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Here's one from not too long ago. On July 29th, 2014, me and my good friends Louisa and Warren made a long awaited trip out east to the Newtonville area.
One of the stops Warren suggested for us was Nichols Road. Louisa and I not knowing anything about it, we agreed to head over. I must say I was quite impressed when we arrived. It's certainly a good location.
Now I wouldn't remember the order of the trains we saw that day, but I can tell you we certainly had an abundance of VIA, and a shortage of CP trains to say the least. So much so we were becoming a little frustrated.
Eventually, the scanner crackles to life with some talk of a CP 3038 heading west on the Belleville Subdivision. At first we assumed that it may be the Trenton Turn. Nothing special, right? Well, we were wrong in a very good way. Chugging past the corner comes CP 3038 alright, but look, it's running long hood forward! Not only that but our first assumptions of this being the Trenton Turn are quickly dismissed once we notice the short string of ballast cars in tow. Now I'm not sure how often you see a work train running long hood forward on CP, but it was certainly a welcome surprise.