tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22872309365187771452024-03-05T18:55:39.466-08:00Going TracksideTrackside pictures, experiences, and adventures from a Nova Scotian travelling throughout Canada.Davidhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11092030716373389832noreply@blogger.comBlogger28125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2287230936518777145.post-53479958202101360912018-05-03T19:08:00.000-07:002018-05-03T19:08:14.023-07:00Spring has arrived!With Spring finally here in the Edmonton area, I've felt a little more motivated to start writing again. And what better to write about than a day trackside enjoying the weather.<br />
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It's May 3, 2018 and I'm up at the crack of dawn to shoot some trains, beginning in Spruce Grove where CN 2314 comes rolling through. The sunrise provided a nice backdrop for this shot.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">CN 2314 under a rising sun. Spruce Grove, Alberta</td></tr>
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After 2314 had passed, I journeyed west to have a look at the double track work CN is doing between Spruce Grove and Carvel. There were workers at every crossing I stopped at, and I didn't want to get in the way so there are no pictures.<br />
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I can say that even just the tree clearing that has been done has opened up a number of new angles that were not available previously.<br />
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After checking on the work, I moved back eastward again to Spruce Grove. As I arrived, I heard CN 772 receive clearance through the double track work zone. Before long, CN 8827 was rolling onto the south track heading for Edmonton.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">CN 8827 leads train 772 east through Spruce Grove, Alberta</td></tr>
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CN 772 is an empty sand train that runs from the Grande Prairie, Alberta area to Wisconsin. This train had some freight tacked on the head-end as can be seen above.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Empty sand cars eastbound through Spruce Grove, Alberta</td></tr>
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That was the first of three eastbound trains through Spruce Grove. The second would be mixed freight train 416 with CN 8952, and 2017 providing the power.<br />
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I attempted a shot across a field, but I'm not sure how much I like it.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">CN 416 rolls eastbound along a field near Spruce Grove, Alberta</td></tr>
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The third train, which was gaining ground on 416 quickly, was VIA 2 a.k.a. the Canadian. VIA 2 hit the mile 23 hotbox detector at 65 miles per hour, and then the mile 15 detector at 69! They were looking to make up time as they were already running 3 hours late.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">A late VIA 2 speeds east through Spruce Grove, Alberta</td></tr>
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I had to run home quickly to drive the Fiancee to work. When I got back out trackside, CN 419 was preparing to head north on the Westlock Subdivision. 419 runs Edmonton to Mclennan, Alberta by way of the Westlock and Slave Lake Subs.<br />
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For 419 I elected to find a new location that I hadn't seen anyone else shoot at. It required a bit of wandering through a field and the woods, but I found the location. And it paid off.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">CN 419 crosses a wooden trestle north of Saint Albert, Alberta</td></tr>
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Not bad! I'll be back.<br />
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419 would be meeting 590 at Morinville, and I had just enough time to get back to the car and head about a mile north to shoot 590 crossing highway 37.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">CN 590 crosses highway 37 heading south to Edmonton</td></tr>
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That was the end of my day, but hopefully it is the start of a good summer. This may also be the inspiration I need to start writing again.Davidhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11092030716373389832noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2287230936518777145.post-49558120345803997312017-09-23T09:43:00.000-07:002017-09-23T09:43:06.492-07:00Mainline Profile: Canadian Pacific's Weyburn SubdivisionI decided to try something a little different from I have been doing on YouTube. With lots of extra video sitting around from my time on the Weyburn Sub, it was time to put it to use.<br />
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The result is the below video profiling the subdivision from Pasqua to Roche Percee, with maps and commentary to help show the information.<br />
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For those unfamiliar with the Weyburn Sub, it stretches 160.8 miles from Pasqua, SK to North Portal on the American Border. It also acts as part of CP's mainline from Chicago to Vancouver.<br />
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Related reading:<br />
<a href="http://goingtrackside.blogspot.ca/2015/12/weyburn-saskatchewan-through-eyes-of.html" target="_blank">Weyburn, SK Through the Eyes of a Railfan</a><br />
<a href="http://goingtrackside.blogspot.ca/2016/02/shortline-profile-episode-2-long-creek.html" target="_blank">Shortline Profile: Long Creek Railway</a><br />
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I hope you enjoy.<br />
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<br />Davidhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11092030716373389832noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2287230936518777145.post-45854252637625143732017-08-11T16:12:00.001-07:002017-08-11T16:12:09.646-07:00A Day with the Canada 150 TrainJuly 31, 2017 saw Canadian Pacific's Canada 150 Train roll into Edmonton. CP had posted on their website well in advance which day the train would arrive in the city. This provided plenty of time to plan out the day. One extra challenge was using public transit to get to the shots I wanted.<br />
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<u style="color: orange; font-size: x-large;">The Plan</u><br />
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Prior to heading out, I needed to decide on where to shoot the train entering and leaving the city.<br />
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One thing that I always tell myself is "Google is your friend". Google search, earth, maps, images, and YouTube (Google owns YouTube for those that don't know that) are great resources for finding the right location. Despite searching Google, watching a few videos, and browsing images, I decided to try some different spots. The first being Parson's Road under the Anthony Henday Drive for arrival, and the second being the 23 Ave overpass for the departure.<br />
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I chose the Anothony Henday for the northbound arrival as it looked to have a nice curve, and was easy to access from public transit (both from home, and the destination) by way of busses 23, and 78. It would also be an easy trip to the event at South Edmonton from here. Back on to bus 78, transfer to LRT, and then bus 4 directly to the event where I would meet the Fiancee with the car to enjoy some music, and getting up close with the train.<br />
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The second location was not as much of an issue to get to, as I would now have a vehicle. That being said, <a href="https://www.google.ca/maps/@53.454355,-113.4915368,3a,37.5y,0.1h,84.53t/data=!3m7!1e1!3m5!1sCiwmvrk-Nd-wSo2CG6wiKg!2e0!6s%2F%2Fgeo2.ggpht.com%2Fcbk%3Fpanoid%3DCiwmvrk-Nd-wSo2CG6wiKg%26output%3Dthumbnail%26cb_client%3Dmaps_sv.tactile.gps%26thumb%3D2%26w%3D203%26h%3D100%26yaw%3D305.3525%26pitch%3D0%26thumbfov%3D100!7i13312!8i6656?hl=en" target="_blank">23 Ave </a>was an easy choice as I had scouted it out on Google Streetview a number of times before, but was waiting for the right train to shoot here. The overhead shot of a train with downtown looming in the background is what drew me here.<br />
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<span style="color: orange; font-size: large;"><u>Executing the Plan</u></span><br />
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I woke up that morning with the basic plan in mind, but was also receiving updates on the trains location from a friend, as well as from the <a href="https://www.facebook.com/groups/RailsAB/" target="_blank">RailsAB Facebook group</a>.<br />
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At 12:30 I was out the door to catch the first bus, and arrived well in advance. As I walked up to the first location at Parson's Road I noticed something I hadn't considered. A tall fence that lined the tracks. There's a reason I always try to carry my gorilla tripod in my bag, and I would use it if necessary. Luckily, the underpass had a <a href="https://www.google.ca/maps/@53.4369327,-113.4832481,3a,75y,276.62h,84.44t/data=!3m7!1e1!3m5!1s4Bn2waXkqVmYvdIKgh-oJw!2e0!6s%2F%2Fgeo0.ggpht.com%2Fcbk%3Fpanoid%3D4Bn2waXkqVmYvdIKgh-oJw%26output%3Dthumbnail%26cb_client%3Dmaps_sv.tactile.gps%26thumb%3D2%26w%3D203%26h%3D100%26yaw%3D136.85779%26pitch%3D0%26thumbfov%3D100!7i13312!8i6656?hl=en" target="_blank">flat concrete barrier</a> which allowed me to set my video camera up almost perfectly for the shot (needed to angle it downward a bit with a spare battery).<br />
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After about an hour of waiting, the scanner finally picked up 40B - which is the ID the train was running with - talking to a foreman. They were close. Quickly, I got the video camera rolling, and made sure the settings were correct on my Canon Rebel XTI for the pictures.<br />
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2 minutes later, they came rolling around the corner.<br />
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Not bad!<br />
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As the tail passed me, I packed up and it was a quick 5 minutes walk back to the bus stop to get to the event location.<br />
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Upon arrival at South Edmonton, myself and a few others found that there would be no access to the event site until 16:45. Time to sit around, relax, and snap a few shots from the edge of the property.<br />
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The hour or so went by quickly, and we were granted access to the event. Where I grabbed a number of pictures of the train, as well as the concert.
