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Viewing Album:  Ontario Trains - Niagara Region - August 2020
 
By:Neil Barratt
Dates:8/1/2020 - 8/30/2020
Album Info:Canadian National and Trillium Railways are featured this month, with appearances by GO Transit, the Oxyvinals plant switcher - and grandson Xander.
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CN 3800
Title:  CN 3800
Description:  CN's first ES44AC, #3800, delivered in November 2017, leads two other new ES44ACs on Train 422 - about to depart Port Robinson yard.
Photo Date:  8/1/2020  Upload Date: 1/15/2021 8:21:52 PM
Location:  Port Robinson, ON
Author:  Neil Barratt
Categories:  Scenic,Action
Locomotives:  CN 3800(ES44AC)
Views:  84   Comments: 0
CN 3800
Title:  CN 3800
Description:  CN's first ES44AC, #3800, delivered in November 2017, leads two other new ES44ACs on Train 422 - about to depart Port Robinson yard.
Photo Date:  8/1/2020  Upload Date: 1/15/2021 8:21:58 PM
Location:  Port Robinson, ON
Author:  Neil Barratt
Categories:  Scenic,Signal,Action
Locomotives:  CN 3800(ES44AC)
Views:  112   Comments: 0
GMTX 340
Title:  GMTX 340
Description:  While out prowling for Trillium Railways ALCOs, I ran into their more modern power - GMTX 340 - switching the remote Welland yard.
Photo Date:  8/2/2020  Upload Date: 1/15/2021 8:22:04 PM
Location:  Welland, ON
Author:  Neil Barratt
Categories:  Scenic,Action
Locomotives:  GMTX 340(MP15AC)
Views:  111   Comments: 0
GMTX 340
Title:  GMTX 340
Description:  While out prowling for Trillium Railways ALCOs, I ran into their more modern power - GMTX 340 - switching the remote Welland yard.
Photo Date:  8/2/2020  Upload Date: 1/15/2021 8:22:08 PM
Location:  Welland, ON
Author:  Neil Barratt
Categories:  Roster,Scenic,Action
Locomotives:  GMTX 340(MP15AC)
Views:  119   Comments: 0
TRRY 108
Title:  TRRY 108
Description:  Just around the corner from the workinig GMTX 340, ALCO 108 was seen idling in the new engine yard/fueling station, coupled to a string of tankers.
Photo Date:  8/2/2020  Upload Date: 1/15/2021 8:22:14 PM
Location:  Welland, ON
Author:  Neil Barratt
Categories:  Scenic,Action
Locomotives:  TRRY 108(S13)
Views:  116   Comments: 0
TRRY 108
Title:  TRRY 108
Description:  Trillium switcher at their Welland engine yard.
Photo Date:  8/2/2020  Upload Date: 1/15/2021 8:22:19 PM
Location:  Welland, ON
Author:  Neil Barratt
Categories:  Roster,Scenic,Action
Locomotives:  TRRY 108(S13)
Views:  109   Comments: 0
TRRY 108
Title:  TRRY 108
Description:  Trillium Railways switcher at their Welland engine yard.
Photo Date:  8/2/2020  Upload Date: 1/15/2021 8:22:24 PM
Location:  Welland, ON
Author:  Neil Barratt
Categories:  Scenic,Action
Locomotives:  TRRY 108(S13)
Views:  108   Comments: 0
CN 5617
Title:  CN 5617
Description:  After picking up Train 562 on my scanner, about to leave Port Robinson yard, I scurried over to CN Yager to catch the train rounding the big bend at the wye.
Photo Date:  8/2/2020  Upload Date: 1/15/2021 8:22:30 PM
Location:  Welland, ON
Author:  Neil Barratt
Categories:  Scenic,Signal,Action
Locomotives:  CN 5617(SD70I)
Views:  85   Comments: 0
CN 5617
Title:  CN 5617
Description:  After picking up Train 562 on my scanner, about to leave Port Robinson yard, I scurried over to Yager to catch the train rounding the big bend at the wye.
Photo Date:  8/2/2020  Upload Date: 1/15/2021 8:22:35 PM
Location:  Welland, ON
Author:  Neil Barratt
Categories:  Scenic,Signal,Action
Locomotives:  CN 5617(SD70I)
Views:  154   Comments: 0
CN 5617
Title:  CN 5617
Description:  Here's westbound Train 562 on the CP Hamilton Subdivision at the Welland Canal tunnel, serving both CN and CP trains. CN uses this stretch to reach the small Trillium Railways yard, not far from the CP Welland yard. The bridge crossing the CP right-of-way is Port Colborne Harbour Railway trackage served by Trillium Railways.
