The Oakville Peddler job works the Ashlands - Valvoline plant just across the border from Oakville in Mississauga (I'm standing in Oakville as I shoot this), in the one brief spot of sunshine that... (more)

New paint still shining, 7246 glows in the evening sun in Oakville Yard.

On a mild and pleasant Halloween we are treated to a great lineup of old GMD power including GMD1 1423, freshly painted 7246 and a still good looking 4700 (in charge of the "12 O'clock" switch job... (more)

CN 431 heading into a hazy sunset approaches the plant at Snake enroute to Seneca Yard.

7246 seems to be stalking us, having followed us down from Capreol. No complaints here. Engineer had some the following night, though. "Lookit these people takin pictures of me an' the engine an' ... (more)

This is Brampton Intermodal Terminal. A GP9RM-Slug-GP9RM set switches a long cut of stacks into the yard for unloading, while 149's two units run around their train after cutting off the head end.... (more)

I liked the way the clouds looked so I zoomed out to include them - and their reflections - in the shot.

With only 4 or 5 tracks Oakville's south yard is a fraction of the size of the north yard, but there always seems to be something going on.

CN 7033 in Homewood, IL

Fresh out of the paint shop, this has GOT to be the shiniest GP9 in the world right now! A tip of the hat to the folks at NRE in Capreol for the great work!

Heading into Oakville yard, 556 meets 435 (I think) who is waiting on main 1 for 556 to clear before getting the signal to proceed. You can just see the headlight of a WB GO train cab car peeking ... (more)

An CN GP9 heads westwards long hood forward down track 2 at Bayview with 5 MT cars to Hamilton.

4139 and 1422 rescue CN556- which seemed to be having trouble with the 2 geeps assigned to it - from the south yard to bring it up into the north yard. A presumption based on the fact that the tra... (more)

4139 and 1422 rescue CN556- which seemed to be having trouble with the 2 geeps assigned to it - from the south yard and push it up into the north yard. A presumption based on the fact that the tra... (more)

7001 pulls a load of full auto racks down the hill from the Ford plant into Oakville Yard although from this angle it actually appears to be uphill.