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I always marvel at the resilience of plants. June was a dry month, and at times the heat was crippling. Humidex values on this particular day were well into the 40s and it wasn't much better in the days leading up to that. Yet somehow, there is plant life on the end of this old Canadian Wheat Board hopper, which is bringing up the year on the day's 514 as it heads from Blenheim to Chatham up the Sarnia Spur.

Name:	James Knott
Railway:	Canadian National
Date:	06/30/2018
Location:	Fargo
Province:	Ontario

11 Comments | 9 Favourites

All of this talk about Niagara Region on the site recently made me conclude that it's about time I head down there to check things out. First went to Port Rob and watched a train work the yard there. The power was split off and the crew went to have lunch, so I turned the CP channels on my scanner on in time to hear 246 get clearance to head south from Welland. When I got to the CP tracks east of Brookfield, I quickly realized they weren't in service and had to assume they used the Stamford Sub (this was all new to me - I'm still learning!). Caught them around mile 10.8 on the Stamford, and then shortly after heard CN L562 get clearance to head to Southern Yard.

Got L562 leaving Southern Yard, as they were getting a work order to use the CP Hamilton Sub to head to Feeder Yard. Opened Google Maps again and saw that they'd essentially be doubling back on me, so over to Miller Road I went to shoot them again, this time on the Hamilton Sub.

Name:	James Knott
Railway:	Canadian National
Date:	09/29/2018
Location:	Brookfield
Province:	Ontario

4 Comments | 5 Favourites

X421 is meeting 394 in the shot. Love those Canadian cab Dash 9s.

Name:	James Knott
Railway:	Canadian National
Date:	03/03/2018
Location:	Burlington
Province:	Ontario

Comments | 6 Favourites

The first time I had a chance at this shot, it was raining. But I knew I would get another chance with it sooner or later.

Name:	James Knott
Railway:	Canadian Pacific
Date:	09/22/2018
Location:	Hamilton
Province:	Ontario

1 Comments | 11 Favourites

246 bursts out of the Hunter Street Tunnel on a nice June day.

Name:	James Knott
Railway:	Canadian Pacific
Date:	06/10/2018
Location:	Hamilton
Province:	Ontario

Comments | 5 Favourites

This leader came as a total surprise! Just went for a drive after work and within a couple minutes of getting to Princeton I was treated to this unexpected solo leader heading east.

Name:	James Knott
Railway:	Canadian National
Date:	09/27/2018
Location:	Princeton
Province:	Ontario

2 Comments | 8 Favourites

The final RLHH 597 heads through Onondaga towards Brantford and ultimately Paris. I'd wanted to shoot this spot for some time, and it was fitting to finally do so on SOR's last run. Was nice to meet Steve and Glenn out there - looking forward to seeing their shots from this final run too.

Name:	James Knott
Railway:	Southern Ontario R…
Date:	09/18/2018
Location:	Onondaga
Province:	Ontario

Comments | 8 Favourites

550 rolls into Parkdale Yard on a cool March morning.

Name:	James Knott
Railway:	Canadian National
Date:	03/30/2018
Location:	Hamilton
Province:	Ontario

Comments | 8 Favourites

Life goes on in Garnet, as 3404 and 6908 work the yard on this very Autumn-like morning.

Name:	James Knott
Railway:	Southern Ontario R…
Date:	22/09/2018
Location:	Garnet
Province:	Ontario

Comments | 8 Favourites

QGRY 2500 is literally and figuratively in the depths of Hamilton's industrial area, working along with RLHH 2111 on a hot, sticky, and eventually stormy evening. The two are pictured here working Strathearne Yard. Shortly after, I heard another SOR train get clearance to go down the hole, and waited for them at Irondale where I watched a mighty storm over Burlington. They never did come, as I would see them at Vopak on my way home after the storm hit Hamilton.

