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The yard in Revelstoke is getting a much needed cleaning. Assisting in the spreading operation with Jordan Spreader CP 402889 are a pair of visitors in the form of CITX 3036 (and CITX 3008 out of frame). A pair of SD40-2's with obvious Burlington Northern heritage. The amount of snow that falls over the winter season in Revelstoke and area mountain passes is incredible with plow and spreader operations frequently being called to clear the rails of the Mountain and Shuswap Subs. <br><br>
<i>Roster Note: CITX 3036 would be purchased by Norfolk Southern a couple years later and become NS 3501, being painted up in an Operation Lifesaver scheme. It was removed off their roster by 2020- disposition unknown to me.</i>

Name:	David Young
Railway:	Canadian Pacific
Date:	02/09/2011
Location:	Revelstoke
Province:	British Columbia

3 Comments | 30 Favourites

The forestry crisis had left its mark in northern Ontario by 2010 and the crew of Ontario Northland train 213/ 414 are only venturing north to Cochrane twice a week. It makes for a long day of building their train in Englehart, performing any work online plus a side trip into Iroquois Falls before yarding at Cochrane and turning back to Englehart. <br> At the end of a gorgeous fall day, we catch up to southbound 414 accelerating a large freight over the bridge at Monteith and past the towns signature water tower and correctional facility. The crew will get into Englehart a couple hours later before resting quickly before having to be on duty to switch the yard first thing thing in the morning.

Name:	David Young
Railway:	Ontario Northland
Date:	10/04/2010
Location:	Monteith
Province:	Ontario

Comments | 12 Favourites

Having just crew changed around the curve, the crew is proceeding to the East Switch Field. Exhaust begins surging out of the engines, a sign that the crew has seen and acknowledged the upcoming signal. The engineer aboard CP 9665 East has begun to unleash all his available horsepower anticipating the upcoming assault on "The Big Hill".

Name:	David Young
Railway:	Canadian Pacific
Date:	10/28/2007
Location:	Field
Province:	British Columbia

1 Comments | 8 Favourites

A meet goes down between the westbound <i>Canadian</i> and an eastbound Canadian National IMS at the one time crew change point of Redditt, Ontario. 2018 was quite a dry year and by this time in June the sun had been obscured by area forest fires in this part of northern Ontario, Manitoba and Saskatchewan.

Name:	David Young
Railway:	VIA Rail
Date:	06/21/2018
Location:	Redditt
Province:	Ontario

1 Comments | 10 Favourites

A warm July evening in Schreiber finds the "29B", dubbed locally as the "Superior Flyer" stopped at the station having completed an evening run west to Gravel and return. The crew reminisces over the radio of the old days when they would spot up the Canadian just like this while passengers disembark after an evening run to Gravel. Once the all clear is given, the train will proceed to tie down for the night in the yard. The following morning they will run east to Coldwell and return with another run west to Gravel in the evening and return. This was a 3 day excursion for CP employees based out of Schreiber, all organized for the 125th anniversary of the driving of the Last Spike.

Name:	David Young
Railway:	Canadian Pacific
Date:	07/13/2010
Location:	Schreiber
Province:	Ontario

2 Comments | 11 Favourites

<b>Kama Bay! What a sight!</b> 10 years ago (from the date of this upload) I stood high above the waters of Lake Superior and among the peak fall colours the 'North Shore' had to display with my (then) girlfriend and captured Vancouver to Montreal train 112-24 passing below. I'd return the following year to capture the scene in the<a href="http://www.railpictures.ca/?attachment_id=1002"> summer.</a> Not sure if I'm going to recreate this one in the winter time tho...

Name:	David Young
Railway:	Canadian Pacific
Date:	09/27/2010
Location:	Kama Bay
Province:	Ontario

5 Comments | 19 Favourites

"Army Arid Regions" painted CP 7021 leads the charge out of Kenora, Ontario with Toronto, ON to South Edmonton, AB freight 119-01, navigating the tight curves and undulating grades that were blasted out of the Canadian Shield in northwestern Ontario over a century ago.

Name:	David Young
Railway:	Canadian Pacific
Date:	05/03/2020
Location:	Kenora
Province:	Ontario

2 Comments | 24 Favourites

After capturing this movement almost a week prior being assembled in Port Arthur (Thunder Bay North) and being transferred across town to Neebing Yard with far more horsepower than this, CN L351 breaks the silence of small town northwestern Ontario. SD75i 5685 and IC SD70 1035 have their train, of what I can only describe as "tubes"; 5 in total separated by 5 "spacers" of either gondola's or ballast cars to aid in distributing the weight of the heavy dimensional loads on the rail.

