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I have always loved railfanning. From the age of three - my parents swore I knew where every railway line, railway crossing, or any station was. I was born in Palmerston, Ontario - right beside the old station and rail yard. Although I missed the days of steam, I grew up at the end of what I call the dark period of the railways. Stations were painted in drab, dreary colors - dark colors were also found on locomotive power,etc. However, it does bring me joy in viewing other photos online and remembering how great it was to railfan - especially when I was a kid!I am also happy to share my photos....although my main focus has been of the structures that the railroad companies seem to ignore these days, depsite designation of some. Please enjoy.

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As the traffic increased on the VIA Chatham Subdivision, I wasn't too lucky at first in catching some of the rerouted trains due to the derailment in the Sarnia tunnel. I had seen some of the photos posted by other railfans who came to Chatham from afar, just to catch a glimpse of the action. Finally, some luck after a great tip by a fellow rp.ca contributor. Here, CN 367 leads it train past the station with leased 2033 in tow.

Name:	Todd Steinman
Railway:	Canadian National
Date:	07/06/2019
Location:	Chatham
Province:	Ontario

5 Comments | 10 Favourites

As most of us living in Southwestern Ontario experienced, we saw the increase of rerouted trains due to the Sarnia Tunnel derailment that occurred at the end of June. Here, in Chatham most rerouted trains would sit for hours on end on the outskirts of town as the Chatham Subdivision was only single tracked from 'Chatham East' all the way to Windsor. Add this with the eight VIA trains that stop in Chatham, it was quite congested between both the rerouted traffic going both east and west.
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Here, leased unit 2033 leads CN 367 west to Windsor. Well, it will as they sit and wait for eastbound reroute CN 324 and the two VIA's on this wonderful Sunday evening in early July. To make this night even more better, after taking this photo I had a half hour conversation with the conductor at the Hwy 40 crossing.

Name:	Todd Steinman
Railway:	Canadian National
Date:	07/07/2019
Location:	Chatham
Province:	Ontario

3 Comments | 12 Favourites

The late summer of 2018 roved to be a hot and humid one. Driving east from Tilbury, I saw this train at a distance heading west. Thinking I would be cutting it close, I quickly turned the car around and sped over to Rogers Road. This spot has always had a good vantage point with trains quickly coming around the bend. However, since this was before CP's recent work of clearing the shrubs away, and with the fading sunlight my only shot was to use my 75-300mm lens to attempt a head on shot.
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And then I waited...and waited...and waited. Finally after a half an hour I heard the horn blow for the Monpetit Road crossing. And the train finally appeared...slowly rounding the curve. On point is CP 6256, a former SOO. And as I clicked away, the second engine passed in 6258, also formerly a SOO. Once it passed at a snail's pace, it stopped and started backing up. Then it continued slowly into the siding at Tilbury.
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Even though it is the rail train, it was still worth the wait to see two former SOO units.

Name:	Todd Steinman
Railway:	Canadian Pacific
Date:	08/17/2018
Location:	Tilbury
Province:	Ontario

2 Comments | 11 Favourites

After seeing VIA's 40th Anniversary train down on the waterfront in Sarnia, I took advantage of the extra time I had while my daughter had her nap! Hoping to catch something on the old Stathroy Subdivision, I ended up o Camlachie Road. In the distance I faintly spotted a yellow signal lined for a westbound to Sarnia. Not long after, my patience paid off in the form of this CN freight with GECX 2037. After coming through Wyoming and rounding the bend for the home stretch, it slowed to a stop as if the crew had known I had wanted to do a photo shoot of the train. Not everyone who was stopped by the train shared my delight. But for me, it reminded me of what the Strathroy Subdivision used to be as a kid...double tracked with both freights and passenger trains in either direction.

Name:	Todd Steinman
Railway:	Canadian National
Date:	08/25/2018
Location:	Wyoming
Province:	Ontario

1 Comments | 5 Favourites

Standing on what I am sure was a platform at the old site of the CP station in Tilbury, I was able to chase and successfully catch this eastbound train led by 9808. Part of the intrigue was the BNSF unit, third in line. But also the slow mover that it was. It met a westbound, and looking back I wish I stayed in my spot as the lighting was better here for that westbound than it was at home base in Chatham. Guess it proves that sometimes, you can't get them all. But it makes you appreciate the ones you do catch!

