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2005-10-23

October 23rd, 2005

I caught VIA #85 on Kent street and then went a little East for GEXR #432 on a rather dark and stormy day. Late Sunday night, we heard NS #O99 on the Grimsby sub and decided to see it at Ingersoll. We caught it, and 4 CP trains at Ayr, in the pitch blackness of an autumn night.

Guelph

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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VIA #85 with 6412 leading comes down Kent street in Guelph.

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Rockwood

Rockwood, Ontario

(map) The town of Rockwood is between Guelph and Georgetown on the GEXR Guelph sub.

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GEXR #432 crosses regional road 50 just East of Rockwood.

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Ingersoll

Ingersoll, Ontario

(map) The CN Dundas, the CP St. Thomas, and the OSR Port Burwell subs are very active through Ingersoll, with the CP Galt sub just to the North in Zorra.

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NS #O99 heads through Ingersoll at about 23:28 with 17 cars and 2 units.