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Images: These pictures are not censored for quality. What one person considers a bad or useless picture may be exactly what someone else is looking for. I hope you enjoy these pictures as much as I enjoyed taking them.
Videos: These videos are very big, which is why railfanning videos are so rare on line. As long as Windows Media Player says "Connecting" it is working, even it if appears to be taking a very long time. It says "Connecting" until it has finished downloading the video. Please be patient. If you are unable to play these videos with Windows Media player, a problem which exists with some versions of Media Player and (sometimes) with Internet Explorer versions lower than 6, I strongly recommend the use of Quicktime if it is available. If you are using Linux, mplayer needs to be told that the videos have a bit depth of 16 (-bpp 16) to work.
Filenames refer to location, date (dd.mm.yy), and camera-assigned four digit id number.
Top photos from February, 2004
| February 1st, 2004 | On February 1st, 2003, I started railfanning. On that day, I borrowed a camera, and I shot trains. It was a great day. On February 1st, 2004, I wanted to celebrate the first anniversary of my train chasing by heading out. We missed a parade at Guelph Junction, went up to Scotch Block, got stuck in the snow... CAA finally showed up as the only train in the area came by. Meanwhile, my camera's LCD ceased to function, so I could no longer see what the camera was doing. Oh well. It's in for warranty service now, maybe they can figure out what happened - and fix it. | |
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| Guelph Junction, Ontario | (map) Technically Campbellville, Guelph Junction is the junction of the Guelph Junction Railway -- currently serviced by OSR -- the CP Hamilton sub, and the CP Galt sub. It is between Milton and Galt on the CP Galt sub. | |
| 5 images | No videos | Marks: CP CR NS |
| Scotch Block, Ontario | (map) Scotch Block is an excellent photography location at mp 30.0 CN Halton sub, between Milton and Georgetown. | |
| 4 images | No videos | Marks: CN IC |
| February 15th, 2004 | With my regular camera getting a new LCD at Canon, I borrowed Laura's point and shoot analog camera and got the pictures back a week later on CD. This is the result of one roll of film. We caught 2 ex-Amtrak MMA F40PHs and CP 9303 switching the Waterloo sub. Interesting day. | |
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| Bayview Junction, Ontario | (map) This is where the CN Oakville, CN Grimsby, and CN Dundas subdivisions meet at a great big wye, beside which is the CP Hamilton sub. This location encompasses CN Bayview Junction, Hamilton West, and Hamilton Junction. | |
| 5 images | No videos | Marks: |
| Brantford, Ontario | (map) This is the home of the Southern Ontario Railway, part of the large-and-growing family of Rail America, and also houses the CN Dundas sub. It is between Paris and Hamilton. | |
| 3 images | No videos | Marks: BNSF CN |
| Cambridge, Ontario | (map) Cambridge is the home of Babcock and Wilcox, Toyota, the CP Waterloo sub, the CP Galt sub, the CN ex-Fergus sub and a lot of trains. | |
| 16 images | No videos | Marks: CP |
| Drumbo, Ontario | (map) North-West of Brantford, Drumbo is the site of the long-abandonned Drumbo sub, but the CP Galt sub passes near town and it has a couple of good spots to shoot from. | |
| 2 images | No videos | Marks: CP MMA |
| February 22nd, 2004 | My digital camera returned, we set off for the Copetown train show and made a day of it -- and what a day! Over 200 photos. | |
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| Brantford, Ontario | (map) This is the home of the Southern Ontario Railway, part of the large-and-growing family of Rail America, and also houses the CN Dundas sub. It is between Paris and Hamilton. | |
| 156 images | 1 videos | Marks: ACFX AJPX AMOX BCOL BN CCLX CEFX CGTX CN CNLX CP CPAA CR CRLE CSXT CVC DCLX DEEX DME DUPX EMDX ETTX FINX FTTX FURX GACX GATX GCFX GTW IC ICG KRL MILW MLLX NATX NKCR NOKL PROX PTLX RBOX SLGG SLR TILX TTZX USLX UTLX VCY VIA WC WITX |
| Copetown, Ontario | (map) Copetown is the top of Dundas hill. Trains line up at the top as people would at a waterslide, and other trains slowly grind their way up the hill. It's just to the East of Brantford. | |
| 48 images | No videos | Marks: ACFX ALY BTTX CN CNA CNIS DTTX GACX GTW HPIX IC ICG MSDR NS NVR ONT SSAM TCMX WC |
| Puslinch, Ontario | (map) This community straddles highway 401 from West of Guelph Junction to Killean on the CP Galt sub. | |
| 20 images | No videos | Marks: CP IC IMRL LNAC MEC NOKL NS SCMX SOO TILX TR TTAX UTLX |
| February 28th, 2004 | I had to test out my new car's ability to serve as the new railfan vehicle. Off to CP and CN we went! | |
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| Puslinch, Ontario | (map) This community straddles highway 401 from West of Guelph Junction to Killean on the CP Galt sub. | |
| 28 images | No videos | Marks: ASHX ATW BNSF BORX CN CP CRLE DME ELTX ETTX FLOX GACX LW NOKL NS ONT SOO TBOX UNPX |
| Scotch Block, Ontario | (map) Scotch Block is an excellent photography location at mp 30.0 CN Halton sub, between Milton and Georgetown. | |
| 31 images | No videos | Marks: ADMX AEX AGPX ASHX CEFX CGTX CN CNA DTTX FURX GATX GMRC GTW IC PROX SHPX SLR SMMX SSW UP UTLX |