I awoke to the sound of Canadian Pacific locomotive horns this morning. It was a bright sunny morning and hadn't heated up too much yet so I figured I should go out to photograph something now before it became oppressively hot. Missy and I drove to River Road to photograph the southbound.
After we had arrived back home I turned on the scanner to hear that train 255 was about to depart Welland Yard. Well, it still wasn't overly hot so I popped back out to Chantler Road to see it too.
Once the train had moved on I returned home once again. I left the scanner on for the rest of the day but aside from Job 3 and a CN transfer to Trillium, neither of which travel to Fenwick, all was quiet for nearly twelve hours. Then I was startled by the Hamilton Subdivision dispatcher talking to a southbound. I got my camera and headed out to Chantler Road again to intercept it.
Sadly even the ethanol train had boring power. Oh well, at least I was able to make a pretty photograph out of it. I've been meaning to photograph that angle for quite a few years but for various reasons never actually made it happen until today.
The cool of the morning. I'm sure Missy appreciated that, too . No matter the weather , those trains keep moving. I wonder if there are conditions that prevent them from going forth besides snow or track damage. Does intense heat or cold ever stop these big machines?
ReplyDeleteI only know about what cold or heat can do to the track to stop trains (rail breaks and sun kinks respectively). I haven't heard of anything directly related to the locomotive. Well, unless the engine stops in the cold and isn't drained. Cracked block coming up.
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