Ontario Southland’s last in service MLW unit RS18 182, firmer CP 1802 is teamed up with former CP GP9U 8235. They are seen busy splitting up auto racks for the Cami auto plant in town.

After utilizing the wye to drop their inbound cars on the bridge west of the yard in St. Thomas, Ontario, the Ontario Southland crew used the wye again to run around due to the yard being full wit... (more)

With an RS18U and GP9U as the power, an Ontario Southland Railway local arrives in Putnam, Ontario and prepares to work the Sylvite Agri-Services complex. The crew will spot most of their train he... (more)

Ontario Southland F-units 1401 and 6508 pass Putnam with tankers while working the St Thomas job. The railway maintains three operational EMD F-units dating from 1954. Since they do not see a hug... (more)

OSR 644 North leads job two north passing through Arkell on their way to Guelph, OSR 644 now resides on the Sartigan Railway in Quebec under CFS 2044 after being sold off by OSR in the mid 2020.

After getting walloped with an instense snow storm that had high winds and lots of drifting snow the OSR brought out the wedge to clear the St. Thomas sub. Here at Gladstone you can see it really ... (more)

The OSR frame train has just completed setting off empty frame cars on the Cayuga main next to Format for CN to spot and is seen here crossing the St. Thomas Sub.

Running under a special agreement between CN and CP account track work at St. Thomas for a few days, OSRX 1245 leads the frame train south after receiving the cars from CN at Beachville. Once the ... (more)

A monstrous bloom of snow goes darting in every direction as the OSR and their Russel plough blast Southward towards Tillsonburg after heavy snow and strong winds buried the Port Burwell sub.

In the final days of Ontario Southland Railway's Guelph Junction operation 1591 could often be seen working by itself on the second job. To see a GP9 working solo in CP multimark, this could easil... (more)

Having completed work on the east side of town, OSRX RS-18u #180 rolls westbound through downtown Guelph along the Eramosa River. The Ontario Southland had been operating the Guelph Junction Rail... (more)

Continuing on our trip to western New York and southern Ontario in October 1998, we left the DL&W and the rain in Depew and headed west to the Ontario Southland’s new, at the time, operation of ... (more)

OSR was always great for smoke shows. Often I'd pass on shooting GMD's though, since I much prefer ALCo's. but with an engineer like Snook, I'm good with the GMD's. This is OSR Job 1 moving aro... (more)

OSR 1620 briefly poses beside the Guelph water town before heading back to the transfer, who knew the operating relationship between OSR and the GJR would deteriorate to the point of having anothe... (more)

The crew of the final train of the Ontario Southland Railway's Guelph Junction railway Division pose for a photo as they finish up their work. The Ontario Southland Railway operated the Guelph Jun... (more)