Photo Date:  8/2/2020  Upload Date: 1/15/2021 8:22:42 PM
Location:  Welland, ON
Author:  Neil Barratt
Categories:  Scenic,Bridge,Action
Locomotives:  CN 5617(SD70I)
Views:  109   Comments: 0
CN 5617
Title:  CN 5617
Description:  Train 562, running long hood forward, is now on the return trip from the Trillium Railways yard, back on CN trackage, entering the Yager Wye.
Photo Date:  8/2/2020  Upload Date: 1/15/2021 8:22:47 PM
Location:  Welland, ON
Author:  Neil Barratt
Categories:  Scenic,Action
Locomotives:  CN 5617(SD70I)
Views:  108   Comments: 0
TRRY 1859
Title:  TRRY 1859
Description:  Now that Trillium is using this area as an engine storage/fueling station, I can't resist going by to see what locomotives are working, knowing that I'll probably get to see at least one of their fine old ALCO switchers.
Photo Date:  8/3/2020  Upload Date: 1/15/2021 8:22:52 PM
Location:  Welland, ON
Author:  Neil Barratt
Categories:  Scenic,Yard
Locomotives:  TRRY 1859(RS18) TRRY 108(S13)
Views:  143   Comments: 0
TRRY 108
Title:  TRRY 108
Description:  Now that Trillium is using this area as an engine storage/fueling station, I can't resist going by to see what locomotives are working, knowing that I'll probably get to see at least one of their fine old ALCO switchers.
Photo Date:  8/3/2020  Upload Date: 1/15/2021 8:22:58 PM
Location:  Welland, ON
Author:  Neil Barratt
Categories:  Roster,Scenic
Locomotives:  TRRY 108(S13)
Views:  107   Comments: 0
TRRY 1859
Title:  TRRY 1859
Description:  ALCO. The only steam builder to survive into the diesel age, but unable to ever catch EMD, finally shut down in 1969.
Photo Date:  8/3/2020  Upload Date: 1/15/2021 8:23:03 PM
Location:  Welland, ON
Author:  Neil Barratt
Categories:  Roster,Scenic
Locomotives:  TRRY 1859(RS18)
Views:  116   Comments: 0
TRRY 108
Title:  TRRY 108
Description:  Vintage ALCO switcher is about to lose its Trillium logo and number for an upcoming movie shoot. I doubt if anyone at ALCO, when this locomotive was built, could ever imagine it would be in a motion picture in 2020.
Photo Date:  8/3/2020  Upload Date: 1/15/2021 8:23:09 PM
Location:  Welland, ON
Author:  Neil Barratt
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  TRRY 108(S13)
Views:  141   Comments: 0
CN 4712
Title:  CN 4712
Description:  Vintage 1973 GP38-2 stands out on today's Train 421 power trio.
Photo Date:  8/5/2020  Upload Date: 1/15/2021 8:23:15 PM
Location:  Port Robinson, ON
Author:  Neil Barratt
Categories:  Roster,Yard,Action
Locomotives:  CN 4712(GP38-2)
Views:  153   Comments: 0
CN 2915
Title:  CN 2915
Description:  Train 421 has become Train 562 after a crew change, and begins to break down the consist.
Photo Date:  8/5/2020  Upload Date: 1/15/2021 8:23:20 PM
Location:  Port Robinson, ON
Author:  Neil Barratt
Categories:  Scenic,Yard,Action
Locomotives:  CN 2915(ES44AC) CN 2814(ES44AC) CN 4712(GP38-2)
Views:  118   Comments: 0
CN 2915
Title:  CN 2915
Description:  Train 421 has become Train 562 after a crew change, and begins the long push-back into the yard.
Photo Date:  8/5/2020  Upload Date: 1/15/2021 8:23:25 PM
Location:  Port Robinson, ON
Author:  Neil Barratt
Categories:  Scenic,Yard,Signal,Action
Locomotives:  CN 2915(ES44AC) CN 2814(ES44AC) CN 4712(GP38-2)
Views:  128   Comments: 0
CN 2461
Title:  CN 2461
Description:  The robust face of a wide-cab Dash-8 stands out on Train 421, about to leave Port Robinson yard.
