First fire in 3 years. Last night Judy and I spent 3 hours painting the boiler and smoke dome with high-temp aluminum paint. This morning Chief Engineer Greg and I covered them with insulat... (more)

ONR 1805 leads 698 southbound through Martins.

VIA 82 blasts past Oakville Station under threatening skies.

CN 450 with "ES44DCm " 2263 leading crosses over Bracebridge Falls as work continues on the power stations below. 2263 has been modified with emissions testing equipment; note the new section with... (more)

Amtrak 175 leads VIA 97/Amtrak 64 - "The Maple Leaf" - westbound through Oakville on the first leg of its daily TO - NYC run. After having transfered the "butt-ugliest award" over to the MPI dildo... (more)

An increasingly rare daytime 450 heads south alongside Aspdin Road. Something looks different about this lead unit. The center section of the long hood has been raised to house some emissions test... (more)

...and the Consist of the Day Award goes to...CP 247! The early morning mist still obscures the Niagara Escarpment in the background but has lifted enough to allow the sun to shine on this ... (more)

Niagara Falls - Toronto VIA meets CN 385 at Bayview.

The leaves are starting to pop out in this part of the country as 2200 leads the southbound Northlander up a bit of a grade tucked between Aspdin Road and Lake Vernon, on their way to a meet with ... (more)

Today's southbound Northlander featured the ever-regal 1805, captured here at the south mileboard to Martins Siding. This used to be the location of a previous siding known as Mallard Siding, long... (more)

Caught this train on its southbound journey yesterday as 698. Would have missed it today as it was running a bit early, but my dog (who likes train-watching as much as she likes car rides) heard i... (more)

Still pretty shiny! Driving home this morning from my daughter's wedding yesterday, I spotted (from the highway overpass in the background) a clear signal for a southbound on the Bala Sub. We made... (more)

Having been out of town for a few days (to give away my daughter's hand in marriage) I was pleased to see a canary-nosed GP40 leading the Northlander again, helping to brighten up a dead-looking l... (more)

More classic GMD power in Oakville Yard.

I've been trying to catch this pair of old geeps sandwiching GMD1u 1444 around Oakville Yard the past couple of days but didn't succeed in getting a clear shot until now, as they head back ... (more)