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About Stephen C. Host

I've been into photography since 2001 - but like many others grew up interested in all things railway from an early age. I reside in Guelph, Ontario, Canada and currently use two cameras: Nikon D800, and a Nikon D90 (Backup or videos only). Prior Nikon cameras include D60, D70 and D100, and a F65 for when I dabbled in Film (Kodachrome/Fuji Velvia and Provia). Lenses used tend to be either 70-200 F/2.8, 50mm/1.8, or 16-35 F4 (Until 2016) and a 18-35 F/4-5.6 (2016+). I acquired a 80-400 Nikkor which I've been playing with and after some trial and error and a free repair by Nikon it is producing nice sharp results. Professionally - I am an Engineer (P. Eng. - Computer) for a large automotive concern. I also freelance as a photographer with the Canadian Press and their affiliates (AP/etc.) since 2009.

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Stephen C. Host's 1535 photos on Railpictures.ca:

CN 434 (Windsor to Toronto manifest) is passing Comber Station with about 50 cars in tow. Comber Station is arguably one of, if not the oldest Wooden Railway stations in Canada still in railway service - built in 1871. At the time this caption was written, the last train on the CASO is on the line and this section of track will soon be a part of history.

Name:	Stephen C. Host
Railway:	Canadian National
Date:	01/28/2006
Location:	Comber
Province:	Ontario

6 Comments | 11 Favourites

Grey Cup: The Grey Cup train is parked at Guelph, Ontario during its 100th anniversary train tour of Canada. The cup itself is dwarfed by the VIA F40PH 6445 as they are posed together for a couple of photographers.

Name:	Stephen C. Host
Railway:	VIA Rail
Date:	11/4/2012
Location:	Guelph
Province:	Ontario

Comments | 3 Favourites

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Name:	Stephen C. Host
Railway:	Rail America
Date:	11/1/2012
Location:	Guelph
Province:	Ontario

3 Comments | 5 Favourites

VIA 6445 is heading towards downtown Guelph with the CFL Grey Cup Train past Armco's oldest remaining Guelph plant. This section of Guelph once had two rail lines, Guelph Junction Railway (pictured) and a CN Line (Formerly Great Western Railway) - the CN line abandoned in the mid 70's.

Name:	Stephen C. Host
Railway:	VIA Rail
Date:	11/04/2012
Location:	Guelph
Province:	Ontario

1 Comments | 4 Favourites

The Grand River Railway Galt evening job is cruising along the Speed River at Preston, curving onto what was once the GRR's Hespeler branch. GP38-2 3038, GP9 1516 and GP38-2 3097 have the honours of hauling today's second round of empty autoracks to the yard at Hagey for Toyota -- and bringing back a second set of loads back to Galt in the wee evening hours.

Name:	Stephen C. Host
Railway:	Canadian Pacific
Date:	06/12/2007
Location:	Preston
Province:	Ontario

3 Comments | 11 Favourites

Bond Wire: The Grand River Railway's electric traction motors have not plied the rails in 46 years, but the bond wires used to complete the circuit through the rails between the 1500 V trolly wire and the substation (in this case located at Preston, Ontario) are still installed on the old trackage as of 2007. Freight cars until recently used this trackage which has been made redundant by CPR's Wolverton yard.

Name:	Stephen C. Host
Railway:	Grand River Railwa…
Date:	05/18/2007
Location:	Galt
Province:	Ontario

1 Comments | 4 Favourites

A Bizarre derailment - the crew stopped the train just feet from the loaded Pole car sitting in the team track. The Fire Department is on-site attempting to assess what to do. Note: The car was empty and this track is other than main track (Rule 105)

Name:	Stephen C. Host
Railway:	Rail America
Date:	06/24/2009
Location:	Guelph
Province:	Ontario

4 Comments | 6 Favourites

With fall colours showing their deepest hues of brown and orange, CP Train 141 with 10,000 feet of baretable and automotive traffic grinds up Campbellville hill on this late October evening.

Name:	Stephen C. Host
Railway:	Canadian Pacific
Date:	10/25/2012
Location:	Campbellville
Province:	Ontario

1 Comments | 3 Favourites

CN train 435 is rounding the curve at the site of the old Dundas station (long since removed). Half way up the Hamilton Escarpment grade, it will be another 5 miles before the grade ends at Copetown.

Name:	Stephen C. Host
Railway:	Canadian National
Date:	10/17/2012
Location:	Dundas
Province:	Ontario

1 Comments | 1 Favourites

CP's Ham Turn, now sporting a pair of SD40-2's is heading north on the Hamilton Sub - in the background you see the Hamilton Escarpment and the Catholic Diocese of Hamilton's spire

Name:	Stephen C. Host
Railway:	Canadian Pacific
Date:	10/14/2012
Location:	Hamilton
Province:	Ontario

Comments | 6 Favourites

The crew on NECR 3840 share a laugh while discussing switching (I believe one crew was a Trainee) at the CP/CN (SOR) Interchange in the heart of industrial Hamilton, Ontario.

