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About Ryan Gaynor

Railroad photographer and recent RTA School of Media graduate from Waterdown, Ontario.

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Total gold: 2000
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Number of comments posted : 175
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Dodging increasingly long shadows, a trio of handsomely matched EMD SD75is guide Canadian National detour train no. 131 onto the wye at Swastika Junction. After swinging off of the Ramore Subdivision, 131 would traverse Ontario Northland's picturesque Kirkland Lake Subdivision for the 60-mile journey to Rouyn-Noranda, Quebec. Once at Noranda and back on home rails, the slow, albeit scenic, journey through to Montreal continues.

Name:	Ryan Gaynor
Railway:	Canadian National
Date:	02/14/2020
Location:	Swastika
Province:	Ontario

6 Comments | 14 Favourites

When it comes to photographing the ONR, Boston Creek is undoubtedly one of the signature shots. However, like the majority of great locations for railroad photography, you'd better be ready to put in the leg-work to get the shot. The drive to Boston Creek is questionable, at best, during the warmer months of the year. And during the winter, it is an entirely different story. Now, I’m not saying that it’s impossible to access, but if I had to pick one word to describe the drive, “harrowing” would probably be it. So, with the recent frenzy of Canadian National detour traffic over the ONR, I knew that a trip (or two) up north wouldn't be complete without checking this shot off of the list. As I soon discovered, though, that photo wouldn’t come easily - and it didn’t. Fortunately though, staying true to the adage “third time’s the charm”, I finally got my opportunity on attempt number three. First though, a nail-biting chase from Swastika to Boston Creek would ensue. As if the sketchy road conditions weren’t bad enough, getting stuck behind a slow-moving pickup loaded with logs (go figure) was the icing on the cake. However, with some creative maneuvering, I arrived at Boston Creek with just seconds to spare. The crossing lights were already activated when I threw the car into park. I likely uttered an expletive, or combination thereof, as I frantically waded through the waist-deep snow. With just enough time to frame up the shot, CN 2561 popped into view. Here, detoured CN stack train Q188 is seen rolling through the scenic rock cut at Boston Creek on their southbound run from Hearst, ON to Noranda, QC (via Englehart). Phew - that was close! Afterwards began the long drive back to Hamilton. However, there was great satisfaction in knowing that all of the hard work paid off in the end.

Name:	Ryan Gaynor
Railway:	Canadian National
Date:	02/23/2020
Location:	Boston Creek
Province:	Ontario

4 Comments | 14 Favourites

Twenty-four hours before this photo was taken, I was sitting in the waiting room of the Toyota Dealership in North Bay. Twiddling my thumbs anxiously as Toyota assessed the damage that a three-inch steel spike left in my tire the night prior - stranding me in town for the night. Things were looking grim. Discouraged by sinking hundreds of dollars into the whole blow out ordeal, I questioned if it was worth continuing on. But that voice inside of my head reminded me that this was, likely, a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity and to go for it. So, I pressed onwards. Following the road north to Englehart, it was a cloudless, blue-sky day. The next morning was much the same as I woke up at sunrise and followed 'Ontario's Development Road' to Cochrane where Canadian National was operating a detour stack train over ONR's Kapuskasing Subdivision. Normally relegated to four-axle power, it came as quite a surprise to area-railfans when CN started operating their big stack trains over the rickety Hearst to Cochrane line. A last resort, as a derailment in Haileybury, put ONR's Temagami Subdivision out of commission for a number of days. If there was one shot along the Kap Sub that I wanted - aside from the station at Cochrane - it was at the former National Transcontinental Railway section house at Driftwood. So, I put on my snowshoes (a must as the snow is 3 to 4 feet deep in most places) and trekked into the woods. Moments later, a headlight appeared on the horizon, followed by the most surreal sight of double-stacked containers. Here she comes! Rattling snow off of the steam-era NTR section house, CN 2649 rolls along ONR's Kapuskasing Subdivision with detoured stack train no. 188 at Driftwood, ON. In 17 miles, 188 will reach the southern terminus of the Kapuskasing Sub at Cochrane, and change crews at the beautifully constructed depot. After my chagrin in North Bay, I'll consider this photo a consolation prize.

