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Date: August 1999
Location: Welland, Ontario
Railroad: Canadian National
Description: A CN wayfreight passes over Netherby Road on its way
towards Welland. |
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Date: August 1999
Location: Welland, Ontario
Railroad: Canadian National
Description: A CN wayfreight passes Mile 4 on the Canal Spur. |
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Date: September 1999
Location: MacMillan Yard (Vaughan, Ontario)
Railroad: Illinois Central
Description: Number board view of "Little Obie", a small replica of IC
locomotive no. 1914, on display and giving rides at CN MacMillan Yard Family
Day, 1999. The mini loco is equipped with actual air brakes and a control
stand (on the right side too!). |
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Date: September 1999
Location: MacMillan Yard (Vaughan, Ontario)
Railroad: Illinois Central
Description: Little Obie and it's consist: an open air car for passengers
(no TTX or IC reporting marks though), and a caboose. |
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Date: September 1999
Location: MacMillan Yard (Vaughan, Ontario)
Railroad: Canadian National
Description: CN SD75I no. 5729, with the front door propped open,
and Dash 8-40CM no. 2454 slowly lead a freight train out of MacMillan Yard. |
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Date: September 1999
Location: MacMillan Yard (Vaughan, Ontario)
Railroad: Canadian National
Description: CN SD75I no. 5729 stops beside a small trackside building
(don't know what it is), before departing MacMillan Yard. |
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Date: September 1999
Location: MacMillan Yard (Vaughan, Ontario)
Railroad: Canadian National
Description: CN no. 7079 runs third in a three-unit consist pulling a
string a tri-levels. I think they were out switching the Oakville Yard by
the Ford Plant, but that's just a guess. |
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Date: September 1999
Location: MacMillan Yard (Vaughan, Ontario)
Railroad: Canadian National
Description: As people enter the CN Family Day, and a CN police officer
hands out complimentary bags (full of railfan gold), CN SD75I no. 5758 enters
the yard in the background. |
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Date: September 1999
Location: MacMillan Yard (Vaughan, Ontario)
Railroad: Canadian National
Description: Some CN locomotives assembled outside of the CN Locomotive
Reliability Center. |
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Date: September 1999
Location: MacMillan Yard (Vaughan, Ontario)
Railroad: Canadian National
Description: CN SD40-2W no. 5264 is framed by a low-clearance road sign,
as it sits among other locomotives outside of the Locomotive Reliability Center. |
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Date: September 1999
Location: MacMillan Yard (Vaughan, Ontario)
Railroad: Canadian National
Description:The guts behind the monster: The 4300 h.p. GMDD 710 prime
mover that powers CN SD75I no. 5795. This prime mover is 710 cubic inches per
cylinder, with 16 cylinders. By comparison, it's about 38 times the size of
a V8 engine found in many modern pickup trucks. |
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Date: August 2000
Location: St. Catharines, Ontario
Railroad: Canadian National
Description: SD75I #5789 peaks through the bushes as it heads
eastbound along the Grimsby Subdivison. |
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Date: August 2000
Location: St. Catharines, Ontario
Railroad: Canadian National
Description: SD75I #5789 leads a freight train along the Grimsby Sub
on the outskirts of St. Catharines. |
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Date: August 2000
Location: St. Catharines, Ontario
Railroad: Canadian National
Description: SD75I #5789 leads a freight train along the Grimsby Sub
on the outskirts of St. Catharines. |
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Date: August 2000
Location: St. Catharines, Ontario
Railroad: Canadian National
Description: SD75I #5792, trailing in this consist, rushes past the
new CTC signals being installed along the Grimsby Sub. |
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Date: September 2000
Location: Fort Erie, Ontario
Railroad: Canadian National/Norfolk Southern
Description: A CN train and NS train race each other (probably not,
but that's what it looks like) towards Buffalo. |
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Date: September 2000
Location: Fort Erie, Ontario
Railroad: Canadian National
Description: CN SD75I #5712 passes under the Central Avenue Bridge. |
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Date: September 2000
Location: Fort Erie, Ontario
Railroad: Canadian National
Description: Close up of CN SD75I #5712. |
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Date: September 2000
Location: Niagara Falls, Ontario
Railroad: Canadian National
Description: The locomotives of a CN train prepare to tie up for the
day, as CN #4732 rests on an engine track. |
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Date: September 2000
Location: Niagara Falls, Ontario
Railroad: Canadian National
Description: Close up of CN SD60F #5531. |