Set against brooding northern skies, a timely break in the clouds momentarily illuminates former Union Pacific SD9043MAC 3747, Canadian Pacific SD40-2 6028, and the attractive brick station at White River, Ontario.

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Sometime in mid-September, the diamond between the CPR and former ACR at Franz, Ontario was severed, bringing over one hundred years of railroading tradition to a sudden and ruthlessly unceremonious end. Rumored to be the result of mounting maintenance costs and a lack of business, the railway between Franz and Oba now lies dormant. Here, heavy October skies set the tone as Canadian Pacific's Montreal to Edmonton hotshot no. 119 roars through the abandoned townsite of Franz and over the recently dismantled diamond. While the future of the ACR remains uncertain, Watco, the new operator of the line, has assured that a "One Way Low Speed" diamond is to be re-installed sometime in the new year when traffic is anticipated to resume.

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Canadian Pacific's hottest train on the road, no. 101 from Toronto to Vancouver, races along the White River Subdivision at Franz, Ontario. The undulating rails to the right of the frame make up the interchange track with the former Algoma Central Railway, which is now owned by Watco.

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It's the morning of October 7th, 2022, and an overnight dusting of snow has frosted the autumn landscape at O'Brien as VIA Rail Canada train no. 186 from White River presses on towards Sudbury with a trio of RDC2 Budd cars.

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Deep in the woods of Northern Ontario, and running hot on the heels of a priority stack train, Toronto to Winnipeg manifest no. 421 highballs along Canadian Pacific's transcontinental mainline near Franz, Ontario. To the right of the train is Hobon Lake, which intersects the former Algoma Central and Canadian Pacific mainlines before crossing one another a mile or so west at Franz. Unfortunately, as of the time of this posting, the diamond at Franz remains out-of-service but the trains of the CPR continue to roll on.

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