Name:	James Knott
Railway:	Quebec Gatineau Ra…
Date:	07/05/2018
Location:	Hamilton
Province:	Ontario

1 Comments | 7 Favourites

A fun lashup on this day for X384 as it heads from the Dundas towards the Oakville

Name:	James Knott
Railway:	Canadian National
Date:	23/06/2018
Location:	Hamilton
Province:	Ontario

Comments | 10 Favourites

Was out fishing (as Steve calls it) in Hamilton's industrial area and heard CP talking about a diamond. That narrowed it down for me pretty quick so from the far east end where I currently found myself, I first went towards Gage. Seeing nothing, I next went over to the Irondale area in time to find CP laying on the horn to let the staff at MANA know to come open the gates. With a storm looming, I got this shot in what I feel was interesting lighting for the context. They pulled some gons out of there and then back to Kinnear they went. Unfortunately for me, the storm did what storms do and it was raining by the time they got to Main Street.

Name:	James Knott
Railway:	Canadian Pacific
Date:	07/21/2018
Location:	Hamilton
Province:	Ontario

Comments | 8 Favourites

I've always liked these G&W units against a grey sky. Snow would threaten all day as I 'chased' these guys from Garnet to Nanticoke, but it held off.

Name:	James Knott
Railway:	Southern Ontario R…
Date:	03/10/2018
Location:	Nanticoke
Province:	Ontario

2 Comments | 9 Favourites

Chased 514 in the pouring rain from Chatham to Blenheim and back. The rain finally gave way in the afternoon for the run to Thamesville, where 4777 can be seen on its way there running long hood down the Chatham Sub.

Name:	James Knott
Railway:	Canadian National
Date:	05/12/2018
Location:	Thamesville
Province:	Ontario

Comments | 4 Favourites

Happy birthday to me! I am fortunate that my place of employment gives us our birthdays off work, and what better way to spend a birthday than trackside? With a snowy day in the mix, I didn't want to go too far and didn't really want to drive in the snow either, so I strapped on my winter great including big winter boots and trudged the 30 or so minute walk down to Stuart Street. I don't think I looked much different than the SOR crew member in the shot, other than I wasn't wearing high vis. SOR was up to their usual switching in the yard when I got there, and not long after 550 joined the fray, led by a very characterful unit: 4726. One whose presence I miss around here! It truly has a face only a railfan could love.

Name:	James Knott
Railway:	Southern Ontario R…
Date:	02/09/2018
Location:	Hamilton
Province:	Ontario

5 Comments | 22 Favourites

3049 and 3404 run light as X597 north to Paris on Victoria Day 2018. We'd also be treated to 2111 doing some street running in Brantford on this day. Will share a shot of that at some point.

Name:	James Knott
Railway:	Southern Ontario R…
Date:	05/21/2018
Location:	Caledonia
Province:	Ontario

1 Comments | 10 Favourites

8910 leads 255 north past the Hunter Street GO station. Yes, I shot this through the chain link fence.

Name:	James Knott
Railway:	Canadian Pacific
Date:	09/12/2018
Location:	Hamilton
Province:	Ontario

2 Comments | 5 Favourites

436 has just dropped a string of grain hoppers and the power is tied down where it would sit for the rest of the day before becoming the power for 437 on the return trip to Winnipeg.

Name:	James Knott
Railway:	Canadian National
Date:	26/08/2018
Location:	Thunder Bay
Province:	Ontario

4 Comments | 14 Favourites

CN 4717 and 4777 have just tucked under the 401, making the slow and steady trek down the Sarnia Spur with a string of empty hoppers for the elevators in Blenheim. This is perhaps my favourite run in the province, combining a local job, a relic of a branchline, grain hoppers/elevators, and open countryside.

Name:	James Knott
Railway:	Canadian National
Date:	06/30/2018
Location:	Fargo
Province:	Ontario

4 Comments | 10 Favourites

A tip from a friend led me to this lashup on 435, with a pair of consecutively numbered LMS Dash 8s continuing their westward journey after working Aldershot.

Name:	James Knott
Railway:	Illinois Central
Date:	07/17/2018
Location:	Burlington
Province:	Ontario

5 Comments | 13 Favourites

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