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By:Neil Barratt
Dates:3/9/2020 - 3/26/2020
Album Info:My second batch of March pics includes some fine ALCO switching action, CN and CP freighters, a CN light engine move to Port Colborne, and some 'new-classic' diesels at CN Port Robinson yard.
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AMTK 103
Title:  AMTK 103
Description:  Looking west from Merritt Street overpass. The Maple Leaf heads for Niagara Falls, then on to New York City - with a few stops in between.
Photo Date:  3/9/2020  Upload Date: 6/23/2020 5:22:20 PM
Location:  St. Catharines, ON
Author:  Neil Barratt
Categories:  Scenic,Signal,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  AMTK 103(P42DC)
Views:  97   Comments: 0
CN 2719
Title:  CN 2719
Description:  Train 422 is a little late today, giving me a chance to catch it at one of my favorite spots - Lundy's Lane grade crossing.
Photo Date:  3/9/2020  Upload Date: 6/23/2020 5:22:27 PM
Location:  Niagara Falls, ON
Author:  Neil Barratt
Categories:  Scenic,Action
Locomotives:  CN 8928(SD70M-2) IC 2719(C44-9W)
Views:  150   Comments: 0
CN 2719
Title:  CN 2719
Description:  I had to clear a whole bunch of winter brush to get into position for this pic of Train 422 about to descend the Niagara Escarpment at Garner Road.
Photo Date:  3/9/2020  Upload Date: 6/23/2020 5:22:30 PM
Location:  Niagara Falls, ON
Author:  Neil Barratt
Categories:  Scenic,Action
Locomotives:  CN 8928(SD70M-2) IC 2719(C44-9W)
Views:  134   Comments: 0
CN 8100
Title:  CN 8100
Description:  #8100 - an ex EMD demonstrator - and one of only 4 CN SD70Ace-P6 locomotives - leads today's Train 421 at Merriton.
Photo Date:  3/16/2020  Upload Date: 6/23/2020 5:22:36 PM
Location:  St. Catharines, ON
Author:  Neil Barratt
Categories:  Scenic,Action
Locomotives:  CN 8100(SD70ACe) CN 2959(ES44AC) CN 2827(ES44AC)
Views:  181   Comments: 0
CN 8100
Title:  CN 8100
Description:  Train 421 rolls through Merriton, just ahead of the Welland Canal.
Photo Date:  3/16/2020  Upload Date: 6/23/2020 5:22:41 PM
Location:  St. Catharines, ON
Author:  Neil Barratt
Categories:  Scenic,Action
Locomotives:  CN 8100(SD70ACe) CN 2959(ES44AC) CN 2827(ES44AC)
Views:  134   Comments: 0
CN 8100
Title:  CN 8100
Description:  Big blue sky shot of Train 421 approaching the Welland Canal on the CN Grimsby Subdivision.
Photo Date:  3/16/2020  Upload Date: 6/23/2020 5:22:46 PM
Location:  St. Catharines, ON
Author:  Neil Barratt
Categories:  Scenic,Action
Locomotives:  CN 8100(SD70ACe) CN 2959(ES44AC) CN 2827(ES44AC)
Views:  133   Comments: 0
CN 8100
Title:  CN 8100
Description:  After catching Train 421 in St. Catharines, it was a leisurely chase over to Port Robinson to watch as it arrived at the yard.
Photo Date:  3/16/2020  Upload Date: 6/23/2020 5:22:51 PM
Location:  Port Robinson, ON
Author:  Neil Barratt
Categories:  Yard,Signal,Action
Locomotives:  CN 8100(SD70ACe) CN 2959(ES44AC) CN 2827(ES44AC)
Views:  205   Comments: 0
CN 2571
Title:  CN 2571
Description:  CN Train 562 prepares to depart Port Robinson yard.
Photo Date:  3/18/2020  Upload Date: 6/23/2020 5:22:55 PM
Location:  Port Robinson, ON
Author:  Neil Barratt
Categories:  Yard,Signal,Action
Locomotives:  CN 2571(C44-9W)
Views:  81   Comments: 0
CP 8779
Title:  CP 8779
Description:  CP Train 255 on the approach to the Welland yard, after passing under the Canal.
