June 2nd, 2005
The OBRY runs 2 days a week across the Brampton diamond. We caught them going toward Streetsville, as well as catching NS #327/328 in the morning and some other interesting trains in the evening.
Bayview Junction, Ontario
(map) This is where the CN Oakville, CN Grimsby, and CN Dundas subdivisions meet at a great big wye, beside which is the CP Hamilton sub. This location encompasses CN Bayview Junction, Hamilton West, and Hamilton Junction.
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NS #328 heads down the cowpath with 2 UP units for power.
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CN #148 heads down the Dundas s CN #331 creeps up behind on the cowpath, and disappears again back into Hamilton yard.
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CN #331 shows up again, this time in earnest.
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Barne's Turn heads up the cowpath.
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CN #396 shows up by surprise and finishes off my flash card in only a second.
Brampton, Ontario
(map) Brampton is mile 15 of the CN Halton sub and mile 8 of the Orangeville-Brampton Railway (OBRY) shortline.
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CN #396 crosses the Brampton diamond.
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VIA #84 crosses Brampton diamond.
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CN #384 crosses Brampton diamond.
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The Orangeville-Brampton Railway's lone engine and 2 freight cars cross Brampton diamond.
Mississauga, Ontario
(map) This is a large city to the West of Toronto, rather saturated with tracks.
Brampton, Ontario
(map) Brampton is mile 15 of the CN Halton sub and mile 8 of the Orangeville-Brampton Railway (OBRY) shortline.
Newtonville, Ontario
(map) This community is about an hour East of Toronto. Through the area the CP Belleville sub from Toronto to Montreal, and the CN Kingston sub on the same routes run parallel.
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A CP Manifest freight train heads West.
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A CP Westbound with both an interesting mix of freight and of power heads under the bridge at mile 174 Belleville sub.
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A lengthly westbound passes on the Kingston sub.
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A CP intermodal heads by mile 174 Belleville.