October 2013 Photo Story: Peninsula GO Train…
This image was shot on the Thanksgiving Weekend, October 2013. While there appears to be two mainline tracks, in reality the North Track (On the Right) is not CTC signalled, and has a reduced speed limit through Hamilton Yard. Referred to as “The Connecting Track”, it’s typically used to hold freight trains while they set-off or pick-up at Hamilton Yard. The GO train is headed away from me, with the engine at the front, that’s a “Control Cab” at the end utilized for the trip Eastbound towards Niagara Falls.
Peninsula GO Train… As a prelude to daily GO train service along the CN Grimsby Sub out to the Niagara Peninsula, GO has provided over the past few years seasonal weekend only service to Niagara Falls and back, with a stop also at St. Catharines. The service ended in 2013 on the Thanksgiving Weekend, as the Westbound morning train out of Niagara Falls passes under the former Bay St. bridge, now demolished to make way for a replacement. Amtrak #97 is late today, so GO will be first up on the single mainline.
Some additional favourite images shot in October 2013, after all, have to have some Fall colour.
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Eastbound VIA #70 crosses the Grand River at Paris, with the unusual two locomotive consist of a GE P42DC and recently rebuilt GMD F40PH.
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The leaf colours are just starting to change as a CN Westbound glides across the Grand River Bridge. Another interesting power consist, with a 1996 GMD SD75 and older 1989 SD60F, with a full width “Draper Taper” car body in the CN diagonal strips paint scheme.
