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Viewing Album:  Ontario Trains - Niagara Region - April 2021
 
By:Neil Barratt
Dates:4/2/2021 - 4/26/2021
Album Info:Lots of CN, CP and Trillium Railways in action (including a first appearance by Trillium's 'new' GP35 road switcher), and a late winter snowstorm to spice things up a little.
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GMTX 340
Title:  GMTX 340
Description:  Trillium Railways' two ALCOs are hooked up to the fuel oil heating system, while GMTX 340 has a long extension cord running into an electrical box in front of the cab.
Photo Date:  4/2/2021  Upload Date: 9/21/2021 5:28:57 PM
Location:  Welland, ON
Author:  Neil Barratt
Categories:  Yard
Locomotives:  GMTX 340(MP15AC) TRRY 108(S13) TRRY 1859(RS18)
Views:  151   Comments: 0
GMTX 340
Title:  GMTX 340
Description:  A look at the fuel oil heating system hooked up to the two aging ALCOs.
Photo Date:  4/2/2021  Upload Date: 9/21/2021 5:29:05 PM
Location:  Welland, ON
Author:  Neil Barratt
Categories:  Scenic,Yard,Action
Locomotives:  GMTX 340(MP15AC) TRRY 108(S13) TRRY 1859(RS18)
Views:  122   Comments: 0
CP 8819
Title:  CP 8819
Description:  Fifteen year old sister ES44AC road engines appear to be doing some ordinary yard work breaking down a mixed freight train at Welland yard.
Photo Date:  4/2/2021  Upload Date: 9/21/2021 5:29:14 PM
Location:  Welland, ON
Author:  Neil Barratt
Categories:  Yard,Action
Locomotives:  CP 8819(ES44AC) CP 8828(ES44AC)
Views:  110   Comments: 0
CN 8864
Title:  CN 8864
Description:  Train 421 has arrived at Port Robinson yard. Three freight cars separate the two lead engines from two other power units.
Photo Date:  4/4/2021  Upload Date: 9/21/2021 5:29:24 PM
Location:  Port Robinson, ON
Author:  Neil Barratt
Categories:  Yard,Action
Locomotives:  CN 8864(SD70M-2) CN 2336(ES44DC) CN 8843(SD70M-2) CN 2034(C40-8)
Views:  131   Comments: 0
CN 2034
Title:  CN 2034
Description:  Trailing power is this well-preserved Dash-8, built in 1990.
Photo Date:  4/4/2021  Upload Date: 9/21/2021 5:29:30 PM
Location:  Port Robinson, ON
Author:  Neil Barratt
Categories:  Roster,Yard,Action
Locomotives:  CN 2034(C40-8)
Views:  143   Comments: 0
CN 8864
Title:  CN 8864
Description:  After a crew change, Train 421 becomes 562 - and gets to work building Train 531. On busy days, like today, Train 562 also does a freight transfer to Southern yard, Trillium yard on the other side of the canal, or both.
Photo Date:  4/4/2021  Upload Date: 9/21/2021 5:29:35 PM
Location:  Port Robinson, ON
Author:  Neil Barratt
Categories:  Yard,Signal,Action
Locomotives:  CN 8864(SD70M-2) CN 2336(ES44DC) CN 8843(SD70M-2) CN 2034(C40-8)
Views:  128   Comments: 0
CN 8864
Title:  CN 8864
Description:  So long Train 562, as it disappears way back into the Port Robinson yard.
Photo Date:  4/4/2021  Upload Date: 9/21/2021 5:29:41 PM
Location:  Port Robinson, ON
Author:  Neil Barratt
Categories:  Scenic,Yard,Signal,Action
Locomotives:  CN 8864(SD70M-2) CN 2336(ES44DC) CN 8843(SD70M-2) CN 2034(C40-8)
Views:  138   Comments: 0
CP 3119
Title:  CP 3119
Description:  CP/CN freight transfer has just exchanged freight cars at CN Southern yard, and is about to round the big bend at Yager Wye.
