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Train Spotting

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Allandale25 said:
Big one

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It does seem longer than typical. I wonder if that is indicative of something. There was news a while back that they were consolidating their operations from two mines to one; I wonder if they are pulling out stockpiles. Or just a general indication that business is going well. We have a Great Lakes grain elevator/mill near here that typically sees 2-3 ships per year and we've already had four so far this year.
 
lenaitch said:
It does seem longer than typical. I wonder if that is indicative of something. There was news a while back that they were consolidating their operations from two mines to one; I wonder if they are pulling out stockpiles. Or just a general indication that business is going well. We have a Great Lakes grain elevator/mill near here that typically sees 2-3 ships per year and we've already had four so far this year.
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Where is it located?
 
Very cool picture here: http://www.railpictures.ca/?attachment_id=52498

Caption: GO Transit GP40-2(W) 9810 comes off the Halton Sub at Burlington with its short 3-car train and APCU, operating on a fantrip for the US-based Electric Railroaders Association. Fantrip attendees stand around the area between CN's Halton and Oakville Subs to get their shots, across from the Burlington Station (out of view to the right, note the platform edge at the bottom right). Among the stops made that day, the train would also visit the nearby Beach Branch and stop by the Burlington Canal lift bridge at Hargrove for a photo op.

The new GMD GP40-2W units and APCU conversions (ex-ONR FP7's converted into cab control/HEP cars) were GO's way of expanding the fleet economically as it introduced more new lines in the mid-70's (notably the Georgetown line, that opened in April of that year).

Tom Gascoigne photo, Dan Dell'Unto collection slide.​
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Allandale25 said:
Very cool picture here: http://www.railpictures.ca/?attachment_id=52498
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I think the Beach Branch of CN's network is the most interesting picture here.

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Railpictures.ca - William J. Madden photo, Dan Dell'Unto coll. Photo: The Burlington Canal Lift Bridge looms high in the background over GO Transit GP40-2W 9810, seen stopped for photos on a fantrip special along CN’s Beach Branch halfway between B

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Great shot here of Agincourt Station and an RDC in 1973.

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Railpictures.ca - John Freyseng Photo: The equipment for Canadian National commuter trains 990/991, running Monday – Friday from Union Station to Stouffville, returns south to Spadina passing CN Agincourt. This is a scheduled deadhead move shown i

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