Railpictures.ca - Stephen C. Host Photo: Back to my oldies.. Here we have CN 513 heading west near Shedden Ontario. I was departing London after my “stag night” with a pounding headache (I wonder why!) and heard the OCS clearance on the St Thomas sub for 513 who was heading to the elevator at Rodney, mile 153 or so. The chase was on – my one and only shot at photographing a train on the CASO between St Thomas and Fargo – at this time CASO trains from St Thomas ran once a week with about 20 to 30 cars. A real shame they couldn’t just run to Rodney from Chatham – why they abandoned it in this manner is beyond me, but given how the CASO was handled it’s no surprise. | Railpictures.ca – Canadian Railway Photography

Back to my oldies.. Here we have CN 513 heading west near Shedden Ontario. I was departing London after my "stag night" with a pounding headache (I wonder why!) and heard the OCS clearance on the St Thomas sub for 513 who was heading to the elevator at Rodney, mile 153 or so. The chase was on - my one and only shot at photographing a train on the CASO between St Thomas and Fargo - at this time CASO trains from St Thomas ran once a week with about 20 to 30 cars. A real shame they couldn't just run to Rodney from Chatham - why they abandoned it in this manner is beyond me, but given how the CASO was handled it's no surprise.

Caption: Back to my oldies.. Here we have CN 513 heading west near Shedden Ontario. I was departing London after my "stag night" with a pounding headache (I wonder why!) and heard the OCS clearance on the CASO sub from St Thomas to Ridgetown for 513 ,who would have had work at the Thompsons elevator at Rodney. The chase was on - my one and only shot at photographing a train on the CASO between St Thomas and Fargo - at this time CASO trains from St Thomas ran once a week with about 20 to 30 cars. A real shame they couldn't just run to Rodney from Chatham - why they abandoned it in this manner is beyond me, but given how the CASO was handled it's no surprise.

Photographer:	Stephen C. Host [1535] (more) (contact)
Date:	09/25/2005 (search)
Railway:	Canadian National (search)
Reporting Marks:	Not Provided
Train Symbol:	CN 513-25 (search)
Subdivision/SNS:	Caso Subdivision (search)
City/Town:	near Shedden (search)
Province:	Ontario (search)
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5 Comments

Marcus Stevens

August 14, 2015 at 10:54 pm

Great shot Steve! I only got one train in the CASO yard once at St Thomas, other then that it was just the steam specials. Too bad it’s all gone now.
RLK2211

August 14, 2015 at 10:54 pm

You heard CN 513 get a clearance on the CP St.Thomas Sub?
Stephen C. Host

August 15, 2015 at 8:26 am

Corrected – was thinking St Thomas when writing Couldn’t shoot them in St Thomas proper, I wouldn’t have made it.
JP

August 15, 2015 at 6:51 pm

Awesome shot!
Stephen C. Host

September 22, 2015 at 9:12 am

While CN 513 did run on the St. Thomas Sub (Joint track in St. Thomas) it would have been yard limits, thus no clearance.. I believe.

However, I do recall CN getting work clearances on the St. Thomas Sub in the joint track section at Ingersoll in the CP days..

Stand to be corrected on that – the St. Thomas sub was an interesting multi-railway operation not all that long ago..

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