Going by the heat exhaust it must have been a chilly afternoon this March day as the 13,100 horses, consisting of CN 2630 - CN 5769 - CN 2652 power 131 cars westbound through Brantford.

CN 4784 - CN 4700 have just backed into the Brantford Yard with 12 cars. For a short period in time in Novemeber this local, which normally rates a single GP9, had a pair of 38-2's for power.

CN 148 is going through the plant at "Hardy" with a pair of SD75I units numbers 5725 - 5712 with 116 platforms on the head end and 23 mixed freight on the tail end.

BCOL 4609 - CN 2711 lead 69 cars eastbound towards Toronto. The fleet of BCRail Dash 8-40 units were upgraded from 4000hp to 4400hp and Dash 9 specifications in a program starting in 1995 and comp... (more)

CN 7025 sits on the ground after derailing earlier in the day, only the lead truck came off the rails.

580 backing up to tie down for the day with CN 4784 - CN 4700

Unusual for a 2 unit set to be working the Brantford local. Normal this assignment uses a single GP9 or GP38-2. CN 4784 - CN 4700 were about to pull this gon to set over into another yard track. N... (more)

CN 148 passing by the yard at Brantford with a pair of SD60F's CN 5554 - CN 5543 with 51 mixed freight on the head end followed by 77 platforms.

A fairly new GEVO leads 332 this morning. CN 2317 - CN 5500 have a short 43 car train in tow as they head eastbound towards Toronto.

580 making their once a week trip downtown. Today they have 4 cars for Ingenia

The crew's all set to go as the brakeman stands guard at the switch to allow the 4784 out before lining it back to normal for the runaround, then they run around their train and shove out the east... (more)

CEFX 2019 - RLK 1755 arriving light power from Hagersville. Of interest, that is legendary singer / songwriter Joni Mitchell's daugter (left) and granddaughter (right)

What I think was CN 394 is drifting downgrade through Brantford with CN 5698 - CN 5649 and 116 cars.

It's the second last day in August, but the dog days of summer aren't over yet. CN 331 heads west after being stopped for a suspected hot box at the mile 15 hot box detector and awaiting for VIA 7... (more)

396 arriving at brantford for a setout with CN 2677 - CN 5636 just as a hot air balloon passes overhead.