Photo Date:  3/18/2020  Upload Date: 6/23/2020 5:23:01 PM
Location:  Port Colborne, ON
Author:  Neil Barratt
Categories:  Scenic,Action
Locomotives:  CP 8779(ES44AC) CP 8158(AC4400CWM)
Views:  115   Comments: 0
CP 8158
Title:  CP 8158
Description:  Smart-looking trailing power on today's Train 255.
Photo Date:  3/18/2020  Upload Date: 6/23/2020 5:23:06 PM
Location:  Port Colborne, ON
Author:  Neil Barratt
Categories:  Roster,Scenic,Action
Locomotives:  CP 8158(AC4400CWM)
Views:  194   Comments: 0
CN 2571
Title:  CN 2571
Description:  Here's Train 562, running long-hood forward, this time on the return trip to the small Trillium Railways yard at Feeder Road.
Photo Date:  3/18/2020  Upload Date: 6/23/2020 5:23:11 PM
Location:  Port Colborne, ON
Author:  Neil Barratt
Categories:  Scenic,Action
Locomotives:  CN 2571(C44-9W)
Views:  100   Comments: 0
CN 2571
Title:  CN 2571
Description:  Traiin 562 again, after winding around the Brookfield Wye onto the CN Stamford Subdivision, headed for Port Robinson yard.
Photo Date:  3/18/2020  Upload Date: 6/23/2020 5:23:15 PM
Location:  Port Colborne, ON
Author:  Neil Barratt
Categories:  Scenic,Action
Locomotives:  CN 2571(C44-9W)
Views:  96   Comments: 0
CN 8864
Title:  CN 8864
Description:  Train 562 soars through the Welland countryside at Lyon's Creek, enroute to the small Trillium Railways yard at Feeder Road.
Photo Date:  3/21/2020  Upload Date: 6/23/2020 5:23:20 PM
Location:  Welland, ON
Author:  Neil Barratt
Categories:  Scenic,Action
Locomotives:  CN 8864(SD70M-2) CN 2590(C44-9W)
Views:  111   Comments: 0
CN 8864
Title:  CN 8864
Description:  Here's Train 562, now on the CP Hamilton Subdivision, winding around the Brookfield Wye.
Photo Date:  3/21/2020  Upload Date: 6/23/2020 5:23:25 PM
Location:  Port Colborne, ON
Author:  Neil Barratt
Categories:  Scenic,Action
Locomotives:  CN 8864(SD70M-2) CN 2590(C44-9W)
Views:  107   Comments: 0
CN 2099
Title:  CN 2099
Description:  I waited around long enough to catch Train 531 at Buchner Road grade crossing, about 45 minutes after Train 562 rolled by.
Photo Date:  3/21/2020  Upload Date: 6/23/2020 5:23:29 PM
Location:  Welland, ON
Author:  Neil Barratt
Categories:  Scenic,Action
Locomotives:  CN 2099(C40-8W)
Views:  82   Comments: 0
CN 2099
Title:  CN 2099
Description:  Big blue sky shot of Train 531 crossing Lyon's Creek.
Photo Date:  3/21/2020  Upload Date: 6/23/2020 5:23:34 PM
Location:  Welland, ON
Author:  Neil Barratt
Categories:  Scenic,Action
Locomotives:  CN 2099(C40-8W)
Views:  124   Comments: 0
CN 8864
Title:  CN 8864
Description:  One of my best train chases in a long time. Not a lot of train, but I was able to get ahead of this slow-moving engine running light to Port Colborne - to lift one tank car - and get a few pics on the return trip as well. First sighting was here at Yager Road grade crossing, on the rarely used CN Humberstone Subdivision.
Photo Date:  3/22/2020  Upload Date: 6/23/2020 5:23:39 PM
Location:  Port Colborne, ON
Author:  Neil Barratt
Categories:  Scenic,Action
Locomotives:  CN 8864(SD70M-2)
Views:  87   Comments: 0
CN 8864
Title:  CN 8864
Description:  Coming and going shots of Train 562 on the Yager Wye, headed for Port Colborne to snag a single tank car.
Photo Date:  3/22/2020  Upload Date: 6/23/2020 5:23:44 PM
Location:  Port Colborne, ON
Author:  Neil Barratt
Categories:  Scenic,Action
Locomotives:  CN 8864(SD70M-2)
Views:  70   Comments: 0
CN 8864
Title:  CN 8864
Description:  Train 562, running light to Port Colborne, passes the old Robin Hood Flour mills on the opposite side of the Welland Canal.
