Railpictures.ca - A.W.Mooney Photo: I heard there was a train on the way. I was driving along Campbellville Rd when I heard this guy on the scanner, announcing he was clear of Guelph Jct westbound and the only opportunity was at the clearing opposite the entrance to Mountsberg Conservation Area. But I had no time, as he was really moving, no chance to shoot across the field, resulting in this grab shot at the Milburough Line crossing. I must say I was very surprised. Holy Cow!! Five GP9s!!! CP 8250, 8234, 8211, 8207 and 8215. The GP9u locos are no more on CP; all numbers in this batch retired in 2015. | Railpictures.ca – Canadian Railway Photography

I heard there was a train on the way. I was driving along Campbellville Rd when I heard this guy on the scanner, announcing he was clear of Guelph Jct westbound and the only opportunity was at the clearing opposite the entrance to Mountsberg Conservation Area. But I had no time, as he was really moving, no chance to shoot across the field, resulting in this grab shot at the Milburough Line crossing. I must say I was very surprised. Holy Cow!! Five GP9s!!! CP 8250, 8234, 8211, 8207 and 8215. The GP9u locos are no more on CP; all numbers in this batch retired in 2015.

Caption: I heard there was a train on the way. I was driving along Campbellville Rd when I heard this guy on the scanner, announcing he was clear of Guelph Jct westbound and the only opportunity was at the clearing opposite the entrance to Mountsberg Conservation Area. But I had no time, as he was really moving, no chance to shoot across the field, resulting in this grab shot at the Milburough Line crossing. I must say I was very surprised. Holy Cow!! Five GP9s!!! CP 8250, 8234, 8211, 8207 and 8215. The GP9u locos are no more on CP; all numbers in this batch retired in 2015.

Photographer:	A.W.Mooney [2190] (more) (contact)
Date:	09/14/2004 (search)
Railway:	Canadian Pacific (search)
Reporting Marks:	CP 8250 (search)
Train Symbol:	unknown (search)
Subdivision/SNS:	CP Galt Sub. (search)
City/Town:	Mountsberg (search)
Province:	Ontario (search)
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3 Comments

Stephen C. Host

July 21, 2017 at 7:13 pm

This didn’t happen too often but I saw a couple mainline trains with Geeps for power..

(ie: Trains that cross the border @ Windsor)

How glorious they were.
Todd Steinman

July 21, 2017 at 10:10 pm

This is usually how I end up taking most of my photos…you just happen upon a train and get out of the car just quick enough to get in a shot or two!
MrDan

July 24, 2017 at 2:33 pm

Back in the day Stefan, there were lots of mainline trains running on the CASO/MCRR crossing in and out of Niagara Falls with mixed combos of C424′s, RS18u’s and GP9u’s as power. I don’t think there were as many GP38-2′s around yet as they were still populating the branchlines out west.

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Stephen C. Host

July 21, 2017 at 7:13 pm

This didn’t happen too often but I saw a couple mainline trains with Geeps for power..

(ie: Trains that cross the border @ Windsor)

How glorious they were.

Todd Steinman

July 21, 2017 at 10:10 pm

This is usually how I end up taking most of my photos…you just happen upon a train and get out of the car just quick enough to get in a shot or two!

MrDan

July 24, 2017 at 2:33 pm

Back in the day Stefan, there were lots of mainline trains running on the CASO/MCRR crossing in and out of Niagara Falls with mixed combos of C424′s, RS18u’s and GP9u’s as power. I don’t think there were as many GP38-2′s around yet as they were still populating the branchlines out west.