Monday, August 25, 2008

Dundas Sub railfanning and CN 399 with 2 Union Pacific!

On Sunday me and Daniel went railfanning in Ingersoll. We started off our day by going up on the CP Hamilton Sub to see CP 254 with CEFX 1050 as it's lead engine.We only stayed 30 minutes and it never came. We took off for Ingersoll and we ended up getting there about 2 hours later.

When we were coming up to the Ingersoll crossing the gates started going down. The train ended up having 2 CN engines. We then watched the north track signal turn from Limited to Green. Walter the railfanner from Ingersoll pulled up just as the CP frame train was passing on the CP line. He went out to catch it as we had our lunch.

After 2 hours at the station and no trains we got ready for Via 73 to come. 73 came around the Ingersoll curve with a P42DC leading and a F40PH-2 trailing. 5 minutes after the "J Train" passed we heard CN 385 honking for other crossings. CN 385 ended up having 3 CN engines.

After 2 more hours and no trains we waited for Via 76 to come. 76 came by Ingersoll with engine 911. And again the fairytale went on and 5 minutes after 76 came by, CN 393 pulled around the corner. Another 3 engines and it was starting to be a joke.

We had enough and we were off to Paris. When we got to Paris we heard CN 434 talking to DS. I found out CN 434 was doing some work in the Paris yard. 5 minutes after we got there Via 675 rolled by with a P42DC in the lead. Another 15 minutes passed and CN 434 departed Paris. We had a green light on the south track and we were waiting for a train to pull up heading towards London. We ended up having a train come that was heading towards Dundas. I have no idea what train it was. We decided to leave Paris and call it a day. That's until I heard CN 399 at Burlington West.

Again we were off on a train hunt. We were going to go to Copetown to see it but we didn't want to risk not finding a spot to get it or missing it. We grabbed some dinner and went to the Brantford station. When we got to the station, CN 382 was doing work in the Brantford yard. CN 382 had CN 5700, IC 6120, IC 61?? and CN 5431 (which I have seen before in Brockville). 5 minutes after 382 left, Via 79 rolled in with engine 920 in the lead. We heard that CN 399 was meeting 382 a couple miles from the Brantford station. Another 10 minutes and the grand finale was CN 399 with 2 Union Pacific engines! I was so excited to see the 2 UP on 1 train! I had a very fun day of railfanning.

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