Christmas Eve Railfanning on the CN Bala sub (DEC 24, 2025)

After doing the mactier sub last year for Christmas Eve, I decided to do the bala sub as there was more action that took place. I was in collaboration with ‪@NickCarRSP‬ for the 2nd year in a row for this occasion. The first train and probably the only reason why I came to the bala sub was because Q102 had CN 3008 leading. It met 2 northbounds at setter. One proceeded north to meet a northbound at zephyr & one more at pefferlaw while the 2nd northbound stayed put in Pine Orchard to meet the 1st SB then the 2nd one at Zephyr. VIA 1 and 107 were the 2 northbounds that went through to meet a late 450 and Z112. Those trains all had gevos as you can expect from the bala sub.

Train 1:
Location: Vivian rd - Pine Orchard, ON
Time: 10:50 am - December 24, 2025
Train: CN Q102 (Roberts Bank - Brampton)
Units: CN 3008, CN 2765
Direction: south
Mile: 35.35 Bala sub

Train 2:
Location: Mccowan rd - West Franklin, ON
Time: 11:32 am - December 24, 2025
Train: VIA 0001 (Toronto - Vancouver)
Units: VIA 6451, VIA 6411
Direction: north
Mile: 38.38 Bala sub

Train 3:
Location: Mccowan rd - West Franklin, ON
Time: 11:53 am - December 24, 2025
Train: CN A450 (North Bay - Toronto)
Units: CN 3391, CN 2834
Direction: south
Mile: 38.38 Bala sub

Train 4:
Location: Mccowan rd - West Franklin, ON
Time: 12:09 pm - December 24, 2025
Train: CN Q107 (Brampton - Vancouver)
Units: CN 2751, CN 2653
Direction: north
Mile: 38.38 Bala sub

Train 5:
Location: Mccowan rd - West Franklin, ON
Time: 12:37 pm - December 24, 2025
Train: CN Z112 (Vancouver - Montreal)
Units: CN 2954, CN 3900, CN 2819
Direction: south
Mile: 38.38 Bala sub

I hope you all have a merry Christmas and happy new year!