It was a really nice day, sunny and not too hot so I ventured out to trackside. I first wanted to catch Via 97 and headed to the Taylor Rd. overpass east of St. Catharines on the CN Grimsby subdivision.
- 1015 St. Catharines - Via 97 east - AMTK 171
I didn't feel like staying in Niagara so I headed for the Hamilton area. While on the QEW I heard CN 422 west talking to the dispatcher about working both Hamilton and Aldershot yards. I dropped by Hamilton yard where it was about to begin its work. The consist was interesting but the lighting was terrible so I opted to wait for it to head east on the opposite side of Lake Ontario at Aldershot. While waiting for 422 west at Aldershot 154 east arrived with a lift there.
- 1210 Aldershot - CN 154 west - CN 2531
- 1230 Aldershot - CN 422 east - CN 2452-GCFX 6065-CN 4129-CN 2597
Via 73 had to wait for 422 to cross over from the south track to the north before proceding out of Aldershot station.
- 1235 Aldershot - Via 73 west - VIA 6401 (Spiderman 2)
CN 422 was also lifting another GP9, CN 4018 as I recall, but I didn't feel the need to head over to Aldershot East for that.
The construction at Aldershot on the Oakville subdivision third track is well under way. The two new bridges at Aldershot West are about complete. The north bridge will accomodate the yard lead extension while the south bridge will carry the new third track. The embankments have been cleared away and the track bed should soon be underway by the looks of things.
I didn't feel like staying at Aldershot so I headed up to the Dundas subdivision at Copetown for the remainder of my day. After picking up refreshments I headed to the old feed mill and waited. It wasn't long before I heard 393 working Aldershot. Now I just had to wait for it to show up. Before 393 arrived the detector at mile 15 went of and 434 appeared.
- 1415 Copetown - CN 434 east - CN 5639-CN 5756-CN 247-CN 7245
- 1501 Copetown - CN 393 west - CN 5622-CN 2687
After these two trains I called it a day and went to visit with friends.
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