Photo Date:  3/22/2020  Upload Date: 6/23/2020 5:23:49 PM
Location:  Port Colborne, ON
Author:  Neil Barratt
Categories:  Scenic,Action
Locomotives:  CN 8864(SD70M-2)
Views:  69   Comments: 0
CN 8864
Title:  CN 8864
Description:  Train 562 rolls by the CSL TADOUSSAC, docked at Lock 8 on the Welland Canal.
Photo Date:  3/22/2020  Upload Date: 6/23/2020 5:23:54 PM
Location:  Port Colborne, ON
Author:  Neil Barratt
Categories:  Signal,Action
Locomotives:  CN 8864(SD70M-2)
Views:  88   Comments: 0
CN 8864
Title:  CN 8864
Description:  Is a ship bigger than a train? CN 8864 is dwarfed by the very cool CSL TADOUSSAC.
Photo Date:  3/22/2020  Upload Date: 6/23/2020 5:24:00 PM
Location:  Port Colborne, ON
Author:  Neil Barratt
Categories:  Scenic,Action
Locomotives:  CN 8864(SD70M-2)
Views:  89   Comments: 0
CN 8864
Title:  CN 8864
Description:  Train 562 has arrived at the industry in Port Colborne where it will lift one tank car before returning to Port Robinson yard.
Photo Date:  3/22/2020  Upload Date: 6/23/2020 5:24:03 PM
Location:  Port Colborne, ON
Author:  Neil Barratt
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  CN 8864(SD70M-2)
Views:  79   Comments: 0
CN 8864
Title:  CN 8864
Description:  Crossing Durham Street in Port Colborne to lift one tank car at the local industry.
Photo Date:  3/22/2020  Upload Date: 6/23/2020 5:24:08 PM
Location:  Port Colborne, ON
Author:  Neil Barratt
Categories:  Yard,Action
Locomotives:  CN 8864(SD70M-2)
Views:  82   Comments: 0
CN 8864
Title:  CN 8864
Description:  Train 562 on the return trip, approaching Forkes Road grade crossing. If you look really really close, you can see the two towers of the Dain City lift bridge - at the bottom of the first pole.
Photo Date:  3/22/2020  Upload Date: 6/23/2020 5:24:12 PM
Location:  Port Colborne, ON
Author:  Neil Barratt
Categories:  Scenic,Action
Locomotives:  CN 8864(SD70M-2)
Views:  85   Comments: 0
CN 8864
Title:  CN 8864
Description:  Train 562 on the return trip, approaching Forkes Road grade crossing.
Photo Date:  3/22/2020  Upload Date: 6/23/2020 5:24:16 PM
Location:  Port Colborne, ON
Author:  Neil Barratt
Categories:  Scenic,Action
Locomotives:  CN 8864(SD70M-2)
Views:  80   Comments: 0
CN 8864
Title:  CN 8864
Description:  Train 562 on the return trip, approaching Forkes Road grade crossing.
Photo Date:  3/22/2020  Upload Date: 6/23/2020 5:24:22 PM
Location:  Port Colborne, ON
Author:  Neil Barratt
Categories:  Scenic,Action
Locomotives:  CN 8864(SD70M-2)
Views:  92   Comments: 0
CN 8864
Title:  CN 8864
Description:  One last big blue shot of Train 562, on the CN Stamford Sub, crossing Lyon's Creek, with Port Robinson yard about a mile away. Note the added freight car after the train made a quick stop at CN Southern yard.
Photo Date:  3/22/2020  Upload Date: 6/23/2020 5:24:26 PM
Location:  Welland, ON
Author:  Neil Barratt
Categories:  Scenic,Action
Locomotives:  CN 8864(SD70M-2)
Views:  88   Comments: 0
TRRY 1859
Title:  TRRY 1859
Description:  What a lucky break. I ventured over to Port Colborne area and bumped into Trillium Railways' fine ALCO switcher in action at several locations. First, here at Forkes Road, running light, about to snag a handful of tank cars and head for Dain City.
Photo Date:  3/26/2020  Upload Date: 6/23/2020 5:24:31 PM
Location:  Port Colborne, ON
Author:  Neil Barratt
Categories:  Signal,Action
Locomotives:  TRRY 1859(RS18)
Views:  181   Comments: 0
TRRY 1859
Title:  TRRY 1859
Description:  TRRY ALCO switcher at Forkes Road grade crossing.