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Above: Performers get the crowd ready for Dean Brody to hit the stage.<br />
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Left: CP 1401 sits parked at South Edmonton.<br />
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Above: A CP employee stops to chat with some members of the crowd before continuing his inspection of the train.<br />
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Left: People write their hope and dreams on the Spirit of Tomorrow Car.<br />
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Below: Dean Brody has finally taken the stage, and is putting on quite the show.<br />
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A quick 5 minute drive later, and I've parked at the McDonald's nearby and am walking up to the overpass. Upon arrival I noticed some power lines hanging over the tracks, and blocking part of the skyline. After a quick debate with myself over moving, I figure it is worth the shot, and I can use Lightroom to remove the lines later.<br />
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I'm glad I stuck around, as the finished product looks pretty nice!<br />
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That was all she wrote for my day with the train. It goes to show that things don't always go perfectly, but if you are prepared, you can make it work.<br />
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<br />Davidhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11092030716373389832noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2287230936518777145.post-57138597816597027902017-04-10T14:27:00.002-07:002017-04-17T12:44:18.588-07:00Thinking Out of the Box With Railway PhotographyMyself, and a few friends had a conversation recently about the way we compose our shots. Mainly we spoke about lighting, framing, and editing.<br />
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That conversation got me thinking about writing this post, and how I compose my own shots. In the next few paragraphs I will try my best to explain how I think about, and execute my photos.<br />
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Lighting plays a huge role in the way your photos will turn out. When it comes to shooting trains, this one element can be difficult to get just right due to a number of factors, such as which direction a train is running, partly cloudy days where the sun is constantly in and out from behind the clouds, and back-lighting, among many other things.<br />
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Before picking a spot to shoot I will always try to think about where the sun would be if it were to come out. For example, if I'm planning to be out during the morning hours I try to find a spot that is good for eastbound trains, and shoot from the same side of the tracks as the sun. This way the sun lights up the entirety of any trains that may come along. Standing on the same side as the sun also means that if a westbound train does come rolling through, I have eliminated (for the most part) the threat of back-lighting.<br />
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The below shot is an example of a day where the clouds were constantly blocking the sun, but got out of the way just as a train approached. Had I not been thinking about where the sun was when choosing a spot, this shot may not have turned out as well as it did.<br />
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Take a look at the below picture. It is of the Canadian Pacific Holiday Train rolling north on the Leduc Subdivision. As you can see the sun is directly behind the train, but I've managed to save the image. I achieved this by shooting in manual, taking a number of practice shots until I found an exposure in which the foreground was properly lit. and then later editing the image in Lightroom.<br />
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You might ask "well what editing did you do?" and I would explain that aside from the average stuff, all I really did was deeply reduce the highlights and bring up the shadows and saturation.<br />
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Steve Boyko has a decent write up on what he does, and for the most part it is the same for me. Read his steps <a href="http://blog.traingeek.ca/2016/11/how-to-fix-backlit-photos-in-lightroom.html" target="_blank">here</a>.<br />
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When it comes to shooting trains, you may find yourself constantly shooting from the same angles over and over and over. I found myself doing this, and started to get bored. Instead of giving up the hobby, I tried to reinvent the way I shoot/frame my pictures. In doing so, I find myself enjoying the challenge of trying to find something different. I try to avoid the over shot areas, but if I can't I'm looking for a way to shoot it in a different way.<br />
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For example, in October I found myself in Florida at the Plant City viewing platform. If you look up photos from the location the majority are all from the same angles.<br />
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Upon arrival I explored around a bit, and found myself hoping for train to come along from the east to get a shot through the window on the lower level. The below train did not come from that direction, but had the locomotive pushing on the end, as they were reversing to service some businesses in the area.<br />
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When it comes to editing, it always comes down to what I personally think looks best. Everyone has their own style of editing. For myself, it is always about getting the colours to look proper by adjusting exposure, contrast, saturation, highlights, shadows, and a few others. Sounds easy enough, but sometimes it takes playing around with a number of different things to get that look.<br />
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I also try to put the train info, location, and date on the photo itself. I do this so that anyone viewing my pictures doesn't have to do a lot of searching to find out those things. A personal pet peeve is when there is little to no info given on a post. Put a little effort into your post, and give a description so that others know what they are looking at.<br />
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Having said all of this, I hope that others will take the time to develop their own styles. Think outside the box, and have fun. That is what it is all about.<br />
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David Gray - Going TracksideDavidhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11092030716373389832noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2287230936518777145.post-3351608498787865162017-01-26T18:43:00.000-08:002017-01-26T18:43:04.437-08:00First Day Trackside in 2017First of all, happy new year to all of the readers here. Hope everyone had a great 2016, and here is to an amazing 2017<br />
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January 7 brought my first day trackside in 2017, and it didn't disappoint.</div>
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After 302 rolled by, it was time to start heading east again.<br />
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As I did so, I heard 302 meeting 119 at Evansburg. Knowing 119 wouldn't be long, I decided to try a shot of them with Chip Lake in the background.<br />
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Not bad, but would be better for an eastbound in the summer. I'll take it though.<br />
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It was a bit of a break between trains, as 111 was out there somewhere with engine troubles. I returned to the Lobstick location to wait.<br />
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About 30-40 minutes later 111 finally showed up with 2679 leading the long stacker.<br />
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Another nice curve shot for the day.<br />
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After 111 had passed, I received word from a friend that 843 would be coming shortly with 5412 leading the way. So I decided to stick around for them.<br />
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I waited, and waited.... finally a horn in the distance! But... from the wrong direction.<br />
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Turned out that 111 had a meet with 310 at Leaman. I quickly adjusted for a different angle, producing the below shot.<br />
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2100 leading! Nice!<br />
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They would be meeting 843 at Evansburg, so again I waited.<br />
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Finally 843 began blowing for the crossing east of me, and before long they were right there with a nice surprise trailing unit.<br />
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Definitely worth the wait.<br />
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After that I decided to head for home, but in doing so got ahead of 310 again. "Might as well shot them again" I said to myself.<br />
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I got to the Gainford and set up by the trestle, producing this shot.<br />
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You'll notice the burnt side of IC 2704 in this shot.<br />
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The final shot of the day came at Carvel as 310 once again rolled by.<br />
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As it began to get darker, that was it. Time to pick up Lauren from work.<br />
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Hope you enjoyed the journey. More to come this year.</div>
Davidhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11092030716373389832noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2287230936518777145.post-55125958057031361112016-12-11T09:24:00.000-08:002016-12-11T09:24:07.113-08:00An Unplanned ChaseA foggy and overcast November 21st began with a plan to drop the girlfriend off at work in Spruce Grove, and then head back into Edmonton to shoot around the city. Having said goodbye and started back east, I took the 16A.<br />
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The 16A Passes over the CN Edson Sub just out side of Spruce Grove and here I saw a a headlight coming west. So, I quickly pulled off at the next crossing to get a shot. As the gates came down, I brought the camera up to shoot a side on shot. The train rushed by, and I saw IC 1001 leading CN 2574.<br />
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As the train continued to roll by me, I stopped for a second to make sure that the shots had turned out ok. Of course I had forgotten the focus was set to manual from a previous day! Not wanting to miss out on a decent picture, the chase was on!<br />
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Hopping back on the 16A westbound, I heard the train get a clearance through a foreman's limits in Spruce Grove. This clearance also told me that the train number was CN 301.<br />
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I made sure to get far enough ahead to be able to set up, and decided to pull into a road that dead-ends at the tracks between Carvel, and Duffield to shoot some pictures, and video (<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I6Mc2HFACOQ" target="_blank">watch the video here</a>).<br />
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As the train approached, I did some practice shots to make sure things were focused. They came closer, and closer, and.... oh crap my camera won't shoot now! A quick off and back on, and it was too late. They were by me.<br />
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Once again determined not to be denied, I jumped in the car and headed west. This time I got to the trestle over the Trans Canada west of Gainford and set up for a shot of an eastbound train 102, which would be meeting 301, and 199 at Gainford.<br />
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After 102 had passed, I went to the next crossing to the west to get 301. Before long, I heard 301 give 102 the old "looking good on both sides" and call a clear signal at Gainford. Meaning they were once again coming west.<br />
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Soon enough they were within sight again, and I snapped some pictures without any problems this time.<br />
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Finally, I had what I wanted.<br />
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As the tail-end passed, I was back in the car heading east to shoot 199 beside the stopped 102.<br />
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I like the low down angle in this one.<br />
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After that I decided to head into Wabamun to try a few different angles there as well, but they didn't turn out how I had hoped and I decided that was the end of the day for me trackside.Davidhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11092030716373389832noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2287230936518777145.post-91113477610326182012016-11-22T22:21:00.000-08:002016-11-22T22:23:35.815-08:00Shortline Profile, Episode 3: Southern Rails Co-operativeEpisode 3 of the Shortline Profile series bring us to the Southern Rails Co-Operative (SRC) south of Moose Jaw.<br />
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The SRC began operations in 1989 running over the former CN Avonlea Sub from Moose Jaw to Parry, as well as the former CP Colony from Rockglen to Killdeer. Today however, SRC operates only on the Avonlea Sub from Moose Jaw to Truax where the rails end.<br />
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The photo to the right is looking at CN trackage. The tracks to the left are CN's interchange with CP, and straight is back to their own operations. Directly behind me would be the beginning of SRC tracks.<br />
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As you can tell from the first picture, it was a dreary, overcast day. Luckily the rain held off until I was finished for the day, so lets continue southbound.<br />
