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About awmooney
Retired early due to health problems after 42 years in grocery business; started watching trains in the early 70s and took up photography in 1974 in Niagara, and of course Bayview Jct.. Graduated to a half decent camera a year later; the D&H is my favourite road (by far) but have done a fair amount of photography in Canada. As far as cameras go, suffered thru endless problems with the old Miranda series after ditching the Kodak 110 when I found I really was interested in this hobby and it wasn't just a passing fancy. Used Pentax series for a number of years before going to Mamiya 645 Mediums as well as a variety of old 4x5 Speed Graphics. Currently still shoot film with the 645s and an RB. Digital? Someday, maybe. Home is Grimsby, Ontario. Railpictures.ca is the first Site I have contributed to.
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![Click to see winning image: Perhaps a bit of confusion on my headings due to the fact this is a CN area image, but a couple of C](http://www.railpictures.ca/wp-content/uploads/images/timemachine.png)
![Click to see winning image: Well before the days of Shared Assets running thru Parry Sound we see the southbound Toronto section](http://www.railpictures.ca/wp-content/uploads/images/timemachine.png)
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![In reply to that smooth Ballast Train contribution from James Adeney (attachment_id=7780) from the other day regarding his comments on the "ugly" ballast put down on the Galt sub over the summer of 1979, here is another example shot in Milton 2 days previous. The train is working its' way westward, and this is a brief moment in time where tremendous clouds of grey sooty dust was not billowing thru the air. Instead, it was stack exhaust. And true to James' words, the power was always interesting, always changing. Here we see RS-10 #8559 and GP35 5019 along with that straggler, RS-3 8446.](http://www.railpictures.ca/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/Ballast-Spread-take-2-200x150.jpg)
Name: | A.W.Mooney |
Railway: | Canadian Pacific |
Date: | 07/04/1979 |
Location: | Milton |
Province: |
Ontario |
![It Has to Happen, Dept: Train #399 with CN 5530 leader almost cresting the grade at Copetown, it was rather startling to see the trailing two units. Both the same number!!! IC 6068 and GCFX 6068 made for one rare combination and a very unusual photo.](http://www.railpictures.ca/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/A-Match-200x150.jpg)
Name: | A.W.Mooney |
Railway: | Canadian National |
Date: | 11/25/2006 |
Location: | Copetown |
Province: |
Ontario |
![History in the making as the First Seamless International Grain Train makes its way across the steel arch bridge connecting Niagara Falls Ontario with its American counterpart. The D&H 7309 was ushered over to CP Montrose Yard for the brief ceremony as the SOO had brought the train to Canada and the CP unit added on to represent the run thru Ontario. As the D&H led the train to New York State and on to Albany, standing in this pitiful morning drizzle for a couple of hours was a real downer. Also the fact that N.F. city police had to investigate my illegal location on Robert Moses Parkway, they had to call the State Police who in turned called Border Patrol and it was another couple of hours explaining I was NOT involved in any criminal activity but instead wanting to capture this "train event" on film. I must admit the police were shaking their heads going thru my notebook. "All these pictures"??? One of them asked.......... As usual, in the end it was all worth it; even the fact I was over an hour late for work. Power is D&H 7309, CP 5529, SOO 6612, 6601 and 780. The large building in upper center of photo is the old Kind Eddy Hotel, also now a part of history.](http://www.railpictures.ca/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/International-Grain-take-2-200x150.jpg)
Name: | A.W.Mooney |
Railway: | Delaware and Hudso… |
Date: | 03/25/1991 |
Location: | Niagara Falls |
Province: |
Ontario |
