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2006-12-16

December 16th, 2006

Steve took us down to Hamilton for NS #328 and whatever else we could find. We got to the Grimsby sub at around 08:15, in line with when NS #328 would arrive from his 07:15 sighting at Ingersoll, but CN NI dispatcher had other ideas and #328 was stabbed for the Amtrak, VIA #97. With 45 minutes to kill we went over to Kinnear yard and caught CP #135 parked and CP #254 coming in with three new GEVOs as only power before returning to shoot #97 and #328. After that we returned to Kinnear and shot #725 also with a new GEVO meeting CP #254 in quite poor lighting, caught Rail Link working at Hamilton harbour, and watched CN #148 go by from Ham West before going home, as Steve was out of time. CN #385 had a CN leader with KCS 4019 and a WC, and CN #435 had two CN GEVOs and CN 398000, one of two custom built articulated covered hoppers, but we were not able to get either, though we did manage to get a relatively bland GEXR #432 in Guelph.

Hamilton

Hamilton, Ontario

(map) Hamilton Ontario is an industrial region on the tip of lake Ontario.

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VIA #97, the Amtrak Maple Leaf, starts down the Grimsby sub.

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NS #328 heads under a pedestrian bridge in Hamilton, homeward-bound.

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CN #422 heads into Hamilton.

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CP #725 meets CP #254 at south siding switch Kinnear, both sporting only latest-order GEVOs for power.

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SOR's industrial switcher works in the harbour area.

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Bayview_Junction

Bayview Junction, Ontario

(map) This is where the CN Oakville, CN Grimsby, and CN Dundas subdivisions meet at a great big wye, beside which is the CP Hamilton sub. This location encompasses CN Bayview Junction, Hamilton West, and Hamilton Junction.

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CN #148 comes through the new signals at Hamilton West.

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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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GEXR #432 heads up Kent Street in Guelph.

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