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I was born and raised in Capreol, Ontario. I worked for CN in the Area Engineering Office during the summers of 1965 and 1966. During the summers of 1967-1969, I worked as a brakeman out of Capreol. In the fall of 1969, I transferred to the Great Lakes Regional offices in Toronto. I left CN in 1975 to join the transportation department of Ontario Hydro. I moved to the USA in 1989. I am still an active photographer.

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Road Repair Car 52352 sits one on the old B&B storage tracks (where the Capreol South sign is now located). Road repair cars would be sent out to remote locations to repair cars that were bad ordered and unable to move to a terminal with repair facilities. Usually, two carmen manned the car which contained basic (very basic) living quarters and enough equipment to enable the repair of just about anything.
Name: First954
Railway: Canadian National
Date: 06/26/1971
Location: Capreol
Province: Ontario
Comments | 12 Favourites
[Editors note: Shots of these in service with GO are rare. There's only two on this site. Now three] For a brief period in Apil 1976, GO Transit leased a set of 10 double deck commuter coaches from the Chicago and North Western Railroad. The leased cars were numbered 1-5 and 11-15. In this photo, a westbound train with GO 9804 approaches the Long Branch GO station at speed.
Name: First954
Railway: GO Transit
Date: 04/23/1976
Location: Long Branch
Province: Ontario
Comments | 13 Favourites
GO Transit briefly leased a train set of double deck commuter passenger cars from the Chicago and North Western Railroad in April 1976 to test the concept of increasing passenger capacity and comfort without increasing the number of cars in a train. I can't recall how long the cars remained in Canada, but the test was obviously a great success.
Name: First954
Railway: GO Transit
Date: 04/22/1976
Location: Long Branch
Province: Ontario
Comments | 12 Favourites
A CN work train unloads ballast along the Craik Subdivision near Chamberlain, Saskatchewan on a very hot afternoon. A pair of relatively clean GP9s, 4112 and 4237, provide the power for the train.
Name: First954
Railway: Canadian National
Date: 06/21/1978
Location: Chamberlain
Province: Saskatchewan
Comments | 10 Favourites
I'll be home for Christmas!!!! Well, maybe!! DW&P RS-11 3602 pauses at Capreol, Ontario on December 22, 1968 fresh from rebuilding and repainting by CN in Montreal.
Name: First954
Railway: DWP
Date: 12/22/1968
Location: Capreol
Province: Ontario
Comments | 11 Favourites
A perfect meet as seen from the head end of the Panorama. Train 302 with a pair of SD40s lead by the 5039 pulls down through the siding at Raphoe, Ontario in October 1968. Perfect in the sense that neither of the trains stopped!!
Name: First954
Railway: Canadian National
Date: 10/00/1968
Location: Raphoe
Province: Ontario
Comments | 14 Favourites
One of CN's many intermodal trains roars through Sudbury (Jct) ON on its way west.
Name: First954
Railway: Canadian National
Date: 07/10/2022
Location: Sudbury
Province: Ontario
Comments | 7 Favourites
VIA #1, the Canadian, with 6456 and 6459 for power, makes an on-time arrival at Sudbury (Jct), Ontario on Sunday July 10th 2022. But it is in the hole for a meet with a south bound intermodal. It was over an hour later before it backed out of the siding and made its second, and passenger, stop at Sudbury. Only in Canada, eh????
Name: First954
Railway: VIA Rail
Date: 07/10/2022
Location: Sudbury
Province: Ontario
Comments | 10 Favourites
No one in their right mind would believe what was happening here, but here is the photo as proof. VIA #1 arrived at Sudbury (Jct) on time, but was routed into the passing track for a southbound CN intermodal train. After more than an hour delay, the Canadian was allowed to back out of the siding and proceed forward to make its station stop. It should be noted that the Canadian could have held the main line and made its station stop on time while the southbound intermodal could have passed through the siding without stopping as the last car of the Canadian was well clear of the south switch. As it was the freight proceeded by the station and waiting passengers at slow speed, no faster than it would have if routed through the siding. The opportunity for a good meet lost. So glad I am no longer in railroading as I could not take this madness!!!
