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I am a rail photographer born and raised in Toronto, ON. I mainly take pictures along the CP North Toronto Subdivision but also all over Toronto and the the rest of Ontario whenever I can get out of the city. Trains have been my passion since as long as I can remember, and in 2016 I started to incorporate photography into that lifelong passion, with a little bit of inspiration from my mother who had photography as her main career for a good chunk of time. I’m a Nikon guy, and so far I’ve used the Nikon D200, D3400, D5600 and now a Z6 throughout my time. Hopefully you enjoy my shots, and feel free to email me or shoot me a DM on Instagram (@trainsintoronto)

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It's been a couple months since a train of high interest for me has run south on the Mactier, but opportunity finally arose in the form of CP 3082 South hauling a half-loaded CWR train bound for Toronto. I must say this geep looks damn good, possibly the best looking CP one I've shot throughout my time foaming. Freshly repainted, nice numberboards, and class lights intact. Seen here passing by the Old Second Road crossing just south of Craighurst with some nice colour on the trees above.
Name: Liam MacDougall
Railway: Canadian Pacific
Date: 10/22/2024
Location: Craighurst
Province: Ontario
2 Comments | 13 Favourites
My biggest complaint about the North Toronto in the spring / summer months was how often evening light went to waste due to the lack of westbounds after 421/101. On most days, 101 would pass around 5pm and the NT would sit vacant of any westbounds until dusk or after dark when H17 would make an appearance around 9 or later. A common theme for myself was watching the monitor like a hawk to see if something got lined out of Agincourt behind 101, as almost always it would end up being something cool / unusual, like this train seen above here. Former SOO SD60 no. 6236 takes the solo lead of a 2-H88 with a healthy cut of traffic for Wolverton & London behind them, mostly consisting of empty auto racks. Above you'll see how I wrote in past-tense almost as if the line has been abandoned or something, which is admittedly not the case. But with every searchlight removed over the course of a couple days last month and shots like the one above no longer possible, the attraction & charm of the North Toronto Sub is undoubtedly diminished, if not eliminated entirely depending on who you ask. With all that being said, I'm appreciative of the opportunities I had to shoot these classic relics, especially with unusual movements like this one. Thanks for all the memories Bartlett Ave, I could write a whole other paragraph about the time spent at this spot alone, but I'll save that for a later date. Thanks for reading.
Name: Liam MacDougall
Railway: Canadian Pacific
Date: 05/09/2022
Location: Toronto
Province: Ontario
2 Comments | 12 Favourites
On a gorgeous July evening, CP 6011 leads loaded ballast train GPS-14 through the causeway at the north end of Long Lake in Bala, ONT. Making pretty good time from a noon departure at Cartier, they're doing every bit of track speed to get to Buckskin to meet northbound manifest train #421.
Name: Liam MacDougall
Railway: Canadian Pacific
Date: 07/15/2024
Location: Bala
Province: Ontario
5 Comments | 21 Favourites
CP H55 has an attractive lashup of an SD40-2 & SD60M as they pass a cool little trackside pond at the Sprecher Mileboard on the Cartier Sub. Once clear the main and into the spur they'd detach from their loaded nickel ore cars and leave them for VALE to take at some point later on.
Name: Liam MacDougall
Railway: Canadian Pacific
Date: 09/25/2023
Location: Greater Sudbury
Province: Ontario
Comments | 15 Favourites
A beautiful Monday evening finds HCRY 914 with a pretty sweet lashup, a 4 pack of EMDs (three if you don’t consider the slug) take care of around 65 cars on the former CP Webbwood Sub into the evening sun with freight bound for Sault Ste. Marie as well as a few industries along the line.
Name: Liam MacDougall
Railway: Huron Central Rail…
Date: 06/24/2024
Location: Greater Sudbury
Province: Ontario
2 Comments | 22 Favourites
The depressing mood of a dark, gloomy afternoon was improved slightly when I saw this power on 421 round the bend, Navy tribute 7022 takes the lead with an equally-as-clean golden beaver ACU in the trailing position.
Name: Liam MacDougall
Railway: Canadian Pacific
Date: 01/05/2023
Location: Toronto - Rosedale
Province: Ontario
1 Comments | 10 Favourites
HCRY 3409 West approaches mile 10 of the former CP Webbwood Subdivision on a dull October day in the Greater Sudbury Area.
Name: Liam MacDougall
Railway: Huron Central Rail…
Date: 10/13/2021
Location: Lively
Province: Ontario
Comments | 14 Favourites
A troubled CP 420 passes through one of the few remaining cornfields left in the fast-growing urban hellscape known as Vaughan. The conductor on this train apparently had thrown his knee out from some slack at Bolton and would need to be picked up by an ambulance before the train made it to Toronto.
