Trackside Log for Sunday, November 28, 1999

• Georgetown, Ontario - CN 143 west - CN 2585-CN 2578
• Georgetown, Ontario - VIA 85 west - AMTK 514
• Georgetown, Ontario - CN westbound - CN 5284-CN 5386
• Georgetown, Ontario - CN 398 east - CN 5650-CN 5786
• West Toronto, Ontario - CP power - STLH 1001
• West Toronto, Ontario - CP 444 south - CP 5715-SOO 6614-CP 5914-SOO 6610
• West Toronto, Ontario - CP 541 north - CP 9653 (541 - alternate 511)

Trackside Log for Thursday, November 25, 1999

• Guelph Junction, Ontario - CP 924 east - STLH 5560-CP 5594
• Guelph Junction, Ontario - CP 500 east - CP 8517-CP 5680
• Guelph Junction, Ontario - CP Guelph Junction Turn west - CP 4655-CP 8252

Trackside Log for Sunday, November 21, 1999

• Georgetown, Ontario - CN 271 west - CN 5241-CN 5355
• Georgetown, Ontario - CN 143 west - CN 5765-CN 5443-CN 2550

Trackside Log for Thursday, November 18, 1999

• Princeton, Ontario - NS 327 west - CSXT 7621
• Princeton, Ontario - CN 399 west - CN 5677-CN 5608-UP 9160-CN 704x
• Princeton, Ontario - CN 271 west - CN 5341-CN 5612
• Princeton, Ontario - CN 398 east - CN 5614-CN 2447-CN 6003
• Drumbo, Ontario - CP 500 east - CP 8553 (mi. 73 Galt sub)
• Princeton, Ontario - VIA 73 west - VIA 6402
• Princeton, Ontario - CN 143 west - CN 5338-CN 5358
• Princeton, Ontario - CN 435 west - CN 5262-CN 5390

Trackside Log for Saturday, November 13, 1999

• Puslinch, Ontario - CP 509 west - CP 5647 (Victoria Road)
• Puslinch, Ontario - CP 507 west - CP 5666-CP 5418 (Sideroad 25S)
• Copetown, Ontario - NS 327 west - NS 2888-NS xxxx
• Copetown, Ontario - CN 271 west - CN 2403-CN 9454

Trackside Log for Wednesday, November 10, 1999

On the evening of November 9th VIA train 85 was involved in a derailment at 4th Line in Limehouse, Ontario, near Acton. The train, with VIA 6422 and Amtrak coaches, struck a dump truck loaded with gravel. The only fatality was the driver of the truck. This morning I made the short drive from Guelph to Acton to photograph the aftermath.

• Limehouse, Ontario - VIA 85 west - VIA 6422

The scene was rather dramatic. VIA 6422 was flipped on its side and facing the wrong direction and the first Amtrak coach was thrown diagonally across the tracks with holes ripped in the stainless steel. One of the F40PH-2's trucks was embedded into the dirt some distance away.

The complete consist of the train was:

• VIA 6422 - locomotive
• AMTK 34036 - Superliner bi-level coach
• AMTK 34051 - Superliner bi-level coach
• AMTK 34006 - Superliner bi-level coach
• AMTK 35005 - Superliner bi-level combination coach / snack car

The Transportation Safety Board of Canada report on the incident can be found here.

Trackside Log for Sunday, November 7, 1999

• Bolton, Ontario - CP 434 south - CP 9541 (Coleraine Rd.)
• Bolton, Ontario - CP 404 south - CP 9159-CP 9101 (Humber Station Rd.)
• Vaughan, Ontario - CP 404 south - CP 9159-CP 9101
• Vaughan, Ontario - CP 411 north - CP 9148-CP 66-CP 9500-CP 9136
• Vaughan, Ontario - CP 306 south - CP 9102
• Bolton, Ontario - CP 411 north - CP 9148-66-9500-9136 w/ SOO 900007-900005 (ex-BN) air repeater cars
• Georgetown, Ontario - CN 299 west - CN 9423

