James has managed to glom a ride in the left seat of 1800 and leans out to give me a big wave as they pass the Mile 144 marker on the CN Newmarket Sub, just south of Huntsville. Sadly, we will no ... (more)

698 flies around the bend at Utterson with 1809 up front. I'm standing across from where the station used to be, and the remnants of the passing track roadbed are still evident.

698 flies around the bend at Utterson with 1809 up front.

Today's southbound Northlander flies over Old Muskoka Road as its friendly engineer gives me a big wave!

698 rolls through Martins on a hot summer day.

Classic ONR 1805 is back on the rails and doing Northlander duties after a lenghty absence.

Today's Northlander thunders past some of the MofW equipment used to replace "pretty much all of the ties in the siding" here at Martins, Mile 141 CN Newmarket Sub according to the workers I spoke... (more)

1800 leads the Northlander by the location of a long-closed crossing at the back corner of one of my woodlots. The Stephenson Road 8 crossing was closed due to multiple fatal occurrences, mostly i... (more)

Slowing for the station stop 1809 leads the Northlander across the Muskoka River in Huntsville. The bridge work that has been going on since late winter is finally complete. The bridge was jacked ... (more)

698 swoops down around the bend at Martins on a beautiful spring afternoon. In this view you can see the spur going off the back track and up the grade to the Panolam plant at the far left.

698 leans into just another curve on the twisty Newmarket Sub led by a sparkling clean 1809.

Doin' the wave! Engineman Sykes waves out his window at the photographer while an attractive young lady on a tractor waves at the train from the other side of the tracks. Nice to see 1809 back on ... (more)

A grimy 1809 leads its train past the swamp just north of Falkenburg.

Wishful Thinking! The sign on 1809's front railing says "Ontario Northland NOT for sale!". Today's 697 with 1802 in charge also bore the signs. A noble sentiment, and one that I wholehearte... (more)