The Oldest GO Engine, VIA Detours and More - July 2023 Trains Part 1

Описание: We saw a lot of trains in July 2023 with train videos spread over 3 parts.
Part 1: This video
Part 2:    • VIA Siemens Delivery, GO on Detour, and Am...  
Part 3:    • CN Heritage Units, VIA on the Wye and Corr...  
The month started off with a day at Snider for The Canadian and whichever CN trains were to accompany it, and as it turned out, there would be 6 in the course of a couple of hours, making it time well spent. We happened upon a GO train on the Uxbridge Sub while exploring Scarborough, and then caught a CPKC train and several GO, CN and UP Express trains while looking to catch the detoured VIA trains on the Metrolinx Weston Sub and CN Halton Sub. The Metrolinx Oakville Sub was closed to allow the installation of new switches at the Burloak controlled location to prepare for the construction of a grade separation. This meant that while detouring via the Metrolinx Weston Sub and CN Halton Sub, VIA trains would travel between Silver and Burlington West, where passenger trains do not usually go. New for the 2023 detours was the inclusion of VIA trains 97 and 98, bringing Amtrak equipment to the Weston Sub for the first time since the April 2004 cancellation of the International, and certainly for the first time ever under Metrolinx ownership. This uncovered an oversight in Metrolinx operating practices, and thus Amtrak equipment was required to operate at freight speeds on the Weston Sub. GO 557, the oldest member of the GO Transit locomotive fleet, was nice to see, and the waves and horns from many of the crews certainly made making this enjoyable! Subscribe ‪@orionviii‬ for more videos like this one, and stay tuned in the coming weeks for part 2 of this video. Recorded in 4K on a Sony A7riv and GoPro Hero 9 Black. Use the chapters below to navigate the trains as follows:

Sunday, July 2, 2023
Snider, Mile 23.6 CN York Sub
0:00 VIA 1 - VIA 6420, VIA 6412
4:33 CN 305 - CN 8951, CN 2228
12:10 CN 121 - CN 3266, CN 3051
14:33 CN 306 - CN 3312, CN 2777
22:18 CN 104 - CN 2874, CN 3950
28:41 CN 112 - CN 3031, CN 2866
39:32 CN 271 - CN 8872, CN 5612

Friday, July 7, 2023
Mile 57 Metrolinx Uxbridge Sub
47:13 GO 7624 - GO 662, GO 355

Saturday, July 8, 2023
Streetsville Junction, Mile 21.2 CPKC Galt Sub
48:13 CPKC H27 - CP 3087, CP 2322

Mile 38.72 CN Halton Sub
49:25 VIA 97 - AMTK 85
50:02 VIA 70 - VIA 911

Brampton GO/VIA, Mile 15.4 CN Halton Sub
50:54 CN 271 - CN 2980, CN 2932
55:57 GO 3426 - GO 650, GO 321
57:20 CN 122 - CN 8870, CN 8941
1:00:29 GO 3428 - GO 557, GO 333
1:01:46 VIA 76 - VIA 916
1:02:56 VIA 87 - VIA 917

Mile 38.72 CN Halton Sub
1:04:55 VIA 98 - AMTK 93

Weston GO / UP Station
Mile 8.4 Metrolinx Weston Sub
1:05:39 UP 4232 - UP 3004, UP 1001
1:06:42 GO 3432 - GO 557, GO 333
1:07:12 UP 4133 - UP 1008, UP 1010
1:08:08 UP 4332 - UP 1003, UP 3006, UP 1002
1:08:52 VIA 98 - AMTK 93

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