Railpictures.ca - Stephen C. Host Photo: My annual trip to see action on the St. Thomas sub, which for the last few years has featured a pair of F units. You just can’t go wrong with OSR. I was hopeful for some snow action, but there was almost none to be had save for a few road plow drifts. I have to take a day off work for this, and each year something new would pop in with another F unit painted, finally, both are painted and now we have this matching pair, on a blue sky day, with white fields covered in fresh snow. You know what? I think the OSR colours really show nicely in winter, despite the plain nose of 1401/6508 it really pops. I also enjoy how the tilling of the farmers fields forms a nice pattern in the snow. With thanks to the boys for the friendliness and the show, I promised I’d post something today, there’s much more to come, I had a great and productive day. :) This is approaching Ferguson line not too far from St. Thomas city limits. | Railpictures.ca – Canadian Railway Photography

My annual trip to see action on the St. Thomas sub, which for the last few years has featured a pair of F units. You just can't go wrong with OSR. I was hopeful for some snow action, but there was almost none to be had save for a few road plow drifts. I have to take a day off work for this, and each year something new would pop in with another F unit painted, finally, both are painted and now we have this matching pair, on a blue sky day, with white fields covered in fresh snow. You know what? I think the OSR colours really show nicely in winter, despite the plain nose of 1401/6508 it really pops. I also enjoy how the tilling of the farmers fields forms a nice pattern in the snow. With thanks to the boys for the friendliness and the show, I promised I'd post something today, there's much more to come, I had a great and productive day. :) This is approaching Ferguson line not too far from St. Thomas city limits.

Caption: My annual trip to see action on the St. Thomas sub, which for the last few years has featured a pair of F units. You just can't go wrong with OSR. I was hopeful for some snow action, but there was almost none to be had save for a few road plow drifts. I have to take a day off work for this annual trip, and each year i'd get something different. Now we have a matching pair of FP9A's. You know what? I think the OSR colours really show nicely in winter, despite the plain nose of 1401/6508 it really pops. I also enjoy how the tilling of the farmers fields forms a nice pattern in the snow. With thanks to the boys for the friendliness and the show, I promised I'd post something today, there's much more to come, I had a great and productive day. :) This is approaching Ferguson line not too far from St. Thomas city limits.

Photographer:	Stephen C. Host [1535] (more) (contact)
Date:	01/21/2019 (search)
Railway:	Ontario Southland (search)
Reporting Marks:	OSRX 1401, 6508 (search)
Train Symbol:	Not Provided
Subdivision/SNS:	St. Thomas subdivision (search)
City/Town:	Middlesex (search)
Province:	Ontario (search)
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3 Comments

jknott86

January 22, 2019 at 8:40 am

I like shooting at this crossing too
Stephen C. Host

January 22, 2019 at 6:27 pm

It’s one of the better crossing shots for sure.
Noe

January 23, 2019 at 4:55 pm

I believe I shot the frame train at this crossing around 1997-1998 or so. I remember it being a similar scene so I’m glad to see it’s still untouched.

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jknott86

January 22, 2019 at 8:40 am

I like shooting at this crossing too

Stephen C. Host

January 22, 2019 at 6:27 pm

It’s one of the better crossing shots for sure.

Noe

January 23, 2019 at 4:55 pm

I believe I shot the frame train at this crossing around 1997-1998 or so. I remember it being a similar scene so I’m glad to see it’s still untouched.