A former CP unit is living a more sedate life these days. I'm glad those spark arrestors never caught on. Definitely not a "liberated exhaust".

CP GMD GP9u 8224, nee CP 8676.

OSR 1620 briefly poses beside the Guelph water town before heading back to the transfer, who knew the operating relationship between OSR and the GJR would deteriorate to the point of having anothe... (more)

Working on my final three shifts on the OSR Guelph Junction Railway before the GEXR take over, we park the power on the glass track at Traxxside in Guelph for some photos before continuing on to t... (more)

Brakeman Steve Bratina mans the switch at AOC looking onward as the conductor makes the joint on a loaded maleic acid tank car.

Two of sixteen locomotives in line at AMP. MP15AC has been purged from CSX' roster. CN unit was part of a slug set working in Brompton, Ontario.

A geep and a pup get to work as the OSR crew begins to switch AOC on the south industrial lead. Customers around Guelph like AOC take advantage of OSR's excellent rail service along with connectio... (more)

In glorious morning sunshine, we get a view from two different manufactures. The London built GP9 is still soldering on living a second life on the Ontario Southland Railway, the Montreal built RS... (more)

After working the Lower Yard, 8235 North is on the move towards the industrial end of Guelph.

This afternoon has OSR running an extra to play catch up after a very hard week on the GJR. 1591 South has just past Corwhin with 4 loaded lube oil cars from PDI Liquid. Easy work for this lone ac... (more)

Work Horses While the ol' CPR has no more GP9u's on the roster, some have found new homes elsewhere, OSR sports 4 of these beauties on the roster, 2 at the Guelph Junction Railway Division ... (more)

After completing a switch at AOC, the daily roadswitcher pauses for a bit before heading back to the interchange. Taken on railway property by a railway employee.

Canadian National GP9u 4008 and MLW M-636 2333.

After switching Kemira Waterworks and Canroof, CN 543 gets ready to head down to Keating for a break before returning to Oakville. Probably one of the most interesting locations to railfan in Toro... (more)

People make assumptions around railway spurs and branchlines. Often that assumption is that they are not used because they are overgrown with weeds. The Portlands Spur is no exception when it come... (more)