OCS Train Videos

This is a video filmed from September 30, 1995 to October 7, 1995. The video begins with capturing mainline railway action from Southern Ontario at famed Bayview Junction in Burlington where some morning CN trains are filmed. From there the footage shifts to CP’s Aberdeen Yard in Hamilton where several brand new CP AC4400CW’s are seen having just been delivered from the GE plant in Erie, Pennsylvania. These units were part of an order numbered 9500-9582 that were delivered from August-October 1995 and were painted in the duel flags paint scheme. The video continues with scenes on CP’s Galt Subdivision at Guelph Jct. and then a return to Bayview Junction a week later as well as the town of Paris on CN’s Dundas Subdivision.

This footage was captured by former CN employee, railfan, videographer, photographer and model railroader Al Wendt and is copyrighted and used with permission.

Retro Rewind #35 CN Bayview New CP AC4400CW’s From GE At Aberdeen Yard Guelph Jct & Paris Dundas Sub This is a video filmed from September 30, 1995 to October 7, 1995. ...

CN GP9 Slug 236 and GP9RM 7256 are viewed sorting cars at CN’s MacMillan Yard in Vaughan, Ontario. The view is from the Highway #7 overpass. June 20, 2026.

This is a video filmed from September 9, 1995 to September 30, 1995. The video begins with capturing mainline railway action from Southern Ontario at Hamilton West in Hamilton where several CN trains are filmed on the Dundas Subdivision. The footage continues on CN’s Guelph Subdivision at Kitchener where CN train 431 is filmed climbing the grade out of the city. Then on September 11, a morning westbound is seen at the same location with CN extra 9595 west moving preserved 4-6-4 “Hudson” class steam locomotive 5700 from the previous weekend CN Family Day events at MacMillan Yard in Vaughan, Ontario where it was displayed. The vintage steamer was returning to its home in St. Thomas at the historic Elgin County Railway Museum across the Guelph Subdivision to London. The train is filmed at Kitchener, west of New Hamburg crossing the highway to Stratford and then at the historic Stratford station. At Stratford, 5700 was stopped at the station beside local CN job 516. Here, the steam engine received some maintenance before continuing west. It also allowed our videographer, Al Wendt, to tour the cab and even take a couple minutes to sit in the engineer’s seat before the train departs the festival city.

The video footage continues of a CN re-routed laser train heading west through Kitchener and train 431 heading west, before shifting to Hamilton West once again as well as famed Bayview Junction in Burlington where several CN and CP trains are filmed.

This footage was captured by former CN employee, railfan, videographer, photographer and model railroader Al Wendt and is copyrighted and used with permission.

Retro Rewind #34 CN Steam Engine 5700 On Guelph Subdivision To St. Thomas CN Bayview September 1995 This is a video filmed from September 9, 1995 to September 30, 1995...

This is a video filmed from September 4, 1995 to September 9, 1995. The video begins with capturing mainline railway action from around Southern Ontario on CP’s Galt Subdivision at Campbellville at Guelph Junction and Puslinch. From here, an eastbound CN work extra and train 333 are filmed at Georgetown (Silver) on the Halton Subdivision.

The footage continues on CN’s Guelph Subdivision at Breslau as a westbound light power move is filmed. Then on September 6, an evening eastbound is seen arriving at Guelph Jct at Alma Street in Guelph with CN extra 9595 east moving preserved 4-6-4 “Hudson” class steam locomotive 5700 to the upcoming weekend CN Family Day events at MacMillan Yard in Vaughan, Ontario. The vintage steamer was travelling from its home in St. Thomas at the historic Elgin County Railway Museum across the Guelph Subdivision from London. The train takes the siding in downtown Guelph and waits for a meet with a VIA Rail train across from the station. The footage continues at famed Bayview Junction in Burlington and Hamilton West where several CN, VIA Rail and Amtrak trains are filmed.

This footage was captured by former CN employee, railfan, videographer, photographer and model railroader Al Wendt and is copyrighted and used with permission.

Retro Rewind #33 CN Steam Engine 5700 Move On CN Guelph Subdivision To MacMillan Yard September 1995 This is a video filmed from September 4, 1995 to September 9, 1995....

This is a video filmed on August 9, 1995 of a cab ride onboard the CN 15:30 Kitchener Job as it journeys on the weedy Waterloo Spur from Kitchener, Ontario to the town of Elmira. Powering the assignment was a CN GP9RM with engineer Dennis Fleet at the throttle and brakeman Brad Toomath. In the video the job has just entered the Waterloo Spur in Kitchener as it approaches Weber Street and heads north to Elmira with a short train. The local traverses downtown Waterloo and Waterloo Park. At that time, the nearby CP Waterloo Subdivision was previously abandoned into Waterloo during 1993, and both railways crossed the intersection of Caroline and Erb streets side by side. However, in this video some of the former CP trackage was still visible on the other side of the crossing near Waterloo Park. The video continues as the CN local travels through the industrial area of north Waterloo and then past the farmers market and into the village of St. Jacobs.

