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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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Is that a 'lunar' signal??? ;-) With the moon in the sky, and the Canadian and U.S. flags flapping in the wind, the CPKC 2023 Holiday Train makes it's way west toward Windsor, Ontario in the late afternoon light of November 24, 2023. As always CPKC put on a good show with the Holiday Train drawing observers and photographers all along the line to see what has become a welcome annual tradition.
Name: Geoff Elliott
Railway: Canadian Pacific
Date: 11/24/2023
Location: Puce
Province: Ontario
1 Comments | 10 Favourites
Roberval and Saguenay Railway SD70ACe #81 sits in the CPKC Yard in Windsor, Ontario on November 20, 2023. RS #81 is joined by #80 which is out of the picture here. #81 started life as CSX #4831 and was then sold to Progress Rail to become PRLX #4831, and then RS #81. The unit was used on the Roberval and Saguenay for a short period before being moved to North Bay and stored at the ONR Shops. #80 and #81 made it Windsor via CN and were interchanged to the Essex Terminal to then move them to the CP Interchange. Not sure what the final destination for the units is yet, but I would assume that they are headed back to Progress Rail.
Name: Geoff Elliott
Railway: Roberval Saguenay
Date: 11/20/2023
Location: Windsor
Province: Ontario
Comments | 7 Favourites
LDSX GP38 #2001, ex-C&O 3873, rounds the corner approaching Ojibway Yard as it passes under the westbound approach to the new Gordie Howe Bridge in West Windsor. It's likely that at some point this unit passed through Windsor on one of the many C&O/CSXT trains that crossed Southern Ontario over the year. LDSX 2001 is working it's 3nd day on the Essex Terminal as the 0800 Extra Job and has been stretching it's legs testing out all the work that the LDS Shop Crew put into rebuilding the unit over the past year or so. I think the unit looks sharp in black with the green 'ETR' logo on the long hood and maybe if all goes well 2001 will end up on the Essex Terminal as a permanent fixture wearing a version of the ETR's classic yellow and black scheme.
Name: Geoff Elliott
Railway: Essex Terminal
Date: 11/16/2023
Location: Windsor
Province: Ontario
Comments | 13 Favourites
With much of the Fall harvest completed in the area, Norfolk Southern SD70ACe #1111 leads CPKC Train #230-12 over the now barren flatlands of Essex County as hi-balls at MP 88.0 of the CPKC Windsor Subdivision on it's approach to Haycroft, Ontario. NS #1111 is referred to by Railfans as the 'barcode unit' but to me, having worked in I.T. for 30+ years, it's simply binary code for the number "15". :-)
Name: Geoff Elliott
Railway: Canadian Pacific
Date: 11/13/2023
Location: Haycroft
Province: Ontario
Comments | 11 Favourites
KCS 4516 leads CPKC train #529 into the fading afternoon light as it speeds through Tilbury, Ontario on it's way back to the U.S. for another load of Ethanol. My first KCS leader on the CPKC Windsor Subdivision, and thank goodness the light lasted.
Name: Geoff Elliott
Railway: Canadian Pacific
Date: 09/30/2023
Location: Tilbury
Province: Ontario
1 Comments | 11 Favourites
CPKC train 2-135-24 approaches Wallace Line crossing in Puce, Ontario on September 23, 2023. Today's treat is a pair of CN GE's for 135, compared to the BNSF bonnet the other day. Seems like you can see pretty much anything on CP lately.
Name: Geoff Elliott
Railway: Canadian Pacific
Date: 09/23/2023
Location: Puce
Province: Ontario
Comments | 8 Favourites
CPKC Train #135 heads westbound across the flatlands of southwestern Ontario on September 21, 2023. The treat today is BNSF Bonnet #715 trailing CP 8743 in the consist as I had missed it earlier in the week when it was a dpu on a 734 autorack train. This is the 3rd BNSF today with train #2-231 having a pair of BNSF pumpkins earlier in rhe day as the sole power on that train.
Name: Geoff Elliott
Railway: Canadian Pacific
Date: 09/21/2023
Location: Haycroft
Province: Ontario
Comments | 6 Favourites
Testing.... 1, 2, 3. Testing.... CN 'Test Track Evaluation System' car #1501 heads westbound along the VIA Chatham Subdivision while occupying the farm crossing at MP 83.46. CN 1501 was originally a CN RDC-1, numbered D-108 when built in 1958 for passenger service. CN renumber the car to CN 6108 in March 1969 and it later became VIA 6108 in March 1978. CN later acquired it from VIA but it was rebuilt into a rail test vehicle and was in service as CN 15016 in 2010. From what I have read it was quickly renumbered to CN 1501 due to CN's dispatching software only accepting four digit numbers for a locomotives.
Name: Geoff Elliott
Railway: Canadian National
Date: 09/01/2023
Location: Stoney Point
Province: Ontario
1 Comments | 10 Favourites
A modern VIA P42 and a 'covered wagon' in 2023... Although N&W, CN, and later VIA, F units traversed the VIA Chatham Subdivision when I was a kid, this is the only kind of 'covered wagon' we'll see along the line in 2023. A local farmer has all of his wagons lined up along the VIA Chatham sub while work is being done to his barn making for a different perspective of VIA Train #76 as it approaches Stoney Point, Ontario on September 1, 2023.
