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Operating on an Upper Canada Railway Society Fan trip, Grand River Railway electric freight motor 228 and Lake Erie & Northern Railway 337, the last electrics, cross the LE&N bridge over the CASO (NYC) at Waterford on September 30th, 1961. Passenger operations had already ended a few years prior in 1955, and this would be the last day of electric operations on GRR-LE&N, as parent Canadian Pacific's diesel locomotives would take over operations on the "CP Electric Lines" the next day (October 1st, 1961).
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Caption: Operating on an Upper Canada Railway Society Fan trip, Grand River Railway electric freight motor 228 and Lake Erie & Northern Railway 337, the last electrics, cross the LE&N bridge over the CASO (NYC) at Waterford on September 30th, 1961. Passenger operations had already ended a few years prior in 1955, and this would be the second last day of electric operations on GRR-LE&N (electrics were used in freight service the next day). Parent Canadian Pacific's diesel locomotives would take over operations on the "CP Electric Lines" after that.

Photographer:
Bill Thomson [715] (more) (contact)
Date: 09/30/1961 (search)
Railway: Lake Erie and Northern (search)
Reporting Marks: GRR 228, LE&N 337 (search)
Train Symbol: UCRS fantrip (search)
Subdivision/SNS: Waterford - Lake Erie & Northern line (search)
City/Town: Waterford (search)
Province: Ontario (search)
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3 Comments
  1. awmooney
    January 13, 2017 at 7:47 am

    A most popular location for shooting electrics. No wonder. This is great !

  2. lonloco
    January 13, 2017 at 8:05 pm

    Love it….. Thanks

  3. Stephen C. Host
    January 13, 2017 at 9:19 pm

    The juice! Wonderful.
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