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7 Trains in a single shot - With OSR pulling ahead switching cars in the Goderich yard and a CP eastbound just around the corner, my timing couldn't have been better. It was a Sunday so all the GO trains were parked in the yard giving me my props. I managed a few 'multiple train' photos from Bert Eliander's house on his hillside but this was one of my best. What makes it for me is the Shortline action - this is the shot I wanted and was the hardest to get.
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Caption: 7 Trains, three builders (MLW, EMD, GE), in a single shot - With OSR pulling ahead switching cars in the Goderich yard and a CP eastbound just around the corner, my timing couldn't have been better. It was a Sunday so all the GO trains were parked in the yard giving me my props. I managed a few 'multiple train' photos from Bert Eliander's house on his hillside but this was one of my best. What makes it for me is the Shortline action - this is the shot I wanted and was the hardest to get - usually by the time OSR was on duty in the morning all GO trains were gone and weekend extras weren't very common. Nikon D70, 50mm f/1.8 prime.

Photographer:
Stephen C. Host [1535] (more) (contact)
Date: 10/3/2004 (search)
Railway: GO Transit (search)
Reporting Marks: OSRX 646, 506, 180. GOT 562, 531, 564, 528, 560, CP 9634, (search)
Train Symbol: Not Provided
Subdivision/SNS: Guelph Junction (search)
City/Town: Campbellville (search)
Province: Ontario (search)
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7 Comments
  1. Curtis Umbelina
    January 7, 2018 at 11:55 am

    Excellent photo Steve !

  2. Colm
    January 7, 2018 at 1:57 pm

    Nice shot! It would be interesting to do a time machine shot of this (maybe in 2024) and see the changes

  3. Stephen C. Host
    January 7, 2018 at 3:15 pm

    1984 would suffice too :)

  4. awmooney
    January 7, 2018 at 5:17 pm

    Yep. This is a real beauty, and anyone who hangs out around this spot knows how difficult it would be to capture something like this.

  5. Marcus Stevens
    January 7, 2018 at 8:14 pm

    It’s amazing how this place has changed, especially in recent Years.

  6. RTCDave
    July 31, 2020 at 10:46 pm

    My picture #27874 is close for Time Machine. Its actually already a Time Machine shot.

  7. Stephen C. Host
    April 1, 2024 at 10:49 am

    BTW I did get this shot a few times Arnold. I have one with OSR and a pair of SD’s going by.

    Just not too many times before GO vacated the yard.
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