Name:	Ryan Gaynor
Railway:	Canadian National
Date:	02/21/2020
Location:	Cochrane
Province:	Ontario

5 Comments | 14 Favourites

An assorted of Ontario Northland power slumbers beneath a spectacular sunrise at Englehart, ON.

Name:	Ryan Gaynor
Railway:	Ontario Northland
Date:	02/15/2020
Location:	Englehart
Province:	Ontario

3 Comments | 24 Favourites

Easing down the mountain grade at Waterdown, Ontario with 12,000 tons on the drawbar, script-painted SD70ACu 7014 looks phenomenal in the afternoon sun. In the 1960s, the CPR emblazoned their locomotives with this very paint scheme. Today, a handful of Canadian Pacific's former SD90MACs, which were seemingly destined for the scrapper’s torch, now display the company’s proud heritage and roll on — serving a reminder of the railway’s significance both past and present. Simply put, Tuscan and grey is always in style.

Name:	Ryan Gaynor
Railway:	Canadian Pacific
Date:	02/16/2020
Location:	Waterdown
Province:	Ontario

2 Comments | 13 Favourites

On the ninth day of the Wet'suwet'en First Nation rail blockade in Ontario - a day after CN announced it would "shut down its Eastern Canada network" - a handful of trains took the scenic route over the Ontario Northland Railway to reach their respective destinations of Toronto (southbound) and Northern Quebec (northbound). Here, detoured CN stack train no. 149 is seen racing southbound along ONR's Temagami Subdivision, kicking up snow by line's gorgeous namesake station.

Name:	Ryan Gaynor
Railway:	Canadian National
Date:	02/14/2020
Location:	Temagami
Province:	Ontario

5 Comments | 25 Favourites

A photogenic pair of locomotives lumber a long and heavy no. 118 through the farm fields at Newtonville, Ontario. Upon departing Toronto Yard and providing their tonnage reading, RTC was nearly agasp by the numbers. "This is the heaviest train we've had all year", the conductor proclaimed. RTC responded with the slightest hesitation, "Alright, well, give us an update on your speed once you get to Darlington. Over". Having made Darlington problem-free, 118 was still struggling to get up to track speed at Newtonville. Here, CP 7004 and KCS 5019 are pouring it on and brightening up an otherwise bland December's day. Slowly but surely knocking down the miles to Montreal.

Name:	Ryan Gaynor
Railway:	Canadian Pacific
Date:	12/29/2019
Location:	Newtonville
Province:	Ontario

1 Comments | 15 Favourites

Determined to make it home for Christmas Eve, the crew aboard train no. 246-24 waste no time as they negotiate the confines of the Hunter Street Tunnel. Even amongst the gritty backstreets of Hamilton, SD70ACU 7006 looks particularly brutish.

Name:	Ryan Gaynor
Railway:	Canadian Pacific
Date:	12/24/2019
Location:	Hamilton
Province:	Ontario

2 Comments | 13 Favourites

A quintet of Central Maine & Quebec SD40-2Fs ease US-bound train no. 2 along the snow-covered back streets at Lennoxville, Quebec on a glorious winter's morning.

At the time (for reasons to me now unknown), I was very disappointed with the results of this chase. I had accidentally set the image stabilizer on my lens to "Mode 2", which I was convinced had ruined my photographs. However, less than a year removed from that fateful February morning, and with the news of CP's impending takeover, I can easily look past whatever bad maple syrup I was drinking. Time heals all.

Name:	Ryan Gaynor
Railway:	Central Maine and …
Date:	02/01/2018
Location:	Lennoxville
Province:	Quebec

2 Comments | 20 Favourites

Canadian Pacific 6644 brings up the rear of train no. 112 as 8116 eases by on the main with Edmonton-bound no. 119, during a whiteout at MacTier, Ontario.

Name:	Ryan Gaynor
Railway:	Canadian Pacific
Date:	12/01/2019
Location:	MacTier
Province:	Ontario

Comments | 12 Favourites

Behind the blue Rockies the sun is declining as a lone SD40-2 hustles along the banks of the Bow River with a single gondola for Eldon.