![From high on the rocks, here is an overview of the great Sinter Plant that used to provide so much employment to the town of Wawa, Ontario as well as the former Algoma Central Railroad. The purpose of the plant was to supply blast furnaces with sinter, a combination of blended ores, fluxes and coke which is partially "cooked" or sintered. In this form the materials combine efficiently in the blast furnace and allow for more consistent and controllable iron manufacture. From here, material was transported out to Michipicoten Harbour, about 12 miles west, for GreatLakes shipping. Awaiting next assignment are WC 6604, 6655, 3012 and 6506. The F45, 6655, was retired in 2002. Later on this year 1998 the plant was closed, buildings removed, track removed, and nothing is left but a blight on the landscape. The plant had been in continuous operation since 1939, and is now but a memory.](http://www.railpictures.ca/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/Wawa-Sinter-Plant-take-2-200x150.jpg)
Name: | A.W.Mooney |
Railway: | Wisconsin Central |
Date: | 04/23/1998 |
Location: | Wawa (Sinterville) |
Province: |
Ontario |
![[editors note: accepted due to rarity and content despite image quality] Seeing that ridership was continually growing, it became time for GO Transit to look into double-decker coaches for their busier lines. Chicago NorthWestern, which runs a commuter service in Chicago, was able to loan GO a number of coaches in order they be tried out to rate their performance. It was early in the year when they were on trial here, which, because GO runs early morning and late afternoon, made it very difficult to get enough light in order to catch these in action. This is a late day view at Burl. West, GO 9806 the power westward, with a considerable number of CNW bilevels in tow. The date on my slide is illegible, but according to Trackside Guide, this GP40TC was new in 1966 as #606, became renumbered 9806 in 1970 and then reverted to 506 in 1975, so this must be April of 1975 if the book is correct. Incidentally, most fans know the former station here as "Burlington West", but it was previously the station known as "Freeman" which was the name of the community here before it was swallowed up by Burlington expansion in the 1960s.](http://www.railpictures.ca/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/GO-98061-200x150.jpg)
Name: | A.W.Mooney |
Railway: | GO Transit |
Date: | 04/xx/1975 |
Location: | Burlington(Freeman… |
Province: |
Ontario |
![The CN version of the Nanticoke Steel Train, in this image on the move from Hamilton to the affiliated steel mill in Nanticoke by way of Brantford and south was very short lived running with this A-B-A lashup. There always seemed to be some mechanical problem and it wasn't long before GP9s were in the mix and after that, the GP40 Widecabs took over, making this, in the hearts of the fans, just another train heading west............
Seen here approaching Mile 1 Dundas sub are CN 9166, 9195 and 9177. The bridge in the background supports Old Guelph Rd. Winning "a fight with the cloud" was nice. :o)](http://www.railpictures.ca/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/CNR-Nanticoke-200x150.jpg)
Name: | A.W.Mooney |
Railway: | Canadian National |
Date: | 08/29/1986 |
Location: | Dundas |
Province: |
Ontario |
![[Editors note: Despite quality issues - content has been deemed appopriate] CP 5914 and 5911 are but 5 months old as witnessed in this May 13, 1979 view of the TH&B "Starlite" rolling Hamilton-bound thru the junction at Bayview. Other locomotives are CP 8751, TH&B 56 and a CP 81xx trailing. One has to express curiosity as to why railfans would wear almost white !!! clothes when out amongst the grease and the grime of the railway landscapes........and indeed why they are chancing the location that they are. Times and styles have changed. Railfans used to have the run of many locations without interference from authority. All this has a thing of the past, but many fans have not changed along with it. (How many have ever been hurt or killed while railfanning, would be an interesting statistic)Incidentally, the rusted track on the left is from the days when steam engines waited to assist westbound trains up the Dundas grade, a hold-over only because in the 1970s MoW equipment used this stub. The track has long since been removed.](http://www.railpictures.ca/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/CP-5914-leads-Starlite-200x150.jpg)
Name: | A.W.Mooney |
Railway: | Canadian Pacific |
Date: | 05/13/1979 |
