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Canadian National #5789 (189 KB) 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.
Canadian National #5789 (129 KB) 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.
Canadian National #5789 (144 KB) 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.
Canadian National #5792 (110 KB) 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.
CN train outside St. Catharines (132 KB) Date: August 2000
Location: St. Catharines, Ontario
Railroad: Canadian National
Description: The last car of a CN freight train heading towards St. Catharines.
CN trackside signals (121 KB) Date: August 2000
Location: St. Catharines, Ontario
Railroad: Canadian National
Description: Some of the new Centralized Traffic Control (CTC) signals being installed along the Grimsby Sub. The heads of the signals are turned sideways so that train crews do not get the new signals mixed up with existing ones.
CN trackside signal (149 KB) Date: August 2000
Location: St. Catharines, Ontario
Railroad: Canadian National
Description: Some of the new Centralized Traffic Control (CTC) signals being installed along the Grimsby Sub. The heads of the signals are turned sideways so that train crews do not get the new signals mixed up with existing ones.
CN trackside signals (158 KB) Date: August 2000
Location: St. Catharines, Ontario
Railroad: Canadian National
Description: Some of the new Centralized Traffic Control (CTC) signals being installed along the Grimsby Sub. The heads of the signals are turned sideways so that train crews do not get the new signals mixed up with existing ones.
CN trackside signals (154 KB) Date: August 2000
Location: St. Catharines, Ontario
Railroad: Canadian National
Description: Some of the new Centralized Traffic Control (CTC) signals being installed along the Grimsby Sub. The heads of the signals are turned sideways so that train crews do not get the new signals mixed up with existing ones.
CN trackside signal (164 KB) Date: August 2000
Location: St. Catharines, Ontario
Railroad: Canadian National
Description: Some of the new Centralized Traffic Control (CTC) signals being installed along the Grimsby Sub. The heads of the signals are turned sideways so that train crews do not get the new signals mixed up with existing ones.
CN train in heavy fog (128 KB) Date: October 2000
Location: St. Catharines, Ontario
Railroad: Canadian National
Description: CN #5790, headlights and ditch lights visible through the morning fog, waits for the green signal to pass over the Flight Locks.
Canadian National #5790 (120 KB) Date: October 2000
Location: St. Catharines, Ontario
Railroad: Canadian National
Description: CN SD75I #5790 makes it's way onto the lift bridges over the Welland Canal.
CN train on lift bridges (140 KB) Date: October 2000
Location: St. Catharines, Ontario
Railroad: Canadian National
Description: A CN train heads across the lift bridges. A very overcast day allowed this timed exposure. Although the train looks like it may be passing at high speed, it's really only going 25 mph (40km/h).
Trillium Railway #108 (140 KB) Date: October 2000
Location: St. Catharines, Ontario
Railroad: Trillium Railway
Description: Trillium Railway #108, an ex-CN Alco switcher, switches some cars in Merriton Yard.
Trillium Railway #108 (153 KB) Date: October 2000
Location: St. Catharines, Ontario
Railroad: Trillium Railway
Description: Trillium Railway #108, an ex-CN Alco switcher, switches some cars in Merriton Yard.
CN train in Merritton (149 KB) Date: December 2000
Location: St. Catharines, Ontario
Railroad: Canadian National
Description: GE C44-9W #2570, with SD50F #5428 in tow, ducks under the Merritt Street overpass and passes through Merriton.
Canadian National #2570 (117 KB) Date: December 2000
Location: St. Catharines, Ontario
Railroad: Canadian National
Description: CN C44-9W #2570, with SD50F # 5428 trailing, passes through Merritton.
Old block signals (157 KB) Date: December 2000
Location: St. Catharines, Ontario
Railroad: Canadian National
Description: Some of the old signals laying in Merritton. The Grimsby Sub used to be governed by OCS (Occupancy Control System?), but now it has switched to CTC (Centralized Traffic Control).
Canadian National #6010 (119 KB) Date: December 2000
Location: St. Catharines, Ontario
Railroad: Canadian National
Description: A CN train, lead by SD40u #6010, approaches the St. Catharines VIA Rail Station.
CN train in snow (134 KB) Date: December 2000
Location: St. Catharines, Ontario
Railroad: Canadian National
Description: The tail end of a CN train ducks under the St. Paul Street overpass.