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Back in 2004 I only had my good camera for a few months, I was more into drinking and partying than taking pictures of trains and my photography skills were limited. But sometimes I parked in the right spot at the right time and managed to capture something half decent - I heard a rail grinder was coming so I went to ayr excited but not before two trains - this - and the Ham Turn would go by. This over time has become the much better catch :) A former SOO SD40-2 lacking in dynamic brakes. One can also see the large elevator complex that once sat at this site. here's what's left of it now - not much!
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Caption: Back in 2004 I only had my good camera for a few months, I was more into drinking and partying than taking pictures of trains and my photography skills were limited. But sometimes I parked in the right spot at the right time and managed to capture something half decent - I heard a rail grinder was coming so I went to ayr excited but not before two trains - this - and the Ham Turn would go by. This over time has become the much better catch :) A former SOO SD40-2 lacking in dynamic brakes. One can also see the large elevator complex that once sat at this site. here's what's left of it now - not much!

Photographer:
Stephen C. Host [1535] (more) (contact)
Date: 9/6/2004 (search)
Railway: Canadian Pacific (search)
Reporting Marks: CP 762, CP 5xxx (search)
Train Symbol: ??? (search)
Subdivision/SNS: Ayr (search)
City/Town: Ayr (search)
Province: Ontario (search)
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3 Comments
  1. mattwatson
    January 17, 2020 at 10:13 pm

    Great leader, even for 2004.

  2. Kevin Flood
    January 17, 2020 at 10:41 pm

    Very nice Steve. Classic for us young-ins on here :) I was relatively new to photography at this time too. I did more video-taping than photography actually. My biggest mistake with that was missing shots of the CSX SD70ACes on GEXR 432, and a 7-unit GP lash-up on 432 with 100+ cars entering Kitchener! All in 2004…boy I regret that now. This spot was definitely my go-to spot on CP…I just started driving on my own at this time as well. I was so innocent at that time :)

  3. Noe
    January 18, 2020 at 3:50 pm

    Yeah sweet leader there. I really miss the backdrop in Ayr the elevators and buildings provided. You can’t even really shoot here now with the construction and fencing they put up.
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