Photo Date:  4/4/2021  Upload Date: 9/21/2021 5:29:49 PM
Location:  Welland, ON
Author:  Neil Barratt
Categories:  Scenic,Signal,Action
Locomotives:  CP 3119(GP38-2) CP 3063(GP38-2)
Views:  122   Comments: 0
CP 3119
Title:  CP 3119
Description:  CP/CN freight transfer winds onto the Yager Wye on the CN Stamford Subdivision.
Photo Date:  4/4/2021  Upload Date: 9/21/2021 5:29:57 PM
Location:  Welland, ON
Author:  Neil Barratt
Categories:  Scenic,Signal,Action
Locomotives:  CP 3119(GP38-2) CP 3063(GP38-2)
Views:  141   Comments: 0
CP 3119
Title:  CP 3119
Description:  Here the CP/CN freight transfer is back on CP rails rolling under the CN bridge over the CP Hamilton Subdivision, headed for Welland yard.
Photo Date:  4/4/2021  Upload Date: 9/21/2021 5:30:02 PM
Location:  Welland, ON
Author:  Neil Barratt
Categories:  Scenic,Action
Locomotives:  CP 3119(GP38-2) CP 3063(GP38-2)
Views:  143   Comments: 0
CP 3063
Title:  CP 3063
Description:  Rebuilt GP38-2 in Golden Beaver livery.
Photo Date:  4/4/2021  Upload Date: 9/21/2021 5:30:10 PM
Location:  Welland, ON
Author:  Neil Barratt
Categories:  Roster,Scenic,Action
Locomotives:  CP 3063(GP38-2)
Views:  143   Comments: 0
CN 8864
Title:  CN 8864
Description:  After chasing the CP/CN freight transfer at Yager, I didn't have time to get back onto the sunny side when CN Train 562 came racing through - enroute to Trillium Railways' small yard in Welland.
Photo Date:  4/4/2021  Upload Date: 9/21/2021 5:30:17 PM
Location:  Welland, ON
Author:  Neil Barratt
Categories:  Scenic,Action
Locomotives:  CN 8864(SD70M-2) CN 2336(ES44DC)
Views:  95   Comments: 0
CN 8864
Title:  CN 8864
Description:  CN Train 562, on the CP Hamilton Subdivision. approaches its destination at the small Trillium Railways' yard.
Photo Date:  4/4/2021  Upload Date: 9/21/2021 5:30:22 PM
Location:  Welland, ON
Author:  Neil Barratt
Categories:  Scenic,Bridge,Action
Locomotives:  CN 8864(SD70M-2) CN 2336(ES44DC)
Views:  108   Comments: 0
CN 8834
Title:  CN 8834
Description:  Big blue sky shot of CN Train 562 at Highway 140 overpass.
Photo Date:  4/4/2021  Upload Date: 9/21/2021 5:30:29 PM
Location:  Welland, ON
Author:  Neil Barratt
Categories:  Scenic,Bridge,Action
Locomotives:  CN 8864(SD70M-2) CN 2336(ES44DC)
Views:  120   Comments: 0
TRRY 108
Title:  TRRY 108
Description:  Trillium Railways' two ALCOs are hooked up to the fuel oil heating system at the small engine yard in Welland.
Photo Date:  4/7/2021  Upload Date: 9/21/2021 5:30:36 PM
Location:  Welland, ON
Author:  Neil Barratt
Categories:  Yard
Locomotives:  TRRY 108(S13) TRRY 1859(RS18)
Views:  108   Comments: 0
NS 4349
Title:  NS 4349
Description:  Resting at CP Welland yard was this unlikely pair of Norfolk Southern road engines. This would be my first ever encounter with NS locomotives on CP rails - or just about anywhere west of Fort Erie.
Photo Date:  4/7/2021  Upload Date: 9/21/2021 5:30:43 PM
Location:  Welland, ON
Author:  Neil Barratt
Categories:  Yard,Action
Locomotives:  NS 4349(AC44C6M) NS 1138(SD70ACe)
Views:  123   Comments: 0
GMTX 340
Title:  GMTX 340
Description:  After a short search, I caught up to Trillium's third switcher at Peitz Road, as the train returned from exchanging grain hoppers at Port Colborne.
