Southbound Northlander departs Cochrane for Toronto shortly after dawn
Toronto to Cochrane Northlander at Swastika Station with a longer than normal consist for Canadian Thanksgiving Holiday.
At the Beginning of the Night Shift, Passenger Cars are Cleaned, Brakes are tested, and Locomotives rumble as they await their next day assignments
1804 heads south to Cochrane from Moosonee with the last Polar Bear Express excursion train of 2006. At left, behind Polar Bear Express is a yellow ended canoe car that marks the end of the Little... (more)
1603 and GP38-2 prepare to assemble mixed train in Moosonee yard shortly after dawn.
1603 and GP38-2 pull a cut of cars carrying private vehicles to be taken to Cochrane.
ON 2100 sits and waits outside Cochrane station. Unit ON1601, an EMD GP9, pulls up behind.
Southbound Polar Bear Express gets ready to depart Moosonee for Cochrane
ONT 1804 leads a B-unit and 5 cars into Union an hour before its trip through Northern Ontario
ON 1801 leads Polar Bear Express south from Moosonee
Ontario Northland 1809, "El Tangerino" earned the name for being a little too orange then the rest of the fleet
Having little trouble moving the tonnage eastbound on ONT's Kirkland Lake Subdivision, a trio of fairly new SD75Is lead train 512 past the Larder Lake MofW buildings on their way to Noranda, Quebe... (more)