Breaking Trail. Having picked up a single boxcar at the Panolam plant at Martins, CN 4132 plows up a bit of snow as it gains headroom coming off the plant lead and onto the back track befor... (more)

Mid-way through a tough battle with frozen switches CN 4132 has dropped its single empty ethylene oxide tank car from Stepan Chemicals in Longford Mills on the siding track at Martins, run around ... (more)

The day's last light silhouettes CN 450 a it passes a pond just south of Martins.

CN 451 steps out into the morning sun and on to the causeway that separates this southern tip of Siding Lake from its main body. It's a chilly September morning and signs of fall are starting to a... (more)

CN 451 with an SD60 up front approaches Martins just as the sun shows itself from behind the morning clouds.

On June 28, 2014 CN 908 Herzog ballast train had engine problems at Gravenhurst. After a half day of messing around down there they finally set out the majority of the hoppers on the siding there ... (more)

On June 28, 2014 CN 908 Herzog ballast train had engine problems at Gravenhurst. After a half day of messing around down there they finally set out the majority of the hoppers on the siding there ... (more)

Nice to catch a spartan-cab GE leading for a change, but the cowl-body that's trailing is no slouch either. I really love the mean looks of both these old beasts!

Two Dash 8 variants lead today's 451 north at Martins. Nice to catch a spartan-cab GE leading for a change!

Seeing Double: A broadside view of CN 5521 and its reflection as it leads 451 north at Martins, en route to North Bay.

Early Morning at the Beaver Pond Today's 451 was a bit of a treat with a clean-looking SD60F running solo, seen here reflecting off the beaver pond just shy of the south switch at Martins S... (more)

CN 595 departs Martins after working the Panolam plant there, with tanks for Stepan Chemicals 50-odd miles south at Longford Mills.

A view from the beaver pond, looking up at 451 approaching the south switch at Martins. Eight and a half hours later I would catch 2222 again, this time heading south on Railroad: Canadian National Railway
Locomotive: GE ES44DC
Location: Martins, Ontario, Canada
Locomotive #: CN 2222
Train ID: CN 451
Photo Date: March 15, 2014

CN 451 with SD70M-2 8928 leading a nicely painted Dash 8 CSXT 7743 hits the Domtar Road crossing at the south end of Martins on a snowy first day of March. Not being familiar with CSX at all I wou... (more)

CN 595 waits beneath the frost-covered trees for its crew to clear the switch points at the south end of Martins Siding so they can get back on their way south after a meet with CN 451.