Train Spotted | Algoma Central Railway passenger train, Sault Ste Marie to Hearst ON (2014-Jun-28) @Train.Spotted | Uploaded 8 years ago | Updated 6 hours ago
2014 June 28-29, Sault Ste Marie to Hearst, Ontario
A few highlights from the CN-operated passenger train between Sault Ste Marie ON and Hearst ON. I wanted to ride this train while it was still running because there was threat it might shut down. Indeed a year later it was suddenly canceled, although as of early 2016 there are plans to resume it under a new operator.
The train passes through the Agawa Canyon from Sault Ste Marie, and then continues through the wilderness past countless lakes to reach Hearst. The day I went there was a slow order over much of the track due to heat kinks in recently-replaced rails. We ended up about an hour short of Hearst when the crew hit their work time limit, had to take a taxi into town. Which meant coming south the next day the crew ran out of work hours about 4 hours away from Sault Ste Marie and had to be replaced by a fresh crew taxi'd in from Sault Ste Marie (at Frater, if I recall correctly).
CN 104 - EMD F40PHR (Agawa Canyon Tour Train paint scheme).
also seen in Hearst:
ONR 2200 - EMD GP40-2
ONR 1801 - EMD GP38-2
CN 2170 - GE Dash 8-40CW
2014 June 28-29, Sault Ste Marie to Hearst, Ontario
A few highlights from the CN-operated passenger train between Sault Ste Marie ON and Hearst ON. I wanted to ride this train while it was still running because there was threat it might shut down. Indeed a year later it was suddenly canceled, although as of early 2016 there are plans to resume it under a new operator.
The train passes through the Agawa Canyon from Sault Ste Marie, and then continues through the wilderness past countless lakes to reach Hearst. The day I went there was a slow order over much of the track due to heat kinks in recently-replaced rails. We ended up about an hour short of Hearst when the crew hit their work time limit, had to take a taxi into town. Which meant coming south the next day the crew ran out of work hours about 4 hours away from Sault Ste Marie and had to be replaced by a fresh crew taxi'd in from Sault Ste Marie (at Frater, if I recall correctly).
CN 104 - EMD F40PHR (Agawa Canyon Tour Train paint scheme).
also seen in Hearst:
ONR 2200 - EMD GP40-2
ONR 1801 - EMD GP38-2
CN 2170 - GE Dash 8-40CW
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16 May 2017, Komoka, Ontario
Canadian Pacific Railway mixed freight train heading west into the sunset.
CP #8937 - ES44AC (lead)
CP #9806 - AC4400CW (second)
~115 cars
Note: I really need a new tablet, mine crashes randomly all the time, including just as I was preparing to take off to get this shot.")
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15 July 2017, St Thomas, Ontario
Every Saturday in July and August, the regular Port Stanley Terminal Rail tourist train runs an extended journey all the way from Port Stanley into the south end of St Thomas (it normally runs about 7km north of Port Stanley, on this special occasion it can go about 50% further, just over 11km).
Locomotive is number L1 Stanley, although it must be undergoing some repainting as the number and name are not on the side of the cab where they used to be.
Passenger cars (converted cabooses) #68 and #62.")
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