Photo Date:  8/15/2020  Upload Date: 1/15/2021 8:19:14 PM
Location:  Port Robinson, ON
Author:  Neil Barratt
Categories:  Scenic,Signal,Action
Locomotives:  IC 2461(C40-8W)
Views:  200   Comments: 0
CN 2461
Title:  CN 2461
Description:  Train 422 prepares to depart Port Robinson yard behind vintage 1994 Illinois Central 2461.
Photo Date:  8/15/2020  Upload Date: 1/15/2021 8:19:20 PM
Location:  Port Robinson, ON
Author:  Neil Barratt
Categories:  Scenic,Signal,Action
Locomotives:  IC 2461(C40-8W) CN 2149(C40-8W)
Views:  341   Comments: 0
LTEX 1014
Title:  LTEX 1014
Description:  Snazzy switcher works the Oxyvinals yard.
Photo Date:  8/17/2020  Upload Date: 1/15/2021 8:19:24 PM
Location:  Port Robinson, ON
Author:  Neil Barratt
Categories:  Scenic,Yard,Action
Locomotives:  LTEX 1014(SW1500)
Views:  111   Comments: 0
CN 3875
Title:  CN 3875
Description:  Two-year-old ES44AC heads up a 5-locomotive power combo on today's Train 422.
Photo Date:  8/17/2020  Upload Date: 1/15/2021 8:19:31 PM
Location:  Port Robinson, ON
Author:  Neil Barratt
Categories:  Scenic,Signal,Action
Locomotives:  CN 3875(ES44AC)
Views:  139   Comments: 0
CN 2305
Title:  CN 2305
Description:  Train 421 arrives at Port Robinson, and rumbles to a stop just outside the yard office.
Photo Date:  8/19/2020  Upload Date: 1/15/2021 8:19:40 PM
Location:  Welland, ON
Author:  Neil Barratt
Categories:  Scenic,Yard,Signal,Action
Locomotives:  CN 2305(ES44DC) CN 5635(SD75I) CN 2146(C40-8W)
Views:  75   Comments: 0
CN 2305
Title:  CN 2305
Description:  Train 421 arrives at Port Robinson, and rumbles to a stop just outside the yard office.
Photo Date:  8/19/2020  Upload Date: 1/15/2021 8:19:45 PM
Location:  Port Robinson, ON
Author:  Neil Barratt
Categories:  Scenic,Yard,Signal,Action
Locomotives:  CN 2305(ES44DC) CN 5635(SD75I) CN 2146(C40-8W)
Views:  81   Comments: 0
CN 2305
Title:  CN 2305
Description:  Train 421 arrives at Port Robinson, and rumbles to a stop just outside the yard office.
Photo Date:  8/19/2020  Upload Date: 1/15/2021 8:19:51 PM
Location:  Port Robinson, ON
Author:  Neil Barratt
Categories:  Scenic,Yard,Signal,Action
Locomotives:  CN 2305(ES44DC) CN 5635(SD75I) CN 2146(C40-8W)
Views:  77   Comments: 0
CN 2632
Title:  CN 2632
Description:  Train 422 prepares to depart Port Robinson. With my grandson in tow, and after snapping a few pics here at the yard, we headed to one of my favorite spots, where Xander used his new (my old) tripod for the first time.
Photo Date:  8/23/2020  Upload Date: 1/15/2021 8:19:56 PM
Location:  Port Robinson, ON
Author:  Neil Barratt
Categories:  Scenic,Signal,Action
Locomotives:  CN 2632(C44-9W) CN 2115(C40-8) CN 2415(C40-8M)
Views:  90   Comments: 0
CN 2632
Title:  CN 2632
Description:  Train 422 prepares to depart Port Robinson yard.
Photo Date:  8/23/2020  Upload Date: 1/15/2021 8:20:02 PM
Location:  Port Robinson, ON
Author:  Neil Barratt
Categories:  Scenic,Signal,Action
Locomotives:  CN 2632(C44-9W) CN 2115(C40-8) CN 2415(C40-8M)
Views:  125   Comments: 0
CN 2632
Title:  CN 2632
Description:  Xander lines up his 'Pic of the Day'.
