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Southern Ontario Railfanning March 10th – 17th 2006

 

Saturday March 11th              Angola / Hanover / Buffalo, New York)

     It was an early rise just after 0600 in Oakville. We had a bagel for breakfast and a cup of coffee while waking up. Shortly afterwards we gathered our railfanning equipment and headed out the door. We first went to Hamilton’s McMaster University to pick up Brendan before heading for the border. There was no trouble at the border and we would start railfanning the busy CSX line at 1000. There is a much quieter Norfolk Southern line in close proximity however it was quite. 

  1.  0747 : CP 256 – CEFX 1059 + CP 9627 (MIX) – Hamilton, ON
  2.  1005 : CSX Q e/b – CSXT 663 + CSXT 594 (IMS) – Angola, NY
  3.  1030 : CSX Q w/b – CSXT 8598, HLCX 6325, HLCX 8174, CSXT 4433,   METX 4189 (GARBAGE/MIX) – Angola
  4.  1130 : NS (e/b) – NS 2596 + NS 8722 (MIX) – Angola NS Line
  5.  1200 : CSX Q117 – CSXT 685 + CSXT 692 (IMS) – Angola
  6.  1225 : CSX Q e/b – CSXT 7366 + 8500 (AUTORACKS) – Angola
  7.  1254 : CSX Q e/b – CSXT 679 + CSXT 625 (IMS) – Angola
  8.  1255 : CSX M e/b – CSXT 7659, CSXT 5950, CSXT 5952 (MIX) – Angola
  9.  1310 : CSX Q w/b – CSXT 605 + CSXT 5256 (IMS) – Angola ~ 179 plaforms
  10.  1320 : CSX M363 – CSXT 9001 + CSXT 8315 (MIX) - Angola
  11.  1415 : CSX Q w/b – CSXT 5013 + CSXT 382 (IMS) – Hanover, NY
  12.  1440 : CSX Q e/b – CSXT 8723 + HLCX 8151 (AUTORACKS) – Hanover ~ 105 autoracks
  13.  1445 : CSX M e/b – UP 3941 + UP 9283 (MIX) – Hanover ~ 100 cars
  14.  1447 : CSX Q e/b – CSXT 680 + CSXT 5287 (IMS) – Hanover
  15.  1615 : AMTK 73 – AMTK 717 (5 coaches) – Buffalo, NY
  16.  1630 : CSX Q113 – CSXT 609 + CSXT 284 (IMS) – Buffalo
  17.  1640 : CSX M e/b – CSXT 2805, CSXT 6132, CSXT 2643 (MIX) – Buffalo
  18.  1645 : CSX Q625 – HLCX 6067, CSXT 6154, CSXT 2768 (MIX) – Buffalo

 

     After that we called it a day and headed back. We stopped in at a hobby shop where we caught a pair of CSX SD70ACE’s pulling a container train east. There were some yard movements shot as well but I didn’t bother to record them. Upon arrival into Oakville I called my brother to come and pick me up, as I would spend Saturday night and Sunday with him and his girlfriend.

(John Eull – Oakville, ON)

(Rob Eull – Oakville, ON)

(Brendan Frisina – Hamilton, ON)

(Chris Wilson – Marathon, ON)

Monday March 13th                         (Paris / Brantford / Copetown / Ayr, Ontario)

     We left Oakville around 0900 enroute to Brantford to meet up with Tim Stevens for a day of railfanning. The weather was not the greatest but the traffic was really good along with the FPON around the CNR today.

  1. 1100 : CN Q148 – CN 2420, GCFX 6057, GTW 5944, 75 platforms @ Copetown

  2. 1150 : CN M399 – CN 5602, BNSF 4948, CN 7255, CN 220, mixed @ Paris Jct

  3. 1210 : CN M331 – CN 2621, CN 2662, 75 mixed @ Paris West

  4. 1242 : VIA 72 – VIA 914, coaches @ Brantford Depot

  5. 1305 : VIA 73 – VIA 6407, coaches @ Branford Depot

  6. 1340 : CN M398 – GCFX 6067, BNSF 6316, NS 9296, mixed (lift 6) @ Brantford Depot

