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CN 4589 is seen at the CN Niagara Falls Yard in August of 1982. The old Cynamid chemical plant, which was closed and demolished in the 1990's, is seen in the distance just above the locomotive. Not much is left here today with the yard gone.

Name:	Cameron Lonsdale
Railway:	Canadian National
Date:	August 1982
Location:	Niagara Falls
Province:	Ontario

Comments | 12 Favourites

This view from July of 1982 shows CN 8516 shoving a Via westbound train towards the Toronto Union Station Train shed from the coach yards. It's great to see the CN 3150 in service, a MLW RS-18 modified for Tempo trains. The Toronto skyline is prominent in the background, including the big white Bank of Montreal skyscraper.

Name:	Cameron Lonsdale
Railway:	Canadian National
Date:	July 1982
Location:	Toronto
Province:	Ontario

Comments | 10 Favourites

The wonderful passenger train activity at Toronto Union Station seemed endless in August of 1985. A westbound Via passenger train, with Via 6507 as the leader, is being brought down from the coach yards by a CN switcher to the west end of the trainshed. It was great to see those old F units still in service!

Name:	Cameron Lonsdale
Railway:	VIA Rail
Date:	August 1985
Location:	Toronto
Province:	Ontario

Comments | 13 Favourites

The Northlander passenger train with ONT 1984 on the head end is being brought down to the west end of Toronto Union Station from the coach yards by CN switcher 8516 on this hot summer day in August of 1985. Even way back then there was always a lot of construction activity in Toronto, as seen above the 1984.

Name:	Cameron Lonsdale
Railway:	Ontario Northland
Date:	August 1985
Location:	Toronto
Province:	Ontario

Comments | 14 Favourites

On the way to a Toronto vacation in July of 1982, including Blue Jay's baseball games and Lichee Garden for dinner, I somehow convinced Dad to stop at the CN Niagara Falls Yard, where local power was usually gathered. This photo shows CN GP-9 4590 parked near the yard office. Not much remains there today, that's for sure!

Name:	Cameron Lonsdale
Railway:	Canadian National
Date:	July 1982
Location:	Niagara Falls
Province:	Ontario

1 Comments | 15 Favourites

Here is a photo of QNSL GP-9 #147, one of the group of Quebec North Shore and Labrador locomotives found in downtown Toronto, near Union Station, in July of 1982. Quite a surprise indeed for the teenaged railfan from "south of the border." I would later visit the QNSL property as a member of the railway supply community.

Name:	Cameron Lonsdale
Railway:	Quebec North Shore…
Date:	July 1982
Location:	Toronto
Province:	Ontario

3 Comments | 13 Favourites

It was quite a surprise to find QNSL GP-9 units in downtown Toronto in July of 1982. Seen here is QNSL 157 near Toronto Union Station. Perhaps these were leased or headed to the scrapper? Also on hand that day were QNSL 133, 147, 167 and 169.

Name:	Cameron Lonsdale
Railway:	Quebec North Shore…
Date:	July 1982
Location:	Toronto
Province:	Ontario

1 Comments | 12 Favourites

I found this slide from May of 1982 and had to laugh. We had just arrived at Montmorency Falls, Quebec, on the tour bus during a high school French class trip from Lyons, NY, (south of the border) when here came a westbound CN freight train, right on top of us. The lead switcher was not of much interest to me, but the MLW RS-18 CN 3623 certainly was. Note that the lead freight car, CN 856004, is interesting, perhaps a wood chip car?? I can't tell you anything about Montmorency Falls because I stayed outside the park (much to the chagrin of our chaperones) waiting for another train that sadly never came. Little did I know at the time that the Murray Bay Subdivision was not a CN mainline. There is a tourist train there now - I should go back and look at the falls.

Name:	Cameron Lonsdale
Railway:	Canadian National
Date:	May 1982
Location:	Montmorency Falls
Province:	Quebec

2 Comments | 11 Favourites

MLW FP4A 6776 is seen at the west end of Toronto Union Station on Track 5 ready to head west with a Via passenger train in July of 1982. The imposing Royal York Hotel is seen looming above the trainshed, with the gold-colored Royal Bank tower just to the right of the hotel. What a great place to watch and photograph trains way back then!

Name:	Cameron Lonsdale
Railway:	VIA Rail
Date:	July 1982
Location:	Toronto
Province:	Ontario

Comments | 17 Favourites

Ah the good old days when CP MLW C424's roamed the earth. Here is the 4207 at Agincourt Diesel Terminal in August of 1983. Dad drove in like he owned the place and read the Globe and Mail while I took photos. Note the black diesel-soaked ground between the rails - that would be frowned upon today.

