Canadian National Railway

Dundas Subdivision (3 spots)

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  Bayview Junction

  Hamilton, Ontario, Canada

  One of Canada's premier railfan destinations, where CN's Oakville, Dundas, and Grimsby Subdivisions converge at a wye junction within the R…

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  London (CN/CP Junction)

  London, Ontario, Canada

  A grade-level diamond where CN's Dundas Subdivision crosses CPKC's Windsor Subdivision in east London, Ontario, with close-up views of frei…

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  Paris Junction

  Paris, Ontario, Canada

  Paris Junction sits on CN's busy Dundas Subdivision double-track mainline in the town of Paris, Ontario—voted "Canada's Prettiest Little To…

  MP 30.9

Flint Subdivision (2 spots)

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  Battle Creek (Diamond)

  Battle Creek, Michigan, United States

  Battle Creek's "Diamond" is where Canadian National's ex-Grand Trunk Western main line (Port Huron–Chicago) crosses the Michigan Line (ex-M…

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  Durand - Diamond & Depot

  Durand, Michigan, United States

  Historic 1903 Durand Union Station sits at the diamond where CN's Flint and Holly Subdivisions cross. Home to the Michigan Railroad History…

  also on Holly Subdivision

Saint-Hyacinthe Subdivision (2 spots)

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  Mont-Saint-Hilaire (CN Bridge)

  Mont-Saint-Hilaire, Quebec, Canada

  A riverside vantage point overlooking the CN Richelieu River rail bridge on the Saint-Hyacinthe Subdivision, where approximately 38 trains…

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  Pont Victoria

  Saint-Lambert, Québec, Canada

  Historic 1859 railway bridge where CN freight, VIA Rail, and Exo commuter trains cross the St. Lawrence River between Montreal and Saint-La…

  MP 71.4

Alexandria Subdivision (1 spot)

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  Ottawa (Ontario)

  Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

  Ottawa's VIA Rail station at 200 Tremblay Road is a 1966 International Style heritage building serving 8-10 daily roundtrips to Toronto and…

Ashcroft Subdivision (1 spot)

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  Kamloops (Junction)

  Kamloops, British Columbia, Canada

  CN's Kamloops yard sits at the junction of the Ashcroft, Clearwater, and Okanagan subdivisions on the Vancouver–Edmonton mainline. Both CN…

  MP 0.0

Aurora Subdivision (1 spot)

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  East Dubuque (CN/BNSF)

  East Dubuque, Illinois, United States

  BNSF and CN diamond crossing at East Cabin, where CN's Dubuque Subdivision emerges from an 1868 tunnel to cross BNSF's busy Aurora Subdivis…

  MP 184.6 · also on Dubuque Subdivision

Blue Island Subdivision (1 spot)

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  Blue Island (Junction)

  Blue Island, Illinois, United States

  A double diamond interchange in Chicago's south suburbs where CSX, Indiana Harbor Belt, Canadian National, Iowa Interstate, and Metra conve…

Cairo Subdivision (1 spot)

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  Fulton (CN Junction & Yard)

  Fulton, Kentucky, United States

  Fulton, Kentucky sits where Canadian National's Cairo and Fulton Subdivisions converge at an active freight yard with crew change and fueli…

  also on Fulton Subdivision

Cartier Subdivision (1 spot)

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  Sudbury (CP/CN)

  Sudbury, Ontario, Canada

  Sudbury is a key railway junction in Northern Ontario where CP's transcontinental Cartier Subdivision meets CN's Bala Subdivision. Two VIA…

  also on Ruel Subdivision

Chicago Subdivision (1 spot)

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  Homewood (Rail Park)

  Homewood, Illinois, United States

  Purpose-built railfan viewing platform on CN's ex-Illinois Central main line in south suburban Chicago, with live switchyard audio, 8 track…

Chillicothe Subdivision (1 spot)

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  Joliet Union Station

  Joliet, Illinois, United States

  A major Chicago-area rail junction where BNSF, Union Pacific, CN, CSX, Iowa Interstate, Metra, and Amtrak converge beside a landmark 1912 B…

CN Ashcroft Subdivision (1 spot)

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  Ashcroft (Black Canyon)

  Ashcroft, British Columbia, Canada

  A dramatic canyon on the Thompson River where CN and CPKC mainlines run on opposite sides, offering views of both railways' directional-run…

CN Memphis Subdivision (1 spot)

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  Memphis (CN/CSX Junction)

  Memphis, Tennessee, United States

  Kentucky Street interlocking is where four Class I railroads cross at grade in downtown Memphis — BNSF, UP, and CSX lines all cross the CN…

  also on BNSF Thayer Subdivision, UP Memphis Subdivision, CSX Memphis Terminal Subdivision

CPKC Cascade Subdivision (1 spot)

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  Cisco Bridges

  Siska, British Columbia, Canada

  Twin railway bridges where CPKC and CN swap sides of the Fraser River in a dramatic canyon 12 km south of Lytton, BC. One of Canada's most…

Edson Subdivision (1 spot)

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  Edmonton (Walker Yard)

  Edmonton, Alberta, Canada

  CN's major freight classification yard in northwest Edmonton, serving as the railway's Canadian operating headquarters. Features large dies…

  also on Wainwright Subdivision

Halton Subdivision (1 spot)

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  Georgetown (CN Halton Sub)

  Georgetown, Ontario, Canada

  Georgetown sits at milepoint 23.5 of the CN Halton Subdivision, Canada's fourth busiest rail line. The historic 1856 Grand Trunk Railway st…

  MP 23.5

Kingston Subdivision (1 spot)

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  Dorval (Via/Exo Station)