Photo Date:  3/26/2020  Upload Date: 6/23/2020 5:24:35 PM
Location:  Port Colborne, ON
Author:  Neil Barratt
Categories:  Scenic,Action
Locomotives:  TRRY 1859(RS18)
Views:  139   Comments: 0
TRRY 1859
Title:  TRRY 1859
Description:  Here's TRRY 1859 again, this time with a string of tank cars, headed for Dain City industry.
Photo Date:  3/26/2020  Upload Date: 6/23/2020 5:24:41 PM
Location:  Port Colborne, ON
Author:  Neil Barratt
Categories:  Scenic,Action
Locomotives:  TRRY 1859(RS18)
Views:  121   Comments: 0
TRRY 1859
Title:  TRRY 1859
Description:  Trillium Railways switcher, with a handful of tank cars, crosses the old lift bridge at Dain City. Many years ago, this bridge would have seen a lot of action - before the canal - and the big ships - were rerouted around the city of Welland.
Photo Date:  3/26/2020  Upload Date: 6/23/2020 5:24:45 PM
Location:  Port Colborne, ON
Author:  Neil Barratt
Categories:  Scenic,Bridge,Action
Locomotives:  TRRY 1859(RS18)
Views:  421   Comments: 1
TRRY 1859
Title:  TRRY 1859
Description:  I had to stretch my camera lens to capture this entire scene...The brakemen prepares to remount his train as TRRY 1859 approaches the local industry rail yard to switch some tankers.
Photo Date:  3/26/2020  Upload Date: 6/23/2020 5:24:49 PM
Location:  Port Colborne, ON
Author:  Neil Barratt
Categories:  Scenic,Bridge,Yard,Signal,Action
Locomotives:  TRRY 1859(RS18)
Views:  197   Comments: 0
BCOL 4607
Title:  BCOL 4607
Description:  Last pics of the day, as the clouds rolled in at Port Robinson yard. Nice 'new-classic' loco lashup on Train 421 - with a 1990 British Columbia Rail Dash-8 on the point, followed by a blue Dash-9 built in 2000, and lastly an SD75I built in 1996.
Photo Date:  3/26/2020  Upload Date: 6/23/2020 5:24:54 PM
Location:  Port Robinson, ON
Author:  Neil Barratt
Categories:  Yard,Signal,Action
Locomotives:  BCOL 4607(C40-8M) BCOL 4650(C44-9W) CN 5775(SD75I)
Views:  121   Comments: 1
BCOL 4607
Title:  BCOL 4607
Description:  Last pics of the day, as the clouds rolled in at Port Robinson yard. Nice 'new-classic' loco lashup on Train 421 - with a 1990 British Columbia Rail Dash-8 on the point, followed by a blue Dash-9 built in 2000, and lastly an SD75I built in 1996.
Photo Date:  3/26/2020  Upload Date: 6/23/2020 5:25:01 PM
Location:  Port Robinson, ON
Author:  Neil Barratt
Categories:  Yard,Signal,Action
Locomotives:  BCOL 4607(C40-8M) BCOL 4650(C44-9W) CN 5775(SD75I)
Views:  152   Comments: 0
CN 5775
Title:  CN 5775
Description:  Big EMD trailing power on Train 421.
Photo Date:  3/26/2020  Upload Date: 6/23/2020 5:25:06 PM
Location:  Port Robinson, ON
Author:  Neil Barratt
Categories:  Roster,Yard,Action
Locomotives:  CN 5775(SD75I)
Views:  86   Comments: 0
BCOL 4650
Title:  BCOL 4650
Description:  Big blue Dash-9 works Train 421 today.
Photo Date:  3/26/2020  Upload Date: 6/23/2020 5:25:11 PM
Location:  Port Robinson, ON
Author:  Neil Barratt
Categories:  Roster,Yard,Action
Locomotives:  BCOL 4650(C44-9W)
Views:  156   Comments: 0
BCOL 4607
Title:  BCOL 4607
Description:  One of my all-time favorites. GE Dash-8 with Draper Taper car body design - on the point of Train 421.
Photo Date:  3/26/2020  Upload Date: 6/23/2020 5:25:15 PM
Location:  Port Robinson, ON
Author:  Neil Barratt
Categories:  Roster,Yard,Action
Locomotives:  BCOL 4607(C40-8M)
Views:  213   Comments: 0


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