April 15th, 2006
We went down to Copetown to start the day and ended up moving around over the next 11 hours or so, catching 15 trains. Not bad for a holiday weekend!
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.
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CN #392 starts its cautious descent down Copetown hill.
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CN #385 grinds up the last mile of Copetown grade.
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CN #390 starts down Copetown grade with a grey WC leader.
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CN #148 starts gently down the hill with 3 SD75is for power.
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CN #398 starts down the hill with a UP unit trailing.
Paris, Ontario
(map) Paris is just West of Brantford on the CN Dundas sub and was once the site of the junction between the Dundas sub and the completely defunct Drumbo sub that connected Paris and Stratford. There's also a large trestle in Paris.
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CN #393 heads through Paris.
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VIA #73 provides travellers with the first westbound opportunity of the day.
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CN #331 passes through Paris Junction.
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CN #435 turns off the Brantford diversion with a large cut off autoracks.
Ayr, Ontario
(map) Ayr is between Wolverton and Cambridge on the CP Galt sub and houses a small backtrack yard and the Ayr Pit Spur.
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CP #152 passes Wolverton siding with a GEVO trailing.
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CP #525 Ham Turn crosses Alps Road with 2 freshly painted GP9us.
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CP #525 Ham Turn backs into the back track at Ayr to leave cars while working the Ayr Pit spur.
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CP #243 brings another fresh load of NSC cars west through Ayr.
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CP #423 brings a load of autoracks west through Ayr.
Paris, Ontario
(map) Paris is just West of Brantford on the CN Dundas sub and was once the site of the junction between the Dundas sub and the completely defunct Drumbo sub that connected Paris and Stratford. There's also a large trestle in Paris.
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CN #411 passes through Paris Junction with a BNSF SD40-2 trailing.
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.
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CP #241 wraps up the day with 2 white SOOs trailing in last light at Galt station.