Railfanning CN & CPKC around Parry Sound, ON (JUL 25, 2025)

Описание: On July 25, 2025, I decided to finally make a trip up north to parry sound Ontario. I started off at Boyne, also known as Reynolds Junction. I got Z115 and Z111 back to back. These two are 3 am runners back to back out of Brampton daily. They both met VIA 2 at south parry which is at Reynolds junction but around the bend before the DRZ ends. The DRZ is for southbounds where CN & CP take the same line down from St cloud then take different lines at the end of Boyne. I got Q104 at Rosseau, CPKC 112 at Waubamik which is just north of parry sound, and then Q107 at falding which is 5 min south of Boyne. I headed down south after to get to south mactier for 112 meeting a late 119 there. Then I chased 112 down to buckskin at mile 103.8. After that, our final train was a long wait at mile 84 in creighton for 421. We finally got him around 6:30 pm and he was flying past us. I was joined by ‪@NickCarRSP‬ for the meet in mactier & for 421.

Train 1:
Location: James Bay Junction rd - Boyne, ON
Time: 7:35 am - July 25, 2025
Train: CN Z115 (Brampton - Calgary)
Units: CN 3231, CN 2530, CN 8313
Direction: north
Mile: 145.6 Bala sub

Train 2:
Location: James Bay Junction rd - Boyne, ON
Time: 7:51 am - July 25, 2025
Train: CN Z111 (Brampton - Vancouver)
Units: CN 3850, CN 2944, CN 3209
Direction: north
Mile: 145.6 Bala sub

Train 3:
Location: James Bay Junction rd - Boyne, ON
Time: 8:00 am - July 25, 2025
Train: VIA 0002 (Vancouver - Toronto)
Units: VIA 6429, VIA 6404
Direction: south
Mile: 145.6 Bala sub

Train 4:
Location: Rosseau rd - Rosseau, ON
Time: 9:05 am - July 25, 2025
Train: CN Q104 (Roberts bank - Brampton)
Units: CN 3895, CN 3380
Direction: south
Mile: 138 Bala sub

Train 5:
Location: Kirkham rd - Waubamik, ON
Time: 12:49 pm - July 25, 2025
Train: CPKC 112 (Vancouver - Montreal)
Units: CP 8815, CP 9758
Direction: south
Mile: 157.9 Bala sub

Train 6:
Location: James Bay Junction rd - Falding, ON
Time: 1:29 pm - July 25, 2025
Train: CN Q107 (Brampton - Vancouver)
Units: CN 3930, CN 3928
Direction: north
Mile: 142.8 Bala sub

Train 7:
Location: Curling club rd - Mactier, ON
Time: 2:41 pm - July 25, 2025
Train: CPKC 119 (Montreal - Edmonton)
Units: CP 8849, KCS 4694, CP 7003
Direction: north
Mile: 125.6 mactier sub

Train 8:
Location: Upper big chute rd - Buckskin, ON
Time: 3:39 pm - July 25, 2025
Train: CPKC 112 (Vancouver - Montreal)
Units: CP 8815, CP 9758
Direction: south
Mile: 103.8 mactier sub

Train 9:
Location: Warminister sdrd - Creighton, ON
Time: 6:06 pm - July 25, 2025
Train: CPKC 421 (Toronto - Winnipeg)
Units: CP 8003, KCSM 4875
Direction: north
Mile: 84 mactier sub