Name:	Todd Steinman
Railway:	Canadian Pacific
Date:	07/30/2017
Location:	Tilbury
Province:	Ontario

1 Comments | 4 Favourites

Since moving to Chatham, this scene has always amazed me. This is the CP rail corridor through the heart of Chatham. One has to wonder how there has not been any major derailment through here, as numerous properties both residential and commercial butt right up to the track. But we also have to ponder what this scene looked like in 'yester-year'. Whether it is today or yesterday, it is still a marvel at how trains can tie up the local traffic through 17 level crossings between Bloomfield Road in the west and Prince Albert Drive in the east. And when train time does arrive, what a scene it is with a sea of flashing red ad lowering gates.
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Of note, the 'Chatham' name sign marks the city limit for eastbounds. You can also make out the row of brick buildings to the left that line William Street. Just across the street used to sit the old station, now relocated. And if one looks way down the line in the distance, we still see the signal arm that stands to this day letting westbound trains know what to do next as they clear the old yard and used t cross over the diamond with the CSX's former Subdivision #2.

Name:	Todd Steinman
Railway:	Canadian Pacific
Date:	11/29/2017
Location:	Chatham
Province:	Ontario

3 Comments | 7 Favourites

From one shortline to another! Again while on a week's vacation with my family in mid-April, travelling on our way home we stumbled upon the OSR coming back from switching in Tillsonburg. Finally running along Hwy. 19, and parallel to the train it was a catch alone to see three engines. However, the bonus for me was seeing 6508 in the consist. Racing to the next sideroad, we made it just before the train did. Here, with 1401 leading the way, 1594 and 6508 tag along on their way back to Ingersoll.
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Current rumours have the OSR painting one of their engines in their livery. It could be a matching pair, or trio. Could anyone imagine if this does happen? Oh these tracks would be lined with us foamers seeing matching sets run again!

Name:	Todd Steinman
Railway:	Ontario Southland
Date:	04/10/2018
Location:	Ostrander
Province:	Ontario

Comments | 4 Favourites

It's almost time again this year, for extra trains to run. Last year, I received a tip from fellow rp.ca contributor <a href="http://www.railpictures.ca/author/lukebellefleur"> Luke Bellefleur,</a> that there was an extra 514 that worked and came back from Blenheim. However the crew ran out of time and had to call it a day. This meant that 438 would have to swing over to the former CSX yard to lift 514, rather than at the normal pickup location at Keil Drive. Sadly for me, I ran out of time too that evening and just missed seeing 438 lift 514.

Name:	Todd Steinman
Railway:	Canadian National
Date:	08/23/2017
Location:	Chatham
Province:	Ontario

2 Comments | 11 Favourites

Back in May I had an opportunity to photo what I considered would be my last shots of the Southern Ontario Railway operating this line. However, I was lucky enough on a wonderfully sunny Sunday afternoon of the Civic Holiday weekend to find the SOR working away. Here, and with a few weeks left before CN takes over operation of it's 'former' Hagersville Subdivision, SOR 3049 along with QG 2500 ad SOR 3404 pull a string of cars to drop to their various customers in the Nanticoke Industrial Park.
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Thank you goes to the employees under parent company Genessee & Wyoming. Your patience with us foamers is appreciated, and we hope for you nothing but the best despite the turn of events. We will miss seeing you, along with your standout orange, yellow and black engines.

Name:	Todd Steinman
Railway:	Southern Ontario R…
Date:	08/05/2018
Location:	Nanticoke
Province:	Ontario

2 Comments | 6 Favourites

The winter of 201 proved to be a harsh one, forcing foamers alike from all over to stay indoors. However, some days weren't so bad - both weather wise and having foreign power in Ontario. On a rare sunny day, CP 9633 & 9732, along with BNSF 4151 hustle their train west out of Chatham.

Name:	Todd Steinman
Railway:	Canadian Pacific
Date:	01/20/2018
Location:	Chatham
Province:	Ontario

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Havelock's prosperity as a town is owed to the railway. The town was built in a simple grid pattern north of it's expansive rail yards. The line was built by the Ontario & Quebec Railway, which later was gobbled up by the Canadian Pacific. But it always remained a busy divisional point for trains traveling between Ottawa and Toronto. Eventually passenger service was turned over to VIA Rail, and the trains still called at Havelock until the infamous Mulroney cuts in 1990. After that, CP traffic dwindled, and so too did the physical state of the town's beautiful station. However, all was not lost. The Kawartha Lakes Railway was formed and like so many shortline operations in Ontario, leases the line from CP as well as it's motive power.
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On a recent trip to Perth, and while passing through I was lucky enough to see some action on the once busy mainline. Here on Industrial Rd. CP 2276 and two others back into the still active yard while continuing to build their train. Just behind me and quite overgrown, the rest of the former O&Q mainline used to continue on through smaller communities like Kaladar, Bathurst and Glen Tay.

Name:	Todd Steinman
Railway:	Canadian Pacific
Date:	07/06/2018
Location:	Havelock
Province:	Ontario

1 Comments | 7 Favourites

<b> ALMOST A TRAIN! </b> With one of CP's newer hi-railers leading the charge, 6-7 gondolas in tow along with a van - the MOW crew continues to change the railway landscape in Chatham.

