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About Eric May


Raised in Peterborough, Ontario. Spent the 80's in Scarborough and now in Barrie.

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Number of images: 172
Total gold: 1243
Number of comments recieved : 183
Number of comments posted : 497
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In better days, the York-Durham passenger train lays over adjacent to the GO Transit station in Stouffville before heading back to Uxbridge.
Name: Eric May
Railway: Tourist
Date: 10/01/2017
Location: Stouffville
Province: Ontario
Comments | 2 Favourites
The Havelock train slowly crosses the multiple bridges over the Otonobee River. Peterborough has a 10 mph no whistle restriction within the city limits. If you see a headlight in the distance, you'll have lots of time to get set up.
Name: Eric May
Railway: Canadian Pacific K…
Date: 01/08/2025
Location: Peterborough
Province: Ontario
1 Comments | 10 Favourites
The Holiday Train lays out some exhaust as it accelerates out of Midhurst after a brief stop. A few fans can be seen just to the left of the signal. So far the Barrie area has been spared from the snow, but in another 5 miles the train will be in to it.
Name: Eric May
Railway: Canadian Pacific K…
Date: 11/30/2024
Location: Midhurst
Province: Ontario
Comments | 8 Favourites
The backup power for 3716 rests at the engine house. The big mars light gives away the Southern Pacific heritage of this unit.
Name: Eric May
Railway: Tourist
Date: 09/02/2024
Location: Summerland
Province: British Columbia
3 Comments | 13 Favourites
The Monday train approaches Patterson Road in Barrie. Its hard to beat a 66 year old good looking high hood GP-9. Before Cando took over the Meaford and Beeton subdivisions the last high hood I saw in Barrie was CN 4385 back in 1988.
Name: Eric May
Railway: Cando
Date: 11/24/2024
Location: Barrie
Province: Ontario
Comments | 17 Favourites
Returning to Utopia with three cars, 1001 passes the ever expanding Decast plant. Decast manufactures all kinds of concrete infrastructure items such as sewer pipe, culverts, tunnel segments and bridge girders. In my working days I prepared architectural drawings for several additions for this plant. Development fees for new buildings in Essa Township are huge but don't apply to additions, so the question was always "Which direction are we expanding in this time?"
Name: Eric May
Railway: Cando
Date: 28/10/2024
Location: Utopia
Province: Ontario
Comments | 11 Favourites
A northbound intermodal is about to pound the switch of the spur track at Midhurst. Up until 2011 Midhurst had a siding and a couple of back tracks seeing occasional use. Today the back tracks sit disconnected and lying under a huge pile of used crossties.
Name: Eric May
Railway: Canadian Pacific K…
Date: 10/11/2024
Location: Midhurst
Province: Ontario
Comments | 6 Favourites
Returning from Innisfil, 1001 leans into the superelevated curve approaching Huronia Road. The City has recently installed a service road adjacent to the tracks which has opened up this area.
Name: Eric May
Railway: Cando
Date: 09/30/2024
Location: Barrie
Province: Ontario
1 Comments | 13 Favourites
While the crew has a lunch break, ex Army 0-6-0 2023 simmers away.
Name: Eric May
Railway: Preservation
Date: 08/31/2024
Location: Calgary
Province: Alberta
1 Comments | 11 Favourites
On a misty day, a couple of locals grab photos of the Havelock train as it exits the bridge over the Otonabee River. The pedestrian bridge to the left replaced an earlier narrow walkway that was cantilevered off the CP bridge.
Name: Eric May
Railway: Canadian Pacific K…
Date: 08/24/2024
Location: Peterborough
Province: Ontario
Comments | 7 Favourites
A KCS tail end remote crosses the snowmobile trail just north of Highway 26 in Midhurst.
Name: Eric May
Railway: Canadian Pacific K…
Date: 08/11/024
Location: Midhurst
Province: Ontario
1 Comments | 4 Favourites
1001 approaches Ferndale drive in Barrie on its return to Utopia with two cars. The whistle sign on the right is one of many that have been replaced with CP style signs since the take over from CN in 1997.
Name: Eric May
Railway: Cando
Date: 08/06/2024
Location: Barrie
Province: Ontario
Comments | 15 Favourites
In better times 1057 waits to depart with a Tuesday run. 1057 is out of service with 136 running occasionally. Diesel 703 now handles most excursions. Major firebox work would be required before 1057 could run again. Four generations of my family have rode behind 1057 and 136 starting in 1973. We do our best to support this unique operation, riding or donating every year.
Name: Eric May
Railway: Tourist
Date: 07/11/2006
Location: Tottenham
Province: Ontario
Comments | 14 Favourites
The 6:50 train departs into the sunrise towards Toronto. When I worked in downtown Barrie, a slight detour on my way in would let me catch this departure and some nice sunrises over the bay.
Name: Eric May
Railway: GO Transit
Date: 03/30/2017
Location: Barrie
Province: Ontario
1 Comments | 12 Favourites
Southbound 112 approaches the Highway 26 crossing with 8578 mid train.
Name: Eric May
Railway: Canadian Pacific K…
Date: 07/19/2024
Location: Midhurst
Province: Ontario
Comments | 8 Favourites
The rain has stopped but it is still a grey miserable day as the Super Continental gets serviced during its stop in downtown Edmonton. The garbage has been removed and the porters shoot the breeze in the background. Our family was traveling to BC from Toronto. Our E series sleeping car is on the left, but the name is not legible. My Mother took this shot and I'm always amazed with the the composition and the pop of color in the center.
Name: Eric May
Railway: Canadian National
Date: 05/1973
Location: Edmonton
Province: Alberta
2 Comments | 12 Favourites
In a well timed meet a southbound intermodal train has just paused in the siding at Brechin to let Via's Canadian roar past.
Name: Eric May
Railway: Canadian National
Date: 07/03/2024
Location: Brechin
Province: Ontario
Comments | 5 Favourites
A trio of ECO units proceeds west slowly through Peterborough crossing Aylmer Street. When I was a Kid growing up here this train ran at night. Back then the power was usually a mix of four axle power, GP-35's C424's or RS-18's. One time a C&O GP-30 showed up. Back then my brother was the camera guy and film was expensive. As teenagers there were other pursuits, so there aren't any photos from those days.
Name: Eric May
Railway: Canadian Pacific K…
Date: 07/03/2024
Location: Peterborough
Province: Ontario
Comments | 12 Favourites
A solid autorack train is holding just north of the Highway 26 crossing in Midhurst. About an hour later they got underway again.
Name: Eric May
Railway: Canadian Pacific K…
Date: 06/18/2024
Location: Midhurst
Province: Ontario
Comments | 5 Favourites
One for Fathers Day. Here I am in 1979 as a skinny 16 year old beside my Dad at the Calgary station in front of a boiler equipped GP-9 parked as protection power. My Dad grew up in two houses beside the tracks in Peterborough and later an apartment nearby the line to Lindsay, so he was always a railfan. He left the photography work to my mother and brother as cameras seemed to spite him. This was the last big trip we did before my brother and I headed out on our own into the world. All these years later I still think it was one of our best.
Name: Eric May
Railway: Canadian Pacific
Date: 07/1979
Location: Calgary
Province: Alberta
2 Comments | 15 Favourites
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