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About Marcus Stevens

I have lived in Mississauga, Ontario all my life and have had an interest in railways since I got my first train set at age four. Both my father and grandfather worked for Canadian Pacific at one time. I got into railroad photography in the mid 1990s after years of being inspired by the incredible railroad photos I saw in magazines such as CTC Board, Railfan & Railroad as well as Trains, just to mention a few. In 2002 I got my first article published in CTC Board and have been writing articles since, when time allows. Today my camera of choice is Canon's 70D. I have been blessed with two amazing boys that often accompany me on railfan adventures, and both love trains and planes.

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CP 528 with a clean CP / KCS combo heads eastbound at Meadowvale past the disconnect bad order track connection. The old Meadowvale water tower can be seen in the background. Several years ago it’s top was removed and it is now a cell tower.

Name:	Marcus W Stevens
Railway:	Canadian Pacific K…
Date:	09/26/2023
Location:	Meadowvale
Province:	Ontario

Comments | 10 Favourites

An unlikely duo in 2023 in the form of horsepower hour payback BNSF GP38-2 2090 and a CN GP9RM, are seen slowly heading down the Fergus spur with five cars for Flochem just southwest of Guelph. The Fergus spur has definitely seen better days considering the traffic the line once generated especially within Cambridge. Today Flochem is one of only two surviving customers left on the line.

Name:	Marcus W Stevens
Railway:	Canadian National
Date:	09/25/2023
Location:	Guelph
Province:	Ontario

10 Comments | 19 Favourites

The small CN yard in Guelph was one important to the old Fergus subdivision. Sadly the 1980’s claimed most of the line that once ran south to Galt and Harrisburg and north to Fergus and Palmerston. When passenger service over the line ended, what freight remained wasn’t enough to keep the line alive and the yard in Guelph slowly deteriorated. What remains today is the lightly used spur south to Preston and the vital section of track used to connect to the shared Guelph North spurs in the cities north end as well as an important connection to the city owned Guelph Junction Railway currently operated by GW’s Goderich Exeter Railway. In the later years of GEXR’s operations over the Guelph subdivision the yard in Guelph was finally revived in order to serve the north end spurs properly. Today CN has taken back freight operations over the Guelph subdivision and almost daily switches out the yard in Guelph. This mainly cloudy day the CN crew is seen during a very brief break in the clouds checking out cars before heading to the cut of cars on the left side and taking them back to Kitchener. CN GP38 4725 has seen many years of service which is illustrated by its many scars and fading paint.

Name:	Marcus W Stevens
Railway:	Canadian National
Date:	09/18/2023
Location:	Guelph
Province:	Ontario

10 Comments | 18 Favourites

Kinnear and Aberdeen yards were long time favourite yards for me in my early days. Unfortunately I missed out on the TH&B by several years but managed to catch CP’s surviving MLW’s assigned there late in their lives. By the time CP’s GP9U’s took over all assignments all power was assigned to Kinnear. Trio’s of GP9’s handled all local work in Hamilton as well as runs to Aberdeen, Waterdown and all work on the belt line. Unfortunately today they have all vanished like the MLW’s. On this autumn day a trio of Geeps’s have just tied down a Kinnear after a run to Aberdeen under light fog, returning with three empty steel coil cars.

Name:	Marcus W Stevens
Railway:	Canadian Pacific
Date:	11/10/2012
Location:	Hamilton
Province:	Ontario

Comments | 12 Favourites

A well know location by many railfans in the GTA. The early 2000’s still found GP40’s in the lead of many mainline trains, and if you heard one in the lead it often meant something decent trailing, not to mention train 395 was a reliable train for foreign power. Here a pair of BNSF Dash-9’s, one H1 and a H2 round the corner at mile 30.

Name:	Marcus W Stevens
Railway:	Canadian National
Date:	07/02/2000
Location:	Scotch Block
Province:	Ontario

Comments | 13 Favourites

I spent a lot of time over the years at this spot, most of the time under the cover of darkness. It’s too bad power no longer lays over here. There is little traffic these days on the line now with CN once again operating the line. Today the customer at this location has since relocated elsewhere and this section of the spur lies quiet. The lighting from the used car lot here always helped with night exposures.

Name:	Marcus W Stevens
Railway:	Goderich-Exeter
Date:	09/23/2016
Location:	Preston
Province:	Ontario

Comments | 11 Favourites

By the spring of 1998 basically all class one MLW’s, and Bombardier products were retired and pending disposition. VIA’s main Toronto yard and CN’s small yard in Mimico soon became a storage yard for these units as well as a number of pieces of VIA equipment no longer needed. This angle show a good variety of units and equipment no longer on both CN and VIA rosters. Numerous M420’s, HR412’s and HR616’s can be seen behind some “Tempo” coaches, while RDC’s and steam generators as well as old blue steam heated cars can be seen in the background. The west end of the yard not seen here held a lot of similar cars and units as well.