Name:	Ryan Gaynor
Railway:	Canadian Pacific
Date:	11/14/2019
Location:	Castle Mountain
Province:	Alberta

3 Comments | 20 Favourites

Wearing the grey, red and black colour pattern of modern Canadian and American warships, Canadian Pacific 7022 rumbles through Hamilton's gritty backstreets aboard (Frontier Yard) Buffalo, NY to (Agincourt Yard) Toronto, ON train # 247.

Name:	Ryan Gaynor
Railway:	Canadian Pacific
Date:	11/24/2019
Location:	Hamilton
Province:	Ontario

1 Comments | 13 Favourites

Canadian Pacific 7023 flies along the Macter Subdivision under stormy skies with train no. 112 at Baxter, Ontario.

Name:	Ryan Gaynor
Railway:	Canadian Pacific
Date:	11/22/2019
Location:	Baxter
Province:	Ontario

1 Comments | 24 Favourites

Complete with a two-tone grey paint scheme designed after the livery applied to Canadian and American fighter jets, CP 7023 triumphantly hauls Vancouver to Montreal stack train no. 112 down the Mactier Subdivision at Craighurst, Ontario, on her maiden voyage across the country.

Name:	Ryan Gaynor
Railway:	Canadian Pacific
Date:	11/22/2019
Location:	Craighurst
Province:	Ontario

2 Comments | 18 Favourites

Racing along the banks of the Bow River under a dramatic sky, westbound Canadian Pacific intermodal train no. 101 glides through the iconic, and world-renowned location known as Morant's Curve on the approach to Lake Louise, Alberta.

Name:	Ryan Gaynor
Railway:	Canadian Pacific
Date:	11/15/2019
Location:	Lake Louise
Province:	Alberta

1 Comments | 17 Favourites

Mount Girouard looms in the background as a lone, road-worn SD40-2 works the yard at Banff, Alberta.

Name:	Ryan Gaynor
Railway:	Canadian Pacific
Date:	11/14/2019
Location:	Banff
Province:	Alberta

1 Comments | 13 Favourites

Solitude at Ogden. The moon rises above Canadian Pacific 6644 on Remembrance Day 2019 in Calgary, Alberta.

Name:	Ryan Gaynor
Railway:	Canadian Pacific
Date:	11/11/2019
Location:	Calgary
Province:	Alberta

2 Comments | 21 Favourites

Glacier Park brings up the rear of VIA Rail's "Canadian" as it soars above Parry Sound on a gorgeous autumn afternoon.

Name:	Ryan Gaynor
Railway:	VIA Rail
Date:	10/20/2019
Location:	Parry Sound
Province:	Ontario

5 Comments | 19 Favourites

With a crew ordered at Mactier for 0400, the odds of Canadian Pacific's RCP train making Toronto in daylight looked slim. Sometimes, though, the best bet is to take a gamble. At least that is what I told myself as I set off for CP's Mactier Subdivision under the cover of darkness. Arriving at Mile 23 well before sunrise, anticipation grew with the passage of each train that ran ahead of 40B as night gave way to dawn and eventually the first rays of light. Almost three hours and three freight trains later, CP 4107 called a clear signal on the approach to Bolton, racing towards Toronto in glorious morning light. Sometimes you just get lucky.

Name:	Ryan Gaynor
Railway:	Canadian Pacific
Date:	08/16/2019
Location:	Bolton
Province:	Ontario

2 Comments | 19 Favourites

Déjà vu: Road-worn, but still earning their keep, a pair of 'Zebra Stripe' GP38-2Ws guide train L540 through Guelph, ON in a scene that likely hasn't played out since CN last operated on this line in the 1990s. Up until CN's takeover of the Guelph Subdivision on November 16th, 2018, this line was operated by the Goderich-Exeter Railway.

Name:	Ryan Gaynor
Railway:	Canadian National
Date:	12/04/2018
Location:	Guelph
Province:	Ontario

3 Comments | 11 Favourites

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