Trackside Log for Sunday, March 11, 2001

• Oakville, Ontario - GO eastbound - GOT 555-GOT 561

Trackside Log for Saturday, March 10, 2001

I had been working in Regina, Saskatchewan on an IBM contract at the Farm Credit Corporation for the last several days. With my work complete and my flight back to Ontario scheduled for the next day I decided to rent a car and photograph some Canadian Pacific activity in the area. It was a beautiful sunny day so I headed west. Just outside of town I discovered an eastbound.

• Regina, Saskatchewan - CP westbound - CP 8547-CP 9128

Snow covered ditches in the prairies can be deceptive. While getting into position for my picture I sank up to my waist in snow. I still got the photograph though. I continued west photographing along the way.

• Pense, Saskatchewan - CP westbound - CP 8547-CP 9128
• Pense, Saskatchewan - CP westbound - CP 9150-CP 9114
• Pense, Saskatchewan - CP westbound - STLH 5648-CP 5789-CP 5718
• Belle Plaine, Saskatchewan - CP westbound - STLH 5648-CP 5789-CP 5718

When I got to Moose Jaw I explored the area and was able to photograph various activities around town.

• Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan - CP switcher - CP 1691-CP 1522
• Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan - CP switcher - CP 3090-CP 3080
• Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan - CP westbound - CP 9150-CP 9114
• Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan - CP power - CP 9653-CEFX 130-CP 9593
• Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan - CP power - CP 3055
• Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan - CP 419 west - SOO 6011-CP 5748
• Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan - CP 419 west - CP 5958-CP 5414-CP 6011
• Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan - CP westbound - CP 9601-CP 9580 w/ DPU CP 9588

After a while I turned back eastward. My first stop on the return trip was at Pasqua. About this time the weather was warming up quite a bit. Now the dirt roads were starting to thaw. My rental car was having some difficulty navigating the ruts and mud so I made the decision to keep to paved roads after Pasqua. When I got out for the first photograph in Pasqua my previously red Chrysler was solid brown.

• Pasqua, Saskatchewan - CP westbound - CP 9625
• Pasqua, Saskatchewan - CP eastbound - CP 8523-CP 8549
• Pasqua, Saskatchewan - CP eastbound - CP 5699-CP 5693-CP 5749
• Belle Plaine, Saskatchewan - CP eastbound - CP 5699-CP 5693-CP 5749
• Belle Plaine, Saskatchewan - CP northbound - CP 3101-EMDX 200-CP 3083
• Elphinstone (Regina), Saskatchewan - CP 407 west - SOO 6004-CP 8545

With my day of photography at an end I rejoined my IBM coworkers for the evening and then for the flight home the next day. It was a productive and adventurous day for my first time in Saskatchewan.

Trackside Log for Sunday, February 25, 2001

• Georgetown, Ontario - GO power - GOT 562
• Georgetown, Ontario - CN ???bound - CN 5772-CN 5639-CN 5731
• Georgetown, Ontario - VIA 685 west - AMTK 515
• Bolton, Ontario - CP 404 south - CEFX 123-CEFX 132
• Georgetown, Ontario - CN 339 west - CN 5764-CN 5526
• Georgetown, Ontario - CN 398 east - CN 5723-CN 2435
• Georgetown, Ontario - CN ???bound - CN 5754-CN 2535
• Georgetown, Ontario - CN 149 west - CN 5767-CN 2436
• Georgetown, Ontario - CN 403 east - CN 5716 (with a single car)
• Georgetown, Ontario - GEXR 432 east - GEXR 4019-GEXR 3835-GEXR 3821
• Georgetown, Ontario - CN 148 east - CN 5799-CN 5563
• Georgetown, Ontario - CN 334 east - NS 8879 amid CN train 334
• Georgetown, Ontario - CN 145 west - CN 9606 (Roadrailer)
• Georgetown, Ontario - CN ???bound - CN 5794-CN 9673

Trackside Log for Sunday, February 18, 2001

• Georgetown, Ontario - CN 339 west - CN 2605-2589
• Georgetown, Ontario - VIA 685 west - AMTK 511
• Georgetown, Ontario - CN 397 west - CN 2566-CN 5708-KCS 6625
• Georgetown, Ontario - CN 396 east - CN 5668-CN 5363
• Scotch Block, Ontario - CN ???bound - CN 5280-CN 2426
• Scotch Block, Ontario - CN ???bound - CN 5748-CN 9527-CN 9539-CN 9540
• Scotch Block, Ontario - CN 338 east - CN 2603-CN 5786-CN 5713-LMSX 732
• Burlington, Ontario - CN 149 west - CN 5740-CN 5691

Trackside Log for Saturday, February 17, 2001

• Guelph Junction, Ontario - CP 738 east - CP 5853-CP 5970-SOO 6042
• Campbellville, Ontario - CP 508 east - CP 5575-CP 5795
• Leaside, Ontario - CP 534 east - CP 9516-CP 9535
• Leaside, Ontario - CP 509 west - CP 8546
• Leaside, Ontario - CP 502 east - CP 5810-CP 5641
• Leaside, Ontario - CP 521 east - CP 5695-CP 5605-CP 6052-CP 5425

