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I've been interested in trains since I was young, I started photographing them with a cheap point and shoot camera around 2004 and from there it grew. I use an A700 DSLR camera with various lenses including the Carl Zeiss 24-70, Sony 70-400 G to name a few. A city boy all my life, I quickly became interested in the railway and it's operations, now proudly working as a railway conductor for the Canadian National Railway Company for 7 years in active service, I serve my part in moving the North American economy.

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Number of images: 431
Total gold: 3767
Number of comments recieved : 494
Number of comments posted : 45
Total views: 815685



CNCNDR has won Editors Choice 4 times



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<b>A reflection of today's activity..</b> While we were supposed to go to Aldershot, we remained on standby as heavy rains pounded the Greater Toronto Area rendering Aldershot Yard closed due to flooding, so basking in the summers afternoon sunlight is the train tied down on track 36 awaiting it's next road assignment.
Name: Michael Da Costa
Railway: Canadian National
Date: 07/15/2024
Location: Oakville
Province: Ontario
5 Comments | 17 Favourites
A pair of freshly painted CPKC locomotives lead westbound CP 401 at Seebe, Alberta in nice evening light.
Name: Michael Da Costa
Railway: Canadian Pacific K…
Date: 06/14/2024
Location: Seebe
Province: Alberta
4 Comments | 26 Favourites
A rare and lengthy VIA 97 rolls through Hamilton as the eastbound GO at West Harbour awaits to depart on time, the whole reason for the 2 unit, 10 car consist was all in part of AMTK 92 having locomotive issues Thursday night. Plans to add a VIA locomotive to bring the disable Maple Leaf train to Niagara Falls on Friday were kyboshed so instead the consist was added to Friday night now Saturday mornings Maple Leaf set for the run to Niagara Falls and beyond.
Name: Michael Da Costa
Railway: Amtrak
Date: 06/24/2023
Location: Hamilton
Province: Ontario
Comments | 15 Favourites
Not often does an opportunity exist like this and being a locomotive engineer for the bigger railroad does have it's advantages. Never the less I took the opportunity to park my local road switcher over the CP Galt Sub in anticipation for a train and as the railfan gods blessed me with this CPR westbound within minutes flying under my train headed for Wolverton and London.
Name: Michael Da Costa
Railway: Canadian Pacific
Date: 10/05/2022
Location: Milton
Province: Ontario
3 Comments | 25 Favourites
February 15, 2014, it's already been 8 years now. CP 8249 idles away tied onto the Credit Valley Explorer at Orangeville, ready for the trip south to Snelgrove and back. Fast forward to this year, the yard and mainline have now been ripped up and the only track that remains is the station track the train is occupying.
Name: Michael Da Costa
Railway: Canadian Pacific
Date: 02/15/2014
Location: Orangeville
Province: Ontario
1 Comments | 15 Favourites
A heritage yard set is in the middle of switching out Imperial Oil along Metrolinx's Newmarket Subdivision, the sunlight from a brief sucker hole illuminates how much grime has accumulated on the GP40-3 during it's first year and a half at Mac Yard in yard and industrial switching.
Name: Michael Da Costa
Railway: Canadian National
Date: 01/06/2022
Location: Toronto
Province: Ontario
2 Comments | 15 Favourites
<b>Hot Shot on the High Iron</b> The CP Business Train has a clear shot to Smith Falls as they roll through Newcastle on this hot August afternoon.
Name: Michael Da Costa
Railway: Canadian Pacific
Date: 08/19/2022
Location: Newcastle
Province: Ontario
3 Comments | 17 Favourites
Abandoned and pulled up, engineering crews are in the middle of tearing up the old mainline to Owen Sound on what used to be Mile 35.37 of the former CPR Owen Sound Subdivision. The northern part of the line from Orangeville to Owen Sound didn't last as long as the southern part did with what little customers (and abandonment of the branches like the Teeswater, Walkerton Subs between Orangeville and Owen Sound) were left along the line and constant drift busting in the winter time with the plows, the north end succumbed to abandonment in late 1995 but the south end from Orangeville to Mile 2.4 at Streetsville still prospered till late 2021. So here we are in the year 2022 with rising oil prices and businesses trying to find alternative transportation methods to ship products by rail, the short sightedness along with the anti-rail mentality of the mayor and council will rear it's ugly head to the Town of Orangeville in the distant future.
