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RSO #1752 waiting to depart Brantford station for Caledonia on the Hagersville Sub. Sept. 28/98 RaiLink customers rode borrowed VIA coaches from Hamilton to Brantford, then on to Caledonia for dinner on a riverboat. The special goes onto the Hagersville Sub. at Simpson, passing over the Burford Spur. CN Dundas Sub. is beyond the bridge. The special returned to Brantford at 20:47, disembarking some passengers, then heading east back to Hamilton.
RaiLink 5005 is a former CP Rail GP-35. It's part of the Paris Turn power, making a rare daylight appearance in Brantford. RaiLink geeps #4205 and 1752 at Brantford yard. Aug. 1998 RaiLink - Ottawa Valley #4205 at Brantford, Ontario. RaiLink #1752 sports the new paint scheme. I like it! Aug. 1998
RaiLink GP38 #2000 at Brantford yard in Jan. 1998 RaiLink GP9 #4200 from the company's Ottawa Valley operation showed up in Brantford on Thursday, Oct. 9, 1997 along with HLCX #113, a former CSX GP38. RaiLink switchers 1285 and 1335 work Brantford yard.  These SW1200RS units were acquired from CN  RaiLink-Southern Ontario SW1200B #1200 at Hamilton Yard June 1998
Waterloo & St. Jacobs Railway #6508 brings the train across Silver Lake in Waterloo Waterloo & St. Jacobs Railway FP9 #6520 sits at the Waterloo station ready to take the train to St. Jacobs South Simcoe Railway center cab switcher #22 does some work on the line South Simcoe Railway (ex-CPR)#136 arrives in Tottenham, returning from a trip to Nowhere, Ont.
GO Transit used F-units for HEP on most trains pulled by GP40's Algoma Central Railway SD40 #185 at CP's Agincourt Yard in Toronto with other borrowed power Canadian Atlantic Railway RS23's in St. John, N.B. in 1991 A GO Transit "cab car" bilevel coach heads VIA train #71. The Toronto-based commuter equipment is borrowed by VIA on weekends when needed
RaiLink HR412 #3585 and M420W #3502 put together the "Caledonia Job" at Brantford The RaiLink local, with leased CN switchers, approaching the Dundas Sub. on the Burford Spur. RaiLink's Caledonia Job has lots of power this day, as M420W #3508 gets a trial run after repairs RaiLink HR412 #3585 and some CN track geometry equipment pulls into Brantford yard after a trip to Garnet on the Hagersville Sub.

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