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Cool!
Great lighting! If the station had only survived in town
That caboose….is this the former Babcock and Wilcox caboose?
Great shot!
@RLK, yep, that’s former BBCX 79788
Great colours Steve!
Thanks mofos. The caboose was indeed going out for the first time that day – a nice surprise. It is used as a shoving platform as they have to do some reverse moves when running around the train at Snelgrove and at Orangeville.
interesting… nice shot
Thank you.
you are welcome
What’s interesting is once this operation shut down, so too did the Inglewood General Store.
Also this caboose was used for selling extra seats but at the time I was told to keep that on the down low as it was not approved.
They kept using it… this train really would have benefit from more coaches, then again, it was passenger liability that ultimately sunk this train.
Stephen, a beautiful picture, stunning colours and the Credit Valley Explorer looking its best ! Not just Ray Kennedy’s wonderful triple-header excursion graced this location, but the UCRS was here with a CP E8 trip to
Orangeville, CN CLC A + MLW A units on their way to Tottenham, Cooksville and Barrie (came home on CN’s Newmarket Sub), and of course all the Ontario Rail Association steam excursions with CP 1057, and the miraculous return of CP 136 to Owen Sound and back. My first rail visit to this site was in 1956 on CNR D1-C1-C2 returning home from Beeton with connecting train at Georgetown. All are now just good memories, as is the CVE, and thanks to you Stephen, there are many great CVE pictures, like the one above. “Thank for the memories . . .” as Bob Hope used to sing. Indeed, thank you for talent and sharing, so much appreciated !
Wow, CP E8…. was that the same trip as the CN CLC trip or was that a different excursion?
Here’s a picture since uploaded by Doug Page of what is likely the CLC excursion at Beeton:
http://www.railpictures.ca/?attachment_id=35091
Thank you sir for the kind comments, I just got lucky I could go out when fall was near peak in the area. The sun came out for only one shot – this was it! And only for a couple minutes. Luck
Also interesting to note this Caboose is still on the property, was used on a ballast train last week.
Stephen, to answer your question, they were two different railway excursions, both run by the Upper Canada Railway Society. The CPR one behind E8a 1802 on Sat Oct 23/65, travelled from Toronto along CN’s Oakville Sub to Hamilton TH&B Station, then up the Goderich Sub to Guelph Jct., along the Galt Sub to Streetsville, and then to Orangeville. The train was wyed at Fraxa, then back to Streetsville and home on the Galt Sub. Yes, there were photostops at Cataract and Inglewood. The CNR excursion on Sun Oct 24/65 behind 6703-6773 ran to Georgetown, then up to Allandale via Inglewood, Tottenham, Beeton and Cookstown with the C liner 6703 leading (as shown in Doug Page’s photo at Beeton Station). There being no wye at Allandale, the diesels ran around the train, and 6773 was leading home down the Newmarket Sub. Both trips were well attended and very gratifying to the UCRS Trip Committee. If I ever get a scanner, I will attempt to post some pictures of both trips.
Here is CCGX 4014 in 1961 at Dundas, by Doug Page as CN 4567
http://www.railpictures.ca/?attachment_id=42433