Name: Michael Da Costa
Railway: Orangeville-Brampt…
Date: 03/31/2022
Location: Orangeville
Province: Ontario
5 Comments | 23 Favourites
<b>Counting down the hours. </b> GMTX 333 idles away in Orangeville for the final time on this early cold fall morning. Once the crew is on duty, they will head north to lift the final 4 cars and begin the trek south to Streetsville Junction thus marking the end of 142 years of rail service to Orangeville.
Name: Michael Da Costa
Railway: Orangeville-Brampt…
Date: 12/17/2021
Location: Orangeville
Province: Ontario
4 Comments | 19 Favourites
After working Vaughan, CP 119 slowly departs the terminal for points north and west as the conductor keeps a close eye on switches.
Name: Michael Da Costa
Railway: Canadian Pacific
Date: 11/08/2021
Location: Vaughan
Province: Ontario
3 Comments | 16 Favourites
The first of many new VIA train sets comes off the York Sub and is about to enter the Kingston Subdivision at Pickering Jct another 1.4 miles to the east. Doing the honors is London built EMD SD70M-2 8869.
Name: Michael Da Costa
Railway: Canadian National
Date: 09/29/2021
Location: Pickering
Province: Ontario
3 Comments | 27 Favourites
A beautiful Saturday morning finds a fisherman out on the credit river going about his day as the weed sprayer train rolls on by at 25 MPH with a veteran leader doing the honors.
Name: Michael Da Costa
Railway: Canadian Pacific
Date: 05-15-2021
Location: Streetsville
Province: Ontario
3 Comments | 14 Favourites
Blue Barns and Old Code Lines.. Full throttle and nearing the crest of the grade, both CMQ barns have a loaded herzog ballast train in hand on the Campbellville grade..
Name: Michael Da Costa
Railway: Central Maine and …
Date: 04/13/2021
Location: Campbellville
Province: Ontario
4 Comments | 13 Favourites
Not often does GO Transit run equipment trains at this length (L21), but with the pandemic loads of bilevels were stored through out the GO Transit network from the start of 2020 onward. The morning equipment train to Willowbrook which handled a 23 car consist with 668 solo is running is now back from Willowbrook in Toronto to Lewis Yard off the CN Grimsby Sub with an old school cabcar leader and 668 once again pushing hard on the rear as the train rolls through Oakville GO Station.
Name: Michael Da Costa
Railway: GO Transit
Date: 01/30/2021
Location: Oakville
Province: Ontario
3 Comments | 22 Favourites
A meet! CN 384 with the IC heritage leader rolls past the south end BIT yard job which had finished spotting a track at Malport before they head back to BIT.
Name: Michael Da Costa
Railway: Canadian National
Date: 12/25/2020
Location: Bramalea
Province: Ontario
1 Comments | 14 Favourites
<b>Nice Jacket!</b> Many onlookers came to observe the movement of CN 6167 from her current location on the south side of the Guelph Sub to her new home at John Galt Park just down the street. Many took photos such as this one, others took video of the special move, so here CN 6167 sits waiting for her turn to be moved to her new spot on this warm sunny morning.
Name: Michael Da Costa
Railway: Canadian National
Date: 11/14/2020
Location: Guelph
Province: Ontario
2 Comments | 19 Favourites
OSR 1620 briefly poses beside the Guelph water town before heading back to the transfer, who knew the operating relationship between OSR and the GJR would deteriorate to the point of having another operator take over once the contract went up for bid. 22 years of reliable service now history as of August 28, 2020. It was a fun run working with a lot of awesome railroaders.
Name: Michael Da Costa
Railway: Ontario Southland
Date: 03/27/2020
Location: Guelph
Province: Ontario
3 Comments | 15 Favourites
Working on my final three shifts on the OSR Guelph Junction Railway before the GEXR take over, we park the power on the glass track at Traxxside in Guelph for some photos before continuing on to the North Industrial.
Name: Michael Da Costa
Railway: Ontario Southland
Date: 08/25/2020
Location: Guelph
Province: Ontario
2 Comments | 16 Favourites
Last rush hour movement of the morning, GO 564 rolls across the Credit River after making it's station stop at Streetsville. With this covid-19 situation and reduced rush hour service, the F59's have made somewhat of a comeback to the Galt Sub, a line that prominently run by MP40's.
Name: Michael Da Costa
Railway: GO Transit
Date: 05/05/2020
Location: Streetsville
Province: Ontario
3 Comments | 21 Favourites
Bathed in the first morning sunlight, GO 557 East leads a 6 pack past Cooksville for Union Station.
Name: Michael Da Costa
Railway: GO Transit
Date: 05/05/2020
Location: Mississauga
Province: Ontario
2 Comments | 14 Favourites
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