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Mar 19 12 tweets 14 min read
1/12 out to catch what might be the last Sunday VIA 1 departure to cross the CPR at grade over the Davenport Diamond, as Metrolinx has said that the new bridge is being connected next weekend, first up, the lakeshore and the 0813 Union-Aldershot GO #TrainsAreCool #Railfanning
2/12 Followed quickly by @VIA_Rail 97/@Amtrak 64 “The Maple Leaf” for New York kicking up the fresh light show overnight #TrainsAreCool #Railfanning
3/12 The video of The Maple Leaf kicking up snow is here, very happy with it for my little point and shoot I use for video #TrainsAreCool #Railfanning
4/12 and as The Maple Leaf rounds the bend, the empty stock for VIA 1 The Canadian is coming the other way for Union Station #TrainsAreCool #Railfanning
5/12 All done at the lake, up to Davenport and the Diamond, for some drone time as the only real way to get there and see the crossing, first, checking out the lay of the land #TrainsAreCool #Railfanning
6/12 First train at Davenport, CPR 119 headed to Vaughan Intermodal to work on its way to the west coast with a Union Pacific loco 2nd #TrainsAreCool #Railfanning
7/12 And then, the 0806 Barrie Allandale to Union Station GO Train working south across the diamond. Getting set for the main event of VIA 1 #TrainsAreCool #Railfanning
8/12 VIA 1 follows a GO Train out of Union, the 0953 Union Station to Aurora train #TrainsAreCool #Railfanning
9/12 And the main event, VIA 1, The Canadian on what should be its penultimate crossing of the CPR at grade before the adjacent flyover opens #TrainsAreCool #Railfanning
10/12 When I thought I was done, I heard another CPR westbound, but before it could come through, another southbound GO had to, the 0957 Aurora to Union Station #TrainsAreCool #Railfanning
11/12 once that was through, CPR Train 113 headed west came through as well, and I had run through the Drones batteries (and flown it into a tree landing, but it bounced out and recovered) #TrainsAreCool #Railfanning
12/12 With my drones batteries drained, it was home time, but I saw what appeared to be a CPR Train 135 parked waiting on a replacement crew behind the Lambton Arena with a CSX unit second, so of course one last stop for more pictures! #TrainsAreCool #Railfanning

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