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NS 1083 is tied down and idles away on the tail of an eastbound mixed freight after arriving earlier in the day. We have noticed trains getting tied down to be getting more common recently. Not sure what is the root cause but a friend has said CP has a limited number of crews in the area.
Name: William Rolston
Railway: Norfolk Southern
Date: 04/08/2022
Location: Smiths Falls
Province: Ontario
Comments | 8 Favourites
CP 133 throttles up as it departs Smiths Falls. Clear skies would blind the crew for part of the trip as they head west for Toronto. In trailing position is CP 7010, one of ten SD70ACu's sporting a heritage livery.
Name: William Rolston
Railway: Canadian Pacific
Date: 04/08/2022
Location: Smiths Falls
Province: Ontario
Comments | 6 Favourites
With the golden hour sunlight I've come to crave as a photographer running out and waiting an extra hour than normal I became desperate hoping to hear a horn in the distance. Just before sunset I heard the rumble and saw the headlights down the line. A long and slow 133 (formerly 143) made its way past milepost 110 of the Winchester sub. With only the solo unit and 102 cars it finally made sense why it was late. After passing it was only 10 minutes till sunset when the light finally ran out. Too close for comfort.
Name: William Rolston
Railway: Canadian Pacific
Date: 03/29/2022
Location: Inkerman
Province: Ontario
Comments | 6 Favourites
When I got the report that IC 1029 was leading CN M369 out of Montreal I almost couldn't believe it. This is one of only a handful of Illinois Central SD70's still left in the original paint. It left in the late afternoon so I had to wait a couple hours for it to be shootable stopped in the Belleville via station for a crew change. What makes this more interesting is that it made the trip from Montreal to Toronto all without the use of a horn. In fact we're thinking it was stolen when this unit was previously in the states.
Name: William Rolston
Railway: Illinois Central
Date: 01/14/2022
Location: Belleville
Province: Ontario
Comments | 17 Favourites
CP 651 was the first train to blast through the foot of snow on the Belleville sub this afternoon. Definitely a spectacle to watch it pass. Here it is passing MP34. Our laneway wasn't plowed at the time so I had to hike about 5km to get to the tracks. I'd say it was worth it
Name: William Rolston
Railway: Canadian Pacific
Date: 01/17/2022
Location: Crow Lake
Province: Ontario
10 Comments | 28 Favourites
A Toronto origninate 142 blasts through the signals guarding the Lens siding. I was quite lucky to tune into the online durham scanner to hear that 142 was being lead by 7023. This would mark the first time in months that an ACU lead on the Belleville. Most times crews wye the power or find other ways for the newer GEs to lead.
Name: William Rolston
Railway: Canadian Pacific
Date: 12/28/2021
Location: Lens
Province: Ontario
2 Comments | 16 Favourites
In an odd turn of events and a timely meet at Tichborne pushing this train into daylight, CN 3061 leads CP 112 past Crow Lake. The hotbox detector reported a bitterly cold -16c and for the second time in a row I froze my fingers getting the shot. Yet again it was worth it.
Name: William Rolston
Railway: Canadian National
Date: 12/23/2021
Location: Crow Lake
Province: Ontario
2 Comments | 7 Favourites
CP 119-07 idles away in Smiths Falls waiting for a VIA to pass before starting work in the yard. The lashup was a beauty with a BNSF trailing.
Name: William Rolston
Railway: Canadian Pacific
Date: 11/07/2021
Location: Smiths Falls
Province: Ontario
Comments | 12 Favourites
Sun Rays & Soy Beans. A work train lead by CMQ 9011 passes by a farmers field of soybeans just before starting work grading the ballast in Finch. The engines were dropped off in Smiths Falls the previous day from 143.
Name: William Rolston
Railway: Canadian Pacific
Date: 10/05/2021
Location: Finch
Province: Ontario
4 Comments | 20 Favourites
I headed to the Smiths Falls yard after hearing about a couple work trains that were parked. I ended up only finding 6251 & 6018 idling away in the shop tracks on the north side of the yard. After I got my fair share of shots I headed back to the station to wait for 119. Shortly after it showed up with the usual 2 GE's up front.
Name: William Rolston
Railway: Canadian Pacific
Date: 09/21/2021
Location: Smiths Falls
Province: Ontario
1 Comments | 13 Favourites
An oddball, a CP 143/ 651 combo takes the curve at Crow Lake. It's nice to see one of CP's newer units, a SD70ACu, take the lead of high priority trains once again.
Name: William Rolston
Railway: Canadian Pacific
Date: 08/14/2021
Location: Crow Lake
Province: Ontario
Comments | 8 Favourites
CN 5744 leads an eastbound manifest train past the searchlight signal gantry outside of Cardinal at the start of Summer.
Name: William Rolston
Railway: Canadian National
Date: 04/24/2021
Location: Cardinal
Province: Ontario
1 Comments | 8 Favourites
With smoke in the air from forest fires out west, CP 118 cruises past the Elmsley siding just minutes away from a crew change in Smiths Falls, Ont.
Name: William Rolston
Railway: Canadian Pacific
Date: 09/27/2020
Location: Elmsley
Province: Ontario
Comments | 11 Favourites
CP 142 makes its way across the Winchester Subdivision and passes an older farmhouse. Although its age it has been well kept and the owners were keeping the classic look as we rolled up and asked for permission to take our shots.
Name: William Rolston
Railway: Canadian Pacific
Date: 05/22/2021
Location: Finch
Province: Ontario
Comments | 13 Favourites
CP T07 slowly makes its way down the havelock sub eventually stoppin in Cavan to drop off 2 cars on the tail.
Name: William Rolston
Railway: Canadian Pacific
Date: 07/02/2021
Location: Havelock
Province: Ontario
2 Comments | 12 Favourites
After passing the Larocque lift bridge in Valleyfield, QC CN 326 makes its way to Coteau and eventually Taschereau yard.
Name: William Rolston
Railway: CSX Transportation
Date: 06/26/2021
Location: Valleyfield
Province: Quebec
3 Comments | 14 Favourites
CP 650 makes good time on the Winchester Subdivision at De Beaujeu as it heads for Albany with ethanol loads.
Name: William Rolston
Railway: Canadian Pacific
Date: 06/27/2021
Location: De Beaujeu
Province: Ontario
Comments | 5 Favourites
With the rain cleared and sun in the skies CN L517 makes its way past Newtonville with a BCOL unit taking the lead.
Name: William Rolston
Railway: Canadian National
Date: 06/18/2021
Location: Newtonville
Province: Ontario
Comments | 9 Favourites
CP 113's horn breaks the breaks cool morning air as it starts its cross country journey and approaches the quaint town of Tichborne this morning.
Name: William Rolston
Railway: Canadian Pacific
Date: 06/12/2021
Location: Tichborne
Province: Ontario
Comments | 5 Favourites
CN Q105 with all of CN's heritage units trailing ties down at Shannonville due to congestion at Mac yard while a hotshot intermodal passes. This was quite the treat to watch unfold as the railway community came together and posted their updates and their shots of these newly released units. I made the trip from my namesake town and stopped by at the end of the rush and was surprised to only see one other railfan stop by shortly after we arrived. From what I heard it was quite the zoo and even the railway police were called however we did not see any.
Name: William Rolston
Railway: Canadian National
Date: 11/14/2020
Location: Shannonville
Province: Ontario
2 Comments | 19 Favourites
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