In Better Days: With just a month remaining before the discontinuation of the Northlander passenger rail service, 1809 passes along the eastern shore of the appropriately-named Siding Lake,... (more)

CN 4132 idles away in Huntsville Yard at the dawn of a cold November day, awaiting the call to duty.

451's conductor rides the trailing unit to keep eyes on the trails, parks and grade crossings they will encounter as they back up to rejoin their train after setting out Huntsville traffic in the ... (more)

CN 451 passing the Newmarket Sub's 146 mile marker at the south end of Huntsville Yard with just the traffic for Huntsville in tow. When the train is too long to be stopped in town for switching t... (more)

A crowd has gathered near the rear of the CP Holiday Train for the performance that is about to begin, but this future railfan is more interested in checking out what makes it all go.

It's been over a month since the Last Ride of the Northlander. Having left one car in Gravenhurst that morning we rode the last northbound to Huntsville and returned in the afternoon on thi... (more)

VIA 75 streaks past the trackwork for the new third main and into the gathering dusk, as the remaining sunset illuminates the buildings behind. This track has finally made it across the 16 ... (more)

4125 puffing out the blue smoke as it shoves some box cars up the grade on the Panolam plant lead at Martins.

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.

Eastbound approaching the CN Oakville Sub Mile 21 marker, having just departed Oakville Station.

On a day that was supposed to be sunny, there's only a hint of fading afternoon light showing in the southern sky as CN 595 slows to lift some cars from the Panolam plant at Martins before continu... (more)

The swans don't care that VIA 90 passing overhead on the Credit River Bridge is led by one of the new F40 rebuilds, en route from Niagara Falls to Toronto.

A pair of shiny new ES44ACs lead CN 451 north through the curve at Mile 144 of the Newmarket Sub a couple of miles south of Huntsville.

Moment of Impact: ON 698 bears down on the Old Muskoka Road crossing in Allensville, blasting the snow bank left by the road plow earlier in the day. Click Railroad: Ontario Northland
Locomotive: GMD GP38-2
Location: Allensville, Ontario, Canada
Locomotive #: ONR 1809
Train ID: ONR 698
Photo Date: January 19, 2012

In the midst of thunderstorms old Number 2 sits simmering on the turntable outside the train shed. Greg has just turned on the air compressor to pump up some air for the brakes. Upon attaining eno... (more)