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The next stop was the trestle just on the outskirts on Moose Jaw. While from the below angle the bridge looks to be in a bit of disrepair, it does in fact still get used by the SRC. The low speed at which the line is operated makes this track ok for the SRC to pull their mainly grain trains over. I say mainly because they also pull a few tank cars, and on this visit they were storing potash cars<br />
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Not much farther south was another trestle which I stopped to snap a side shot of. This one is also quite impressive with its wooden support.<br />
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Our first village stop was at Briercrest, which is about a 47km drive from Moose Jaw. This little village was incorporated in 1912 housing approximately 100 people. Today, there are only a handful more people living in the village, but it is still home to two old grain elevators.<br />
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Both elevators here wear Briercrest Grain Limited marks, which according to their site moves Alpine Fertilizer, and Agrimaxx products.<br />
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The elevator pictured to the left is an ex Federal elevator, but did not appear to be in use anymore. Or at least not in a while.<br />
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The other elevator here was definitely still in use, but no one was around on this day, so I rolled down the service road to grab a few shots of it, and the equipment.<br />
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This elevator is an ex Sask Pool which, as you can tell from the picture below, has had a number of modifications made to it in order to move different products.<br />
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Continuing southeast now, we come to Avonlea. This small community is home to a number interesting items, including the Avonlea Heritage Museum.<br />
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Housed in an old railway station, this small museum is home to a number of railway related items, including an old caboose. As you may see in the picture to the right, the museum itself was closed on the day of my visit, so I quickly looked around before moving on.<br />
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After the quick stop at the museum, I went to check out the new unit that was on property in Avonlea. GMTX 2674 sat just south of the of the elevator, and had only arrived on the SRC the previous day.<br />
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Prior to arriving on SRC, GMTX 2674 had spent some time with the Great Sandhills railway. It didn't last long here either though, as it was seen a few weeks later in Edmonton.<br />
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Having shot the museum, and GMTX unit in Avonlea I decided to continue on to the next stop, Truax.<br />
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On my way to Truax I came across the potash cars that SCR had been storing. They don't travel south of Avonlea to Truax often (if at all), so these stored cars are out of the way of other operations on the line.<br />
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Moving into Truax itself, this small unicorperated community was once home to many businesses, but today is very much a ghost town. Truax may now be much smaller than it once was, but the elevator still stands here. It was built in 1964 and is now a heritage property, which hopefully means with will avoid any wrecking balls for a long time.<br />
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The end of track is located just on the southeast edge of Truax, and here I found some old maintenance of way equipment.<br />
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This was the end of my shots on the active SRC line, so I began to head home. Luckily for me that meant following the inactive portion of the CN Avonlea Sub southeast a bit more.<br />
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The first stop was Parry where the old elevator still stands, and some CN heritage shows on the old Parry sign nearby. Parry was much like many of the other small communities along this journey, in that in its day it would have been a much busier place.<br />
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Davidhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11092030716373389832noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2287230936518777145.post-24764981566093593812016-11-08T16:41:00.000-08:002016-11-08T16:41:02.891-08:00Falling behind!Apologies to my followers! Since moving, I haven't kept up this page much.<br />
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The plan is to try and get things rolling again, and I have a few posts that are about half way to being done. It is just a matter of finishing them up.<br />
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For now, I'll share the latest time-lapse compilation that showcases a few different areas of Alberta, as well as some shots from Florida.<br />
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For those of you who don't know what a time-lapse entails, it involves taking a picture every few seconds for an extended period of time, and then putting them together. The base for this video was 24 frames per second, which allows us to see the movement in things that would otherwise go unnoticed.<br />
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<br />Davidhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11092030716373389832noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2287230936518777145.post-42882551270157717202016-07-24T09:38:00.002-07:002016-07-24T09:38:31.542-07:00Edmonton BoundWell, I have moved again. This time to Edmonton, Alberta with my girlfriend's job.<br />
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We plan to be here for a number of years, so I will be basing the majority of my posts out of the city.<br />
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Just before we moved however, I did manage to get in one more day out trackside for another shortline profile. Look for that in the coming weeks!<br />
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As for now, here is a shot of IC 1003 acting as the tail DPU on an eastbound CN potash train near Spruce Grove, AB.<br />
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Note: The picture says U758, the correct train number is B758.<br />
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<br />Davidhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11092030716373389832noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2287230936518777145.post-70094589842430205132016-05-14T21:31:00.001-07:002016-05-14T21:31:22.681-07:00Soo Line UnitsOver the last few months I have seen a number of Soo units rolling over the Weyburn Subdivision. So I thought I would share some pictures with you!<br />
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The first of the year came on March 11 and was Soo 6061 rolling north on train 499. 6061 is the last Soo painted SD60M on the CP roster, and I knew that this unit was coming (by checking <a href="https://heritageunits.com/" target="_blank">Heritage Units</a>), but I had to work when it would have been rolling through. Luckily for me though, they had work to do in Weyburn! As soon as I got off work they were heading north, so I raced ahead to get a few shots.<br />
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April 30th brought the next unit in the form of Soo 6053. This one I also knew was coming, but this time the source was the RailsAB Facebook group. Below we see 6053 trailing on train 292 near Ralph, SK.<br />
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Third, and last (so far) was Soo 6035 on May 12. This unit, I had no idea was coming but was very lucky to have been out fishing within sight of the Weyburn Sub. I spotted the white Soo paint and walked (okay, ran) to the car and chased them north of Weyburn to grab the quick shot below.<br />
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In this episode, we will take a look at the Long Creek Railroad (LCR) which is a shortline operating in South-Eastern Saskatchewan. The trackage on which the LCR operates is the former Canadian Pacific Bromhead Sub, and a portion of the former Neptune Sub/Spur. In all the LCR stretches 41 miles from Estevan to Tribune.<br />
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The LCR began operations in 2012 when a group of about 25 shareholders finally took over the line after years of delay due to a number of different issues. You can read more about those issues <a href="http://www.estevanmercury.ca/news/city/long-creek-short-line-railroad-makes-its-debut-1.1438652" target="_blank">here</a>, but they included such issues as flooding, and pricing for a purchase of the line.<br />
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The Bromhead Sub was built in 1913 by CP, and was originally known as the Neptune Branch which stretched from Estevan to Neptune. Later, the Bromhead Sub was extended from Southall to Minton, and the section from Southall to Neptune via Tribune became known as the Neptune Spur/Sub.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 12.8px;">Current LCR operations marked with Aqua. Abandoned CP trackage of the Neptune and Bromhead Subs marked with burgundy. Current CP in red.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Cars stored near the end-of-track.</td></tr>
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Anyway, we begin our journey along the LCR at the west-end of the current track near Tribune.<br />
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Here we see a number of "cans" in storage just shy of the end of track. These cars are likely here due to the recent downturn in oil prices, and they are not the only ones we would come across, as many more will be shown in pictures below as we move east.<br />
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The shot below I included because of the abandoned buildings on the hill. There are many abandoned structures out here that give the area a bit of an eerie feel to it.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Same cars, but from another angle. Those houses on the hill are abandoned.</td></tr>
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Moving on into Tribune, we see the loading facility which on this day only has four cars parked further back awaiting to either be picked up, or loaded.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Facility at Tribune.</td></tr>
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The next stop on this adventure was Southall, the location of a transloading facility. Prior to the purchase of the line, the LCR's main commodity was expected to be grain, but the increase in the oil industry in the area gave the LCR an extra source of income. Torq Transloading built a transfer site at Southall which was a good location due to the presence of a wye, and a short stretch of track that still continues south-west on the former Bromhead Sub.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Oil cars stretched out at Southall.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Cars on both legs of the Southall wye</td></tr>
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The next stop was Bromhead which is visible in the above photo. Although Bromhead was the namesake for the subdivision on which the LCR runs, it is now very much a ghost town. Two fires destroyed much of the town, and it never really recovered.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Bromhead elevators, and cars stored.</td></tr>
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When we arrived in town from the west, we found more cars in storage, and two grain elevators still standing, although not in use by the looks of things.<br />
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Getting a closer look at the elevators, the two sport the letters A and F which I take to mean that at one point there were at least six that would have stood here. The elevator marked A is a former Saskatchewan Pool elevator, while the other marked F looks to be a former Lake of the Woods Milling Co elevator, but I can't quite make out the words on <a href="http://saskhistoryonline.ca/islandora/object/mcphail%3A280" target="_blank">this photo</a> from the 1950's on SaskHistoryOnline. Also looking at that photo, there are four obvious elevators, and a fifth that is hidden behind one of the Canadian Consolidated elevators. So the thought of six being here at one point isn't necessarily out the question.<br />
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Have a look at the photos below of the east and west sides of elevators A, and F.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">East side of elevator A</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">East side of elevator F</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">West side of elevator F</td></tr>
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After examining the elevators at Bromhead it was back on the road for our next stop at Troquay.<br />
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Arriving at Troquay, we found another two elevators standing, but these two appeared to still be in use. To my surprise (based on info I was given) we also found one of the LCR units parked on the "mainline".<br />
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Of course I had to take a quick walk across a field to get a few close ups of the unit.<br />
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LCR 6347 is an ex. Southern Pacific GP35, and was purchased from the Dakota Missouri Valley & Western Railway in 2013.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">LCR 6347 sits quietly in Torquay</td></tr>
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I also made sure to get a few shots of the elevators in Torquay, both of which were at one point Sask Pool owned. Today however they are owned by Pederson Heritage Farms.<br />
