First fire in 3 years. Last night Judy and I spent 3 hours painting the boiler and steam dome with high-temp aluminum paint. This morning Chief Engineer Greg and I covered them with insulat... (more)

CN 451 passes the Newmarket Sub mile 146 marker at the south end of Huntsville Yard with 35 cars and a lone BCOL unit in charge. After setting out a single boxcar here they will continue on to Nor... (more)

The Northlander, with 1809 shining in all its tangerine glory on the point, hits a brief spot of sunshine before the clouds reclaim the sky and begin spewing forth snow again. Check out that funky... (more)

Trainman Grant gives engineer-trainee Jim the go-ahead to rejoin the train after doing a run-around at Goodwood while engineer Brad looks on. They have pushed the train the few miles from Stouffvi... (more)

One of the YDHR's pair of RS-3s at rest on a Saturday morning in Uxbridge

Most unusual! I heard CN 595 saying they were going to hold at Martins for a meet with 697 and thought "why the heck not head down at least to Falkenburg, 697 won't be by for at least 90 mi... (more)

CN 451 blasts through the Aspdin Road crossing on yet another snowy day in Muskoka.

A few observations about this pan shot... first, I really wouldn't want to be the engineer in one of these things if it ever got involved in a grade crossing mixup with a cement truck! Second, GO ... (more)

One of CN's earlier SD70M-2s leads train 435 out of Oakville Yard after dropping half it's train there. In my opinion these high-headlight units look plain if not downright ugly compared to the la... (more)

Wait a minute! You were cancelled 10 years ago!
Although Ontario Northland's "Northlander" which connected Cochrane (and by extension Moosonee) with Toronto was cancelled back in Sep... (more)

Winter Wonderland: A few inches of fresh snow overnight still clings to the trees as 4136 pushes a couple of boxcars up the hill from Martins into the Panolam plant.

IC 2700 leads CN 105 past the nicely wrapped water tower at Washago.

AC 502 began life in 1913 as a Pullman Coach. It was converted to a Boarding Car in 1978 and then to this Agawa Canyon Park Souvenir Car in 1991. Last year it was looking pretty shabby, especially... (more)

The snow clearing crew heads south from Huntsville on the Newmarket Sub, clearing grade crossings down the line. The snow fighter has plow blades at one end and a Railroad: Canadian National Railway
Locomotive: Snow fighter
Location: Huntsville, Ontario, Canada
Locomotive #: CN 62587
Train ID: Unknown
Photo Date: February 11, 2013

Up the hill and out of the woods (well actually down the hill and into the woods), the RS-11 is making it's push back to Uxbridge. Partner shot to photo ID# 213656 but with a bit different framing... (more)