Trackside Log for Saturday, November 11, 2006

It was a dark, dreary, miserable day but I figured it would be a good chance to try out the D80 in low light conditions. I headed to my usual hunting ground, Merritton. It wasn't long before I heard Norfolk Southern train 327 on the scanner.

• 0933 Merritton - NS 327 west - NS 9358-BNSF 7714
• 1011 Merritton - Via 97 east - AMTK 716
• 1024 Merritton - CN 331 west - CN 2658-CN 5695-BNSF 9351-BNSF 9362

It had been a very long time since I'd been to the Paris and Princeton area. I decided to head that way and catch train 331 again.

• 1218 Princeton - CN 385 west - CN 5669-CN 5705
• 1222 Princeton - Via 72 east - VIA 908
• 1254 Princeton - CN 271 west - CN 5322-CEFX 6015

Wow. It hurt to see ex-Soo 6015 like that.

• 1309 Princeton - CN 331 west - CN 2658-CN 5695-BNSF 9351-BNSF 9362
• 1326 Paris - Via 73 west - VIA 6417

I started to meander my way back home by following the Canadian National Dundas Subdivision but didn't hear much of anything else. I did stop off at Great Western Model Trains in Brantford and Modeller's Choice in Hamilton however to purchase a nice DTSL auto parts car and two TH&B slad side covered hoppers. Although the weather was terrible, I managed to photograph some interesting trains. It wasn't all bad.