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A late running and over powered Cobourg Turn. Likely due to the Oshawa Turn being annulled, so the Coburg handled the Oshawa traffic which could explain the lateness and over powerness. Two CP Rail MLW 1956 built RS-10s, 8572 and 8579 along with a SD40 sprint eastward through the Newtonville area. At the 'bee bridge' Nichols Road, September 3, 1978 Kodachrome by S.Danko More bee bridge: StL&H Do Consider: November 12, 1995: the StL&H – wholly owned by Canadian Pacific Limited 'acquired' the CP Rail Eastern and Atlantic Regions and both were put up for sale. Prospective purchasers may have included any of: CSX, NS, G & W, Rail America, Wisconsin Central, .... ? ...note that the ICC ( USA) approved the BNSF merger July 20, 1995. And at that time Warren Buffet, through Berkshire Hathaway, owned 22% of the new BNSF. (WB through BK acquired the remaining 77% of BNSF did not already own in 2009). ...hmmm...
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Caption:

A late running and over powered Cobourg Turn.

Likely due to the Oshawa Turn being annulled, so the Coburg handled the Oshawa traffic which could explain the lateness and over powerness.

Two CP Rail MLW 1956 built RS-10s, 8572 and 8579 along with a SD40 sprint eastward through the Newtonville area.

At the 'bee bridge' Nichols Road, September 3, 1978 Kodachrome by S.Danko

More bee bridge:

StL&H

Do Consider:

November 12, 1995: the StL&H – wholly owned by Canadian Pacific Limited 'acquired' the CP Rail Eastern and Atlantic Regions and both were put up for sale. Prospective purchasers may have included any of: CSX, NS, G & W, Rail America, Wisconsin Central, .... ? ...note that the ICC ( USA) approved the BNSF merger July 20, 1995. And at that time Warren Buffet, through Berkshire Hathaway, owned 22% of the new BNSF. (WB through BK acquired the remaining 77% of BNSF did not already own in 2009). ...hmmm...

Photographer:
sdfourty [707] (more) (contact)
Date: 09/03/1978 (search)
Railway: Canadian Pacific (search)
Reporting Marks: CP Rail 8572 (search)
Train Symbol: Cobourg Turn (search)
Subdivision/SNS: mile 147 CP Rail Belleville Subdivision (search)
City/Town: Newtonville (search)
Province: Ontario (search)
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2 Comments
  1. Brundle
    March 26, 2022 at 11:29 am

    It does catch the eye seeing all the long hoods forward on a CP consist.

  2. sdfourty
    March 29, 2022 at 5:01 pm

    Good point: long hood forward – cab trailing – was ‘normal’ for a lot of first gen power.
    sdfourty
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