Trackside Log for Monday, September 5, 2005

The forecast for today was for sun so I headed trackside to the CN Dundas subdivision around Copetown and Lynden. On the way there I heard that train 148 east would be passed by Via number 70. I decided to meet them at Copetown. After a short wait I could hear the sound of diesels climbing the Niagara Escarpment so I had a westbound as well.

• 0942 Copetown - Via 70 east - VIA 6416
• 0942 Copetown - CN 385 west - CN 2618-CN 5790-CN 7248-CN 279
• 0948 Copetown - CN 148 east - CN 2596-CN 5274-CN 2691

Next I headed to Lynden for a change of scenery. Along the way I just missed train 271 west. Oh well, it wasn't that interesting anyway.

• 1047 Lynden - CN 392 east - CN 9540-CN 5651
• 1120 Lynden - CN eastbound - CN 5527-CN 5745
• 1129 Lynden - CN 330 east - CN 2690-CN 2614

I started to meander back home and made my way to Copetown again.

• 1256 Copetown - Via 72 east - VIA 906
• 1302 Copetown - Via 73 west - VIA 6411 (Operation Lifesaver)/VIA 6425
• 1312 Copetown - CN 394 east - CN 5617-BNSF 7794-BNSF 5131

The second unit on 394 was a new BNSF Gevo with the ugly new logo. I just managed to squeak the train into the sunshine. Clouds were becoming a huge factor but I also got lucky with another two trains in sunshine.

• 1318 Copetown - CN 382 east - CN 5691-CN 5289-CN 2417
• 1326 Copetown - CN 435 west - CN 5703-CN 5759

Then the next westbound wasn't so lucky. I missed the sun by about thirty seconds.

• 1332 Copetown - CN westbound - CN 2577-CN 2429-DWP 5902

It was too bad I didn't get sun. I would have liked the DWP engine in nice light. However the next eastbound autorack train was in sun. Where are all the westbounds?

• 1351 Copetown - CN 278 east - CN 2686-BNSF 4540

At this point the clouds were getting annoying and I had people to visit so I headed home.