Photo Date:  4/7/2021  Upload Date: 9/21/2021 5:30:50 PM
Location:  Welland, ON
Author:  Neil Barratt
Categories:  Scenic,Action
Locomotives:  GMTX 340(MP15AC)
Views:  124   Comments: 0
GMTX 340
Title:  GMTX 340
Description:  After a short search, I caught up to Trillium's third switcher at Peitz Road, as the train returned from exchanging grain hoppers at Port Colborne.
Photo Date:  4/7/2021  Upload Date: 9/21/2021 5:30:56 PM
Location:  Welland, ON
Author:  Neil Barratt
Categories:  Roster,Action
Locomotives:  GMTX 340(MP15AC)
Views:  128   Comments: 0
CN 8950
Title:  CN 8950
Description:  After catching Trillium and CP action in Welland, I headed back to CN Port Robinson just in time to watch Train 562 begins its daily breakdown of Train 421.
Photo Date:  4/7/2021  Upload Date: 9/21/2021 5:31:03 PM
Location:  Port Robinson, ON
Author:  Neil Barratt
Categories:  Yard,Signal,Action
Locomotives:  CN 8950(SD70M-2) CN 2194(C40-8W) CN 2274(ES44DC)
Views:  122   Comments: 0
CN 8950
Title:  CN 8950
Description:  Heading back into the yard.
Photo Date:  4/7/2021  Upload Date: 9/21/2021 5:31:08 PM
Location:  Port Robinson, ON
Author:  Neil Barratt
Categories:  Yard,Signal,Action
Locomotives:  CN 8950(SD70M-2) CN 2194(C40-8W) CN 2274(ES44DC)
Views:  132   Comments: 0
CN 8950
Title:  CN 8950
Description:  Looking north at the CN Port Robinson yard as Train 562 slowly disappears deep into the yard.
Photo Date:  4/7/2021  Upload Date: 9/21/2021 5:31:15 PM
Location:  Port Robinson, ON
Author:  Neil Barratt
Categories:  Yard,Signal,Action
Locomotives:  CN 8950(SD70M-2) CN 2194(C40-8W) CN 2274(ES44DC)
Views:  96   Comments: 0
CN 3148
Title:  CN 3148
Description:  Three big new ponies on the point of Train 421/562 as it arrives at Port Robinson yard.
Photo Date:  4/10/2021  Upload Date: 9/21/2021 5:25:50 PM
Location:  Port Robinson, ON
Author:  Neil Barratt
Categories:  Yard,Signal,Action
Locomotives:  CN 3148(ET44AC) CN 3878(ES44AC) CN 3817(ES44AC)
Views:  138   Comments: 0
CN 3148
Title:  CN 3148
Description:  Train 421, now Train 562 after a quick crew change, heads back into the yard.
Photo Date:  4/10/2021  Upload Date: 9/21/2021 5:25:55 PM
Location:  Port Robinson, ON
Author:  Neil Barratt
Categories:  Yard,Signal,Action
Locomotives:  CN 3148(ET44AC) CN 3878(ES44AC) CN 3817(ES44AC)
Views:  150   Comments: 0
CN 3148
Title:  CN 3148
Description:  Train 421, now Train 562 after a quick crew change, heads back into the yard.
Photo Date:  4/10/2021  Upload Date: 9/21/2021 5:26:00 PM
Location:  Port Robinson, ON
Author:  Neil Barratt
Categories:  Yard,Signal,Action
Locomotives:  CN 3148(ET44AC) CN 3878(ES44AC) CN 3817(ES44AC)
Views:  142   Comments: 0
CN 3148
Title:  CN 3148
Description:  Three big new ponies on the point of Train 421/562 at Port Robinson yard.
