Sometimes you just get lucky. Sam was visiting this weekend and we decided to take a trip to Port Colborne to watch some ships in the canal and have some lunch. While watching the tug Reliance moving into lock 8 the railway crossing behind us went off. As luck would have it the once monthly Canadian National train to Inco was coming into town. I walked across the street to photograph it.
- 1341 Port Colborne (Main Street) - CN 564 south - CN 7076-CN 7081
Since the track speed limit is pretty slow we gave chase.
- 1348 Port Colborne (Welland & Alma Streets) - CN 564 south - CN 7076-CN 7081
- 1350 Port Colborne (Fraser & Fares Streets) - CN 564 south - CN 7076-CN 7081
- 1354 Port Colborne (Durham Street) - CN 564 south - CN 7076-CN 7081
The single acid car was then set off at Inco and the empty lifted. I photographed them again when they came back out.
- 1407 Port Colborne (Durham Street) - CN 564 north - CN 7081-CN 7076
The crew parked and headed into the grocery store for some food so Sam and I returned to the canal to see what was progressing there.
That evening Sam was to return to Toronto on Via train 98. We drove down to Grimsby where she would board the train. While waiting for her train Canadian National train 330 creeped to the station. Shortly thereafter the Amtrak horn could be heard in the distance.
- 1838 Grimsby - Via 98 west - AMTK 12
I saw Sam off and then returned home to Fenwick.
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