Here the train passes the future Waterloo-St. Jacobs Railway’s (WSJR) first piece of passenger equipment they had acquired. At this point, WSJR’s planned excursion service was still almost two years away from commencing operations on the spur during the summer of 1997. More than 30 years later, today the car still calls the Waterloo Spur home, now in the employ of the Waterloo Central Railway. It is former CN track geometry car #15000 and was built by CC&F in 1923 as sleeper car #1570- “Jellicoe.” In July 1973, CN had converted it into a track geometry car.

Eventually, the train reaches the end of the line in Elmira where the crew would get to work, running around their train before switching the industries, including Sulco, Nutrite and Uniroyal Chemical.

This footage was captured by former CN employee, railfan, videographer, photographer and model railroader Al Wendt and is copyrighted and used with permission.

Retro Rewind #32 CN Kitchener Local Ride GP9RM On Weedy Waterloo Spur To Elmira Ontario August 1995 This is a video filmed on August 9, 1995 of a cab ride onboard the ...

This is a video filmed from August 28, 1995 to August 31, 1995. The video begins with capturing mainline railway action from around Southern Ontario on CP’s Galt Subdivision at Campbellville, Guelph Jct and Milton. The footage continues with evening trains on the CN Guelph Subdivision at Stratford, where CN 421 is filmed departing for London as well as Goderich-Exeter Railway’s GP9 178 and westbound VIA Rail train 89.

From here, the video covers a CP meet at Wolverton on the Galt Subdivision before shifting to the CN Oakville Subdivision at Aldershot East and famed Bayview Junction in Burlington where CN trains and a CP eastbound exercising trackage rights are filmed. One notable CN eastbound is seen powered with two brand new SD70I’s that were just released that same month from the GMDD plant in London.

This footage was captured by former CN employee, railfan, videographer, photographer and model railroader Al Wendt and is copyrighted and used with permission.

Retro Rewind #31 August 1995 CP Galt Sub CN Guelph Sub GEXR Stratford New CN SD70s Aldershot Bayview This is a video filmed from August 28, 1995 to August 31, 1995. The...

This is a video filmed from August 15, 1995 to August 25, 1995. The video captures mainline railway action from around Southern Ontario at Hyde Park, which is situated west of London where both CN’s Strathroy and CP’s Windsor Subdivisions ran parallel for several miles, plus CP has their Lobo siding situated here. Also, the video captures trains on CP’s Galt Subdivision at Dumfries and Galt, including several colorful consists.

Plus, the CN 15:30 Kitchener Job is filmed heading back from the Budd Plant on the Huron Park Spur with GP9RM 4117 hauling loaded frame cars returning to the Kitchener Yard at Balzer Road. Additionally CN train 421 is documented at Kitchener on CN’s secondary mainline Guelph Subdivision, which runs from Georgetown (Silver) to London, Ontario. The video concludes with several CN trains filmed at famed Bayview Junction in Burlington, Ontario on CN’s Oakville Subdivision, including GO Transit, VIA Rail and Amtrak passenger trains.

This footage was captured by former CN employee, railfan, videographer, photographer and model railroader Al Wendt and is copyrighted and used with permission.

Retro Rewind #30 August 1995 Hyde Park CP Galt Sub CN Dundas/Oakville Subs Bayview Jct CN Guelph Sub This is a video filmed from August 15, 1995 to August 25, 1995. The...

CN GP9RM 7264, GP9 Slug 242 and GP9RM 4115 are pictured sorting cars at CN’s MacMillan Yard in Vaughan, Ontario. The view is from the Highway #7 overpass. June 7, 2026.

CN L568 with GP38-2 4906, GTW GP9R 4623, GP40-2L(W) 9555 and GP38-2 4716 are filmed heading west through the town of Baden, Ontario for Stratford on the CN Guelph Subdivision. May 22, 2026.

CN L568 GP38-2 4906 GTW GP9R 4623 GP40-2L(W) 9555 GP38-2 4716 Baden Ontario CN Guelph Subdivision CN L568 with GP38-2 4906, GTW GP9R 4623, GP40-2L(W) 9555 and GP38-2...

CN SD40u 6011, Bessemer & Lake Erie BLE SD40-3 909 and IC SD40-2 6201 are filmed switching another cut of cars to be sorted over the hump at CN’s MacMillan Yard in the city of Vaughan in Toronto, Ontario. The train was filmed from the Melville Avenue overpass near the yard. June 11, 2026.

Vintage SD's Work Hump MacMillan Yard Vaughan Ontario CN SD40u 6011 BLE SD40-3 909 SD40-2 IC 6201 CN SD40u 6011, Bessemer & Lake Erie BLE SD40-3 909 and IC SD40-2 62...