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About craigandru

Originally from Mississauga, I have lived in Barrie for the past five years. I've managed to photograph trains throughout a good portion of Ontario and, over the last few years, have been especially interested in shooting trains in Northern Ontario. As of now my equipment includes a Canon DSLR and a few different lenses.

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craigandru's 134 photos on Railpictures.ca:

After spending the day working in Port Colborne and south Welland, 1859 pulls 25 cars through WH Yard and on towards Feeder Yard where the cars will be dropped off.

Name:	Craig Allen
Railway:	Trillium Railway
Date:	09/25/2017
Location:	Welland
Province:	Ontario

1 Comments | 11 Favourites

CP 2270 leads CP 3119, CP 2276 and 28 cars across the swing bridge and over the Trent-Severn Waterway in Peterborough.

Name:	Craig Allen
Railway:	Canadian Pacific
Date:	09/22/2017
Location:	Peterborough
Province:	Ontario

Comments | 11 Favourites

T06 has almost completed the journey from the mines at Nephton and Blue Mountain and will soon arrive at the yard in Havelock with 21 hoppers loaded with nepheline syenite. The 20 mile Nephton Sub was built in 1954 to provide a rail connection between the mines and CP's mainline at Havelock.

Name:	Craig Allen
Railway:	Canadian Pacific
Date:	09/22/2017
Location:	Havelock
Province:	Ontario

2 Comments | 6 Favourites

While coming home from work I ran across the BCRY as they were heading into Barrie, pushing one hopper for TAG Environmental and pulling a couple of old flatcars. After dropping off the hopper they travelled down the Molson Spur and deposited the two flatcars at the location of the old brewery. I grabbed a shot of 1001 as she ran light back to the Beeton Spur.

Name:	Craig Allen
Railway:	Cando
Date:	08/31/2017
Location:	Barrie
Province:	Ontario

7 Comments | 18 Favourites

The crew of 581 is in the process of backing up their train to clear King St after which they will tie down and go for lunch. Once their break is done, they will head south to the end of the line in Exeter and drop off a handful of boxcars and hoppers.

Name:	Craig Allen
Railway:	Goderich-Exeter
Date:	03/22/2017
Location:	Hensall
Province:	Ontario

3 Comments | 11 Favourites

OSR's ex-SOO GP7s are just about to duck under the 401 overpass on their way to St Thomas after completing work in the Ingersoll/Putnam area. A sunny morning + classic power = another great day of railfanning the OSR.

Name:	Craig Allen
Railway:	Ontario Southland
Date:	22/03/2017
Location:	Putnam
Province:	Ontario

1 Comments | 12 Favourites

The crews from the Englhart yard job and recently arrived 113 chat about the unique aspects of northern railroading during the winter. The temperature on this crisp morning felt like -35 degrees Celcius.

Name:	Craig Allen
Railway:	Ontario Northland
Date:	03/04/2017
Location:	Englehart
Province:	Ontario

1 Comments | 16 Favourites

ONT 1735 SD40-2, ONT 2101 SD75I and ONT 2103 SD75I lead train 214 through mile 93 of the Temagami Subdivison at Latchford, ON. The train has just crossed the bridge over the Montreal River and is quickly moving towards its destination of North Bay.

Name:	Craig Allen
Railway:	Ontario Northland
Date:	03/04/2017
Location:	Latchford
Province:	Ontario

Comments | 9 Favourites

CP U58 skirts by a snow covered pond on its way from Levack to the Clarabelle Mill.

Name:	Craig Allen
Railway:	Canadian Pacific
Date:	02/27/2017
Location:	Sudbury
Province:	Ontario

Comments | 7 Favourites

With 38 loaded cars of nickel ore, ex-Soo locomotives 6259 and 6230 slowly crawl up the hill from Levack and back to the rails of the Cartier Sub. The MOW equipment on the right always comes in handy with this section of track in the winter months.