Name:	David Young
Railway:	Canadian National
Date:	12/19/2008
Location:	Kakabeka Falls
Province:	Ontario

Comments | 8 Favourites

The CN yard job with GP9RM's 7061- 7077 return from CP with a string of covered gondola's backs past the "Western Headworks Canal Parkway" (the walking trail in the foreground), bound for Sarcee Yard.<br><br><i>Note: I have this spur to CP noted as the CN 'GTP Industrial Branch', but feel like the CN line overtop of CP at Ogden is the GTP. Clarification is welcome.</i>

Name:	David Young
Railway:	Canadian National
Date:	11/04/2007
Location:	Calgary
Province:	Alberta

Comments | 12 Favourites

The wind swept pine. Try as it might to grow straight the wind would not let it. Similarly, the wind that prevented this tree from growing straight has in it's grips eastbound freight M344 as the lengthy and tonnage stricken train struggles to gain speed as it departs Winnipeg's Symington Yard.

Name:	David Young
Railway:	Canadian National
Date:	01/03/2019
Location:	Lorette
Province:	Manitoba

Comments | 8 Favourites

Work horses of a different time. We are in Mennonite country and these people work their fields like so many did at the turn of 20th century. Here a farmer plows his field with 6 horses, meanwhile in the background the crew of the Ontario Southland continues its journey west to St. Thomas along the Cayuga Sub with a combined 2400 horses at the hoggers finger tips. Doubtful he will have to unleash them all, for too long anyway as they only have two cars in tow. The hopper from Courtland, the tank from Tillsonburg.

Name:	David Young
Railway:	Ontario Southland
Date:	04/11/2019
Location:	Malahide Township
Province:	Ontario

6 Comments | 33 Favourites

With OCS clearance in hand from Mile 12 to Gretna Spur Track Switch with a protect against one foreman, "The Altona", CP 2313 West rolls due south (timetable west), clearing the "Perimeter Highway" enroute to Altona, Manitoba. On a clear prairie day where the mercury is hovering around -30C a trail of exhaust hangs in the air as the crew navigate the last few miles of non-Main Track territory. Shortly they would be notching up to track speed (30 MPH), however the Rule 43 green flag protecting a slow order right at the begin/end main track will hamper their efforts for getting up to track speed.

Name:	David Young
Railway:	Canadian Pacific
Date:	01/25/2019
Location:	Winnipeg
Province:	Manitoba

Comments | 5 Favourites

Westbound (in actuality southbound) P03-20, "The Altona" rolls through the small southern Manitoba town of Domain, located along Provincial Road 330. With 47 cars in tow, none of which are for the local elevator, GP20C-ECO's 2217 and 2325 have their train in hand as they hustle along at track speed.

Name:	David Young
Railway:	Canadian Pacific
Date:	08/20/2018
Location:	Domain
Province:	Manitoba

1 Comments | 8 Favourites

Rolling above the Pembina Highway, BNSF GP39-3 leads a lengthy drag of cars ex BNML trackage to the west and into CN's Fort Rouge yard. CN will haul the traffic south to interchange with BNSF at Emerson,MB/Noyes, Minnesota.

Name:	David Young
Railway:	BNSF
Date:	10/19/2015
Location:	Winnipeg
Province:	Manitoba

2 Comments | 6 Favourites

Mornings in Thunder Bay were very rewarding. CN's daily freight usually arrived around dawn and their trek across town to Port Arthur would have the sun positioned perfectly for photography. On this early August morning A436's power scoots across the glass-like McIntyre River with CN SD75i 5690-SD60F 5518-GP9 Slug 229-GP9RM 7268 with darn near a perfect reflection.

Name:	David Young
Railway:	Canadian National
Date:	08/12/2010
Location:	Thunder Bay
Province:	Ontario

4 Comments | 13 Favourites

Remembrance Day 2011,...... 11/11/11. A day to remember the soldiers who fought for our freedoms and paid the ultimate price. Trackside, a CN crew is nearing the end of their tour with a trio of old soldiers in their own right. CN SD60F's 5552-5539-5529 haul Port Arthur bound grain through roughly the old station grounds in Westfort. Down in Port Arthur another set of SD60F's (5551-5522) were playing on an extra yard pulling and later spotting the elevators. The SD60F's still had a few years left, but they seemed to call on Thunder Bay in droves through the 2011 grain season.

