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The CN Steel Train's leading F7A, 9173, emerges from the brush as it crosses over a railway crossing just east of the Grand River bridge in Caledonia (possibly the present-day Sutherland St. W).
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Caption: The CN Steel Train's leading F7A, 9173, emerges from the brush as it crosses over a railway crossing just east of the Grand River bridge in Caledonia (possibly the present-day Sutherland St. W).

Photographer:
Bill Thomson [715] (more) (contact)
Date: 06/03/1986 (search)
Railway: Canadian National (search)
Reporting Marks: CN 9173 (search)
Train Symbol: CN Steel Train (search)
Subdivision/SNS: CN Hagersville Sub (search)
City/Town: Caledonia (search)
Province: Ontario (search)
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4 Comments
  1. Joseph Bishop
    April 18, 2014 at 10:34 pm

    This is really cool Bill! I would love to see more shots from the Haldimand/Caledonia area if you have them :)

  2. Kevin Flood
    April 20, 2014 at 10:47 am

    Great shot! This was taken six days before I was born!

  3. Todd Steinman
    October 11, 2015 at 4:14 pm

    I do believe you are right Bill, tis is the present day Sutherland Street West. I moved to Caledonia in May 1988, and everything was paved then…but missed seeing the old F series engines on the Nanticoke turn. A classic photo. Great job!

  4. Aitch
    September 6, 2022 at 12:55 pm

    Just seeing this in the Favourites banner and giving it the star it deserves. Beautifully composed.

    As to the location, I would like to suggest this was taken on Forfar Street West which is just south of the bridge. If it was Sutherland Street West, I don’t there would’ve been time to then get to this next shot on the bridge given that it’s taken from south of the bridge:

    http://www.railpictures.ca/?attachment_id=14807 .

    I think the shot on the bridge came first then a pivot to the right to get it over the crossing at Forfar.

    Regardless, it’s a memorable sequence !
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