Photo Date:  8/23/2020  Upload Date: 1/15/2021 8:20:07 PM
Location:  Niagara Falls, ON
Author:  Neil Barratt
Categories:  Scenic,Signal,Action
Locomotives:  CN 2632(C44-9W) CN 2115(C40-8) CN 2415(C40-8M)
Views:  135   Comments: 0
CN 2415
Title:  CN 2415
Description:  Trailing power is this fine 1992 vintage Draper Taper #2415. In CN's recent purge (late 2020/early 2021) of 28 Dash-8s, including 19 Draper Tapers, this unit somehow escaped the scrapline.
Photo Date:  8/23/2020  Upload Date: 1/15/2021 8:20:13 PM
Location:  Niagara Falls, ON
Author:  Neil Barratt
Categories:  Roster,Action
Locomotives:  CN 2415(C40-8M)
Views:  109   Comments: 0
GOT 652
Title:  GOT 652
Description:  Weekends only Toronto/Niagara Falls 'commuter' train rolls under the Merritt Street overpass in St. Catharines.
Photo Date:  8/23/2020  Upload Date: 1/15/2021 8:20:17 PM
Location:  St. Catharines, ON
Author:  Neil Barratt
Categories:  Scenic,Bridge,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  GOT 652(MP40PH-3C)
Views:  128   Comments: 0
CN 8838
Title:  CN 8838
Description:  Extra Train 422 roars through Merriton.
Photo Date:  8/23/2020  Upload Date: 1/15/2021 8:20:23 PM
Location:  St. Catharines, ON
Author:  Neil Barratt
Categories:  Scenic,Bridge,Action
Locomotives:  CN 8838(SD70M-2) CN 5607(SD70I) CN 8820(SD70M-2) CN 2103(C40-8)
Views:  103   Comments: 0
CN 8838
Title:  CN 8838
Description:  Big blue sky shot of Train 422x at Merriton.
Photo Date:  8/23/2020  Upload Date: 1/15/2021 8:20:28 PM
Location:  St. Catharines, ON
Author:  Neil Barratt
Categories:  Scenic,Bridge,Action
Locomotives:  CN 8838(SD70M-2) CN 5607(SD70I) CN 8820(SD70M-2) CN 2103(C40-8)
Views:  147   Comments: 0
CN 2103
Title:  CN 2103
Description:  Trailing locomotive is fine 1991 vintage Dash-8 #2103.
Photo Date:  8/23/2020  Upload Date: 1/15/2021 8:20:33 PM
Location:  St. Catharines, ON
Author:  Neil Barratt
Categories:  Roster,Action
Locomotives:  CN 2103(C40-8)
Views:  97   Comments: 0
TRRY 1859
Title:  TRRY 1859
Description:  Trillium Railways new engine yard and fueling station hosts their two 1950s vintage ALCO switchers. These two locomotives are soon to be painted solid black, with fictitious railroad logo and number for a movie shoot.
Photo Date:  8/30/2020  Upload Date: 1/15/2021 8:20:40 PM
Location:  Welland, ON
Author:  Neil Barratt
Categories:  Roster,Scenic,Yard
Locomotives:  TRRY 1859(RS18) TRRY 108(S13)
Views:  242   Comments: 0
TRRY 1859
Title:  TRRY 1859
Description:  Classic ALCO 'Alligator' profile.
Photo Date:  8/30/2020  Upload Date: 1/15/2021 8:20:46 PM
Location:  Welland, ON
Author:  Neil Barratt
Categories:  Roster,Yard,Action
Locomotives:  TRRY 1859(RS18)
Views:  117   Comments: 0
TRRY 108
Title:  TRRY 108
Description:  Delicious ALCO switcher will lose its Trillium Railways logo for an upcoming movie shoot.
Photo Date:  8/30/2020  Upload Date: 1/15/2021 8:20:52 PM
Location:  Welland, ON
Author:  Neil Barratt
Categories:  Roster,Scenic,Yard
Locomotives:  TRRY 108(S13)
Views:  140   Comments: 0
TRRY 108
Title:  TRRY 108
Description:  What a fine-looking machine, with much character after 60 years of working outdoors.
