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Grade 11 High School student and amateur photographer, interested in music, videography and of course trains. I began watching trains in 2004 around Hamilton, Ontario. Railfanning is a hobby that combines many aspects that keep me going trackside. Equipment : Gripped Canon EOS 7D, Canon 24-105L, Canon EF-S 10-22, Canon EF-S 50

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Number of images: 88
Total gold: 745
Number of comments recieved : 145
Number of comments posted : 122
Total views: 75551



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Ryan Gaynor's 88 photos on Railpictures.ca:


To me, OSR in downtown Ingersoll represents the epitome of small-town railroading in Canada. This a scene that I have tried to capture on multiple occasions but one that has always proved to be a bit challenging. However, on this stormy morning all of the elements came together. Under a dark October sky, OSR 1400 (an ex-CN FP9A) is seen creeping across Thames Street with sister unit 1401. Thanks to convenient sucker-hole, my envisioned scene had come to life.
Name: Ryan Gaynor
Railway: Ontario Southland
Date: 10/16/15
Location: Ingersoll
Province: Ontario
1 Comments | 11 Favourites
While Dundas displays all of it's autumnal glory, one of the freshest faces on CN's roster is seen yonder with train # 148.
Name: Ryan Gaynor
Railway: Canadian National
Date: 10/11/2015
Location: Dundas
Province: Ontario
Comments | 9 Favourites
Thanks to rain fall the day previous, RLHH 3049 is seen casting a near perfect reflection as they spot a single tank car from one of Hamilton's many harbour-side industries.
Name: Ryan Gaynor
Railway: Southern Ontario R…
Date: 07/15/2015
Location: Hamilton
Province: Ontario
1 Comments | 16 Favourites
Canadian Pacific train # 246 hustles across the 1910-built trestle at Progreston, Ontario.
Name: Ryan Gaynor
Railway: Canadian Pacific
Date: 04/25/2015
Location: Progreston
Province: Ontario
1 Comments | 9 Favourites
Having traversed some of Northern Ontario's most spectacular scenery, CN # 632 (The Tour of The Line Train) has arrived at it's southern terminus of Sault Ste. Marie after an arduous trek from Hearst.
Name: Ryan Gaynor
Railway: Canadian National
Date: 03/22/2015
Location: Sault Ste. Marie
Province: Ontario
Comments | 4 Favourites
<b>Take me back to the Tracks of The Black Bear...</b> As the sun begins to set over Northern Ontario, train # 632 charges towards its final destination of Sault Ste. Marie after completing it's scenic run from Hearst.
Name: Ryan Gaynor
Railway: Canadian National
Date: 03/22/2015
Location: North of Sault Ste…
Province: Ontario
5 Comments | 7 Favourites
<b>' Tis the season of the plow!</b> The Ontario Southland drew a modest crowd this afternoon as they busted heavy snow drifts between Salford and St. Thomas, with a pair of F9A's and a vintage CP plow doing the honours. For a video of the scene click <a href=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZQ4RQIGruOU&list=UUWCCxt1W7Db5iCL-sjfgu9g target=_blank> here </a>
Name: Ryan Gaynor
Railway: Ontario Southland
Date: 02/18/2015
Location: Central Elgin
Province: Ontario
4 Comments | 12 Favourites
<b>Apple Crisp!</b> A brawny EMD SD60M (ex-SOO 6059) guides Canadian Pacific train # 640 down the Hamilton Subdivision, just south of the 'Guelph Junction' mileboard on a crisp February afternoon.
Name: Ryan Gaynor
Railway: Canadian Pacific
Date: 02/14/2015
Location: Campbellville
Province: Ontario
3 Comments | 16 Favourites
National Steel Car's GE 50-Ton critter shuffles some cars around the facility on a sunny December afternoon in Hamilton, Ontario.
Name: Ryan Gaynor
Railway: Industrial
Date: 12/12/2014
Location: Hamilton
Province: Ontario
2 Comments | 13 Favourites
<b>King Harvest Has Surely Come!</b>.Canadian Pacific ethanol train # 641 crests the hill at Mile 68.50 of the Hamilton Subdivision with a very special visitor - Union Pacific 1989, a heritage unit which wears the famed Rio Grande paint scheme. To my knowledge this is the first heritage unit to traverse the Hamilton Subdivision, and this is the first one that I have ever seen. With orange leaves, and a heavy October Sky it appears that 'King Harvest' has surely come (reference to a song by The Band).
Name: Ryan Gaynor
Railway: Canadian Pacific
Date: 10/16/2014
Location: Flamborough
Province: Ontario
3 Comments | 11 Favourites
TTC's newest street car see's it's first day of service, doing the rounds up and down Spadina Avenue in Toronto.
Name: Ryan Gaynor
Railway: Toronto Transit Co…
Date: 08/31/2014
Location: Toronto
Province: Ontario
3 Comments | 6 Favourites
The Canadian glides by Sunnyside while a pair of GO trains race to Union Station. This was a nice welcome to my new home, Toronto!