  7. 1345 : CN M393 – CN 5647, CSXT 5219, 82 mixed @ Brantford Depot

  8. 1353 : CN A435 – CN 2553, CN 5776, mixed @ Brantford Depot

  9. 1405 : CN M330 – CN 2567, CN 2572, mixed @ Brantford Depot

  10. 1602 : CP T69 – CP 5719, CP 5726, 20 autoracks @ Ayr

  11. 1606 : CP 141 – CP 8214, CP 8209, 5 empty FTTX @ Ayr

  12. 1722 : VIA 76 – VIA 6407, 4 coaches @ Paris West

  13. 1732 : CN M382 – CN 5611, CN 5294, 20 mixed @ Paris West

  14. 1753 : CN Q145 – CN 5733, 56 Triple Crown Roadrailers  @ Paris West

  15. 1835 : VIA 83 – VIA 6420, 5 coaches @ Paris Jct

  16. 1851 : CN A434 – CN 2514, 5745, 5634, 5 mixed @ Paris Jct

  17. 1925 : VIA 78 – VIA 6407, 4 coaches @ Brantford Depot

  18. 2050 : CN M388 – CN 2566, UP 4682, 15 Intermodal, 66 mixed @ Copetown

  19. 2105 : CN Q149 – CN 2406, BNSF 6949, 106 intermodal, 3 ingots @ Copetown

(Rob Eull – Oakville, ON)

(Tim Stevens – Bowmanville, ON)

(Chris Wilson – Marathon, ON)

Tuesday March 14th     (Oshawa, Whitby, Clarke West)

     It was another early morning for a day of railfanning. Me and Rob left to catch the 0725 GO out of Oakville which we missed so we would catch the other train. We would be meeting up with Jason Bartlett who would meet us at Union Station. Since we had to catch the next train we would be riding the same train along with another 1300 GO commuters. At Union Station we all met up and then rode together to Oshawa where we would meet with Tim Stevens. We had another good day of railfanning. We managed to get stuck at Clarke West which required a tow truck (no cost thanks to CAA) and then upon riding the GO train back I discovered I some how lost all my data off my memory card. Oh well, I have lots of video footage.

1.       0939 : CP 241 – SOO 6046, 6056, 83 mixed, 20 intermodal @ Whitby

2.       0951 : VIA 41 – VIA 908, 5 coaches @ Whitby

3.       0952 : GO 916 – GOT 541, 10 coaches @ Whitby

4.       1002 : VIA 73 – VIA 6405, coaches, VIA 919, coaches @ Oshawa

5.       1055 : CP 122 – CP 5625, 5877, 40 Expressway platforms @ Oshawa

6.       1119 : CN M376 – CN 2690, 5348, 5505, 4121, 154 mixed @ Clarke West

7.       1150 : CN M305 – CN 2554, CSXT 7548, CN 5280, 83 mixed @ Clarke West

8.       1350 : CN E275 – CN 2651, UP 4836, 34 cars @ Whitby

9.       1442 : VIA 75 – VIA 6405, 5 coaches @ Whitby

10.   1513 : GO 9XX – GOT 232, 9 coaches, GOT 548 @ Whitby

11.   1523 : CN L546 – CN 4107, 4132, 4 mixed @ Whitby

12.   1543 : GO 9XX – GOT 232, 9 coaches, GOT 548 @ Whitby

13.   1546 : CN M362 – CN 5706, IC 6002, CN 6023, 50 autoracks, 34 mixed @ Whitby

 

(Jason Bartlett – Cambridge, ON)

(Rob Eull – Oakville, ON)

(Tim Stevens – Bowmanville, ON)

(Chris Wilson – Marathon, ON)

Wednesday March 15th       (Hamilton, Burlington, Milton, Campbellville, Guelph)

 

     We had a good sleep and left around 1000 to head over to pick up Brendan for the day. It was a fair day with lots of sun and some good FPON kicking around. The only train we really got cloud F’ed on was CP 159 with the SOO 6059 on the point which we chased and shot again with no luck.