Name: First954
Railway: VIA Rail
Date: 07/10/2022
Location: Sudbury
Province: Ontario
5 Comments | 10 Favourites
Chicago and Western Indiana Railroad Alco/GE RS-1 #255 is shown passing through Capreol, Ontario in April 1966. The 255 was built by Alco/GE (both shown on the builder's plate), s/n 77173, October 1949. I have no idea where the unit was headed.
Name: First954
Railway: Other
Date: 04/00/1966
Location: Capreol
Province: Ontario
6 Comments | 14 Favourites
CN RSC-13 1705, class MR-10b, rests between assignments in the yard at Stratford, Ontario in May 1967. The 1705 was built by MLW in November 1955 as CN 1549 s/n 81267, renumbered to 1705. On January 27, 1976, it donated its trucks to RS-18 3857 which then became 1760.
Name: First954
Railway: Canadian National
Date: 05/00/1967
Location: Stratford
Province: Ontario
Comments | 13 Favourites
Just passing through!!! CN's two G-12s, 991 and 992, are shown in Capreol, Ontario on their way west to their new home on Vancouver Island. The units were built for the London and Port Stanley Railroad in 1955 and 1957. 991 ex L&PS L4 built 8/1955 b/n A832 (some sources show the b/n as A831) and 992 ex L&PS L5 built 7/1957 b/n A1324. Both units acquired by CN on January 1,1966 and retired in 1976 and scrapped. Of note are the different trucks and cabs on the units.
Name: First954
Railway: Canadian National
Date: 08/08/1969
Location: Capreol
Province: Ontario
2 Comments | 19 Favourites
All hooked up and ready to go!! For many years CP regularly put 5 units on trains. This particular consist has three different MLW models (RS-18, RS-10 and RS-3) in three different paint schemes. Units shown are 8758 8477 8431 8796 and 8471.
Name: First954
Railway: Canadian Pacific
Date: 07/10/1977
Location: Toronto
Province: Ontario
Comments | 14 Favourites
Brand spanking new, right out of the factory, CN SD40-2W # 5277, built July 1975, B/N A3304, rests at the diesel shop before entering service. You could actually smell the paint!!!
Name: First954
Railway: Canadian National
Date: 07/30/1975
Location: Toronto
Province: Ontario
Comments | 13 Favourites
CP 410221 waits its end (notice the line painted through the number, bad order tag, and "WD" beside number) in CP's John Street coach yard in August 1970. The car appears to have been extensively rebuilt in 1955 with steel ends but kept its arch bar trucks, KC brakes, and truss rods. The Royal York Hotel is still several years away from its long overdue power washing.
Name: First954
Railway: Canadian Pacific
Date: 08/00/1970
Location: Toronto
Province: Ontario
Comments | 14 Favourites
Steel Company of Canada GE44 tonner #5, formerly CN #5, passes through Capreol, Ontario in June 1969 on its way to its new home in Welland, ON.
Name: First954
Railway: Industrial
Date: 06/00/1969
Location: Capreol
Province: Ontario
1 Comments | 12 Favourites
One of CN's many double stack container trains roars over the south switch at Suez, Ontario on June 16, 2016. DPU CN 2840 brings up the markers of the train.
Name: First954
Railway: Canadian National
Date: 06/16/2016
Location: Suez
Province: Ontario
Comments | 5 Favourites
CN caboose 79146 was part of the Capreol auxiliary train in December 1981. The end windows and curtains are a nice homey touch!!
Name: First954
Railway: Canadian National
Date: 12/27/1981
Location: Capreol
Province: Ontario
Comments | 13 Favourites
Extra 4094 West, with 8477, pulls through the yard at Sudbury, Ontario in early December 1968 as train #2, the Canadian, is switched.
Name: First954
Railway: Canadian Pacific
Date: 12/00/1968
Location: Sudbury
Province: Ontario
Comments | 14 Favourites
As my fading memory sort of remembers, the morning of Saturday May 22, 1971, was to be first movement of the 1057 under its own steam and only those who worked on or assisted with the project were supposed to know about the event. Well working for CN (yes, I know, the competition) at the time, I apparently knew about it also. The 4069 appears to be thinking, "I thought we were done with steam!!"
Name: First954
Railway: Canadian Pacific
Date: 05/22/1971
Location: Toronto
Province: Ontario
2 Comments | 19 Favourites
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