Name: Ryan Gaynor
Railway: VIA Rail
Date: 08/28/2014
Location: Toronto
Province: Ontario
3 Comments | 23 Favourites
Please excuse the less than desirable image - but how often do you see a massive lash-up like this? The storm is brewing as CP 255 gets moving on the Galt Subdivision, after making the 16 mile trek up the mountain grade through Waterdown on the Hamilton Subdivision. Power is CP 9522-9591-2292-2282-2281-2286-2290-9598.
Name: Ryan Gaynor
Railway: Canadian Pacific
Date: 08/21/2014
Location: Campbellville
Province: Ontario
1 Comments | 5 Favourites
A stellar pair of EMD's charge an 'around the lakes' detour through CN Snake on a sunny morning in August. Thanks to a timely update from James Gardiner in the railfan group, I was able to shoot my first Illinois Central leader in good lighting. This train (CN 349) originated at Kirk Yard in Gary, Indiana and is bound for Symington Yard in Winnepeg - a whole lotta' detouring to avoid the windy city!
Name: Ryan Gaynor
Railway: Illinois Central
Date: 08/19/2014
Location: Burlington
Province: Ontario
4 Comments | 15 Favourites
<b>Canada's Finest</b>. Ever since I was a child I have always been spellbound by the elegance of Canadian Pacific's small but notable fleet of F Units. Since I first saw photographs of the Royal Canadian Pacific in Greg McDonnell's 'Stand Fast Craigellachie' many years ago, I have always wanted to photograph these units for myself. Finally, after years of waiting I was given my chance to photograph this remarkable set of locomotives. In a pastoral scene not too far away from the hustle and bustle of Toronto's many suburbs, train 40B rushes towards London with a photogenic lash-up and notable passengers on board. Upon receiving news that this train was coming through, I didn't hesitate to go through a little extra effort to get the shot I wanted. In this case, it was clinging from the top of a tree. What we do for trains.
Name: Ryan Gaynor
Railway: Canadian Pacific
Date: 08/18/2014
Location: Campbellville
Province: Ontario
1 Comments | 16 Favourites
A vintage pair of yard locomotives guide CN 550 back to Aldershot Yard after lifting a small train out of Stuart Street Yard, from around the bay in Hamilton. With temperatures hovering around 15 degrees C, it almost feel's like an autumn morning, despite the blossoming flowers.
Name: Ryan Gaynor
Railway: Canadian National
Date: 07/17/2014
Location: Burlington
Province: Ontario
2 Comments | 10 Favourites
<b>The STL&H Lives!</b>More than twenty years ago when Canadian Pacific was in a financial situation that was far more detrimental than it is today, the Saint Lawrence & Hudson was created to help guide the company away from it's woes. In the process, 32 of Canadian Pacific's locomotives received fresh STL&H paint. One of these locomotives was 1972 built SD40-2 # 5651, which on April 16th 1997 received a complete overhaul and repaint at Calgary's Ogden Shops. Surviving more than twenty years on the road despite the dissolution of the STL&H in 2001, 5651 stills earns it's keep for CP today. This morning, I was surprised when I received a timely text from a good friend that 5651 was leading train # 142, CP's Chicago-Montreal hotshot. After receiving a series of clearances and a pusher set complimentary of Kinnear Yard, 5651 is finally on the move (if ever so slowly) with fellow SD40-2 # 5926. As the aging duo of power grinds up the Hamilton Subdivision, they catch a nice patch of morning sunlight just north of Desjardins. It would be a long journey to Guelph Junction.
Name: Ryan Gaynor
Railway: Other
Date: 06/26/2014
Location: Waterdown
Province: Ontario
Comments | 6 Favourites
<b>Mac Attack!</b>After close to 8 years of shooting Canadian Pacific trains, I was finally able to photograph one of CP's ill-fated EMD SD90MAC's leading in good lighting! CP 9142 is seen bringing train 254 through the Hunter Street Tunnel in downtown Hamilton.
Name: Ryan Gaynor
Railway: Canadian Pacific
Date: 06/15/2014
Location: Hamilton
Province: Ontario
Comments | 6 Favourites
One of CN's latest acquisitions, a former Chicago & Northwestern GE C40-8, leads train 434 into Aldershot Yard under a dramatic sky.
Name: Ryan Gaynor
Railway: Canadian National
Date: 05/29/2014
Location: Burlington
Province: Ontario
2 Comments | 8 Favourites
Dodging an impending cloud front, CN 5466 growls up the grade at Ash in sweet evening light with a colourful lash up including four locomotives, three of which being from different railroads.
Name: Ryan Gaynor
Railway: Canadian National
Date: 05/26/2014
Location: Milton
Province: Ontario
4 Comments | 7 Favourites
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