One more thing off the bucket list! It took me 10 years to get this shot due to repeated wrong time/wrong place circumstances, so after missing it by 10 minutes again yesterday I was more ... (more)

Today's CN 451 approaching the South Siding Switch at Martins, Mile 141 CN Newmarket Sub, with some goodies trailing a meh leader (an ES44DC) including a glistening SD60, a Dash 8-40CM cowl unit a... (more)

CN 451 passing appropriately-named Siding Lake at the south end of Martins Siding, Mile 141 CN Newmarket Sub.

CN 595 returning to Huntsville with one boxcar after switching the Panolam plant at Martins.

An SD75I and a Dash 8 cowl unit lead today's 451 approaching Martins. A few years ago this sort of power was typical on the Newmarket Sub. These days it's a rare treat and pleasant change from the... (more)

CN 451 pokes its nose out of the woods with a CREX leaser trailing.

Panning a Classic! Normally nocturnal CN 451 today wasn't ordered out of Macmillan Yard until after daybreak, and it was just shortly after noon when it got to my neck of the woods. They mu... (more)

5 years ago - about a half year before the provincial government terminated the Northlander passenger rail service - the northbound train is captured rounding the shore of Siding Lake at Martins w... (more)

Snowfighter crew clearing the line from Falkenburg up to Huntsville stops in at Martins to clear the siding and back track. This will make life easier for tomorrow's 595 when it comes down to swit... (more)

Yesterday's Jordan Spreader move was taking it relatively easy through this section compared to what it had faced further south. It was following a couple of hours behind a ballast regulator the l... (more)

CN ran a Jordan Spreader up the Newmarket Sub from Washago to Huntsville today, first time I've seen one in these parts since about 30 years ago when they used to keep one parked at Martins or in ... (more)

CN Work 914 - a CWR train headed up by a GP38-2 long hood forward - is seen here holed up at Martins after using up their allotment of rail the previous few days along the northern parts of the Ne... (more)

A normally nocturnal CN 451 - running late enough to put it well into daylight - approaches the south switch at Martins on its way from MacMillan Yard in Vaughan to North Bay.

A couple of years ago (or even last year for that matter) hearing that 451 was on its way up the Newmarket Sub with a Dash 8 cowl unit leading would be just another yawn moment, but lately with th... (more)

An overcast day is brightened by the presence of flowers and a pair of standard-cab units (CN 5478 and IC GP38-2 9604) leading a relatively rare daylight 451 north through some typically idyllic M... (more)