Trackside Log for Sunday, February 11, 2001

• Puslinch, Ontario - CP 535 west - CP 5869-SOO 6010-CP 5909
• Guelph Junction, Ontario - CP 544 east - CP 5604-CP 5765-SOO 748
• Guelph Junction, Ontario - CP 514 east - CP 6013-SOO 6050
• Guelph Junction, Ontario - CP 123 west - CP 9011-CP 9001
• Guelph Junction, Ontario - CP 501 west - CP 8510
• Guelph Junction, Ontario - CP 509 west - CP 5550-CP 5662
• Scotch Block, Ontario - CN 145 west - CN 9670 (Roadrailer)
• Oakville, Ontario - CN power - CN 7048-CN 1431
• Oakville, Ontario - CN power - CN 7054
• Oakville, Ontario - CN switcher - CN 7020 (Chartwell Road)

Trackside Log for Saturday, February 3, 2001

• Angola, New York - CSX ???bound - CSXT 688-CSXT 9003-CSXT 9043
• Angola, New York - CSX Q641 west - CSXT 8175-CSXT 8255
• Angola, New York - NS 145 west - NS 9124-NS 5501
• Angola, New York - CSX ???bound - CSXT 7794-CSXT 7850
• Angola, New York - CSX Q112 east - CSXT 649-CSXT 660
• Angola, New York - CSX Q380 east - CSXT 7599-CSXT 8645
• Angola, New York - CSX ???bound - CSXT 634-CSXT 607
• Angola, New York - AMTK 48 east - AMTK 64-AMTK F40PH
• Angola, New York - CSX Q362 east - CSXT 8155-CSXT 8199
• Angola, New York - CSX Q114 east - CSXT 628-CSXT 698
• Angola, New York - CSX Q363 west - NS 8481-CSXT 8425
• Angola, New York - CSX ???bound - CSXT 7041-GSCX 7365
• Angola, New York - NS 380 east - NS 8393-NS 9010-NS SD50
• Angola, New York - CSX Q289 west - CSXT 8173-CSXT 6297
• Angola, New York - CSX ???bound - CSXT 8361-CSXT 8195-CSXT SD40-2
• Blasdell, New York - CSX S392 east - CSXT 48-CSXT 751
• Blasdell, New York - CSX ???bound - CSXT 8468-FURX 3018
• Blasdell, New York - CSX Q362 east - CSXT 8155-CSXT 8199
• Blasdell, New York - CSX ???bound - CSXT 7041-GSCX 7365
• Blasdell, New York - CSX Q116 east - CSXT 659-CSXT 7890
• Blasdell, New York - CSX L108 east - CSXT 7669-CSXT 692
• Blasdell, New York - CSX ???bound - CSXT 714-CSXT 722
• Blasdell, New York - CSX Q113 west - CSXT 7815-CSXT 8149
• Blasdell, New York - CSX Q157 west - CSXT 664-CSXT 696

Trackside Log for Sunday, January 28, 2001

• Georgetown, Ontario - CN ???bound - CN 2635-CN 5777
• Georgetown, Ontario - CN 339 west - CN 6002-GCFX 6073
• Scotch Block, Ontario - CN 395 west - CN 5302-CN 5252-(CN SD40-2W)
• Scotch Block, Ontario - CN ???bound - CN 9515-CN 9675-CN SD75I
• Scotch Block, Ontario - CN 435 west - CN 5652-CN 5550
• Scotch Block, Ontario - CN 145 west - CN 9677-CN 9673 (Roadrailer)
• Scotch Block, Ontario - CN 149 west - CN 2637-CN 9445-LMSX 720

Trackside Log for Saturday, January 27, 2001

I was in the vicinity of Canadian National's MacMillan Yard and decided to take a quick swing by to see what was going on. I noticed a peculiar looking blue locomotive parked in front of the shops.

• Toronto, Ontario - CN power in transit - DJPX 3809

I certainly wasn't expecting to find a David J. Joseph Co. U36C in Toronto. I took a quick photograph and then resumed my trek homeward. As I crossed the Canadian National York Subdivision on Keele Street I looked down the track. I was rather awestruck by what I saw. It was a covered hopper sticking up into the air. I made my way to the back of an industrial building where I could take some photographs of the scene.

• Toronto, Ontario (mi. 24 York Subdivision) - CN 313 west - CN 2523-CN 2617

Evidently train 313 was experiencing mechanical difficulties and couldn't pull the train into MacMillan Yard. Another train coupled onto the back and was pushing the train into the yard. When train 313 subsequently went into emergency the second train kept pushing. Train 313 derailed in three locations.

Trackside Log for Sunday, January 21, 2001

• Georgetown, Ontario - CN 397 west - CN 5755-CN 5502-CN 2546
• Georgetown, Ontario - CN 398 east - CN 5562