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After Torquay it was a quick drive down the highway to Outram, where we came across our last elevator of the day. And like many of the other on this day, it is a former Sask Pool, but this one is a bit different in that the new owners have actually put their name on it; Lievaart Farms Ltd.<br />
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Notice that we have more tank cars here.<br />
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Getting closer to Estevan now, we come to the trestle located just below the Rafferty Dam which holds back the Rafferty Reservoir. Below we see the trestle, and the Souris River.<br />
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Continuing towards Estevan, I made a stop at the LCR shop located down a road behind the KFC. The road in wasn't in great shape, so I parked and walked in.<br />
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Here I was hoping to find the LCR's second unit, but it must have been inside.<br />
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Of interest up on the hill was the maintenance of way equipment, seen below.<br />
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After the quick stop at the shop, I took my final pictures at the Junction where the LCR meets the Canadian Pacific at mile 137.5 of CP Weyburn Sub.<br />
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Some extra info I found:<br />
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- CP and LCR share up to mile 2 of the Bromhead Sub in order to exchange cars with each other.<br />
- Long Creek also owns about 20 acres of property south of Estevan which was supposedly going to be used for pipe storage/transportation yard. Not sure if that is still planned or not.<br />
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That was the end of our adventure on the Long Creek Railroad. Hope you enjoyed!<br />
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Sources:<br />
<a href="http://www.discoverestevan.com/discover-our-southeast-communities/discover-outram" target="_blank">http://www.discoverestevan.com/discover-our-southeast-communities/discover-outram</a><br />
<a href="https://www.otc-cta.gc.ca/eng/notices-discontinuance-received-agency-under-section-146-july-1-1996-table" target="_blank">https://www.otc-cta.gc.ca/eng/notices-discontinuance-received-agency-under-section-146-july-1-1996-table</a><br />
<a href="http://saskhistoryonline.ca/" target="_blank">http://saskhistoryonline.ca/</a><br />
<a href="http://www.estevanmercury.ca/news/city/long-creek-short-line-railroad-makes-its-debut-1.1438652" target="_blank">http://www.estevanmercury.ca/news/city/long-creek-short-line-railroad-makes-its-debut-1.1438652</a>Davidhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11092030716373389832noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2287230936518777145.post-71971712048913420472016-01-08T15:55:00.000-08:002016-01-08T15:55:50.165-08:00A Look Back at the Year of 20152015 certainly brought an adventure, and a lots of learning experiences. Let's take a look back at some of the highlights of the year:<br />
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<b>January 6:</b><br />
I started the year still in Eastern Ontario railfanning the CP Winchester, and CN Kingston Subs. Below is my first video of the year in the form of CP 8944 heading east over Kemptville Creek, near station name Bedell.<br />
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The same day, I ventured down to the Kingston Sub to get my first CN action of the year, and wasn't disappointed.<br />
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VIA 62, and CN 532 pass by me within a minute of each other just east of Brockville. 62 was travelling much quicker than 532, with made "The Tortoise & The Hare" a suiting name.<br />
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<b>January 16:</b><br />
This day brought the opportunity to shoot a train that I had been aiming to get for quite some time. CN 327 is a mixed freight that originates in Montreal, Quebec and terminates in Syracuse, NY. Often times this train sports CSX power, and today I was able to catch some.<br />
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<b>January 20:</b><br />
4 days after catching CN 327, I had the opportunity to catch a Ferromex unit operating in Canada on CP train 143 out of Montreal. I knew that the train had departed Montreal just prior to myself leaving Orleans. Little did I know that I would show up just 5 minutes after they had past through Finch, Ontario. When I realized what had happened, I chased them down. An hour and a half later I was finally ahead of them, and managed to get the shot below. This is the first and only shot I have of a Ferromex unit thus far.<br />
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<b>February 28 - March 3:</b><br />
Near the beginning of February, I learned that my girlfriend and I would be moving to Weyburn, SK. This would be our first big adventure of the year, and I did a few blog posts dedicated to the move which took place on the noted dates above:<br />
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<a href="http://goingtrackside.blogspot.ca/2015/03/the-drive-part-i-ottawa-chicago.html" target="_blank">Part 1</a><br />
<a href="http://goingtrackside.blogspot.ca/2015/04/the-drive-part-ii-chicago-minneapolis.html" target="_blank">Part 2</a><br />
<a href="http://goingtrackside.blogspot.ca/2015/05/the-drive-part-iii-minneapolis-weyburn.html" target="_blank">Part 3</a><br />
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<b>March 7:</b><br />
Having finally settled down a bit in Weyburn, I ventured out to catch my first train on the Prairies. I quickly learned "holy cow that wind is cold" when shooting CP 8776 south. Of interest to me in this catch was CP 6615 sandwiched between 8776, and 8846.<br />
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<b>March 15:</b><br />
The first trip of the year to Regina yielded my first catch of the Stewart Southern Railway(SSR) near Richardson. Later in the year, the SSR would be the focus of my first episode of "Shortline Profile", which you can <a href="http://goingtrackside.blogspot.ca/2015/06/shortline-profile-episode-1-stewart.html" target="_blank">read about here</a>.<br />
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<b>March 23:</b><br />
While this may not be a big deal to everyone, March 23 marked my first catch of a Loram Rail Grinder in action.<br />
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Seeing this thing in action was pretty cool, and I am glad that I got the opportunity to shoot it.<br />
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<b>May 3:</b><br />
On this day, I published the first instalment of "Abandoned Rails" to the blog. The original focused on CN's abandoned <a href="http://goingtrackside.blogspot.ca/2015/05/abandoned-rails-cn-turtleford-sub.html" target="_blank">Turtleford Sub</a>, and the second which was published later in the year on CP's <a href="http://goingtrackside.blogspot.ca/2015/07/abandoned-rails-episode-2-cp-kisbey-sub.html" target="_blank">Kisbey Sub</a>.<br />
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<b>May 8:</b><br />
May 8th was the day of a journey to Lloydminster by myself. I took thee opportunity to do some railfanning along the way, and did a post about the day, <a href="http://goingtrackside.blogspot.ca/2015/06/a-journey-to-lloydminster.html" target="_blank">here</a>. Highlights were a CP ballast train, Last Mountain Railway power at Alyesbury, and perfect timing for a meet on CN.<br />
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<b>May 17:</b><br />
The 17th brought me home for the funeral of my Grandfather(Papa). This definitely was not a planned trip home, but another lesson learned in "don't take things to granted."<br />
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While sitting in my grandparent backyard, I took advantage of nice quiet morning to shoot CN 120, and 407 rolling through Belmont. There is something about the hills, and the quiet being broken in below shot of 407 that I love. The same can be said about <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zYQYGsmBihM" target="_blank">this shot of 120</a> moments earlier.<br />
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<b>May 25:</b><br />
After the very quick trip home to NS, I had about a day between getting back to Saskatchewan, and heading to California for my Cousin's wedding. On May 25, I got lucky and caught Amtrak 144 heading south passed Kirby Park, CA.<br />
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<b>July 1:</b><br />
On July 1st, I found myself driving a friend home to Lloydminster. Along the way we came across a detoured CN intermodal on the Prairie North Line. The detour was set up due to work blockages on the mainline to the south.<br />
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You may also notice in this video that it is quite smoky. This was due to the wildfires burning to the north.<br />
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<b>September 16:</b><br />
This day marked the first release of my Google Earth railway maps. I began by releasing the <a href="http://goingtrackside.blogspot.ca/2015/09/google-earth-railway-maps-canadian.html" target="_blank">CP network</a>, and then later the <a href="http://goingtrackside.blogspot.ca/2015/10/google-earth-railway-maps-canadian.html" target="_blank">CN network</a>.<br />
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In the next few weeks I should be releasing the GWI Canadian Division, as well as a few other railways, so look for those in the coming weeks.<br />
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<b>September 20:</b><br />
On the 20th of September I caught a train near Wilcox, SK on the CP Weyburn Sub. This train, if you were to look at it, you would think was somewhere in the states because of the power it sported. UP 5535 and KCS 4831. You might think "why is this important?" Well it is important to me because catching that KCS unit meant that I had now captured all of the Class I railways on camera.<br />
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Have a watch of the video below, and read about where I caught each of the other <a href="http://goingtrackside.blogspot.ca/2015/10/a-unit-from-each-of-north-americas.html" target="_blank">class I railways here</a><br />
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The rest of the year was relatively quiet for myself, aside from acquiring my Dad's old Canon Rebel which I hope to get a lot of use out of in the next year to come.<br />
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Happy New Year to everyone!Davidhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11092030716373389832noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2287230936518777145.post-42230068557338526232015-12-05T09:31:00.003-08:002015-12-05T09:32:47.219-08:00Weyburn, Saskatchewan Through the Eyes of a RailfanNow that I've been in Weyburn for almost nine months, I thought that a post on rail related information in the area would be a good idea.<br />
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Although currently there is only one railway line that runs through town, Weyburn was once full of railway activity. Because of this, we will begin by looking at the current and past railway lines of Weyburn starting in the east and moving west, before looking at the mainline that still operates.<br />
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In 1908 the Canadian Pacific's <a href="http://goingtrackside.blogspot.ca/2015/07/abandoned-rails-episode-2-cp-kisbey-sub.html" target="_blank">Kisbey Sub</a> was extended from Stoughton to Weyburn, and was the first railway to operate in the area. Atfer the extension, this subdivision stretched west from Arcola to Weyburn by way of Stoughton where it met the Tyvan Sub. Although today the Kisbey Sub is no longer in existence, a small spur is still in use in Weyburn itself to service the Nexans plant. This remaining trackage sees less than one train a week, and I have yet to see a train on these tracks. If you were looking to shoot a train, Wednesday would likely be the best bet as CP tends to switch the local industries on that day.<br />
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Next we take a look at the former CN Weyburn Sub. This sub once ran from Talmage on CN's Lewvan Sub to Radville where it met the Goodwater Sub, the Avonlea Sub, and the Bengough Sub. In 1992 the Canadian Transportation Agency (CTA) approved CN's request to abandoned the sub from Talmage to a point near Weyburn. Also <a href="https://www.otc-cta.gc.ca/eng/ruling/150-r-1994" target="_blank">according to the CTA</a>, 1994 marked the takeover of the Weyburn, and Bengough Subs by CP. This takeover was more of a trade by CN and CP where CN got CP's Meadow Lake Sub in return. This resulted in the Weyburn and Bengough Subs becoming the Radville Sub from Exon (Weyburn) on CP's Weyburn Sub, to Willow Bunch.<br />
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Present day, and the Radville Sub tracks are still in place. However, CP has not run a train over this line in quite sometime, and plans to abandon the line eventually. This is why I have marked the sub in burgundy south of the Wye near Exon. The Wye still sees trains that switch the local industries.<br />
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You will also notice that CN operated a Wye on the edge of town, as marked below. This Wye, and a former part of the Weyburn Sub north of the Wye are now part of the Tatagwa walking trail system. The southern portion of the trail ends just shy of CP's Weyburn Sub, and is a decent spot to shoot a few trains on that sub.<br />
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If you jump to minute 1:09 of this video, you will see the CP local tied down on the tracks to the ethanol plant (more on those tracks below), and CEFX 1036 hauling a train that was stored over night, off the Radville Sub.<br />
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Now we will take a look at the ethanol plant area, as well as the former Assiniboia Sub.<br />