Photo Date:  8/30/2020  Upload Date: 1/15/2021 8:20:58 PM
Location:  Welland, ON
Author:  Neil Barratt
Categories:  Roster,Scenic,Yard,Action
Locomotives:  TRRY 108(S13)
Views:  119   Comments: 0
TRRY 1859
Title:  TRRY 1859
Description:  Railfans will appreciate why I visit, and photograph these fine ALCOs, every chance I get. Although I'm even older than these engines, I have a sneaky feeling they may even outlast me.
Photo Date:  8/30/2020  Upload Date: 1/15/2021 8:21:03 PM
Location:  Welland, ON
Author:  Neil Barratt
Categories:  Roster,Scenic,Yard
Locomotives:  TRRY 1859(RS18) TRRY 108(S13)
Views:  112   Comments: 0
GMTX 340
Title:  GMTX 340
Description:  After leaving the two Trillium ALCOs at the yard, I soon caught up to their one other locomotive - switching the remote Welland yard, over grass-encrusted rails..
Photo Date:  8/30/2020  Upload Date: 1/15/2021 8:21:11 PM
Location:  Welland, ON
Author:  Neil Barratt
Categories:  Scenic,Action
Locomotives:  GMTX 340(MP15AC)
Views:  92   Comments: 0
GMTX 340
Title:  GMTX 340
Description:  After leaving the two Trillium ALCOs at the yard, I soon caught up to their one other locomotive switching the remote Welland yard.
Photo Date:  8/30/2020  Upload Date: 1/15/2021 8:21:16 PM
Location:  Welland, ON
Author:  Neil Barratt
Categories:  Scenic,Action
Locomotives:  GMTX 340(MP15AC)
Views:  135   Comments: 0
CN 2965
Title:  CN 2965
Description:  I caught Train 562 about to leave Port Robinson yard, and the chase was on. But not before one last switching move, and dropping one locomotive.
Photo Date:  8/30/2020  Upload Date: 1/15/2021 8:21:21 PM
Location:  Port Robinson, ON
Author:  Neil Barratt
Categories:  Yard,Signal,Action
Locomotives:  CN 2965(ES44AC) CN 2904(ES44AC)
Views:  94   Comments: 0
CN 2965
Title:  CN 2965
Description:  First stop after leaving Port Robinson yard was at Silverthorn Court as Train 562 rolled south under the Schisler Road overpass.
Photo Date:  8/30/2020  Upload Date: 1/15/2021 8:21:26 PM
Location:  Welland, ON
Author:  Neil Barratt
Categories:  Scenic,Bridge,Action
Locomotives:  CN 2965(ES44AC) CN 2904(ES44AC)
Views:  87   Comments: 0
CN 2965
Title:  CN 2965
Description:  First stop after leaving Port Robinson yard was at Silverthorn Court as Train 562 rolled south under the Schisler Road overpass.
Photo Date:  8/30/2020  Upload Date: 1/15/2021 8:21:30 PM
Location:  Welland, ON
Author:  Neil Barratt
Categories:  Scenic,Action
Locomotives:  CN 2965(ES44AC) CN 2904(ES44AC)
Views:  85   Comments: 0
CN 2965
Title:  CN 2965
Description:  I heard on my scanner that Train 562 would be heading to Port Colborne on the rarely used Humberstone spur, so it was a sprint over to Yager Road to catch the train coming off the wye.
Photo Date:  8/30/2020  Upload Date: 1/15/2021 8:21:35 PM
Location:  Welland, ON
Author:  Neil Barratt
Categories:  Scenic,Action
Locomotives:  CN 2965(ES44AC) CN 2904(ES44AC)
Views:  83   Comments: 0
CN 2965
Title:  CN 2965
Description:  Pretty summer scene as Train 562 rolls around the Yager Wye on the old Humberstone spur.
Photo Date:  8/30/2020  Upload Date: 1/15/2021 8:21:41 PM
Location:  Welland, ON
Author:  Neil Barratt
Categories:  Scenic,Action
Locomotives:  CN 2965(ES44AC) CN 2904(ES44AC)
Views:  137   Comments: 0
CN 2965
Title:  CN 2965
Description:  One last look at Train 562, and last pic of the month, as the train approaches Yager Road on the Humberstone spur.
Photo Date:  8/30/2020  Upload Date: 1/15/2021 8:21:46 PM
Location:  Welland, ON
Author:  Neil Barratt
Categories:  Scenic,Action
Locomotives:  CN 2965(ES44AC) CN 2904(ES44AC)
Views:  171   Comments: 0

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