Thursday, August 16, 2012

Trackside Log for Thursday, August 16, 2012

Much of today was spent in the Hamilton area for a series of appointments. I had a bit of time before one of these and discovered that train 331 was working Hamilton yard. I waited for them to finish and decided that Sydenham Road would be an interesting photographic opportunity.

  • 1206 Dundas - CN 331 west - CN 2612-BCOL 4611

This part of the Dundas Subdivision looks like a branch line for all the weeds growing in the ballast. But no, this is part of the Toronto to Chicago main line.

During the last week or two Canadian Pacific has been working on several road crossing replacements around Fenwick. Today during Missy's walk I decided to photograph their handiwork at Foss Road. Just as we arrived at the crossing I heard horns approaching from the south. How fortuitous!

  • 1830 Fenwick - CP northbound local - CP 8211-CP 8200

As I anticipated, it was the local running a pair of pipe loads to Cappco in Smithville. After it passed I took a few photographs of the newly completed (today) replacement track for the crossing.

  • 1831 Fenwick - Foss Road crossing replacement

It looks like everything is ready for the new track to be installed.

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