Ontario
Comments | 7 Favourites
The weather for the Allied Forces on D-Day was not ideal. Overcast, rough seas and fog made it hard for the landing craft and Soldiers to navigate the obstacles approaching the beaches. I guess it's appropriate that for today's approaching CP Train #528, with the D-Day tribute unit #6644 on point, 'less than ideal' weather conditions prevail as well. Thankfully, for all those that gave on D-Day, I have the freedom to go out and do what I enjoy regardless of the weather conditions. Thank You to all that serve to protect our Freedoms and remember those that gave the ultimate sacrifice as November 11th approaches.
Name: Geoff Elliott
Railway: Canadian Pacific
Date: 11/01/2022
Location: Jeanette's Creek
Province: Ontario
2 Comments | 10 Favourites
With snow starting to fall today, and as dreary as it was, it was a bit of a stretch for me to head out to shoot train #234 let alone anything else. With the last of the Fall color showing, and the cleanliness of the BNSF unit, it actually ended up making for a decent 'Fall' shot. Here is BNSF 5280 leading CP Train #234 as it highballs eastbound at the East Siding Switch, Belle River, on the CP Windsor Sub on October 20, 2022.
Name: Geoff Elliott
Railway: Canadian Pacific
Date: 10/20/2022
Location: Belle River
Province: Ontario
Comments | 12 Favourites
CP train #231 rolls through Belle River, Ontario on October 14, 2022 with CP GE #8740 and CP SD70ACu #7021. The crossing signals activated as I crossed the tracks so this was a 'bail and shoot' situation that turned out reasonably well.
Name: Geoff Elliott
Railway: Canadian Pacific
Date: 10/14/2022
Location: Belle River
Province: Ontario
Comments | 7 Favourites
With winter wheat coming up, CP train #234 rolls by the huge AGRIS Co-op in Haycroft, Ontario with Union Pacific SD75M #3950 leading the way on October 14, 2022.
Name: Geoff Elliott
Railway: Canadian Pacific
Date: 10/14/2022
Location: Haycroft
Province: Ontario
Comments | 10 Favourites
A colorful CP Train #135 was on tap today. Into London with CP SD60 #6255 on point, they added BNSF ES44DC #7635 to the point to continue the trip west to Windsor. With the 'Lakeshore' water tower in the background BNSF #7635 high-balls through Emeryville, Ontario with a large string of AIMX (American Iron and Metal) scrap gons behind the power in the last few minutes of it's trip over the Windsor Subdivisio
Name: Geoff Elliott
Railway: Canadian Pacific
Date: 09/29/2022
Location: Emeryville
Province: Ontario
1 Comments | 9 Favourites
A similar photo could have easily been taken in the flatlands of Indiana and Ohio where the Nickle Plate once ran, but this is Ontario and on the CP Windsor Subdivision. With "heads up" in the wee hours of the morning it was noted that Norfolk Southern ES44AC #8100, the Nickle Plate Road Heritage Unit, was leading an empty autorack train #234 out of Elkhart, IN just before midnight. As luck would have it congestion on the NS in Detroit delayed the train enough to allow the sun to come up and swing around to result in a great shot of the train as it approached Sinclair Road in Jeanette, which is just east of Tilbury, Ontario. The scene looks like what I can imagine as a modern version of Tony Koester's HO scale NKP layout.
Name: Geoff Elliott
Railway: Canadian Pacific
Date: 09/20/2022
Location: Jeanette's Creek
Province: Ontario
4 Comments | 14 Favourites
'Sucker Hole success'.... When I heard about the consist on CP Train #234 it was dark and gloomy at the house, but I figured it would be work setting out to photograph it anyway. I headed out to Haycroft for the open space and as the train was delayed waiting for 131 to clear in Windsor it bought enough time that the clouds began to break up a bit. As 234 hit the Rochester Townline, just out of sight, it was dark, and then suddenly the smallest of sucker holes opened up as the train got to me. Here is train #234 with CSX 3032, CSX 3283, UP 8643, CP 9753, and CP 9377 haulin' ass as it approaches Haycroft, Ontario on September 11, 2022. Sometimes you just get lucky.... :-)
Name: Geoff Elliott
Railway: Canadian Pacific
Date: 09/11/2022
Location: Haycroft
Province: Ontario
Comments | 8 Favourites
VIA #919 is 'Loving the Way' of a 1/2 hour late running train #73 as it hits the farm crossing at MP 83.46 of the VIA Chatham Sub on a day with nothing but blue skies for a background.
Name: Geoff Elliott
Railway: VIA Rail
Date: 09/09/2022
Location: Stoney Point
Province: Ontario
Comments | 7 Favourites
Essex Terminal GP9 #108, Ex-Cartier #59, leads the 0830 job west having just crossed Brock Street. #108 is headed toward Ojibway Yard with a long cut of cars including 4 centerbeam flats of lumber on the head-end for unloading at Morterm. #108 will meet up with #107 at Ojibway today and finish out the day there prior to heading back to the shops.
Name: Geoff Elliott
Railway: Essex Terminal
Date: 09/09/2022
Location: Windsor
Province: Ontario
Comments | 7 Favourites
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