Photo Date:  4/10/2021  Upload Date: 9/21/2021 5:31:21 PM
Location:  Port Robinson, ON
Author:  Neil Barratt
Categories:  Yard,Signal,Action
Locomotives:  CN 3148(ET44AC) CN 3878(ES44AC) CN 3817(ES44AC)
Views:  140   Comments: 0
CN 3148
Title:  CN 3148
Description:  Train 421, waits for a crew change at Port Robinson yard.
Photo Date:  4/10/2021  Upload Date: 9/21/2021 5:31:26 PM
Location:  Port Robinson, ON
Author:  Neil Barratt
Categories:  Yard,Signal,Action
Locomotives:  CN 3148(ET44AC) CN 3878(ES44AC) CN 3817(ES44AC)
Views:  167   Comments: 0
JLCX 3502
Title:  JLCX 3502
Description:  Trillium Railways' spanking 'new' GP35 has arrived at the Welland engine yard, and is getting a lot of attention from the 'prep' crew.
Photo Date:  4/14/2021  Upload Date: 9/21/2021 5:26:07 PM
Location:  Welland, ON
Author:  Neil Barratt
Categories:  Yard
Locomotives:  JLCX 3502(GP35) TRRY 1859(RS18)
Views:  144   Comments: 0
CP 3063
Title:  CP 3063
Description:  CP switchers get to work, pushing a long cut of cars back into the Welland yard.
Photo Date:  4/14/2021  Upload Date: 9/21/2021 5:26:13 PM
Location:  Welland, ON
Author:  Neil Barratt
Categories:  Scenic,Yard,Action
Locomotives:  CP 3063(GP38-2) CP 3119(GP38-2)
Views:  114   Comments: 0
CP 3063
Title:  CP 3063
Description:  CP switchers get to work, pushing a long cut of cars back into the Welland yard.
Photo Date:  4/14/2021  Upload Date: 9/21/2021 5:26:19 PM
Location:  Welland, ON
Author:  Neil Barratt
Categories:  Yard,Action
Locomotives:  CP 3063(GP38-2) CP 3119(GP38-2)
Views:  108   Comments: 0
TRRY 1859
Title:  TRRY 1859
Description:  View from Phillips Road at Trillium Railways' two ALCO switchers resting at the Welland yard, all hooked up to the fuel oil heating system. Things look pretty calm, with Spring in the air, but a nasty late snowfall is on its way that will keep CN, CP and Trillium crews busy lining icy switches for a good 24 hours.
Photo Date:  4/19/2021  Upload Date: 9/21/2021 5:26:25 PM
Location:  Welland, ON
Author:  Neil Barratt
Categories:  Scenic,Yard
Locomotives:  TRRY 1859(RS18) TRRY 108(S13)
Views:  96   Comments: 0
CN 2315
Title:  CN 2315
Description:  Don't put away the snow shovels just yet! A late Winter storm nails the Niagara Region, just when it looked like Spring had arrived.
Photo Date:  4/21/2021  Upload Date: 9/21/2021 5:26:32 PM
Location:  Port Robinson, ON
Author:  Neil Barratt
Categories:  Scenic,Winter,Yard,Signal,Action
Locomotives:  CN 2315(ES44DC)
Views:  90   Comments: 0
CN 2315
Title:  CN 2315
Description:  MofW crews were kept hopping over a 24 hour period with a dump of sticky snow and ice.
Photo Date:  4/21/2021  Upload Date: 9/21/2021 5:26:40 PM
Location:  Port Robinson, ON
Author:  Neil Barratt
Categories:  Scenic,Winter,Yard,Signal,Action
Locomotives:  CN 2315(ES44DC)
Views:  103   Comments: 0
CN 2315
Title:  CN 2315
Description:  MofW crews were kept hopping over a 24 hour period with a dump of sticky snow and ice.
Photo Date:  4/21/2021  Upload Date: 9/21/2021 5:26:48 PM
Location:  Port Robinson, ON
Author:  Neil Barratt
Categories:  Scenic,Winter,Yard,Signal,Action
Locomotives:  CN 2315(ES44DC)
Views:  93   Comments: 0
CN 2315
Title:  CN 2315
Description:  One more look at CN Port Robinson yard during a nasty snowstorm that would last all day long.