Name:	Cameron Lonsdale
Railway:	Canadian Pacific
Date:	August 1983
Location:	Toronto
Province:	Ontario

2 Comments | 9 Favourites

I was quite surprised to see a CN freight train in the vicinity of Toronto Union Station. It was on one of the two tracks closest to the highway on the far south side of the complex, in August of 1985, led by CN 5262. A shame indeed that the big MLW "Also" seen second out was not the leader, but that is life!

Name:	Cameron Lonsdale
Railway:	Canadian National
Date:	August 1985
Location:	Toronto
Province:	Ontario

2 Comments | 13 Favourites

Chessie in downtown Toronto. EMD BO 3737 in Chessie paint was one of 8 Chessie units found near Union Station on this August 1985 day.

Name:	Cameron Lonsdale
Railway:	Chessie System
Date:	August 1985
Location:	Toronto
Province:	Ontario

1 Comments | 9 Favourites

Imagine my surprise and delight when 8 Chessie units were spotted near Toronto Union Station in August of 1985. I had seen a couple there in previous years, but certainly not 8. B&O EMD 3726 is still in Baltimore and Ohio blue, with the CN Tower in the background. The other units on hand that day were Chessie 3737, 3735, 3719, 3727, 3717 and B&O blue 3723 and 3729. Were these lease units? I do not know.

Name:	Cameron Lonsdale
Railway:	Chessie System
Date:	August 1985
Location:	Toronto
Province:	Ontario

1 Comments | 8 Favourites

Via FP9A 6526 heads for the east end of Toronto Union Station on this hot summer day in July of 1982. I do miss these elderly F units. Of course, the whole area around Union Station has been reconfigured since then.

Name:	Cameron Lonsdale
Railway:	VIA Rail
Date:	July 1982
Location:	Toronto
Province:	Ontario

Comments | 13 Favourites

THB GP9 401 appears to be a bit the worse for wear in this August 1985 photo - It looks like it has had a hard life hauling freight around Hamilton and Toronto. A total of 5 TH&B locos were parked in downtown Toronto (THB 74, 401, 402, 72 and 77), alongside 8 Chessie units, on that day. The CN tower stands in the background.

Name:	CameronLonsdale
Railway:	Toronto Hamilton a…
Date:	August 1985
Location:	Toronto
Province:	Ontario

Comments | 11 Favourites

A switch crew with CN 8516, a MLW S-13 built in 1959, spots the Via RDC cars at the west end of Toronto Union Station in this August, 1984 view. The imposing stone edifice in the distance is the famous Royal York Hotel. We stayed there once, with a view overlooking the station, and I recall looking down from our room and seeing an extremely long streamliner passenger train that hung out both ends of the trainshed. Not sure why I didn't take a picture? Just to the right of the Royal York is the gold-colored Royal Bank Plaza tower, which used some real gold to manufacture the window panes.

Name:	Cameron Lonsdale
Railway:	Canadian National
Date:	August 1984
Location:	Toronto
Province:	Ontario

Comments | 12 Favourites

Imagine my surprise at finding a group of TH&B units near Toronto Union Station, along with some Chessie power. GP-7 THB 74 is seen with paint in nice condition in this August 1985 view. To prove the photo was indeed taken in Tornoto, note the base of the CN tower in the background. Ah the good old days.

Name:	Cameron Lonsdale
Railway:	Toronto Hamilton a…
Date:	August 1985
Location:	Toronto
Province:	Ontario

1 Comments | 12 Favourites

A crew is bringing power down to the east end of Toronto Union Station in this July 1982 view. The yellow nose of Via EMD FP9A 6532 could use a good scrubbing, in contrast to the brakeman's bright, clean, white overalls.

Name:	Cameron Lonsdale
Railway:	VIA Rail
Date:	July 1982
Location:	Toronto
Province:	Ontario

1 Comments | 13 Favourites

Via MLW FPA4 6791 is on the head end of a westbound passenger train ready to leave Toronto Union Station in August of 1982. The juxtaposition of the elderly "Alco" with the Harbor Castle Hilton tower (seen above the locomotive), complete with rooftop revolving restaurant, is interesting to me.

Name:	Cameron Lonsdale
Railway:	VIA Rail
Date:	August 1982
Location:	Toronto
Province:	Ontario

Comments | 14 Favourites

Golden, BC, is the location of a major CP facility and junction point. Heavy coal traffic comes from the line down to Cranbrook. CP 9807 is seen on the point of a coal train in the Golden Yard in August of 2005. The beauty of the Canadian Rockies is unparalleled.

Name:	Cameron Lonsdale
Railway:	Canadian Pacific
Date:	August 2005
Location:	Golden
Province:	British Columbia

Comments | 7 Favourites

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