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About CNCNDR


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: 816441



CNCNDR has won Editors Choice 4 times



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CNCNDR's 431 photos on Railpictures.ca:


The late evening roadswitcher out off Agincourt trundles up the MacTier Sub with a short train in tow.
Name: Michael Da Costa
Railway: Canadian Pacific
Date: 06/17/2016
Location: Toronto
Province: Ontario
1 Comments | 6 Favourites
A pair of rent a wrecks lead the Herzog Ballast Train from Sudbury, Ontario. Both CEFX units were from the INRD and are being used as HPH payment to the CPR. Nice to hear some 16-645E3's once again.
Name: Michael Da Costa
Railway: Other
Date: 06/29/2016
Location: Toronto
Province: Ontario
4 Comments | 14 Favourites
It's somewhat busy in the lower yard up in Guelph, Job One has arrived from the other end of Guelph after working Traxxside, PDI Massey Rd and the CN Interchange. The first job will set out 5 loads out from the CN interchange into Lower Yard One, 1 CN car from Traxxside to be weighed then brought back for the interchange to GEXR/CN, 2 plastic cars for PDI Elizabeth St, 1 Maleic Acid car for AOC and a PAO tank car from Chemtura in Elmira for the Liquid Yard. My assignment, Job Two sits and waits for the other job to finish before we continue to switch out PDI Elizabeth St. and then PDI Liquid.
Name: Michael Da Costa
Railway: Ontario Southland
Date: 06/13/2016
Location: Guelph
Province: Ontario
2 Comments | 26 Favourites
<b>Work Horses</b> My pair of GP9u's for the day bask in the afternoon after working Job 2 on the GJR.
Name: Michael Da Costa
Railway: Ontario Southland
Date: 06/13/2016
Location: Campellville
Province: Ontario
Comments | 9 Favourites
Two local fisherman go on about their morning as CN 556 trundles east with cars for Distribution, Metro and Lantic Sugar.
Name: Michael Da Costa
Railway: Canadian National
Date: 05/22/2016
Location: Port Credit
Province: Ontario
2 Comments | 12 Favourites
An extra yard assignment out of Agincourt trundles down the former Canadian Pacific Canpa Sub, now owned by Metrolinx (GO Transit). Behind the pair of GP20C-ECO's is three plastic cars for one or maybe two customers, Polytainers at Area H or Hymopak at Area I and five clay hoppers for Versapet. Versapet used to be serviced by CN Rail not that long ago on the Uxbridge Sub but moved to a bigger facility along the Canpa after being told off by management about wanting regular service. Talk about customer service, eh ?
Name: Michael Da Costa
Railway: Canadian Pacific
Date: 05/19/2016
Location: Toronto
Province: Ontario
Comments | 4 Favourites
SD40's at the hump ? You bet ! A triple set consisting of a pair of SD40-3's sandwiching a YBU-4 pull CN 305's train out of receiving yard. The YBU-4 is just dead weight and used for additional braking power.
Name: Michael Da Costa
Railway: Canadian National
Date: 05/17/2016
Location: Vaughan
Province: Ontario
6 Comments | 22 Favourites
<b>The replacement's</b> As many of you have seen, the fall of the searchlights continue, although the CPR is using quite a mixture of three lens or a lone multi coloured lens, they're still darth vader like. But for now these searchlights continue to live out their final days before they too fall victim to the ubiquitous safetran signals.
Name: Michael Da Costa
Railway: Canadian Pacific
Date: 05/02/2016
Location: Toronto
Province: Ontario
1 Comments | 7 Favourites
Work is done for the day and the guys have gone home, tomorrow will be another day as track panel replacement continues. A GP38-2 rumbles on through leading the evening Expressway to Montreal.
Name: Michael Da Costa
Railway: Canadian Pacific
Date: 04/26/2016
Location: Toronto
Province: Ontario
Comments | 6 Favourites
