While driving around Hamilton I had the fortune of getting stopped by this short local at Simcoe Street, with NECR 3840 doing the honors - long hood forward to boot!

A brand new KCS auto rack hot off the assembly line at the National Steel Car plant in Hamilton Ontario Canada.

50 Ton switching brand new auto racks at the National Steel Car plant in the industrial area of Hamilton.

A detail shot of a pair of solar panels mounted on two Herzog ballast cars. The panels supply the necessary power to open the doors to drop ballast remotely via GPS from the lead locomotives.

A pair of EMD units drag 20 ballast loads through Desjardins with the 403 in the background. The GPS unit is mounted on the roof of 9007 to allow for remote dumping of ballast.

The conductor on the SOR morning job prepares for the next switching move in Hamilton Yard.

A trio of GP9us charge up the hill at Hamilton West with work at Barnes. They will return less than an hour later with a few cars.

CEFX 1028 and 8951 ease down the ruling grade of the Hamilton Subdivision.

CP 9007 and 5949 bring 20 ballast loads under the overpass at Vinemount.

A pair of ACs sit at Kinnear waiting on a fresh crew to move the train to Buffalo.

CP TH11-27 meets 246-26 sitting on the siding at Kinnear.

A southbound GPS Herzog ballast train rumbles through the thick fog blanketing Dewitt Road in Stoney Creek, Ontario with 9007 and 5949 on the point of 20 loads.

A sequel to my other photo (ID 427871), this shows the CP local based at Kinnear Yard in Hamilton heading down to the waterfront to spot cars at industries. Usually a night run, I was lucky enough... (more)

CP TH11-27 shoves its ten tanks down a yard track in order to reach the Belt Line lead.

CP 640 sits at Kinnear beside 246.