Location: | Hamilton |
Province: |
Ontario |
![CP work extra with RS-18 8781, 8762 and another 87xx are seen here working near Westfield Beach, about 10 miles out of Saint John. All manual labour involved in contrast to todays all-purpose machinery. And a bit laid-back as well. With todays standards as a guide, can you spot any safety infractions???? :o)](http://www.railpictures.ca/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/Westfield-Beach-take-2-200x150.jpg)
Name: | A.W.Mooney |
Railway: | Canadian Pacific |
Date: | 09/19/1977 |
Location: | Westfield Beach |
Province: |
New Brunswick |
![The anticipated beautiful day was almost as advertised, save for a stubborn haze in the distance, as NS autoparts train #328 made its way eastward down the grade at Dundas en route to Buffalo. Power is CP 5585, NS 6118, CP 5511 as witnessed from Dundas Peak. Alas, even this location is slowly deteriorating as a prime photo objective due to the increasing height of trees along the south side, which cast shadows over the tracks most of the mornings in the summer.](http://www.railpictures.ca/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/328-from-the-Peak-200x150.jpg)
Name: | A.W.Mooney |
Railway: | Norfolk Southern |
Date: | 10/16/1996 |
Location: | Dundas |
Province: |
Ontario |
![Two trains meet at the Lennoxville diamond. Quebec Southern Rwy 504 and 500,at Sherbrooke Sub., wait for thru freight BAR 350, AMTK 387 and HATX 176, a Canadian-American Rwy (CDAC) train on QSR trackage, mile 66. It will cross the diamond eastward and will then be travelling on CDAC rails. The QSR local is on CN Sherbrooke Sub. trackage. The in and out sun, a fixed lens and the general lay of the land made this a difficult place to shoot.At this time CDAC was part of the Bangor & Aroostook system (BAR).](http://www.railpictures.ca/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/Sherbrooke-QC-200x150.jpg)
Name: | A.W.Mooney |
Railway: | Canadian American … |
Date: | 05/05/1999 |
Location: | Lennoxville |
Province: |
Quebec |
![After making sure the line was clear from Clinton Jct down to the end of steel at Centralia, GEXR 179 and plow x-CN 55437 start the run back north. They picked up one empty bulkhead at Centralia to take back with them.](http://www.railpictures.ca/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/End-of-the-Line-Plow-200x150.jpg)
Name: | A.W.Mooney |
Railway: | Goderich-Exeter |
Date: | 02/16/1994 |
Location: | Centralia |
Province: |
Ontario |
![A relatively early afternoon "Starlite" thru Bayview Junction results in an all-TH&B photo free of shadow. Power is TH&B 71, 73 and 75, a matched trio of GP7 locomotives. The #71 demo'd in a 1980 wreck, the #73 is now CP 1683 and #75 CP 1685; both based at Winnipeg and set up for remote control service.](http://www.railpictures.ca/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/THB-Starlite-200x150.jpg)
Name: | A.W.Mooney |
Railway: | Toronto Hamilton &… |
Date: | 07/xx/1978 |
Location: | Hamilton |
Province: |
Ontario |
![A very overpowered and short CP #557 on February 5, 1993 was eagerly awaited by the local railfan population. No wonder!! It featured one-of-a-kind CP 8921 (RSD-17)followed by 4711 (M-636 converted to caterpillar engine in 1988)SD40-2 5601 (ret'd 2002), CP 4743 (another Big M) and SD40 5547 (ret'd by 2004) and maybe a dozen cars in tow. This image was taken on a rather warm morning for dead of winter, ground fog obvious from the Lemonville Rd bridge over the CN in Aldershot,ON.](http://www.railpictures.ca/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/CP-8921-take-3-200x150.jpg)
Name: | A.W.Mooney |
Railway: | Canadian Pacific |
Date: | 02/05/1993 |
Location: | Burlington(Aldersh… |
Province: |
Ontario |
![Nice assortment of power on this morning westbound, seen approaching the Fairchild Creek trestle a couple of miles outside of Brantford. End of train is crossing Power Line Rd. Power is 3237, 4121, 9195 and 3118. Leaders such as this C-424 were getting rather scarce by 1984, quite a few had either been retired or sold off.](http://www.railpictures.ca/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/CN-3237_Brantford_84-200x150.jpg)
Name: | A.W.Mooney |
Railway: | Canadian National |
Date: | 06/01/1984 |
Location: | Brantford |
Province: |
Ontario |
