June 3rd, 2003
We went out staking out trackside positions for the passage of CP's 2816 steam engine the following week.
Killean, Ontario
(map) This is CP's name for the passing track at Cambridge on the CP Galt sub.
Puslinch, Ontario
(map) This community straddles highway 401 from West of Guelph Junction to Killean on the CP Galt sub.
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An mixed freight goes across the detector and by an automatic block signal between Puslinch and Guelph Junction.
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This fast moving train crossing Victoria Road gave an excellent demonstration of the Doppler effect with its horn.
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A very short clip showing no train but the sound of the nearby train is clearly audible.
June 10th, 2003
CP 2816, Canadian Pacific's restored Hudson-class steam engine, travelled from Hamilton to London chased by hundreds of railfans.
Waterdown, Ontario
(map) This town is at the top of the hill coming out of Hamilton on the CP Hamilton sub.
Puslinch, Ontario
(map) This community straddles highway 401 from West of Guelph Junction to Killean on the CP Galt sub.
June 14th, 2003
Canadian Pacific ran a steam train excursion from Toronto Union Station to Guelph Junction and back using CP 2816 and a GO consist. I was one of some 1500 passengers on the excursion, in the leading car, and I made some effort to railfanfan -- take pictures of other railfans.
Toronto, Ontario
(map) The capital of Ontario, this city has a number of very busy lines and yards on both the CP and CN networks.
Mississauga, Ontario
(map) This is a large city to the West of Toronto, rather saturated with tracks.
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CP 2816 leads a GO train on an excursion from Toronto to CP Guelph Junction and back, as seen from the GO train.
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.
Milton, Ontario
(map) This is where the CN Halton and the CP Galt subs cross eachother, though there is no junction.
Mississauga, Ontario
(map) This is a large city to the West of Toronto, rather saturated with tracks.
Toronto, Ontario
(map) The capital of Ontario, this city has a number of very busy lines and yards on both the CP and CN networks.
June 20th, 2003
OSR moved a 40 wheel Schnabel car out of the ABB plant in Guelph to the GEXR interchange track.
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.
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OSR fetches 20-axle Schnabel HEPX 200 at ABB.
June 27th, 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.