Name:	Marcus W Stevens
Railway:	VIA Rail
Date:	03/29/1998
Location:	Mimico
Province:	Ontario

Comments | 23 Favourites

I wish I had Spent more time chasing CN’s M420 fleet but when I started Railfaning in the mid 90’s I was always short on time, and soon most were gathered in VIA Rails Toronto yard awaiting disposition. CN 3568 was one of those M420’s that was lucky enough to escape the scrapers torch. Today it is still alive and well on the Oil Creek & Titusville Railway and wears a beautiful coat of PRR inspired paint. Over the years I caught the unit in a few different paint jobs. Although owned by the NYLE the 3568 spent a number of years on Trillium Railroad based out of Tillsonburg, and eventually received a coat of Trillium paint. Eventually it made its way back Stateside to the NYLE and finally the OCTR. This day some 21 years ago the unit was laying over in Tilsonburg with partial Trillium paint. Eventually the grey undercoat would give way to flat black. It’s nice to see GIO Rail operating the remains of the Cayuga subdivision but I miss the MLW’s that worked for Trillium the most.

Name:	Marcus W Stevens
Railway:	Trillium Railway
Date:	08/31/2002
Location:	Tillsonburg
Province:	Ontario

Comments | 21 Favourites

Yet another place that just isn’t as exciting to railfan anymore. Today CN and CP go almost unnoticed in Niagara Falls. Both yards are abandoned and only CN runs thru trains through town these days. After ducking under CN 421 while on the QEW I decided to try to catch it in town. The advance signal for Clifton at the Dorchester Road crossing added an additional prop with its old searchlight heads. I didn’t realize at the time dead in transit Dash-8 2137 ex ATSF, was in third making one last trip to its final resting place in a scrap yard in Welland.

Name:	Marcus W Stevens
Railway:	Canadian National
Date:	08/05/2023
Location:	Niagara Falls
Province:	Ontario

1 Comments | 9 Favourites

I have to admit I don’t spend much time in Orangeville anymore. This image will quickly tell you why. This day we had a funeral viewing in town so a visit to the remains of the OBRY seemed fitting somehow afterwards. I will not get into any politics here, it has been more the covered over the past few years. I was surprised to see the all so important trail replacing the rail line is still far from finished at this point. Nevertheless here is one of the numerous images I took that day and is a sad reminder of what once was and will never be again. The old ballast car is all that remains of a line that was once so important to the Canadian Pacific. The old station grounds here were once an important terminal for serving the branch lines that served the Bruce. Today only piles of rotting ties remain, the yard removed with the exception of the station track, that still for the most part is intact to Streetsville. Who knows at this point what the future holds for the line but it is unlikely to be anything positive.

Name:	Marcus W Stevens
Railway:	Orangeville-Brampt…
Date:	07/29/2023
Location:	Orangeville
Province:	Ontario

3 Comments | 16 Favourites

The 1980’s and 90’s would find both EMD and GE pushing forward with more four axle high horsepower units but unfortunately that is basically where it all ended, at least for freight railroads. While a few railroads invested a lot with high horsepower four axle units, the majority favoured six axle power for mainline freights. By the 2000’s most high horsepower four axle units were being either retired, sold off or downgraded. The unique GP40X was no exception with most sold off to shortlines or leasing companies. During the 2000’s CP turned to Helm leasing for second hand power to fill a void it had and in return the railroad pick up a number of secondhand GP40 and GP38’s. A few of the units the railroad picked up were former GP40X units rebuilt into GP38’s. CP 4522 was one of these units and is seen with CP GP38 3063 heading down the remains of the old Owen Sound subdivision preparing to work the bulk transfer facility in Streetsville yard.

Name:	Marcus W Stevens
Railway:	Canadian Pacific
Date:	07/26/2023
Location:	Streetsville
Province:	Ontario

Comments | 13 Favourites

Threatening skies create a somewhat impressive backdrop as CN 435 rolls into Brantford. I have to admit when the first “teardrop “ window design Dash-9’s arrived on the property I wasn’t overly impressed. I definitely preferred the early four window examples, but here we are in 2023 and even this design is fading as CN pushes forward with its Dash-9 rebuild program that includes replacing all cabs with the current GE version. All of a sudden these aging GE’s are worth another Look. After dropping its SD70 mate at Aldershot Dash-9 2663 had its work cut out for it climbing the Niagara Escarpment solo. The rest of the trip to London should have been an easy go.