  Dorval, Quebec, Canada

  Dorval station sits at the junction of CN's Kingston Subdivision and CP's Vaudreuil Subdivision, where VIA Rail intercity trains, Exo commu…

  also on Vaudreuil Subdivision

Lac-Saint-Jean Subdivision (1 spot)

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  Hervey-Jonction

  Hervey-Jonction, Quebec, Canada

  A village junction in Quebec's Mauricie region where CN's Lac-Saint-Jean and La Tuque subdivisions meet, and where VIA Rail's Montreal trai…

Manistique Subdivision (1 spot)

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  Sault Ste. Marie (Intl Bridge)

  Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan, United States

  CN's single-track Manistique Subdivision crosses from Michigan into Ontario over a 5,580-foot bridge combining three distinct movable span…

Mount Vernon Subdivision (1 spot)

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  Salem (CN/UP Crossing)

  Salem, Illinois, United States

  A busy Class I railroad diamond in Salem, Illinois, where Canadian National's former Illinois Central main line crosses Union Pacific's Mou…

Neenah Subdivision (1 spot)

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  Stevens Point (Yards)

  Stevens Point, Wisconsin, United States

  Active CN classification yard in central Wisconsin where the Neenah, Superior, and Plover Subdivisions converge. Former Wisconsin Central d…

  also on Superior Subdivision, Plover Subdivision

Parry Sound Subdivision (1 spot)

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  Parry Sound (CP Trestle)

  Parry Sound, Ontario, Canada

  Ontario's longest railway trestle, standing 32 m above the Seguin River at Georgian Bay. Built in 1907 by CPR, the 517 m bridge carries bot…

Peoria Subdivision (1 spot)

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  Decatur (Crossroads)

  Decatur, Illinois, United States

  The WABIC Diamond in Decatur marks where Norfolk Southern's east-west main line crosses Canadian National's former Illinois Central Peoria…

Québec City–Windsor Corridor (1 spot)

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  Bathurst Bridge (Toronto)

  Toronto, Ontario, Canada

  Historic 1903 steel Warren truss bridge spanning 10 tracks of Canada's busiest rail corridor, offering unobstructed elevated views of GO Tr…

Rivers Subdivision (1 spot)

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  Winnipeg (Jct. CN & CP)

  Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada

  Where CN's transcontinental Rivers Subdivision meets CPKC's main line in east Winnipeg, two Class 1 transcontinental corridors converge at…

Rivers Subdivision (CN) (1 spot)

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  Portage la Prairie

  Portage la Prairie, Manitoba, Canada

  A rare diamond crossing where CN's Rivers Subdivision and CP's Carberry Subdivision intersect at grade in the Manitoba prairie, delivering…

  also on Carberry Subdivision (CP)

Union Belt (1 spot)

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  Delray (Detroit)

  Detroit, Michigan, United States

  Delray Junction is where CSX, Norfolk Southern, and Conrail Shared Assets cross at grade in southwest Detroit—one of Michigan's busiest rai…

  also on Detroit Line

Wainwright Subdivision (CN) (1 spot)

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  Saskatoon (CN/CP)

  Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada

  Saskatoon's CN and CPKC corridors carry heavy potash, grain, and intermodal freight on two transcontinental routes, with VIA Rail's The Can…

  also on Sutherland Subdivision (CPKC)

Watertown Subdivision (1 spot)

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  Duplainville (CP/CN)

  Pewaukee, Wisconsin, United States

  Duplainville is one of the Midwest's most celebrated railfan destinations, where the CPKC double-track Watertown Subdivision crosses the CN…

  MP 102.2 · also on Waukesha Subdivision

Windsor Subdivision (1 spot)

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  Windsor (Ontario)

  Windsor, Ontario, Canada

  The Canadian portal of the CPKC Detroit River Tunnel — the world's first immersed-tube railway tunnel, opened in 1910 — offers railfans fro…

York Subdivision (1 spot)

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  Toronto (MacMillan Yard)

  Vaughan, Ontario, Canada

  Canada's second-largest classification yard, operated by CN in Vaughan, Ontario. MacMillan Yard handles over one million freight cars annua…

  also on Halton Subdivision

Other spots (6 spots)

These sit on the CN network, but nobody has recorded which subdivision they belong to yet.

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  Dolton (Interlocking)

  Dolton, Illinois, United States

  One of America's busiest at-grade rail junctions, where CSX, Union Pacific, and Indiana Harbor Belt cross in Chicago's south suburbs. Over…

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  Huey P. Long Bridge (New Orleans)

  Jefferson, Louisiana, United States

  The Huey P. Long Bridge carries two NOPB-operated tracks over the Mississippi River at mile post 106.1 in Jefferson Parish, 10 river miles…

  MP 106.1

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  Prince George CN Yard

  Prince George, British Columbia, Canada

  Major CN rail hub at the confluence of the Fraser and Nechako Rivers, where the east-west CN mainline meets the former BC Rail corridor sou…

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  St. Albans (CN/VRS)

  St. Albans, Vermont, United States

  St. Albans hosts New England Central Railroad's Italy Yard and headquarters at the Amtrak Vermonter's northern terminus. With Canadian Nati…

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  Thunder Bay (Port)

  Thunder Bay, Ontario, Canada

  Thunder Bay Port is one of Canada's premier grain railfanning destinations, where Canadian Pacific and Canadian National funnel prairie har…

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  Truro (CN/VIA)

  Truro, Nova Scotia, Canada

  A key CN junction in Nova Scotia where the Halifax–Montreal main line meets the CBNS branch to Cape Breton. VIA Rail's Ocean stops here thr…