Name:	Stephen C. Host
Railway:	Rail America
Date:	10/14/2012
Location:	Hamilton
Province:	Ontario

1 Comments | 3 Favourites

New toy for the boys: Canadian assigned CSXT 2570 now sporting Remote Control (Beltpack) equipment sitting in front of the Sarnia Depot. New signs have been installed at grade crossings within yard limits in Sarnia and the 2570 is the first Beltpack unit to arrive. Crews are presently training on the ground in Sarnia familiarizing themselves with the equipment. It is expected more Beltpack equipped units will be arriving as they are converted, and it is likely the existing Canadian assigned pool (with Canadian safety amenities) will be used for the conversions.

Name:	Stephen C. Host
Railway:	CSX Transportation
Date:	09/21/2012
Location:	Sarnia
Province:	Ontario

Comments | 5 Favourites

The new and the old - Y120 (left) with CSXT 2697 and 2690 is passing the new Beltpack equipped 2570, with a crew (Consisting of existing CSX Sarnia employees familiar to this Photographer) in training in the cab. Note the pair of strobes and radio antennae on the cab roof of 2570. Also notice the smaller single strobe on 2697 (which is also on 2570) just above the radiators - anyone have an idea what these may have been installed for? (These are NOT for remote control operations and have never been seen in use)

Name:	Stephen C. Host
Railway:	CSX Transportation
Date:	09/21/2012
Location:	Sarnia
Province:	Ontario

1 Comments | 5 Favourites

CSX Yard job, Y120 has returned from CN with the daily transfer and is backing down the main to the yard. Note the 'strobe' light on the trailing unit (which are not used)

Name:	Stephen C. Host
Railway:	CSX Transportation
Date:	10/20/2012
Location:	Sarnia
Province:	Ontario

Comments | 4 Favourites

A SOR (Southern Ontario Railway) yard job has entered the N&NW spur and is passing the approach signal with the hamilton skyline in the background. The steel train just cleared onto the mainline moments before this train took appeared. Note that the SOR 4200 (ex CBNS) has been scrapped and 1808 is out of service.

Name:	Stephen C. Host
Railway:	Rail America
Date:	02/03/2008
Location:	Hamilton
Province:	Ontario

Comments | 11 Favourites

VIA Staff have left the train (#87) and are heading with bags in tow to the station to catch a ride to their hotel for the night. The Sarnia Station doesn't exactly close, but all Station Agents will be laid off and sent elsewhere, only a Custodian will stick around (for now) to keep the station open when the now twice daily arrival or departure of a train occurs. Who knows what the future holds during these tumulous times in Canadian Passenger Railroading?

Name:	Stephen C. Host
Railway:	VIA Rail
Date:	06/16/2012
Location:	Sarnia
Province:	Ontario

1 Comments | 4 Favourites

Ontario Northland train 697, the "Northlander" makes its second to last stop, ever, at Huntsville Ontario where a lone taxi waits for a potential passenger. No one took the taxi, 6 mennonites and a father and son got off the train and pursued to walk downtown. Consist was the only unit in this scheme - 1809, 1800, APU 202, 4 coaches and snack/lounge car..

Name:	Stephen C. Host
Railway:	Ontario Northland
Date:	09/27/2012
Location:	Huntsville
Province:	Ontario

Comments | 5 Favourites

SX D924 is seen heading south on the Sarnia sub with grain cars for Tupperville and Wallaceburg. Framed in the photo is a concrete whistle post, which may date to the predecessors of this railway (Erie & Huron, Lake Erie & Detroit River Railway, or Pere Marquette). Despite the railway being in the transfer/discontinuance process since 2006, this local still runs twice per week and run as far as Dresden, Ontario.

Name:	Stephen C. Host
Railway:	CSX Transportation
Date:	04/09/2007
Location:	Corunna
Province:	Ontario

1 Comments | 4 Favourites

CP train 138 (with CSXT 7587) is making a lift of some fresh Toyotas on the CP Waterloo subdivision. The CN sign may confuse - but the track on the right is the CN Fergus spur and "CN Finnegan" indicates essentialy the end of the Fergus spur and switch with CP. This CN track runs about 16 miles to Guelph, Ontario and about 2 miles is/was leased from CN for outbound Toyota storage, while the rest of the track is the GEXR Fergus spur and is used to service the plant in the background, Babcock and Wilcox, for occasional shipments. This scene is no longer possible as a road overpass and railway lowering has occured, the sign and much of this track has been removed or relocated, and trains now lift/setoff at Wolverton yard.

Name:	Stephen C. Host
Railway:	Canadian Pacific
Date:	04/21/2007
Location:	Galt
Province:	Ontario

4 Comments | 11 Favourites

CSXT GP38-2 2574 is shown switching the north end of the Sarnia Yard framed between the Boom/Stick of a Hitachi EX270 excavator. Behind the locomotive are the smokestacks of the omnipresent Imperial Oil Sarnia plant. This plant along with the other large petrochemical concerns in the area provide lifeblood to the CSX in Sarnia despite almost 20 years of relative isolation from the rest of the network.

Name:	Stephen C. Host
Railway:	CSX Transportation
Date:	03/05/2010
Location:	Sarnia
Province:	Ontario

Comments | 4 Favourites

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