Photo Date:  4/21/2021  Upload Date: 9/21/2021 5:26:55 PM
Location:  Welland, ON
Author:  Neil Barratt
Categories:  Scenic,Winter,Yard,Signal,Action
Locomotives:  CN 2315(ES44DC)
Views:  109   Comments: 0
TRRY 1859
Title:  TRRY 1859
Description:  It looked like Trillium was about to shut down their winter fuel heating system with the prolonged early spring weather, but mother nature had other things in mind, and the two ALCOs were all hooked-up through today's snowstorm. Behind the locomotives is a string of worn-out grain hoppers, all waiting to be scrapped.
Photo Date:  4/21/2021  Upload Date: 9/21/2021 5:27:02 PM
Location:  Welland, ON
Author:  Neil Barratt
Categories:  Scenic,Winter,Yard
Locomotives:  TRRY 1859(RS18) TRRY 108(S13)
Views:  97   Comments: 0
CP 8837
Title:  CP 8837
Description:  By the time I got over to CP Welland, the snow had stopped, the skies were clearing, and Train 247 had just arrived at the yard.
Photo Date:  4/21/2021  Upload Date: 9/21/2021 5:27:09 PM
Location:  Welland, ON
Author:  Neil Barratt
Categories:  Roster,Yard,Action
Locomotives:  CP 8837(ES44AC) CP 8710(ES44AC)
Views:  100   Comments: 0
CN 5677
Title:  CN 5677
Description:  CN Train 531 at Cambridge.
Photo Date:  4/23/2021  Upload Date: 9/21/2021 5:27:19 PM
Location:  Port Robinson, ON
Author:  Neil Barratt
Categories:  Scenic,Signal,Action
Locomotives:  CN 5677(SD75I) CN 2503(C44-9WL)
Views:  108   Comments: 0
CN 5677
Title:  CN 5677
Description:  Train 531 pounds through Cambridge with a 'classic' diesel lineup. Lead engine #5677 is from CN's first order of this model - EMD SD75I - in 1996. Trailing power is #2503, 3rd of 20 new GE Dash-9WLs - in 1994.
Photo Date:  4/23/2021  Upload Date: 9/21/2021 5:27:26 PM
Location:  Port Robinson, ON
Author:  Neil Barratt
Categories:  Scenic,Signal,Action
Locomotives:  CN 5677(SD75I) CN 2503(C44-9WL)
Views:  90   Comments: 0
CP 8828
Title:  CP 8828
Description:  CP Train 255, just after emerging from the Welland Canal tunnel, meets cargo ship ALGOMA STRONGFIELD, passing overhead.
Photo Date:  4/23/2021  Upload Date: 9/21/2021 5:27:35 PM
Location:  Welland, ON
Author:  Neil Barratt
Categories:  Scenic,Tunnel,Bridge,Action
Locomotives:  CP 8828(ES44AC) CP 8819(ES44AC)
Views:  154   Comments: 0
CP 8828
Title:  CP 8828
Description:  View looking east from Canal Bank Street overpass as Train 255 rolls by, just minutes away from CP Welland yard.
Photo Date:  4/23/2021  Upload Date: 9/21/2021 5:27:41 PM
Location:  Welland, ON
Author:  Neil Barratt
Categories:  Scenic,Tunnel,Bridge,Action
Locomotives:  CP 8828(ES44AC) CP 8819(ES44AC)
Views:  129   Comments: 0
CP 8828
Title:  CP 8828
Description:  CP Train 255 power lineup.
Photo Date:  4/23/2021  Upload Date: 9/21/2021 5:27:48 PM
Location:  Welland, ON
Author:  Neil Barratt
Categories:  Roster,Scenic,Action
Locomotives:  CP 8828(ES44AC) CP 8819(ES44AC)
Views:  76   Comments: 0
JLCX 3502
Title:  JLCX 3502
Description:  Sparkling GP35 rebuild, Trillium Railways' 'new' power, passes by the old Robin Hood Mills in Port Colborne with a single grain hopper.
