February 1st, 2003
This day was my first time ever railfanning with a camera. I had gone to Guelph Junction with two new friends to work on cleaning up the Guelph Historical Railway Association's baggage car. We got kind of caught up watching trains and didn't get to the baggage car until everyone else had already finished, and we ended up going to Milton as well.
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.
Milton, Ontario
(map) This is where the CN Halton and the CP Galt subs cross eachother, though there is no junction.
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.
February 10th, 2003
A week after my first railfanning venture, I took a trip back to Guelph Junction to see what else there was to see. On this occasion I watched a CP intermodal train doubling the hill from Milton with a single SD90MAC in a bit of a snow storm.
February 13th, 2003
As close as it gets to streetrunning in Guelph, I waited for trains on Kent street downtown.
Guelph, Ontario
(map) The city of Guelph is my home town and is just East of Kitchener-Waterloo on the GEXR Guelph sub, and the Ontario Southland Railway/Guelph Junction Railway track, the other end of which is at Guelph Junction.
February 14th, 2003
A derailment on the CN Dundas sub near Woodstock sent CN trains up the GEXR Guelph sub, keeping us local railfans well occupied.
February 15th, 2003
A derailment on the CN Dundas sub near Woodstock sent much of CN's high priority traffic along the GEXR Guelph sub.
Breslau, Ontario
(map) This is a small town between Guelph and Kitchener-Waterloo on the GEXR Guelph Sub.
Kitchener-Waterloo, Ontario
(map) Kitchener-Waterloo is on the the GEXR Guelph sub between Guelph and Stratford. The GEXR Elmira spur heads North to service Elmira and the CP Waterloo sub out of Cambridge joins the GEXR Huron Park spur for interchange traffic here.
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GEXR 432 with 6 engines pulls into the siding at Kitchener station to await the passage of two rerouted trains.
Guelph, Ontario
(map) The city of Guelph is my home town and is just East of Kitchener-Waterloo on the GEXR Guelph sub, and the Ontario Southland Railway/Guelph Junction Railway track, the other end of which is at Guelph Junction.
February 19th, 2003
Shortly after the derailment in Woodstock on the CN Dundas sub, something fell off another train on the same track, hitting the train behind it and causing further detours on the GEXR Guelph sub.
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A Via P42 engine number 920 proceeds Westward through downtown Guelph, crossing Dublin street. This is the video I showed a Guelph traffic cop who came by to tell us someone had called in a 947 - suspicious person - report on us. We had been, after all, standing on the side of the road for an hour and a half with cameras around our neck when they came. The officer, seeing that we were harmless by asking about another train still visible disappearing around the corner, radioed that the backup unit on the way was not needed, and then asked about the camera and flash card, evidentially interested in computers. I then offered to show a video from earlier in the night and he said sure, and enthusiastically watched this clip. It was my second encounter with police in 5 days wondering what I was doing and being totally satisfied by the explanation of "trainfanning".
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AMTK #88 with locomotive 33 comes around the corner late at night off in the distance.
February 28th, 2003
This was another routine trip to the Junction.
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.
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A short local freight comes out of the Northern-most siding at the West end of Guelph Junction.