Trackside Log for Saturday, November 6, 1999

• Bolton, Ontario - CP 404 south - CP 9136-CP 9500 (Old Church Road)
• Palgrave, Ontario - CP 408 south - CP 9148-CP 5926
• Palgrave, Ontario - CP Alliston Turn south - STLH 5593-CP 5417
• Vaughan, Ontario - CP 404 south - CP 9136-CP 9500
• Vaughan, Ontario - CP 401 north - CP 9543-CP 9510-CP 8528
• Palgrave, Ontario - CP 401 north - CP 9543-CP 9510-CP 8528
• Palgrave, Ontario - CP 403 north - CP 9600-CP 9676-CP 9018-CP 9143
• Scotch Block, Ontario - CN 145 west - CN 5000-CN 5281
• Scotch Block, Ontario - CN 338 east - CN 5685-CN 6023
• Scotch Block, Ontario - CN 397 west - CN 5554-GTW 5934

Trackside Log for Friday, November 5, 1999

• Bayview Junction, Ontario - CN eastbound - CN 2584
• Copetown, Ontario - NS 327 west - SP 8624-NS 6659
• Etonia, Ontario - NS 327 west - SP 8624-NS 6659
• Princeton, Ontario - CN 396 east - CN 2402
• Princeton, Ontario - CN 271 west - CN 5745-CN 6009
• Princeton, Ontario - CN 148 east - CN 5504-CN 5425
• Princeton, Ontario - CP 505 west - CP 5662-CP xxxx-CP xxxx
• Princeton, Ontario - CN 145 west - CN 5705-CN 5215
• Princeton, Ontario - CN 410 east - CN 5350-CN 5292-CN 7257-CN 248
• Princeton, Ontario - CN 399 west - CN 5681-CN 5614
• Princeton, Ontario - CN 143 west - CN 5600-CN 2544
• Princeton, Ontario - NS 328 east - NS 9163-NS 9097
• Princeton, Ontario - VIA 73 west - VIA 6412

Trackside Log for Thursday, November 4, 1999

This morning I took the train into Toronto for work. While pulling into Union Station I noticed a CN freight parked next to Skydome. I walked over to Bluejay Way for a photograph.

• Toronto, Ontario - CN eastbound - CN 6006
• Toronto, Ontario - GO eastbound - GOT 546

After finishing work at TD Canada Trust, while waiting for my train back to Guelph, I noticed an Amtrak B40-8PH parked on track 13 next to the sheds at Union Station.

• Toronto, Ontario - VIA power - AMTK 516

The engine was in Canada for VIA Rail crew training. Amtrak engines 510 to 519 would be replacing the VIA F40PH-2s on The International between Sarnia and Toronto.

Trackside Log for Tuesday, November 2, 1999

• Georgetown, Ontario - CN 397 west - CN 5630-CN 5369
• Scotch Block, Ontario - CN 397 west - CN 5544-CN 9593-CN 9492
• Scotch Block, Ontario - CN 383 west - CN 5615-CN 5357-CN 5279
• Scotch Block, Ontario - CN 396 east - CN 5606-CN 5440
• Scotch Block, Ontario - CN 145 west - CN 5401-CN 2437
• Milton, Ontario - CP 747 west - CP 5584-CP 5601 (5th Line)

Trackside Log for Monday, November 1, 1999

• Speyside, Ontario - CN 150 east - CN 5407-CN 5615 (5th Line)
• Scotch Block, Ontario - CN 435 west - CN 5281 +3
• Scotch Block, Ontario - CN 339 west - CN 5715-CN 5410
• Brampton, Ontario - CN 380 east - CN 5620-CN xxxx-CN xxxx-CN xxxx-CN xxxx-CN 7303 (Heritage Road)
• Norval, Ontario - CN 397 west - CN 5770-CN 5377
• Scotch Block, Ontario - CN eastbound - CN 5780