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The Assiniboia Sub is a former CP line that ran west from Exon to Assiniboia. 1995 marked the end of this line in Weyburn, as the CTA gave CP permission to remove tracks from mile 0.6, west of Weyburn, to mile 36.5, just east of Pangman. The line west of mile 36.5 is still in service today after it was purchased from CP in 1999, and is now known as the Red Coat Road & Rail. The "Red Coat Road & Rail is an organization consisting of representatives of the communities adjacent to the rail line, including Rural Municipality No. 72 (Lake of the Rivers), RM No. 40 (Bengough), RM No. 71 (Excel), RM No. 70 (Key West), and RM No. 69 (Norton), as well as the villages of Ogema, Viceroy and Pangman." (<a href="http://www.redcoatroadandrail.ca/" target="_blank">Source</a>). The Great Western Railway operates over this line on behalf of the Red Coat Road & Rail, and a tourist railway also operates on the line, but those are both for another post.<br />
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The 0.6 miles remaining in the Weyburn area are used to access the ethanol plant, as well as a few other small businesses nearby. The former Assiniboia tracks are now known as the Tatagwa Spur, and there is also the Promolas Spur, which gives access to the ethanol plant area. Currently, the ethanol plant itself is closed because of the downturn in fuel prices.<br />
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Of course with all of these railway lines running into Weyburn there had to be yards for the trains. Although a big chunk of the yards are now gone, a small bit is still here. As seen in the below snapshot, the Weyburn Siding gives access to the remaining yard tracks, of which there are four.</div>
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You may also notice that I have labelled the former roundhouse, and the proposed location for the CP shops. The roundhouse is now more than a century old and is used by the Weyburn Public Works department, and the shops were never built (to my knowledge).<br />
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Moving west, we see the <a href="http://www.weyburn.ca/modules.php?name=Sections&op=viewarticle&artid=33" target="_blank">Soo Line Historical Museum</a>, and the CP Van. Here is the description of the museum from the Weyburn website: "A stroll through this Museum, housed in what was originally an electric utility power plant building, will peak your curiosity. It houses a collection of artifacts that were used by Weyburn and district pioneers, a collection of Native artifacts, the Soo Line Historical Archives plus the Charles Wilson Silver Collection. The Wilson Silver Collection is the largest one man collection of silver known to exist in Canada. There are more than 5,000 items dated from 1750 to 1972. You will view everything from full tea services to opera glasses and spoons. Mr. Wilson was a bachelor who lived on the family farm northwest of Weyburn. After a lifetime of attending auction sales, he chose to will his collection to the Soo Line Historical Museum so everyone might enjoy his lifetime of collecting."<br />
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The Van, CP 437254, was built in 1948, and is on display directly beside the museum.</div>
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Also marked below are the CP Weyburn office, and local power track (local trains tie their power down here).<br />
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I have yet to visit the museum itself, but have watched many trains roll by here. Below we see the CP Van with CP 9640, 8793 & 5708 heading north on the main track.<br />
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This next bit took a little more research. Each of the elevators, and tracks that serviced them are labelled below.<br />
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Although none of these elevators are still standing, there are newer bigger concrete ones that were built outside of town. <a href="http://saskhistoryonline.ca/islandora/search/mods_subject_hierarchicalGeographic_county_ms%3A%22RM%5C%20of%5C%20Weyburn%5C%20No.%5C%2067%22?page=1" target="_blank">Saskhistoryonline</a> provides a number of good images of the old elevators, and as you may notice, a number of them were purchased and/or repainted over the years prior to being torn down.<br />
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Finally, we will take a look at CP's Weyburn Sub, and the new concrete elevators. The Weyburn Sub is now the last continuous line that runs through Weyburn. Beginning at North Portal on the U.S. border, the sub travels north-west through Estevan, Weyburn, and Wilcox, until its end at Pasqua where it meets CP's Canadian mainline in the form of the Indian Head Sub.<br />
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The Weyburn Sub is operated under the Occupancy Control System (OCS), but I have read that CP plans to install Centralized Traffic Control (CTC) and Automated Train Control System (ATCS) for the entire length of the sub. When that will happen is another question.<br />
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Labelled below are the Weyburn Sub itself, and the elevators still operating nearby.<br />
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The Viterra Elevator north-west of town was built in 1989, and had expansions in 1998, and 2000. The facility is serviced by three tracks.<br />
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Moving a bit closer to Weyburn, we see the Richardson Pioneer elevator.This facility was built in 2002 as a full service farm centre, and has four service tracks.<br />
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Finally, we have the Parrish & Heimbecker elevator to the South-East of Weyburn. This elevator was built in 1975 with expansions in 1992, 1994, 1998, and 2002. It was also the first farmer owned inland terminal in Canada, but was purchased by P&H in 2014 after shareholders voted in favour of the sale.<br />
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Here we see CP 9810 leading a northbound train passing the P&H elevator on April 19, 2015.<br />
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That's all for now, but stay tuned for a post in the future about my favourite locations to shoot in the area.<br />
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Sources:<br />
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<a href="http://www.weyburn.ca/pdfs/2010cg.pdf" target="_blank">http://www.weyburn.ca/pdfs/2010cg.pdf</a><br />
<a href="http://www.redcoatroadandrail.ca/" target="_blank">http://www.redcoatroadandrail.ca/</a><br />
<a href="https://www.otc-cta.gc.ca/eng/ruling/150-r-1994" target="_blank">https://www.otc-cta.gc.ca/eng/ruling/150-r-1994</a><br />
<a href="https://www.otc-cta.gc.ca/eng/ruling/1992-r-130" target="_blank">https://www.otc-cta.gc.ca/eng/ruling/1992-r-130</a></div>
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Davidhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11092030716373389832noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2287230936518777145.post-69698712508324585942015-10-01T19:49:00.000-07:002015-10-01T19:49:08.419-07:00A Unit From Each of North America's Major Class 1's on VideoWell, I've done it. Caught a unit from each of North America's major class 1 railways. And to celebrate, I will now share the very first video I caught of each.<br />
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Let's begin with CN as they were the first class 1 I ever caught on video.<br />
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On May 23, 2012 I caught CN 407 at Folly Lake, Nova Scotia. This train was being lead by CN 2438, and two other units, one of which was an IC unit. At the time I had just started railfanning, so numbers weren't overly important to me. Still not a bad catch, but we've come a long way quality wise since then!<br />
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Next up was CP.<br />
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I caught my first CP train at Bedell, Ontario on August 28, 2012 with CP 8842 as the lone power for an eastbound. quality still wasn't my main focus at the time.<br />
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It was almost two years before I caught the next class 1, and it came in the form of BNSF 5766. Catching this unit where I did was pretty rare in that foreign power does not visit Nova Scotia very often. In the below video we see the unit trailing on CN 121 out of Halifax on April 23, 2014. I caught 121 at Bedford, and Truro being lead by CN 8910, BNSF 5766, CN 2651, and 7083.<br />
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Quality has improved greatly in this one, but because 121 leaves later in the evening the shots are after dark. Luckily for me, I am fairly good at finding well lit areas to shoot in!<br />
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The summer of 2014 I moved to Ottawa, Ontario after finishing university in Nova Scotia. This is when I caught the next unit on a CN crude oil train.<br />
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Here we see CN 2565 east leading a fast moving train near Ingleside, about an hour or so south of Ottawa on CN's Kingston Sub. Behind 2565 were NS 6644, and BNSF 5837! Another great lashup, which carried my first NS unit, and third BNSF.<br />
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I didn't catch a CSX unit until making a fall trip to Syracuse, New York in 2014.<br />
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On the evening of October 5, 2015 I caught my first CSX train at Jordan, NY about 20 minutes west of Syracuse. This train was lead by CSX 7587, 5309, and 2643 on the CSX Rochester Sub.<br />
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Also of note is that at this point I had started my new channel name since I was no longer living in Nova Scotia.<br />
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Back in Ontario, the next class 1 was Union Pacific. In the below video, UP 8216 trails on CP train 143 heading west past Bedell. The power for this train was CP 8578, UP 8216, and CP 5966.<br />
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The next one was a bit of a hassle to catch! Ferromex 4657 had rolled into Montreal the day prior (Jan 19, 2015) and I knew it was going to head back west the next day. Thinking that I had lots of time to get from Ottawa to Finch to make the catch, I took my time, but unfortunately for me I missed them by about five minutes! Refusing to except that I had missed them, I got on the road and tried to get ahead of them. An hour later I finally accomplished that, and grabbed two shots of them near Perth.<br />
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Finally, 8 months later I caught the last class 1 on the list, Kansas City Southern. At this point I had seen two other KCS units, but didn't have a camera with me at those times. This one didn't come easy either.<br />
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As we drove south on highway 6 out of Regina, Saskatchewan we neared the CP Weyburn Sub crossing at Corinne where I spotted a northbound crossing the highway. I quickly noticed a UP leading, and that the second unit was a KCS! Awesome! A quick right onto highway 39, and we were ahead of them by Wilcox. Pulling off at a rural crossing, I did a quick set up as the train approached.<br />
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Catching KCS 4831 marked the end of my attempts to catch all of the Class 1 freight railways of North America.<br />
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Also neat for myself to see the places I have been, and how the quality has improved with time. Hopefully the future brings more exciting trips, and catches.Davidhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11092030716373389832noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2287230936518777145.post-67217759109887050002015-07-26T11:17:00.001-07:002015-07-26T11:17:24.662-07:00Abandoned Rails Episode 2: CP Kisbey SubInstalment number two in the Abandoned Rails Series takes a look at Canadian Pacific's former Kisbey Subdivision.<br />
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The Kisbey Sub once ran from Arcola (mile 0.0) to Weyburn (mile 61.8), Saskatchewan via Griffin, and Stoughton. In Weyburn, it had a junction with the Weyburn Sub; at Griffin it crossed CN's former Lewvan Sub, at Stoughton a junction with the Tyvan Sub, and at Arcola it became the Arcola Sub to the east.<br />
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Today, all that remains of the Kisbey Sub is a short stretch of track in Weyburn which provides access to a Nexans Plant (A good timeline and history about that plant available <a href="http://www.nexans.ca/eservice/Canada-en_CA/navigatepub_0_-30331/History_of_our_Weyburn_facility.html" target="_blank">here</a>), and a short section of track also remains in Stoughton from the former wye to just north of the highway 13 crossing. The section of track in Stoughton is now used by the Stewart Southern Railway (blog post on them <a href="http://goingtrackside.blogspot.ca/2015/06/shortline-profile-episode-1-stewart.html" target="_blank">here</a>) to park some of their power, access a elevator, and store cars.<br />
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According to the info I could find, this sub was abandoned in steps, and as permitted by the Canadian Transportation Agency (CTA). The first section was to be abandoned was from mile 43.6 near Griffin to mile 60.9 just outside Weyburn in 1989 (<a href="https://www.otc-cta.gc.ca/eng/ruling/1989-r-370" target="_blank">Order No. 1989-R-370</a>). This was followed by miles 0.5 near Arcola to 23.3 south of Stoughton in 1990 (<a href="https://www.otc-cta.gc.ca/eng/ruling/1990-r-126" target="_blank">Order No. 1990-R-126</a>). In 1993, the CTA gave CP permission to remove the rails between Stoughton, and Griffin (<a href="http://www.otc-cta.gc.ca/eng/ruling/1993-r-391" target="_blank">Order No. 1993-R391</a>), leaving only what is left today.<br />
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In mid July, I made a trip to Moose Mountain Provincial Park. The route to the park follows the old Kisbey Sub right of way for most of the trip, so I took some pictures along the way. I do need to apologize for the quality of the pictures in this post though. At the time, I couldn't find my camera charger, so the cell phone took its place. The charger has been found since.<br />
