March 22nd, 2004
Armed with a brand new car battery actually capable of handling my laptop and all the other gadgets I run, I headed out for a day of trackside work.
Puslinch, Ontario
(map) This community straddles highway 401 from West of Guelph Junction to Killean on the CP Galt sub.
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 one-unit-wonder arrives at Guelph Junction on its way South on the Hamilton sub with 282 axles of articulated empty intermodal cars.
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The crossing gates at First Line - Galt sub mile 39.88 - come down for the Hamilton turn just out of view to the right. After three minutes, the gates give up and go back up.
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CP 141 - the empty frame train - heads through the crossing at 39.88 at the West end of the junction.
Scotch Block, Ontario
(map) Scotch Block is an excellent photography location at mp 30.0 CN Halton sub, between Milton and Georgetown.
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A mixed freight train heads West.