Photo Date:  4/26/2021  Upload Date: 9/21/2021 5:27:54 PM
Location:  Port Colborne, ON
Author:  Neil Barratt
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  JLCX 3502(GP35)
Views:  146   Comments: 0
JLCX 3502
Title:  JLCX 3502
Description:  Crossing Sherwood Forest Lane in Port Colborne. Clearly, the street name, and the building of the Robin Hood Mills grain storage facility in the 1940s, are intricately connected.
Photo Date:  4/26/2021  Upload Date: 9/21/2021 5:28:03 PM
Location:  Port Colborne, ON
Author:  Neil Barratt
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  JLCX 3502(GP35)
Views:  191   Comments: 0
JLCX 3502
Title:  JLCX 3502
Description:  Sparkling #3502 rounds the tight bend, with the wheels squealing, approaching the century old train station in Port Colborne. That's the old Welland Canal on the right.
Photo Date:  4/26/2021  Upload Date: 9/21/2021 5:28:10 PM
Location:  Port Colborne, ON
Author:  Neil Barratt
Categories:  Scenic,Action
Locomotives:  JLCX 3502(GP35)
Views:  150   Comments: 0
JLCX 3502
Title:  JLCX 3502
Description:  Sparkling #3502 rounds the tight bend, with the wheels squealing, approaching the century old train station in Port Colborne. That's the old Welland Canal on the right.
Photo Date:  4/26/2021  Upload Date: 9/21/2021 5:28:17 PM
Location:  Port Colborne, ON
Author:  Neil Barratt
Categories:  Station,Action
Locomotives:  JLCX 3502(GP35)
Views:  135   Comments: 0
JLCX 3502
Title:  JLCX 3502
Description:  After switching over to the Port Colborne loading dock spur, #3502 pushes a single hopper through the residential area.
Photo Date:  4/26/2021  Upload Date: 9/21/2021 5:28:23 PM
Location:  Port Colborne, ON
Author:  Neil Barratt
Categories:  Scenic,Action
Locomotives:  JLCX 3502(GP35)
Views:  150   Comments: 0
JLCX 3502
Title:  JLCX 3502
Description:  In an almost daily routine that has gone on for a hundred years and more - freight trains literally roll through the backyards of local residents to exchange hoppers and tank cars at the loading dock on Lake Erie.
Photo Date:  4/26/2021  Upload Date: 9/21/2021 5:28:30 PM
Location:  Port Colborne, ON
Author:  Neil Barratt
Categories:  Scenic,Action
Locomotives:  JLCX 3502(GP35)
Views:  145   Comments: 0
JLCX 3502
Title:  JLCX 3502
Description:  Pushing back towards Lake Erie loading facility - where ship meets train.
Photo Date:  4/26/2021  Upload Date: 9/21/2021 5:28:36 PM
Location:  Port Colborne, ON
Author:  Neil Barratt
Categories:  Yard,Action
Locomotives:  JLCX 3502(GP35)
Views:  166   Comments: 0
CN 2291
Title:  CN 2291
Description:  I lucked out when I made one final pass by CN Port Robinson yard, where I encountered Train 562 - just as it began to break down Train 421.
Photo Date:  4/26/2021  Upload Date: 9/21/2021 5:28:43 PM
Location:  Port Robinson, ON
Author:  Neil Barratt
Categories:  Yard,Signal,Action
Locomotives:  CN 2291(ES44DC) CN 8806(SD70M-2) CN 2281(ES44DC)
Views:  92   Comments: 0
CN 2291
Title:  CN 2291
Description:  Train 562 will quickly disappear way back in the yard - and re-emerge as Train 531 for its afternoon run to the USA.
Photo Date:  4/26/2021  Upload Date: 9/21/2021 5:28:50 PM
Location:  Port Robinson, ON
Author:  Neil Barratt
Categories:  Yard,Signal,Action
Locomotives:  CN 2291(ES44DC) CN 8806(SD70M-2) CN 2281(ES44DC)
Views:  137   Comments: 2

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