![Back in those delightful days (for the fans) of no-end CP leasing, we see the Guelph Jct. turn westbound for the Jct with VIA 6456, HATX 216, VIA 6455 and CP 8241 passing thru Etobicoke on a crisp, clear March 12, 1995. This train wyed their power at Guelph Jct. before heading back east. Yes, it was power worth following.](http://www.railpictures.ca/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/VIA-6456-freight-west-200x150.jpg)
Name: | A.W.Mooney |
Railway: | Canadian Pacific |
Date: | 03/12/1995 |
Location: | Etobicoke |
Province: |
Ontario |
![[Editors note - accepted due to rarity - this is very rare mileage for a CP Train] This image needs an explanation, but unfortunately I do not have one. Here we see what appears to be the daily Toronto-Hamilton TH&B "Starlite" with CP 4564, 5545 and TH&B 74 coming off the CN 'Cowpath', of all places. The CP Goderich (now Hamilton) sub is in the foreground. Just by chance I happened upon this scene while checking out Bayview on an early summer evening. Too bad the shadow mars what is an image in nearly 40 years had never seen the likes of here before nor since.](http://www.railpictures.ca/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/CP-off-the-Cowpath-200x150.jpg)
Name: | A.W.Mooney |
Railway: | Canadian Pacific |
Date: | 07/04/1979 |
Location: | Hamilton |
Province: |
Ontario |
![The TH&B version of the Nanticoke Steel Train was just into its' third week when this photo was taken. B&O 4801, C&O 3885 and 4828 are seen crossing the highway 403 after exiting Aberdeen Yard in Hamilton. The train will travel westward thru Summit and Jerseyville before turning south at Brantford. Nowaday this line has been reduced to a hiking trail, track pulled many years ago after a washout in Brantford deemed too costly to repair. The background of this photo shows Hamilton Harbour and Aldershot in the distance.](http://www.railpictures.ca/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/BO-at-Aberdeen-take-2-200x150.jpg)
Name: | A.W.Mooney |
Railway: | Toronto Hamilton &… |
Date: | 11/27/1983 |
Location: | Hamilton (Aberdeen… |
Province: |
Ontario |
![Back in those great days of A-B-A lashups to power the CN version of "The Nanticoke" we have CN 9177, 9195 and 9166 idling by the shop at CN's Stuart St. yard., about ready to put a train together which will be led by 9166 down to Nanticoke and the 9177 returning. The 9177, retired by 1989 and eventually going to National Railway Equipment; has made the news as one of the F units recently acquired by the Norfolk Southern for use on the Executive Fleet.](http://www.railpictures.ca/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/CN-9177-9195-9166-Nanticoke-power-200x150.jpg)
Name: | A.W.Mooney |
Railway: | Canadian National |
Date: | 08/26/1986 |
Location: | Hamilton |
Province: |
Ontario |
![This is a follow-up to Mike Lockwoods image (i.d. 7437)from that era of great variety on CP Rail. Leading NS autoparts train #328 is CP 672, a KCS castoff later seen as CP 5417 over the system. Unfortunately this unit never wore a "CP" on the nose as 672, but just 'CP Rail" in red on the flanks. Behind the 672 are NS 3273 and 6673. View of this eastbound is at CN Iron Br., around the curve out of sight is the bridge over Welland Canal.](http://www.railpictures.ca/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/CP-672-with-328-200x150.jpg)
Name: | A.W.Mooney |
Railway: | Norfolk Southern |
Date: | 04/25/1997 |
Location: | St. Catharines |
Province: |
Ontario |
![While I was wandering at Campbellville this westward train came at me out of the early morning sun. So hopped in the car, booted it down the 401 to Woodstock and as far west as the bridge over the Middle Thames River in Thamesford before I thought I had a great place for a shot of this colourful power. Having come this far, it was nothing to wade into the muck pond and get the feet wet. CP 5490 (SD40M-2), HLCX 5007, HATX 924 and CP 5983 was the power. And that was all that would fit on this tight bridge shot. Beautiful warm morning; the kind of day being trackside is all about.](http://www.railpictures.ca/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/CP-5490-W-Thamesford-200x150.jpg)
Name: | A.W.Mooney |
Railway: | Canadian Pacific |
Date: | 05/31/1995 |
Location: | Thamesford |
Province: |
Ontario |
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