Trackside Log for Sunday, November 5, 2006

This morning I decided to see what was roaming the rails of Niagara. Shortly after leaving home I heard two Canadian Pacific trains converging on Welland. That sounded like as good a place to start as any.

• 0915 Welland - CP 256 south - CP 9514-CP 9628-CP 8701
• 0945 Welland - CP 255 north - CP 9662-CP 9616

Train 255 was big. It crossed the detector at mile 18.3 with 658 axles. The dispatcher mentioned that the length was 14,000 feet.

• 1006 Welland - parked power - EMDX 2004
• 1028 Welland - CN 331 west - CN 5516-CN 5454

Canadian National train 332 was waiting at Harbour Draw to cross the border so I headed for Fort Erie.

• 1143 Fort Erie - CN 332 west - CN 2605
• 1248 Fort Erie - CP 256 east - CP 9514-CP 9628-CP 8701
• 1338 Fort Erie - NS 369 west - NS 9106-NS 8395-UP 5136

It turned out to be a relatively decent day but I was tired and decided home was where I wanted to be.