Name:	David Young
Railway:	Canadian National
Date:	11/11/2011
Location:	Thunder Bay
Province:	Ontario

2 Comments | 15 Favourites

An eventful Halloween of chasing the Goderich and Exeter subdivisions showcased the pinnacle of fall weather. Sun, rain and snow showers. With the temperature hovering around the freezing mark and a brisk wind blowing off Lake Huron GEXR had a "record" train length for the Exeter sub. After working Clinton and Hensall, the crew with RLK 2211 and LLPX 2236 headed south to the end of track with 17 cars for P&H in Centralia. Not a common practice to see that many cars destined for P&H at one time would result in some extra work for the crew to get the cars on the right end of the engine to spot, with the only available siding to run around the cars at a capacity of 9 car lengths. The crew would essentially have to run around the train twice, with a push-pull operation taking place in the middle of their moves. The longer siding onsite was taken out of service years ago and can been seen rusting in the weeds beside the old feed mill. Here the units are captured nosing out the north end of the "9 car siding" after making their final run around move to spot cars to the elevator. This part of the line has since been embargoed, with freights no longer running south of Exeter.

Name:	David Young
Railway:	Goderich-Exeter
Date:	10/31/2009
Location:	Centralia
Province:	Ontario

5 Comments | 26 Favourites

Rolling across the old swing bridge over the Kaministiquia River, utilizing power off the nights road freight from Fort Frances of SD60F 5527 and GP40-2wl 9525, the 07:30 Neebing Yard crew has grain loads for Mission Terminals Ltd and Cargill on the drawbar. There duties will be pull and spot the elevators and may have had a switch at the Bowater Sawmill, all located at the end of the spur.<br><br>This bridge is a rail/ road bridge, built by the Grand Trunk Pacific Railway in 1906. A contract was signed between the GTP and the Corporation of the Town of Fort William and a sum of $50,000 dollars was given to the railway. In return the municipality gained "the perpetual right to cross said bridge for street railway, vehicle and foot traffic on roadways supported by brackets on each side of the railway bridge." On October 29, 2013 the bridge burned, repairs were made to continue rail traffic but the bridge has since remained close to vehicle and pedestrian traffic due to a dispute between CN and the City of Thunder Bay determining who is responsible to pay for repairs. The issue had been taken to court and in June 2017 a judge ruled CN does not have to fix the bridge. The dispute continues as in August 2017 Thunder Bay appealed the decision. This is the most direct link for people commuting between the City and the Fort William First Nation.

Name:	David Young
Railway:	Canadian National
Date:	04/10/2009
Location:	Thunder Bay
Province:	Ontario

Comments | 14 Favourites

How do you make a train look small? Visit places like British Columbia! CP ES44AC's 8774 and 8831 work an aluminum set of coal loads up Notch Hill, through the open valley fields east of Sorrento, BC. Half way back another GE assists on the trains final major accent through the mountains.

Name:	David Young
Railway:	Canadian Pacific
Date:	02/16/2011
Location:	Notch Hill
Province:	British Columbia

Comments | 1 Favourites

As if this site need more images from these guys... The Ontario Southland Railway gets a lot of attention from railfans far and wide. And for good reason! <br><br>When the opportunity arose that I was able to meet up with my good friend and rp.ca contributor Kyle Stefanovic, I'm sure both of our wives knew what we had up our sleeves. After all it may be nice to introduce our little families to each other but with OSR nearby with their eclectic roster of locomotives its near impossible not to venture outside, regardless of temperature/ weather! With sets of grumpy kids, compromises were made, a daughter each came with to get them out of the house. The drive would settle the "little terrorists" and at the end of our adventure we caught up with the Woodstock Job switching the little yard. For my final shot I went for an angle that is familiar to me and will try continue to perfect in any future visits: The corner of the Woodstock depot framing OSRX GP9u 1620 pausing during switching as a passing line of snowsqualls slowly let up at dusk. <br><br>
My final shot of 2017, until next time! Happy New Year everyone!

Name:	David Young
Railway:	Ontario Southland
Date:	12/27/2017
Location:	Woodstock
Province:	Ontario

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