Name: Geoff Elliott
Railway: VIA Rail
Date: 09/01/2023
Location: Stoney Point
Province: Ontario
Comments | 9 Favourites
CPKC Train #135, with CP 8776 and KCS 4804 for power, approach the Rochester Townline crossing just east of St. Joachim, Ontario on September 1, 2023.
Name: Geoff Elliott
Railway: Canadian Pacific
Date: 09/01/2023
Location: St. Joachim
Province: Ontario
Comments | 6 Favourites
CPKC Train #135, with CP SD70ACu #7031 and CN ES44AC #2875, speeds across the flatlands of Essex County just west of Haycroft, Ontario on August 8, 2023 while traversing the CP Windsor Subdivision from London to Windsor. Not many trains on the line anymore compared to the mid-90's, but you do the best with what they give you.
Name: Geoff Elliott
Railway: Canadian Pacific
Date: 08/08/2023
Location: Haycroft
Province: Ontario
Comments | 9 Favourites
With the wheat having been taken off last week a slightly different perspective of CPKC Train #231-01 was possible as it rolled through Haycroft, Ontario on August 2, 2023 with 6 units on point. Mind you 5 of those are D.I.T. enroute for possible rebuild, but the entire consist is comprised of CP 8729, CP 8559, CP 8558, CP 8502, CP 8566, and CP 8567, with CP 9379 as the mid-train DPU. Seems like only yesterday that this would have been 6 SD40-2's up front, but I digress......
Name: Geoff Elliott
Railway: Canadian Pacific
Date: 08/02/2023
Location: Haycroft
Province: Ontario
1 Comments | 10 Favourites
VIA "la voie qu'on aime" units #913 and #6427 lead eastbound train #76 as it approaches Stoney Point, Ontario on July 13, 2023. This is the first time I've been able to catch 2 "Love the way" units on the point of a VIA train as any other time there was a pair on a train they were always push/pull. Trying to get as many shots of the old power while it's still here and getting a pair together is a nice change. :-)
Name: Geoff Elliott
Railway: VIA Rail
Date: 07/13/2023
Location: Stoney Point
Province: Ontario
Comments | 10 Favourites
The future is coming quickly despite the sign that says "Caution. Slow moving vehicles". VIA 2204, one of the new Siemen's train sets, heads east on the VIA Chatham Subdivision during another test run on July 11th, 2023. Soon these will be the 'norm' on the Toronto/Windsor corridor displacing all the P42's and F40's that we've been accustomed to for so many years. Get your shots of the old power and consists before these take over forever.....
Name: Geoff Elliott
Railway: VIA Rail
Date: 07/11/2023
Location: Jeanette's Creek
Province: Ontario
1 Comments | 10 Favourites
Somewhere 'under' the rainbow. CN (IC) 2720 leads train #438 eastbound as it nears Stoney Point, Ontario on June 26, 2023. With on/off rain most of the day we were seeing open skies inbetween the showers. As luck would have it I happened to hear 438 approaching Belle River and was able to get far enough ahead of the train to get a nice going away shot with one of the most brilliant rainbows I think I have ever seen included. I've always said, "I'd rather be lucky than good".... :-)
Name: Geoff Elliott
Railway: Canadian National
Date: 06/26/2023
Location: Stoney Point
Province: Ontario
2 Comments | 15 Favourites
CPKC Train #135, formerly known as #231 when it arrived in London, passes the old, re-purposed, "Ruggabers" mill in Elmstead, Ontario, on June 3, 2023. Train #135 is huge today and has CP 8757, the Every Child Matters unit, on point and a KCS trailing as it rolls by MP 101 of the CPKC Windsor Subdivision.
Name: Geoff Elliott
Railway: Canadian Pacific
Date: 06/03/2023
Location: Elmstead
Province: Ontario
1 Comments | 11 Favourites
Longer days give more opportunities..... CP Train #137 usually gets down Windsor way late, and usually in the dark, but today, May 4, 2023, with the days getting longer and the train running a bit ahead of schedule gave me the chance to shoot this colorful lashup. CP 8782 is in command of train #137 with CN 3266, UP 5474, and UP 8591 as they scoot across the Windsor Subdivision headed for it's eventual destination in Chicago, Illinois.
Name: Geoff Elliott
Railway: Canadian Pacific
Date: 05/04/2023
Location: Belle River
Province: Ontario
Comments | 7 Favourites
CP's "Every Child Matters" unit #8757 leads a colorful trio through Essex County on a clear March day as it approaches Haycroft, Ontario. In addition to ECM #8757 we have a freshly rebuilt CP SD40-2 #6018 and a KCS AC44CW #4596 to add a 'splash' of color to what has been a very dreary Winter.
Name: Geoff Elliott
Railway: Canadian Pacific
Date: 03/28/2023
Location: Haycroft
Province: Ontario
Comments | 10 Favourites
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 | 12 Favourites
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