Trackside Log for Saturday, August 27, 2005

The first thing I wanted to do today was photograph the "Maple Leaf" at St. Catharines station so I headed there for 1000.

• 1003 St. Catharines - Via 97 east - AMTK 101

Apparently I had just missed NS 328 east but heard that it was meeting CN trains 422, 338 and 332 at Port Robinson. I decided to head to the Hamilton area for them and whatever else would show up there. Shortly after arrival CN train 392 east appeared.

• 1105 Aldershot - CN 392 east - CN 2419-CN 5699

Just after 392 passed by I heard a CP train call out Waterdown on the CP Hamilton subdivision so I headed over to Hamilton West to photograph it.

• 1139 Hamilton West - CP 230 south - CP 6024-CP 6020-CP 9022

Since I knew three trains were coming from the CN Grimsby subdivision I wanted to move to a location where I could see them. Back to Aldershot I went.

• 1154 Aldershot - CN 390 east - CN 5327-CN 5543
• 1158 Aldershot - CN 148 east - CN 2561-CN 5638-CN 2534
• 1244 Aldershot - CN 435 west - CN 2692-CN 5689-CN 4114

Train 435 was dropping quite a few cars at Aldershot yard as well as the GP9.

• 1244 Aldershot - Via 73 west - VIA 906
• 1309 Aldershot - Via 72 east - VIA 903
• 1323 Aldershot - CN 435 west - CN 2692-CN 5689
• 1331 Aldershot - CN 332 east - CN 5634
• 1344 Aldershot - CN 393 west - CN 5436-CN 5270

I was getting tired of the miserable weather and boring trains so I decided to head home. I passed by the ex-Toronto, Hamilton and Buffalo's Aberdeen yard first to have a look at the only interesting train of the day, CP train 230 whose power parks there for the subsequent return to Sudbury as train 231 north.

• 1404 Aberdeen yard, Hamilton - CP 230 south - CP 9022-CP 6020-CP 6024

CP 9022 is one of only two SD40-2F's in the "dual flag" scheme, 9000 being the other.