Name:	Craig Allen
Railway:	Canadian Pacific
Date:	02/28/2017
Location:	Onaping
Province:	Ontario

Comments | 12 Favourites

CCGX 1001 passes through Colwell after a day spent working in and around Barrie.

Name:	Craig Allen
Railway:	Cando
Date:	01/30/2017
Location:	Colwell
Province:	Ontario

Comments | 11 Favourites

I first encountered this impressive bridge several years ago while driving on Hwy 11 towards Kapuskasing. From what I can gather, the bridge was constructed around 1909-1910 when the National Transcontinental Railway was being built across Northern Ontario. According to their town website, Fauquier was named after the brothers who were in charge of constructing the bridge. On this day I found ONT 2200 leading 30 cars on their way from Hearst to Cochrane.

Name:	Craig Allen
Railway:	Ontario Northland
Date:	10/04/2016
Location:	Fauquier
Province:	Ontario

Comments | 7 Favourites

Passing by the closed station in Matheson, 2104 slowly leads a good sized train northwards en route to Cochrane. Today's 213 had 69 cars including 43 box cars on the head end.

Name:	Craig Allen
Railway:	Ontario Northland
Date:	09/30/2016
Location:	Matheson
Province:	Ontario

Comments | 9 Favourites

ONT 308 crosses the Frederick House River with 2104 leading 27 cars. The covered gondolas are full of copper and zinc concentrate from the Kidd Mine.

Name:	Craig Allen
Railway:	Ontario Northland
Date:	09/25/2016
Location:	Connaught
Province:	Ontario

3 Comments | 12 Favourites

GEXR 2303 and RLK 4095 lead a cut of 10 salt-filled hoppers as they are about the tackle the grade leading to the yard in Goderich.

Name:	Craig Allen
Railway:	Goderich-Exeter
Date:	04/14/2016
Location:	Goderich
Province:	Ontario

Comments | 10 Favourites

TRRY 108 leads its train across Bridge 17 of the old Welland Canal. The lift bridge hasn't been operational since the early 1970s.

Name:	Craig Allen
Railway:	Trillium Railway
Date:	12/12/2011
Location:	Dain City
Province:	Ontario

4 Comments | 10 Favourites

A SD40-2F in The Soo was the last thing I figured I'd find on this trip up north. But on this day, Canadian Pacific 9001 builds (and later leads) HCRY train 912 on the 179 mile journey to Sudbury. I guess the Huron Central was short on power and CP leased them this red barn.

Name:	Craig Allen
Railway:	Huron Central Rail…
Date:	09/20/2011
Location:	Sault Ste. Marie
Province:	Ontario

Comments | 4 Favourites

The Northlander passenger train passes over the Ottawa Valley Railway's North Bay Sub following its station stop in North Bay.

Name:	Craig Allen
Railway:	Ontario Northland
Date:	10/02/2011
Location:	North Bay
Province:	Ontario

Comments | 6 Favourites

The Tour of the Line train was running late on this day (shock and horror) so while I waited I talked with the station attendant. A very nice lady, she had worked out of Hawk Junction since the Algoma Central days. She missed working for the ACR (and also the Wisconsin Central) and the job had a different feel with since CN purchased the line. After about an hour the train finally arrived and I took a picture as it departed south. I often wonder what happened to the station lady after the train was discontinued. Too bad that the government helped axed this passenger service, the economic benefit to the northern communities served (estimated in the tens of millions of dollars each year) was a good return on their 2.2 million dollar annual subsidy.

Name:	Craig Allen
Railway:	Canadian National
Date:	18/09/2011
Location:	Hawk Junction
Province:	Ontario

2 Comments | 5 Favourites

A couple of matching engines lead a northbound CP freight over the French River. This 415 foot truss bridge was built in 1907 and set in place by a process known as incremental launching. Due to the deep water at the construction site, the entire structure was assembled on the north shore of the river and then launched across the span using a 32 horsepower Beatty hoisting engine.

Name:	Craig Allen
Railway:	Canadian Pacific
Date:	09/09/2011
Location:	Bon Air
Province:	Ontario

Comments | 4 Favourites

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