Yesterday's Jordan Spreader move was taking it relatively easy through this section compared to what it had faced further south. It was following a couple of hours behind a ballast regulator the l... (more)

CN ran a Jordan Spreader up the Newmarket Sub from Washago to Huntsville today, first time I've seen one in these parts since about 30 years ago when they used to keep one parked at Martins or in ... (more)

Gone but not forgotten!

On a perfect spring day back in 2011 the Ontario Northland "Northlander" winds through the curves at Mile 144 of the CN Newmarket Sub just south o... (more)

The 2016 CP Holiday Train creeps across the 1,695' long by 115' high trestle over the Seguin River in Parry Sound, Ontario as dusk settles in.

After dropping rail a couple of miles north, CN Work 914 continues southbound on the Newmarket Sub passing through the curve at Utterson.

After dropping rail a couple of miles north, CN Work 914 continues southbound on the Newmarket Sub passing through the curve at Utterson.

Attended a wedding in Parry Sound this afternoon, got there early to see if I could catch anything going over the harbor on the CP trestle. Missed the first one by a stoplight, but caught this one... (more)

CN Work 914 - a CWR train headed up by a GP38-2 long hood forward - is seen here holed up at Martins after using up their allotment of rail the previous few days along the northern parts of the Ne... (more)

Oops!

Some days you're better off staying in bed, and this was one of mine.

CN 595, CN 4132 solo, southbound by Mile 138 Newmarket Sub on a beautiful summer morning. They're heading for Stepan Chemical in Longford Mills, south of Washago on the old Newmarket Spur. Stepan ... (more)

CN 595 heads south for Longford Mills during some typical late-April flurry activity.

CN 451 eases into the south end of Huntsville Yard where it will set out some loads then continue on to North Bay.

A normally nocturnal CN 451 - running late enough to put it well into daylight - skirts the south shore of Lake Vernon with work just ahead in Huntsville before continuing on to North Bay.

A normally nocturnal CN 451 - running late enough to put it well into daylight - approaches the south switch at Martins on its way from MacMillan Yard in Vaughan to North Bay.

A pair of new-ish units, CN 3002 and 8900 roll southbound light through Utterson on an early spring afternoon. The utility pole and empty roadbed in the foreground bear witness to what once was ... (more)