1.       1052 : CN M385 – CN 2642, 57 mixed @ Hamilton West

2.       1103 : CN Q148 – CN 2659, BNSF 6949, CN 2506, intermodal @ Hamilton West

3.       1117 : CN 4725 @ Hamilton Stewart Street Yard

4.       1133 : CN M333 – CN 5740, 28 autoracks @ Aldershot West

5.       1245 : VIA 73 – VIA 6407, 4 coaches @ Bayview Jct

6.       1315 : VIA 72 – VIA 914, 5 coaches @ Bayview Jct

7.       1320 : CN M393 – CN 5733, BNSF 4628, mixed @ Bayview Jct

8.       1426 : CP 159 – SOO 6061, SOO 6004, intermodal @ Campbellville

9.       1527 : CN Q145 – CN 5639, 62 Triple Crown Roadrailers @ Halton Hills

10.   1606 : CN A422 – CN 5319, CSXT 7548, 132 mixed @ Mansewood

11.   1635 : CN M392 – CN 5615, CN 4114, UP 7893, WC 7495, 143 mixed @ Mansewood

12.   1743 : CN A411 – CN 5629, CN 2695, CN 4012, mixed @ Tansley

 

(Brendan Frisina – Hamilton, ON)

(Rob Eull – Oakville, ON)

(Chris Wilson – Marathon, ON)

 

Thursday March 16th        (Washago, Smail, Parry Sound, Mactier)

 

     And it was another early rise out of bed just after 0600. We would first head over to the GO station to pick up Brendan. Then it was straight north to Washago to meet with Tim Stevens who was railfanning the Ontario Northland and then a 24hr on the CN Bala.

  1. 1053 : CN P698 – ONT 1801, 4 coaches @ Washago
  2. 1102 : CN P001 – VIA 6446, VIA 6444, 12 coaches @ Washago
  3. 1130 : CN Q102 – CN 2408, CN 5557, 79 intermodal platforms @ Washago
  4. 1220 : CN Q112 – CN 2691, CN 5741, 113 intermodal platforms @ Washago
  5. 1243 : CN E201 – CN 8004, CN 5718, 50 grain empties, 42 mixed @ Washago and 1445 Parry Sound
  6. 1556 : CN Q105 – CN 5784, CN 2626, 88 intermodal platforms @ Parry Sound
  7. 1730 : CP 103 – CP 9834, CEFX 1033, autoracks, intermodal @ Mactier
  8. 1730 : CP 105 – CP 9773, CP 9640, CP 9584, CP 9602, 1 h/e autorack, intermodal @ Mactier

  Note : CP 103/105 are staged account a 41 car pile up at Chapleau.

(Brendan Frisina – Hamilton, ON)

(John Eull – Oakville, ON)

(Rob Eull – Oakville, ON)

(Tim Stevens – Bowmanville, ON)

(Chris Wilson – Marathon, ON)

Friday March 17th               (Hamilton, Aldershot, Clarkson, Oakville)

     This would be my final day of railfanning in Southern Ontario. I had an excellent time and saw lots of intresting stuff and met lots of other foamers. We left after 0900 and spent a few hours trackside, then headed to Hutches and Credit Valley hobby shops before my departure of 1715 from the downtown terminal. On my bus ride home I caught one train staged in White River. While railfanning we ran into Jason Bartlett and Brendan Frisina.

  1. 0920 : GOT 9XX – GOT 237, 9 coaches, GOT 545 @ Oakville
  2. 0934 : GOT 9XX – GOT 541, 10 coaches @ Oakville
  3. 0955 : VIA 70 – VIA 6420, 6 coaches @ Clarkson
  4. 1120 : RLK 1757, RLK 1201, RLK 1359 spotted in the yard @ Hamilton
  5. 1215 : CN E271 – CN 5638, CN 5616, 18 autoracks, 3 parts cars, 63 autoacks @ Aldershot
  6. 1249 : VIA 73 – VIA 6415, 5 coaches @ Bayview Jct
  7. 1301 : VIA 72 – VIA 906, 7 coaches @ Hamilton West
  8. 1332 : CN M393 – CN 5793, IC 6016, mixed @ Aldershot / out 1426
  9. 1332 : CN A422 – CN 2587, 2695, mixed @ Aldershot
  10. 1342 : CN L522 – CN 7026, CN 7046, mixed @ Aldershot

 

 

March 18th 0803 (White River) CP 106 : CP 9712, CP 9151, intermodal

 

(John Eull – Oakville, ON)

(Rob Eull – Oakville, ON

(Chris Wilson – Marathon, ON)


 

 

 

(Chris Wilson – Marathon, ON)


 

 

 

 

 

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