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...and in the mid eighties the thought was that the weekly 44 passenger * trains serving CN Washago was minimal service...ha...wrong... Here is Saturday only ONR conventional train #120 ( Northlander equipped) on the approach to Huntsville ( or ? ) with converted FP7A #1987 ( the former green & yellow #1510). That is the two lane highway #11 at left ( now Regional road #592 ? ), prior to the four lane divided highway. ...And from what I remember Granma Lee's was a neat place... * those weekly 44 trains at Washago: 14 VIA #9 & #10 ( Toronto section Canadian); 14 ONR – VIA pool trains #128 & #129 Northland; 12 ONR #121 & #122 Northlander and ONR weekend trains #120, #123, #124 ( shown on the Timetable as conventional, but Northlander equipped). May 21, 1983 Kodachrome by S.Danko.
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Caption: ...and in the mid eighties the thought was that the weekly 44 passenger * trains serving CN Washago was minimal service...ha...wrong...

Here is Saturday only ONR conventional train #120 ( Northlander equipped) on the approach to Huntsville ( or ? ) with converted FP7A #1987 ( the former green & yellow #1510).

That is the two lane highway #11 at left ( now Regional road #592 ? ), prior to the four lane divided highway.

...And from what I remember Granma Lee's was a neat place...

* those weekly 44 trains at Washago: 14 VIA #9 & #10 ( Toronto section Canadian); 14 ONR – VIA pool trains #128 & #129 Northland; 12 ONR #121 & #122 Northlander and ONR weekend trains #120, #123, #124 ( shown on the Timetable as conventional, but Northlander equipped).

May 21, 1983 Kodachrome by S.Danko.

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sdfourty [707] (more) (contact)
Date: 05/21/1983 (search)
Railway: Ontario Northland (search)
Reporting Marks: ONR 1987 (search)
Train Symbol: ONR #120 (search)
Subdivision/SNS: CN Newmarket (search)
City/Town: Huntsville (search)
Province: Ontario (search)
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2 Comments
  1. lonefoamr
    July 29, 2015 at 9:14 pm

    Great shot! That’s actually just south of Trout Creek.

  2. awmooney
    August 6, 2015 at 8:50 pm

    Nice. I have always felt this train was “underappreciated” by the viewers on this site. No other passenger train was like it in this country.
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