Probably one of the most weirdest test train set ups on CN, but nevertheless one of the coolest. After meeting 2 at Pine Orchard, CN O998 is once again on the move with ex ATMK 283 providing traction and HEP power.
Name: Michael Da Costa
Railway: Canadian National
Date: 04/24/2016
Location: Vandorf
Province: Ontario
4 Comments | 13 Favourites
<b> She's having a J ol' time</b> She seems lost sitting on Canadian soil away from home, EJE 656 idles away soaking in the bright sunlight at Toronto Mac Yard on this nice spring morning.
Name: Michael Da Costa
Railway: Other
Date: 04/15/2016
Location: Concord
Province: Ontario
1 Comments | 11 Favourites
<b> Idling ECO's </b> A beautiful spring day comes to a close, but it's another day on the railroad, a clear signal in the far background adorns the westward signal at Guelph Jct. for a westbound freight that's climbing the hill. The gentle sound of two 8 cylinder turbocharged 710G3's from this pair of GP20C-ECO's idle away in mainline one track with a tie train from London.
Name: Michael Da Costa
Railway: Canadian Pacific
Date: 04/09/2016
Location: Campellville
Province: Ontario
2 Comments | 10 Favourites
In afternoon sun, the shiny candy apple red paint shows off it's clean coat.
Name: Michael Da Costa
Railway: Canadian Pacific
Date: 04/08/2016
Location: Orangeville
Province: Ontario
1 Comments | 3 Favourites
<b>A little help goes a long way</b> The final run of 331 out of Port Rob came to abrupt stop after lifting Hamilton, the power having issues loading and getting the train restarted. The decision was made to send 551 out of Aldershot to assist and pull CN 331 all the way to Paris.
Name: Michael Da Costa
Railway: Canadian National
Date: 04/06/2016
Location: Hamilton
Province: Ontario
4 Comments | 8 Favourites
No shortage of horsepower here, 6,000 ponies are galloping on the Galt Sub as the London Pickup head west through Puslinch.
Name: Michael Da Costa
Railway: Canadian Pacific
Date: 04/05/2016
Location: Puslinch
Province: Ontario
Comments | 9 Favourites
After completing a switch at AOC, the daily roadswitcher pauses for a bit before heading back to the interchange.
Name: Michael Da Costa
Railway: Ontario Southland
Date: 04/06/2016
Location: Guelph
Province: Ontario
Comments | 8 Favourites
It's a beautiful Saturday morning in Toronto, an Xtra CN 546 from Oshawa has begun to pull into the TTR with a D3R transformer to be off loaded. The crew will tie the car down and head back to Oshawa to end their day.
Name: Michael Da Costa
Railway: Canadian National
Date: 04/02/2016
Location: Toronto
Province: Ontario
5 Comments | 13 Favourites
<b>Back again for a second time</b> CP 2261 heads north along the former Canadian Pacific Owen Sound Sub at Mile 17 with a short freight in tow. With CCGX 4009, OBRY's lone GP9 down with a prime mover failure, the CPR lent the Cando operation a GP20C-ECO for the time being while another former CN GP9 from Winnipeg takes over.
Name: Michael Da Costa
Railway: Canadian Pacific
Date: 04/01/2016
Location: Cheltenham
Province: Ontario
4 Comments | 26 Favourites
The sun shines bright on this cold spring morning, so I drove up to shoot a few trains on the Bala before the ice melts from the surrounding landscape. Running at full throttle, CN 114's three big units have 11,011 ft of train well in tow for BIT.
Name: Michael Da Costa
Railway: Canadian National
Date: 03/26/2016
Location: Mount Albert
Province: Ontario
Comments | 10 Favourites
A pair of SD40 variants lead a ribbon rail train up the Bala, this work train was ordered at 0700 Mac Yard and began dumping rail in Richmond Hill. The train will head into the siding at Pine Orchard to allow VIA No.2, CN 108, CN 105 and CN 317 by before shoving out and continuing dumping rail at Mile 31.
Name: Michael Da Costa
Railway: Canadian National
Date: 03/19/2016
Location: Gormley
Province: Ontario
1 Comments | 7 Favourites
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