Name:	Marcus W Stevens
Railway:	Canadian National
Date:	06/24/2023
Location:	Brantford
Province:	Ontario

Comments | 7 Favourites

Late day light certainly adds much appeal to same old motive power. After seeing the road closure signs for Lower Base Line as of July 4 I figured now was the time to get a few last photos in before permanent grade separation happens thanks to the new Milton intermodal yard being built. This will certainly wipe out this shot. This has long been a go to spot for me and often the sound of eastbounds fighting the slight grade can create an amazing sound. Here train 396 creates heat waves as it digs into the grade. It is nice still having some country not that far away, but one can only imagine for how long as the GTA continues to expand.

Name:	Marcus W Stevens
Railway:	Canadian National
Date:	06/25/2023
Location:	Tansley
Province:	Ontario

Comments | 8 Favourites

With train H88’s scheduled adjusted lately it is now possible to catch it at Guelph Junction in the late morning. After being lit for an hour and a half the train is finally seen storming past the “wild” detector at mile 42.7 at track speed. I have to admit those three GP38’s sounded great at full throttle.

Name:	Marcus W Stevens
Railway:	Canadian Pacific K…
Date:	06/22/2023
Location:	Mountsburg
Province:	Ontario

Comments | 11 Favourites

Name:	Marcus W Stevens
Railway:	Canadian National
Date:	06/12/2023
Location:	Etonia
Province:	Ontario

1 Comments | 9 Favourites

I’ve been lucky enough over the years to photograph pretty much all of OSR’s fleet in action. I had hoped to catch the matching OSR painted SW1200’s together but figured it was going to be a hard task as I don’t make it out this way as often anymore, not to mention OSR is a bit more conservative now with the power it assigns to daily assignments. Thankfully the dreary weather this day didn’t stop us from making the trip to Ingersol even though we had no idea what power would be in charge of the days runs. After seeing these two “pups” sitting at the Cami plant, I assumed they would spend all day working the auto racks there. Thankfully after a trip a bit later to the CN interchange, the pair headed to Woodstock with a mixed train. They really do look good in corporate colours. Here the pair are digging into the slight grade with their relatively short train.

Name:	Marcus W Stevens
Railway:	Ontario Southland
Date:	06/12/2023
Location:	Ingersol
Province:	Ontario

1 Comments | 19 Favourites

Well it seemed like a good idea at the time. Unfortunately the weather and traffic complicated things to the point I only got it in one spot but at least the delays had given the train enough time to switch ends so the BNSF was leading back home. Here the job from Brantford has already run to Hagersville and is now slowing to work the gypsum board plant outside of town before continuing on to Brantford. I think it has been about 20 years since I shot a GP38 in BN colours, and it definitely wasn’t on a local on CN. Certainly a nice sight in any weather.

Name:	Marcus W Stevens
Railway:	Canadian National
Date:	06/09/2023
Location:	Hagersville
Province:	Ontario

Comments | 13 Favourites

Almost 22 years ago, CP 5418 a former KCS SD40-2 was assigned to tie train service. After a busy day it has returned to Guelph Junction for the night. Today high rail trucks typically hold down this kind of work.

Name:	Marcus W Stevens
Railway:	Canadian Pacific
Date:	06/19/2001
Location:	Guelph Junction
Province:	Ontario

1 Comments | 8 Favourites

I can’t remember the last time I heard train 734 old 234 having DPU. This day it was in the form of CN 2332. Up front was BNSF GEVO 7132. Somewhat common these days for foreign power on CP but still worth leaving the house. The last few days the smell of a big campfire and overcast yellow colour in the sky thanks to the forest fires burning around the country eliminate any chance of a deep blue sky in any photos. Here 734 leans into the curve at Streetsville with the GO station out of sight behind.

Name:	Marcus W Stevens
Railway:	Canadian Pacific
Date:	06/07/2023
Location:	Streetsville
Province:	Ontario

Comments | 9 Favourites

One unit model I just can never get too much of. After loosing all the class one MLW’s I turned my attention to the surviving GP9 fleets. Although CP retired all of their GP7/9’s a number of years ago, CN’s fleet is still relatively intact. The GP9RM is truly an amazing machine. They first arrived on CN’s roster back in the 1950’s and were remanufactured during the 1980’s to early 1990’s, making their most recent rebuild 30 years or more ago. Pretty impressive for units nearing 70 years of daily service. Oakville yard still typically boasts a few GP9RM’s from time to time and today was no different. The 4125 was laying over in the yard while sisters 7052 and 7016 were running a belt pack job. Seen here returning light back into the yard after dropping a cut of cars along the main. The crew are on the ground with one member walking along side with the remote belt pack in hand. What is interesting about the 7200’s and 7000’s are the fact that when they were rebuilt and chopped nosed the controls were left for long hood forward operations, evident from the control stand seen through the window of 7052. The last handoff of 7000’s did have the control stands relocated but the majority did not. All of the 4000/4100’s were set up short hood forward.

Name:	Marcus W Stevens
Railway:	Canadian National
Date:	06/06/2023
Location:	Oakville
Province:	Ontario

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