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As you can see in the above pictures, the spur in Weyburn doesn't get used often. Usually Nexans only has two tor three cars at a time, if that.<br />
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Following the sub east, the next point of interest is near Griffin. Here, the Kisbey Sub crossed CN's Lewvan Sub. The Lewvan was pulled up a number of years ago, but recent enough that I could walk up to the old junction just off the highway and grab some pictures (I'll be doing another post on this sub in the future).<br />
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Looking at the last picture above, you will see that the Lewvan Sub mile marker is still in place at the junction which was mile 37.<br />
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The next stop was Stoughton, where there are a few points of interest.<br />
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First, is the former junction with the Tyvan Sub, where there once was a wye. Today however, the Stewart Southern Railway uses only a small portion in the south leg to park its older power, as seen below. This is the west end of track in Stoughton.<br />
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There is rail under all that grass/weeds.<br />
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West of this location (to my knowledge) was the last rail that was pulled up.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Looking west at Stoughton.</td></tr>
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Through Stoughton, where the track turns south-east for a short distance, the rail remains in place to service a grain elevator in town. This elevator was once a Saskatchewan Pool elevator.<br />
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Continuing south-east for less than a mile, we come to the other end of track in Stoughton. Here we see a former Pioneer Grain Elevator. This elevator, unlike the previous, is now unused and acts as car storage area. The elevator is slated to be torn down due to a contract obligation, but according to <a href="http://www.carlyleobserver.com/news/local-news/stoughton-landmark-awaits-important-decision-on-heritage-site-status-1.1730482" target="_blank">this article</a>, locals are fighting to save it! The article also gives a brief history on the elevator, and the materials used to build it.</div>
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For those wondering, yes those are empty oil cars.</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Cars stored south of Stoughton at the former Pioneer Elevator. You can see the former Pool elevator in the distance</td></tr>
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Looking south from the same location is a lot less exciting, as there are no tracks in place any more. Not sure if that business on the left was ever served by rail. Almost looks like too new of a facility.<br />
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This brings us to the last stop on the Kisbey Sub, Arcola. This was once the location of mile 0.0, and marked the junction with the Arcola Sub. Today however, neither of those subs reach this small town. All that remains is the elevator they once served.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Looking east at Arcola towards. The elevator seen here was also a former Saskatchewan Pool Elevator.</td></tr>
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The remnants of the Kisbey Sub to the west are not so obvious here. I believe that the ROW once ran to the left of the trees, and under that trailer in the picture below.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Looking west at Arcola</td></tr>
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That marks the end of this segment of Abandoned Rails, but there are more to come in the future.<br />
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As I continued the trip east before turning north to Moose Mountain, I made a stop in Carlyle and took a few pictures of the Lampman Sub. Below, you can see that the signals for the old junction between CN's Lampman Sub, and CP's Arcola Sub are still in place, despite that fact the the Arcola Sub no longer runs through here.<br />
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A siding also remains in Carlyle, but on this day, it was only being used by a single piece of maintenance-of-way equipment.<br />
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<br />Davidhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11092030716373389832noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2287230936518777145.post-56604013563673597982015-06-27T19:05:00.000-07:002015-06-27T19:05:49.143-07:00Shortline Profile, Episode 1: Stewart Southern RailwayAfter starting the Abandoned Rails series, I decided that I would do something similar, only for currently active shortlines.<br />
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The first profile will be that of the Stewart Southern Railway (SSR) which operates 132 km over the former Canadian Pacific Tyvan Subdivision.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">GMTX 2219, and 2222 head south into Stoughton, May 2, 2015</td></tr>
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The SSR began operations in 2010, when Blair Stewart and an investors group purchased the Tyvan Sub after CP put it up for abandonment.<br />
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Built in 1904, the Tyvan Sub was at one point the longest stretch of straight railway track in the world. It is now second only to a stretch of track in Australia<br />
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Prior to the purchase (not sure if this has changed since), the last major upgrade to the subdivision was in the 1980's when the line had 100 pound rail installed. Today it is still jointed track from start to finish. And as you can tell in the below video, leads to some rocky trains.<br />
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Originally, the main commodity to be shipped on the Stewart Southern was grain, with potential for other customers to come on-line in the future. That didn't take long, as the oil sector growth in Stoughton, and surrounding areas grew quickly in the years following start-up.<br />
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In 2012, the Stoughton Oil Trans-loading facility opened, and began shipping by rail via the Stewart Southern. The oil is loaded into rail cars in Stoughton, shipped north-west to Regina, interchanged to CP, and then onto the final destination from there. I've heard that CP runs some of this oil east over the top of the Great Lakes on trains 550 (formerly 608), and returns them on 551 (formerly 609).<br />
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As you can see in two of the above photos, Stewart Southern has mainly been operating with leased GMTX power. I've seen three pairs of units in operation. The first being 2222, and 2219. Second being 2237, and 2213. And thirdly 2212 paired with a number I haven't yet had the chance to see.<br />
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SSR is also home to some older power. SSR 1010, 4255, and 1009. These three units are old GE B23-7s. One of which still sports a Santa Fe paint scheme. Below they are seen sitting on the wye at Stoughton, which is the location of the former junction between Canadian Pacific's Tyvan, and the Kisbey Subs.<br />
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I have yet to see these units in action. Not sure if they do see any any more.<br />
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In May I did a quick trip from Stoughton to Francis on the SSR, snapping a few pictures of the elevators along the way.<br />
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Before our parting remarks, an interesting read from <i>Pipeline News</i> Suggested that perhaps Stoughton could one day be connected to Northgate, SK where Ceres Global Ag. is in the process of building a <a href="http://www.ceresglobalagcorp.com/ceres_northgate.html" target="_blank">large trans-load facility</a> for both grain products, and oil. The site is also connected directly to the BNSF for easy access to the U.S. The main reason the question is asked is because Ceres holds a 25 percent stake in the Stewart Southern. I may have misread the article, but they seem to think that the old right of way runs directly from Northgate to Stoughton, but there is a gap of about 21 miles between the former Kisby Sub trackage south of Stoughton, and the former Northgate Spur at Lampman. I have shown this in the picture below. <a href="http://www.pipelinenews.ca/features/transportation/could-stoughton-one-day-be-connected-by-rail-to-northgate-1.1953523" target="_blank">You can read the story here</a>.<br />
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That's it for the Stewart Southern Railway for now, but expect to see more on them in the future, as they are only a 30 minute drive from Weyburn.<br />
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<a href="http://www.producer.com/2010/09/shortline-blows-its-own-horn/" target="_blank">The Western Producer</a>Davidhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11092030716373389832noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2287230936518777145.post-90248329316002300212015-06-11T20:17:00.000-07:002015-06-11T20:17:34.035-07:00A Journey to LloydminsterOn May 8, 2015 I found myself taking a trip to Lloydminster to meet up with some friends, and play a few rounds of golf.<br />
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On this trip I would be travelling alone, so I decided to take the "scenic route". The scenic route took me from Weyburn to Aylesbury, Saskatoon, Keppel, Biggar(didn't see any trains here), North Battleford, and onto Lloydminster<br />
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Departing Weyburn at around 11:00, it wasn't long before I came across a train.</div>
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As I drove north-west on highway 39, I passed a busy MOW crew working to the south-east of Yellow Grass. Shortly after, the scanner came to life, and told me that a work train would be coming south with CP 3104 in the lead. I made a quick stop in Yellow Grass, and waited for the work train which I could see coming in the distance, and it wasn't long before they rolled past me with five ballast cars in tow.</div>
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Later in the day, I learned that this train, and the MOW crew were working on repairing the tracks after a train had derailed overnight. Obviously it was not a serious derailment, as there was no sign of any derailment when I drove past, aside from the working crews.</div>
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Continuing on my way, the next stop was Aylesbury, which is located between Regina, and Saskatoon on highway 11.</div>
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Aylesbury is also home to the shops of the Last Mountain Railway (LMR), which is part of the <a href="http://www.mobilgrain.com/affiliates/" target="_blank">MobilGrain family</a>. The LMR runs from Regina to Davidson, and is home to some interesting power. Luckily for me, some of their units were parked in Aylesbury on this day. Below are some shots of the power.<br />
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It was a quick stop here, before I was on my way again. The next stop was to be CN near Saskatoon, since it had been awhile since I last shot a CN train!<br />
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Arriving at the CN crossing at Range Road 3051 just to the south of Saskatoon, I noticed lights in the distance to the east! A quick set up of the video camera was needed, and resulted in a decent shot of CN 2681, and BCOL 4650. Not a bad first catch of CN in a few months. I was in for a surprise though! As the tail end of CN 2681 west cleared, I heard a horn from the west. It was IC 2701 (in CN paint) leading an eastbound. Trailing IC 2701 was CN 5544, and acting as DPU was CN 8851.<br />
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It was starting to get a bit later in the day, and the main spot I wanted to get to was Keppel, so I hopped back in the car and headed west.<br />
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Keppel is located about 80 kilometres west of Saskatoon, and is also where the CN Watrous Sub parallels the CP Wilkie Sub.<br />
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I was lucky in that the ground was dry, as I wouldn't try and get into Keppel in my Ford Focus otherwise. The road to access Keppel is a narrow farmers road, and if wet, would likely be quite muddy and sticky. Below is a screen shot of the area.<br />
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As I arrived on scene, I grabbed my bag and tripods out of the car. As I was doing so, a horn echoed in the distance! I ran up the hill, did another quick set up, and within a few seconds CN 2123, and 2429 lead a potash train past me heading east. Bringing up the rear of the train as DPU was IC 2725.<br />
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CN is single track here, so I knew it would be a little while before a CN train would come west, and I had the scanner handy to get a heads up.<br />
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I also knew that it would be awhile before a CP train came along, as the drive from Saskatoon follows the CP Wilkie Sub for a good portion of the way, and there were no trains to be seen.<br />
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After waiting about an hour or so, the next train began to make its presence known with its distant horn. This time I would be prepared, and have the camcorder's rolling, and the camera ready.<br />
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A few minutes later, CN 2303 came rolling around the corner heading for points west. Trailing was CN 5406. Below is the picture, but you can <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9LwlgU4OVJw" target="_blank">watch the video here</a>.<br />
