Railfan Stories

It’s time for another confession… since I started this blog back in 2005 as Confessions of a Train Geek.

We stopped in Thunder Bay for the first night of our return trip from Toronto. We decided to break the almost 2,500 km trip up into 3 days for the return trip, with Sault Ste Marie as the first stop and TBay as the second. (see Variety Pack in Sault Ste Marie) My wife and … Read more

On our way back from Toronto in late August 2021, we stopped in Schreiber, Ontario for a few photos. Schreiber was once a busy division point, with a roundhouse, turntable, coal tower and all the amenities needed to service a fleet of steam locomotives. That is all gone now, and what remains is a rail … Read more

The Canadian Pacific line north of Lake Superior is very scenic – possibly rivaling their lines through the Rocky Mountains. On our way home from Toronto in late August, I had the opportunity to do a tiny bit of railfanning on the long, long trip home.

I mentioned in “A Nice Variety” that I was heading out to Portage la Prairie, Manitoba to see the Portage Model Railway Club’s layouts in the former CP train station.

On October 2, 2021 I set out mid-morning to visit the model train open house in Portage la Prairie, Manitoba. The Portage Model Railroad Club periodically has open houses and I hadn’t seen their layouts in a while… plus it was an excuse to get out of the house, something I think we all need … Read more

I was in Moncton, New Brunswick for a quick visit several weeks ago. I was there for work, so I didn’t take many photos of trains, but I’ll share what I did take. As you can see from the lead photo, I caught VIA Rail’s “Ocean” coming into the city.

This is the 5th and final part of a series. Go here to read part 1 if you wish. After leaving the Bathurst Street bridge – a very good spot to railfan from – I walked east beside the Toronto downtown tracks toward Union Station. Another pair of UP Express trains passed me as I … Read more

I finally arrived at Bathurst Street and the steel bridge spanning the many tracks leading to Union Station in downtown Toronto. Now this is a railfan platform!

As I continued walking west along the Union Station Rail Corridor in downtown Toronto, I came across a rather attractive pedestrian bridge over the tracks. This is the Puente de Luz, aka “Bridge of Light”, reputed to be the largest public art installation in Canada.