CN 451 hits a snowplow ridge on the Old Muskoka Road crossing in Allensville.
4132 kicks up a light drifting of snow crossing Old Muskoka Road in Allensville. Only a few inches had fallen overnight, and 450 had taken care of most of that a couple of hours previously. Luckil... (more)
CN 595 heads south to a meet with CN 451 at Falkenburg, on its way to Longford Mills on a blustery day.
450 crosses the Old Muskoka Road and an adjacent snowmobile trail with handrail damage sustained the previous day in a collision with a downed tree.
With the tracks mostly cleared by the passage of CN 451 a couple of hours earlier 450's journey has been quite a bit easier since their meet at Novar. The damage to 2642's handrails, the result of... (more)
CN 451 flies north up the Newmarket Sub as the sky slowly brightens after another long cold night.
CN 595 flies south across the Old Muskoka Road in Allensville on its twice-weekly journey from Huntsville to Longford Mills, roughly a 120 mile round trip.
Snow and freezing rain had coated the trees with a thick layer of white overnight, so I thought I'd head out and capture 595 in one last wintery shot for six months or so. By the time the train ap... (more)
CN 595 leans into the bend approaching Old Muskoka Road, kicking up powder from a small dumping of snow the previous day.
CN 2565 trailing GTW SD40-2 5930 leads a tardy , normally nocturnal 450 down the Newmarket Sub just before 8 AM. Catching a daylight 450 is not super rare, but rare enough that it comes as a welco... (more)
451 rounds the bend approaching North Lancelot Road as light snow continues to fall.
With 595 out of its way having ducked in the hole at Martins, 450 is back up to track speed southbound approaching Old Muskoka Road, just north of the CN Newmarket Sub Mile 138 marker.
A touch of fall color still clings to the trees as 595 heads south through Allensville on its way to Washago and Longford Mills.
Engineman Wayne gives the usual greeting as he flies over the Old Muskoka Road crossing on Labor Day, 2012.