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After the 2303 and its train passed, the signal on the right went green for a while, but changed back to red meaning a train was approaching.<br />
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I figured it would likely be CN 2681 again, and it was! This time I was ready for the shot, and believe it or not, had another perfect timing with CP 9739 west rounding the curve just as 2861 cleared view. (<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7p3XB4RJmc8" target="_blank">Video Here</a>)<br />
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By the time CP 9739 had rolled past, I was getting hungry and decided to run into Biggar for something to eat, and then head north to CN's Prairie North Line (PNL).<br />
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North Battleford was the first stop on the PNL, which is a divisional point between the Aberdeen (to the east), and Blackfoot (to the west) Subs.<br />
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As I was driving into town, I heard 452 getting a clearance to head east. Unfortunately, I didn't want to head east because the ultimate destination was west. Fortunately, they were restricted to just out of town, where 453 would be meeting them. So, I quickly found a spot and waited for 453 to slowly roll into the yard with units 5546, and 5523 on the head-end (<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EeNItMfylJ4" target="_blank">Video</a>).<br />
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Now it was time to head for Lloydminster. I wasn't expecting to see any more trains, but would keep an eye out for some as the highway from North Battleford to Lloydminster parallels the CN Blackfoot Sub the majority of the way.<br />
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Sure enough, I got just to where the road and rail start to follow each other and along came IC 2718 (in CN paint) with 2243 trailing on a short eastbound train near Delmas.<br />
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I screwed up by not tightening the nob on my tripod, and it slowly tilted and messed up the video a bit. I managed to save the video by straightening it out as the tripod slowly leans. You may notice a bit of a shake when I noticed the problem just after the head end passes by.<br />
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As I got back on the road, I heard over the scanner that another train had given IC 2718 a roll-by inspection! Awesome!<br />
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So, I kept an eye out for this other train, and before I knew it I could see its tail-end. By time I got to the other side of Delmas, I was ahead of them and had set up and waited.<br />
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This is probably my favourite catch on the day, as well as the last.<br />
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The day, wasn't the best weather wise, as we drove through a snow storm from Minneapolis until almost to Fargo. After the storm cleared, the winds were roaring at what must have been at least 80 kilometres per hour. Not the best for railfanning, or driving to say the least.<br />
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Once we were west of Fargo, the BNSF northern mainline was within view of I-94, but the weather still wasn't favourable, and we wanted to make good time on the day, so that left me waiting to catch some trains (from the car) until we met the CP mainline near Carrington, North Dakota.<br />
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Once in Carrington, we did a quick driver swap, so that I could rest from driving, and take some pictures. It just so happened that where we pulled over to switch, ILSX 1328 was in view.<br />
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ISLX is the abbreviation of Independent Locomotive Services, and 1328 is an SD38 that now acts as the switcher for Central City Grain in Carrington. Prior to ISLX purchase, 1328 was PC 6935.<br />
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After snapping the above shot, we quickly got back on the road, and continued on.<br />
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It wasn't long until we came across some CP trains. The first was CP 198 parked just north of Harvey. 198 was lead by CP 9597, and had a mid train DPU in the form of CP 9823.<br />
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Once north of Drake, we found out why 6016 was in the siding. They were waiting on CP 8738 south. 8738 was accompanied by 9677, and at this point the wind was kicking up quite a bit of snow and blowing it around as seen in one of the below shots.<br />
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A few hours later, as we were beginning to get closer to the border crossing at Portal, I spotted a train parked in the distance. Using the digital zoom to its maximum (resulting in a not so great picture), a Norfolk Southern unit sits with another unknown unit. I could be wrong, but I am fairly sure these units were parked on the Western Sub of the Dakota, Missouri Valley, and Western Railway.</div>
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At this point, it was starting to get dark, but we got lucky with catching a northbound just as we were crossing over the CP Weyburn Sub at Estevan. CP 9814, CSX 4837, and CP 8857 were leading a northbound mixed freight. Not a bad catch for my first train in Saskatchewan!</div>
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Our trip finally came to an end late on March 3, 2015. It was an interesting trip. Wish we had more time, but I am glad that I got to see what I did.<br />
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Davidhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11092030716373389832noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2287230936518777145.post-17654833590084983442015-05-03T11:22:00.001-07:002015-06-29T13:50:46.832-07:00Abandoned Rails: CN Turtleford SubThis is first instalment of "Abandoned Rails" on the Going Trackside Blog, and will feature the former CN Turtleford Sub in St. Walburg area, as I had visited some friends there in April 2015.<br />
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The Turtleford Subdivision was a line that ran 77 miles from North Battleford to St. Walburg, Saskatchewan. Today, all that remains are 10 miles of track from North Battleford to Hamlin.<br />
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In 1919, the Canadian Northern Railway planned to extend into North Eastern Saskatchewan, but the planned routing took it 5 miles from the 1919 location of St. Walburg. The residents, knowing the value of having a railway in their town, packed up and moved to the present day town location. 1921 saw the completion of the railway into St. Walburg, and it became known as the Turtleford Sub.<br />
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According to <a href="http://www.producer.com/2002/04/no-april-fools-prank-the-trains-really-back/" target="_blank">this article</a> by Sean Pratt of <i>the Western Producer</i>, the Turtleford Sub hadn't seen a train since August of 2000, and April 2, 2002 marked the first train in nearly 2 years. The only reason that the line did see a train was because of farmers loading railway cars on their own. They did this because they felt that they shouldn't have to ship directly to the new concrete elevators to the south.<br />
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Prior to abandonment, the main customers shipping on the line were from the numerous grain elevators. After many of the elevators on the line closed, CN abandoned north of mile 10 in 2005. July of 2008 marked the end as CN began pulling up the rails no longer in use. A good source of pictures from the 2008 work is <a href="http://www.pbase.com/semaphore7/turtleford" target="_blank">this website</a>, showing the rail train at work.<br />
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If you drive from North Battleford to St. Walburg, as I did in April, you will follow along the old right of way for the majority of the trip. It is interesting to note that although CN has torn up all the rails and ties, they left the old milepost markers in place. The highest marker that was within view of the road was mile 69 just north of Spruce Lake (photo on left).</div>
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As mentioned before, the subdivisions main customer was the numerous grain elevators. St. Walburg alone had three still standing in April. Below we will have a look at those three.<br />
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The first was the former Pioneer elevator which was the most northern on the line, and was located directly off of Railway Ave. This elevator wears the classic Pioneer orange, as seen on the right.<br />
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Also located on Railway Ave. was the next elevator in the form of the former Searle/Federal Elevator. The old circled S was still visible when I visited (as seen on the left). <a href="http://www.grainelevators.ca/stwalburg-saskatchewan/p6066-stwalburg.html" target="_blank">Here</a> is a better view of the old elevator from 2008.</div>
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Finally, we come to the ex. Sask Pool elevator. The Sask Pool logo had been painted over, and just below where it used to be now showed "St. Walburg Agro Ltd.". This elevator looked as though it may still see some use, but at the time no one was around. Below is a shot from the former railway crossing on highway 26.</div>
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This old building located on Railway Ave. was built in 1922, and closed in 1982. It is now a municipal heritage building, and used as a "chuckwagon interpretive centre". When I was there, the building wasn't open to see inside, so I took a walk around and got the shots below of the front (left), and west side (right) of the building.</div>
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While exploring, I came across the former Bolney Spur which ran from Spruce Lake Junction to Paradise Hill, a length of 15.4 miles. The interesting point here is that the rails are still in place, and the road crossing has simply been paved over as seen in one of the pictures below. </div>
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<a href="http://www.producer.com/2002/04/no-april-fools-prank-the-trains-really-back/" target="_blank">The Western Producer - Sean Pratt</a></div>
Davidhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11092030716373389832noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2287230936518777145.post-53999652097477034712015-04-29T10:14:00.000-07:002015-04-29T10:25:24.986-07:00The Drive: Part II (Chicago - Minneapolis)After spending the night at <a href="http://www.milenorthhotel.com/" target="_blank">Mile North</a> Chicago, a very nice hotel downtown, we began the days trip to Minneapolis. Rather than taking the quickest route, we decided to go via La Crosse, Winona and the Mississippi River. We did this for the scenery, as well as to follow the Burlington Northern Santa Fe's St. Croix Subdivision.<br />
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As our trip north began, we needed to get gas. This resulted in a stop at the <a href="https://www.google.ca/maps/@42.1996347,-87.8626971,17z?hl=en" target="_blank">North Shore Shell</a> just off of Half Day Road in Bannockburn, Illinois. This was just a quick stop, but luckily for me, this gas station is located right next to the Canadian Pacific C&M Sub. While pumping my gas, not one, but two <a href="http://metrarail.com/metra/en/home.html" target="_blank">Metra</a> trains passed. Both travelling in opposite directions.<br />
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After that, there was no more action until La Crosse, where we passed over the BNSF line for the first time.<br />
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In order to follow the BNSF line on the north shore of the Mississippi though, we had to cross over to Minnesota until Winona. This portion of the drive paralleled the CP River Sub.<br />
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Unfortunately for me, we did not see any trains on this CP line.<br />
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If you have the time, and know a train may be coming, this is a great stretch of track to shoot, as it curves along and hugs the river.<br />
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Pushing north and west, we crossed back over the river to once again enter Wisconsin, and follow the BNSF St. Croix Sub.<br />
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Luck however, still wasn't on my side. We stopped for about 25 minutes at the overpass into <a href="https://www.google.ca/maps/@44.1608257,-91.7612743,331m/data=!3m1!1e3?hl=en" target="_blank">Merrick State Park</a>, but to no avail. So, we continued on. About 10 minutes up the road, I finally spotted the first train, a southbound CN lead tank train, but too many trees in the way for pictures (an unfortunate trend that continues).<br />
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Not expecting another train for a bit, we didn't stop to wait. Bad choice. As near Nelson, WI (<a href="https://www.google.ca/maps/@44.437434,-92.075816,3a,60y,209.08h,87.83t/data=!3m4!1e1!3m2!1sipOO_QSU2L31PeVTk_mtqA!2e0?hl=en" target="_blank">here</a>) where the tracks split away from the road, I spotted another southbound train crossing the bridge in the distance. This time it was an intermodal train lead by a trio of BNSF units. Bad timing again lead to not enough time to grab the camera/trees getting in the way.<br />
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Once the train had cleared, the road called our names again.<br />
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The variety of power continued with the last train of the day as we neared Minneapolis, with a CP lead tank train. By now you know the deal, and why there is no picture to go along with this sighting.<br />