Name: Liam MacDougall
Railway: Canadian Pacific
Date: 08/23/2022
Location: Vaughan
Province: Ontario
Comments | 6 Favourites
CP 421-10 has a 4-unit lashup and is seen here passing mile 4 of the MacTier Sub in some nice golden light.
Name: Liam MacDougall
Railway: Canadian Pacific
Date: 09/10/2022
Location: Toronto - Weston
Province: Ontario
Comments | 14 Favourites
Through some sweet evening light, a pair of Multimark SD40-2s lead train 2BAL-24 as they head westbound from Portage La Prairie making a beeline for Brandon, MB. Coming out to Manitoba, work trains like this are exactly what I was hoping to catch, partly because of the scenery but mainly because of the lack of such trains in the Toronto area this year.
Name: Liam MacDougall
Railway: Canadian Pacific
Date: 07/24/2022
Location: Portage La Prairie
Province: Manitoba
2 Comments | 18 Favourites
The 0700 has just finished grabbing some coil cars at Stelco and are passing MANA on their way back to the N&NW spur.
Name: Liam MacDougall
Railway: Canadian National
Date: 08/02/2022
Location: Hamilton
Province: Ontario
4 Comments | 16 Favourites
A pair of venerable F59PHs push 12 cars by Stuart Yard on the way to Niagara Falls
Name: Liam MacDougall
Railway: GO Transit
Date: 08/27/2022
Location: Hamilton
Province: Ontario
4 Comments | 14 Favourites
On a hot afternoon, CP 5989 leads a CWR train southbound on the Hamilton Sub preparing to dump a couple rails around Desjardins.
Name: Liam MacDougall
Railway: Canadian Pacific
Date: 08/03/2022
Location: Waterdown
Province: Ontario
1 Comments | 12 Favourites
ONR Extra Train 999 (running under the ID CN P30031 19) is on extremely rare mileage for any sort of ONR equipment as it makes it's way westbound on the CN Halton Sub bound for Port Colborne, where it will act as a prop in the filming of "The Handmaid's Tale".
Name: Liam MacDougall
Railway: Ontario Northland
Date: 07/19/2022
Location: Stewarttown
Province: Ontario
11 Comments | 11 Favourites
CP 7052 has a train of empty Potash as it heads west through Austin, MB. passing a nice old grain elevator which seems to still see some occasional use.
Name: Liam MacDougall
Railway: Canadian Pacific
Date: 07/26/2022
Location: Austin
Province: Manitoba
1 Comments | 14 Favourites
A VIA corridor train passes a classic signal bridge on the Union Station Rail Corridor. These signals already have their replacement structures erected, and it is only a matter of time before they get put in service and the signals in this photo as well as many others in the area meet their fate.
Name: Liam MacDougall
Railway: VIA Rail
Date: 06/11/2022
Location: Toronto
Province: Ontario
Comments | 9 Favourites
The Liberty Village neighbourhood is seen here in all its “glory”, framed with a pair of GMDD-London’s finest pushing a deadhead back to Willowbrook after a trip from the city they were built in.
Name: Liam MacDougall
Railway: GO Transit
Date: 04/20/2022
Location: Toronto
Province: Ontario
1 Comments | 13 Favourites
CMQ 9011 & a fresh CP 5989 take a loaded CWR train through the high mid-day sun on the North Toronto Sub.
Name: Liam MacDougall
Railway: Canadian Pacific
Date: 06/11/2022
Location: Toronto - Rosedale
Province: Ontario
Comments | 12 Favourites
CP 4506 is on point of TH11 as it sneaks through some of the gorgeous brick houses that litter most of Hamilton.
Name: Liam MacDougall
Railway: Canadian Pacific
Date: 12/21/2021
Location: Hamilton
Province: Ontario
2 Comments | 13 Favourites
Sometimes, on rare occasions, being out on the North Toronto all day pays off. After the passage of 101, I noticed another westbound get lined out of Toronto Yard up to Davenport. Initially my thinking was that it would be the 2 GEs that had just come back from Oshawa, seeing as whichever power set is currently on the Oshawa turn also does the Spence turn. Even if it was the 2 mundane GE motors, I wasn’t gonna waste the evening light, so I posted up at Summerhill where I can frame a westbound nicely with the clock tower. Shortly after the train departed Kennedy I picked up some loose chatter over the scanner and was able to gather that they’d be making a run for Hornby. When ending the conversation with the RTC I was able to hear “7307 West, out.” nice and clearly. A few minutes pass and then around the bend comes 7307 solo in some sweet light as they haul both autoracks and tankers towards Hornby and eventually London.
Name: Liam MacDougall
Railway: Canadian Pacific
Date: 04/05/2022
Location: Toronto - Summerhi…
Province: Ontario
Comments | 13 Favourites
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