Name:	Todd Steinman
Railway:	Canadian Pacific
Date:	07/21/2018
Location:	Chatham
Province:	Ontario

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It is amazing how one can look at the same building, taken in two very different eras and to see all the changes that has transpired in the surrounding landscape. None can be said truer than that of the current SOR 'station' (former Michigan Central / CASO) in Hagersville. Long gone is the line, with the last section having been torn out in 2012. The section through Hagersville came out I believe mid-late 90's, which made it very difficult to try and time machine this photo. But one thing has not changed in the plus 40 years since Arnold Mooney photographed this building. <a href="http://www.railpictures.ca/?attachment_id=32871"> Although in Arnold's photo (click here)</a> the station does look run down with it's paint peeling - it still maintained it's classic board and batten architecture. One has to wonder why the dreary yellow aluminum siding was put up, but I think we all know the answer to that one. Even now, with the SOR counting down it's last days you have to wonder what will become of the last remaining, true railway building in Hagersville. I no doubt believe CN will not repair it's aging roof, let alone occupy the building. Oddly enough, CN had it's own station that is today marked by a very run down shed and brush located in behind the station, to the left.

Name:	Todd Steinman
Railway:	Southern Ontario R…
Date:	05/13/18
Location:	Hagersville
Province:	Ontario

9 Comments | 12 Favourites

<b> BACK IN STYLE!!! </b> After a long and blustery brush with the icy depths of hell that was the Winter of 2018 that kept most of us indoors, the first signs of spring held numerous surprises. Here is CP train 240 (I suspect it was 240 - lost my notation of train number), carrying a nice, still brightly painted red 6607.

Name:	Todd Steinman
Railway:	Canadian Pacific
Date:	04/07/18
Location:	Chatham
Province:	Ontario

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The weekend proved to be spectacular, having the sunshine again to photograph in after a very gloomy winter. However, all would not end up well for VIA Rail the next day as one of their own did not make it's scheduled stop in Chatham. But that didn't matter this day, as evidenced by the snowbank I was standing on to capture the friendly wave of the engineer as VIA 6406 cruises into Chatham with train 71 a little after 10am.

Name:	Todd Steinman
Railway:	VIA Rail
Date:	01/20/2018
Location:	Chatham
Province:	Ontario

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Chasing is always a part of railfanning...especially when you're into photographing trains and all sorts of railway related scenes. This day was no different. Except that a normally 'speedy' freight seemed to have a hard time gaining track speed. Here, with a replacement numberboard 8634 leads 8650 and a long string of gondolas across Third Line. For all of us who can remember, it brings back the 'yester-year' memories of the Alco's and MLW's who usually put on a good smoke show.

Name:	Todd Steinman
Railway:	Canadian Pacific
Date:	09/23/2017
Location:	Ringold
Province:	Ontario

Comments | 4 Favourites

Before the winter's first snowfall, dilapidated looking CN 4717 (still in Zebra stripes) pulls an unusually long string of cars on 514 into the siding of the former CSX yard. It is nudging it's nose just beyond one of the many historical concrete mile posts that still dot the line today.

Name:	Todd Steinman
Railway:	Canadian National
Date:	12/09/2017
Location:	Chatham
Province:	Ontario

2 Comments | 9 Favourites

During the season's first major snowfall, CP 141 had a nice surprise in it's consist as BNSF 'warbonnet' 4714 was helping to power behind CP 8807.

Name:	Todd Steinman
Railway:	Canadian Pacific
Date:	12/16/2017
Location:	Chatham
Province:	Ontario

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When taking this photo of CP work train T29, I didn't realize at first the significance of what was leading until I got home and browsed the photos I took. After all todays train was short with only one engine and three cars. Unfortunately, due to the mid-afternoon sun of the late fall season, most of my shots were backlit. Except this one. Fortunately for me, this is ex-Delaware & Hudson 7307, now sporting it's CP red. In the mist of my discovery, the engineer sure looks relaxed! :)

Name:	Todd Steinman
Railway:	Canadian Pacific
Date:	12/03/2017
Location:	Chatham
Province:	Ontario

Comments | 9 Favourites

What a difference a few weeks can make! After a warmer than normal November, December started off being a typical winter month with lots of snow. Here, with a decent cut of grain cars, CN 4717 looks ever the worse for wear in the cold running long nose forward. 514 is just starting it's morning run down to Blenheim, where it will switch out the surprisingly still busy Thompson's facility.

Name:	Todd Steinman
Railway:	Canadian National
Date:	12/16/2017
Location:	Chatham
Province:	Ontario

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