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Davidhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11092030716373389832noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2287230936518777145.post-43315258531928527392015-03-27T17:22:00.001-07:002015-03-27T17:22:12.873-07:00The Drive: Part I (Ottawa - Chicago)The trip that came along with moving to Saskatchewan involved a lengthy trip from Ontario, but to make it more interesting, we took a route through the United States by way of Chicago, and Minneapolis.<br />
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The original plan was to take our time and have a third stop somewhere in North Dakota. This would have given me more time to do some railfanning along the way. However, the moving company that had taken our stuff through Canada, arrived three days before before the earliest estimated delivery date. This threw a wrench our plans, and resulted in doing the whole 11 hours between Minneapolis, and Weyburn in one day.<br />
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Now this isn't to say that we didn't still see some trains along the way! I don't pictures of them all, but I aim to give some info to where we saw the ones that slipped past as we drove(there were quite a few).<br />
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The first leg of the trip was from Ottawa to Kitchener, where we would spend a night visiting relatives. The only sighting of the day came near the <a href="https://www.google.ca/maps/@43.8313758,-79.0846614,17z?hl=en" target="_blank">Pickering GO station</a> as a westbound intermodal train was stopped after meeting an eastbound freight. This train was lead by a CN CSX combo. An interesting note was that there was a distributed breaking car right behind the units. Much like <a href="http://www.railpictures.net/photo/519153/" target="_blank">this one</a>. I later learned that it was CN 107.<br />
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Leg 2 of the trip was Kitchener to Chicago via Sarnia. We had a few sightings in Michigan, but none were overly note worthy so, we continued onward.<br />
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Arriving in Indiana, we made a stop at Chesterton to hopefully catch a few trains. It was not to be though, as no trains came by in the 30 minutes we were there.<br />
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Chesterton is a railfan hotspot, as it is directly on the Norfolk Southern Chicago mainline. It is also home to the <a href="http://www.railstream.net/" target="_blank">Chesterton Cam</a> which many railfans throughout North America enjoy to watch.<br />
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Davidhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11092030716373389832noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2287230936518777145.post-85606114261329067302015-02-25T14:18:00.001-08:002015-02-25T14:18:46.297-08:00The Adventure ContinuesAfter only ten short months in Ottawa, it appears that I am moving on again already. This time, to Weyburn, Saskatchewan. Luckily for me, and you the reader, this means that I will be much closer to the railway scene than I am now, as Weyburn is located directly on CP's mainline between Vancouver and Chicago.<br />
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Departing on Saturday February 28, we will travel to Kitchener-Waterloo for a visit with family. The next day, it is on to Chicago. After a night in Chicago, we will continue on to Minneapolis. Minneapolis to Weyburn will likely be the longest portion of the trip at nearly 10 hours. Depending on how tired I am/long this drive gets dragged out, I hope to do some railfanning along the way.<br />
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Looking forward to this next chapter of life, posts will follow once the trip is complete, and we are settled in.Davidhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11092030716373389832noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2287230936518777145.post-26121553551818796122014-11-16T12:52:00.000-08:002014-11-16T12:52:05.684-08:00Beachburg Sub Update: Nov. 16, 2014As of today (Nov 16, 2014) the end of track on the Beachburg Sub is at a point nearly half way between Kerwin Road, and Constance Lake Road. This leaves approximately 6.3 miles of track yet to be removed before reaching Nepean Junction.<br />
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My journey over today revealed that the rail train had gone east. This was likely because it was full, and needed new, empty cars to load the remainder of the subdivision. That meant no pictures of the last train on the Beachburg for me. I did however come across the rail loading equipment that attaches to the rear of the train. It was sitting just east of the Kerwin Rd. crossing with no workers in sight.<br />
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I decided that since there wasn't much to see here, I would try and get a picture of the switch at Nepean Junction because it would likely soon be gone as well. To do this, I simply walked along the Trans-Canada Trail, also known as the Greenbelt Pathway, from Corkstown Road until I found a spot to get a shot. This was tricky because most of the area had a fence, and I did not want to trespass. Luckily there was a short break in the fence for a game trail, and I was able to get this shot without stepping on the railway property.<br />
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That switch to the right of the junction name sign likely has its days numbered.<br />
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That was it for the day for me, and probably the only shot I will ever get of equipment on the Beachburg Sub.Davidhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11092030716373389832noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2287230936518777145.post-44660737981163218992014-11-13T13:40:00.000-08:002014-11-13T13:40:48.207-08:00The end is near for the Beachburg SubdivisionIt appears as though the end is in sight for the Beachburg Sub. A CN rail train, and crew have been working their way east towards Nepean Junction over the last few weeks. Now, more than ever, it feels more like a reality.<br />
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As of today (November 13, 2014), work has reached Dunrobin, west of Ottawa. This leaves approximately 9 miles to where the line meets the Renfrew Sub at Nepean Junction.<br />
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The Beachburg once acted as CN's transcontinental route via the Ottawa Valley. Now all trains heading west must be routed to Toronto before they can continue the journey west.<br />
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Hoping that the work continues long enough that I can make it over to grab some pictures.<br />
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<br />Davidhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11092030716373389832noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2287230936518777145.post-53810659560444521362014-10-21T15:00:00.000-07:002014-10-21T15:00:54.407-07:00Railfanning Syracuse, NY October 5-6, 2014As the title suggests, myself and my girlfriend made a trip to Syracuse, New York on October 5th and 6th to do a bit of shopping, as well as some train watching on the CSX mainline. On this trip, I got very lucky with the variety of power that was around.<br />
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We began with a trip to the mall for a number of hours, which conveniently is located directly beside the tracks. If you park on the top level of the parking garage at the Destiny USA mall, it offers a good view for watching trains roll by. The only downside is the number of trees blocking good vantage points for photography. Still though, it offers a break from shopping for us train fanatics.<br />
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After we had finished up shopping, it was time to go catch some trains on camera!<br />
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Shortly after arriving at Pump Road near Jordan, NY, Amtrak 707 came rolling slowly towards us out of Syracuse.<br />
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They weren't moving very fast, which lead me to believe that they had a slow order over the bumpy crossover in the video. 707 is a GE P32AC-DM built in 1995<br />
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An interesting note about 7587 is that it was the last GE C40-8 to wear CSX's Stealth paint scheme.<br />
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That spelled the end of trains for the day as it started to rain.<br />
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The next day, after we had checked out of the hotel, we drove over to <a href="https://www.google.ca/maps/@43.0710069,-76.0410318,14z?hl=en" target="_blank">DeWitt Yard in East Syracuse</a>. This is the main yard for CSX in Syracuse. The yard is fairly large, so there are a few spots that we stopped to catch some trains.<br />
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The first spot is at <a href="https://www.google.ca/maps/@43.063832,-76.063185,19z?hl=en" target="_blank">East First Street</a>. This street parallels the tracks, and often trains stop here for crew changes. As we pulled up, we got a treat. CSX 7548, and HLCX 6334 were parked, and the crew were preparing their train to depart. I grabbed a few quick shots of both units before they began to head west.<br />
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As they rolled out, we moved to the east end of the yard. Don't worry though, we'll be back to this spot later.<br />
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The second location for watching trains at DeWitt is the <a href="https://www.google.ca/maps/@43.0742371,-76.0022575,18z?hl=en" target="_blank">pedestrian bridge</a> at the eastern edge of the yard.<br />
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We arrived here, and less than two minutes after, UP 8496 came racing under us hauling a unit ethanol train.<br />
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We were not expecting this train so soon, and it shows in the quality, but this was my first ever picture of a UP unit (with the exception of the units CN purchased and patched of course).<br />
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Note the power lines at the top of the picture. These, and the fact that the pedestrian bridge is fenced in can make shooting here difficult. The same can be said for the other direction, but instead of power lines, there is road bridge blocking the view as seen above.<br />
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Next up was a quick stop at Bolivar Road near Sullivan. Here, we caught Amtrak 703 heading east.<br />
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We were heading towards Rome when I spotted a <a href="https://www.google.ca/maps/@43.1336682,-75.5874962,155m/data=!3m1!1e3?hl=en" target="_blank">potential spot to shoot some trains</a>. This spot is just off Highway 31 in Verona where an old roadway comes down to the tracks. As luck would have it, when I got out to checkout the sight line, a train was rolling west very slowly. They crept closer, and it turned out to be a BNSF 8108 leading a grain train and three other BNSF units! A shout out to my girlfriend Lauren for snapping these pics of the BNSF units as I manned the video camera.<br />
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About twenty minutes later, I heard an eastbound talking to a work train over the scanner. Another five minutes passed, and then CSX 4533 came around the bend to the west with a nice treat. SOO 6037 was trailing. This was my first time seeing an old SOO locomotive.<br />
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SOO 6037 is an EMD SD60 that thankfully is (back) in service. Many of these CP owned units are in storage, but in the last while, they have begun to show up. I was lucky enough to get this one.<br />
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We then began our journey back making the same stops, but in reverse. There was also a bit of a detour to <a href="https://www.google.ca/maps/@42.9782048,-75.8424509,623m/data=!3m1!1e3?hl=en" target="_blank">Chittenango Falls State Park</a>. If anyone reading this ever gets the chance to go the area, I'd recommend a trip to the park.<br />
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Back at Bolivar Road, another Amtrak, this time 716 west came rolling by heading into Syracuse.<br />
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Continuing the drive back, brings us to the pedestrian bridge where my luck continued. Shortly after arriving, CSX 5731, 8350, and CITX 3070 came rolling into the yard leading train Q227. The shadows from the trees and the bridge created a tricky shot at this time of day. You can see the shadows of myself, and my girlfriend standing on the bridge.<br />
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I wanted to get a few good pictures of the CITX unit so we adventured back over to E First Street. CITX 3070 is an EMD SD40-2, originally built as SOO 753.<br />
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One last surprise came rolling up as I was taking pictures of 3070. CSX train Q627 lead by CSX 4029 (EMD SD40-3), CEFX 1046 (GE AC44CW), CP 9501 (GE AC44CW), CSX 1239 (EMD MP15T), 6125 (EMD GP40-2), 4407 (EMD GP40-2), and 1191 (EMD MP15AC) slowly came up beside Q227.<br />
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That was the end of the railfanning in Syracuse for this trip. I certainly was not disappointed.<br />
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I'll leave you with this panorama shot of Q627, with Q227 hiding in the background.<br />
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The majority of these trains that I caught have videos, which can be viewed on my <a href="https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCxMi4gAWEc__1Up0CV-8A7w" target="_blank">YouTube Channel</a>. More Pictures can also be seen on my <a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/nsrailfan/" target="_blank">Flickr account</a>.Davidhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11092030716373389832noreply@blogger.com1