In this edition of the morning rush hour on the Lakeshore West line, I visited the soccer field at St Christopher's school. This field hosts a great panning view of the trains and is right across the tracks from Birchwood park, and just east of Clarkson Road level crossing, both are spots where I frequently railfan. The only disappointing thing about this spot is the high fence which obstructs some of the views, and the vegetation in the summer is also an obstacle.
In this video, I captured 10 GO Trains, three of them being MP54AC's! The trains were still 6 and 8 cars respectively, as this took place before the schedules returned to somewhat pre covid levels. I hope you enjoy this video, and subscribe for more rush-hour-railfanning videos!!
Train Data
0:00 Introduction
0:08 MP40 630
Pulling 8 cars eastbound at 80 km/h at 6:26 AM
0:38 MP40 622
First train from Hamilton GO Centre. Pulling 8 cars eastbound at 79 km/h at 6:42 AM
1:33 MP40 614
First westbound train of the day. Pushing 6 cars at 92 km/h at 6:46 AM
2:09 MP54AC 668
First train from West Harbour pulling 6 cars eastbound at 78 km/h at 6:57 AM
2:47 MP40 651
Pushing 8 cars westbound at 106 km/h at 7:17 AM
3:26 MP54AC 669
Pulling 6 cars eastbound at 85 km/h at 7:26 AM
4:03 MP40 636
Second train from Hamilton GO Centre. Pulling 8 cars eastbound at 75 km/h at 7:43 AM
4:23 MP40 616
Pushing 8 cars westbound at 98 km/h at 7:51 AM
4:43 MP40 617
Second train from West Harbour pulling 6 cars eastbound at 84 km/h at 7:56 AM
5:05 MP54AC 667
Pushing 6 cars westbound at 52 km/h at 8:16 AM
