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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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Ex Reader Railroad 108 passing through CP's Agincourt Yard on its way to its new home at Conway Scenic Railroad on July 4 1976. 108 was built by Baldwin in 1920 as San Augustine County Lumber #108. It then went to the Angelina and Neches before going to the Reader in 1954. After a boiler failure and a number of years on display at Conway Scenic it apparently was sent to Texas in 1999, but I could not determine its current location or condition.
Name: First954
Railway: Tourist
Date: 07/04/1976
Location: Toronto
Province: Ontario
2 Comments | 11 Favourites
Back in the early 1970s, scenes like this were common on CN. Older units paired with newer SD40s or C630s. Power for this train is SD40 5057 and GP9s 4516 and 4537 as it approaches Toronto Yard on the Halton Sub.
Name: First954
Railway: Canadian National
Date: 06/21/1975
Location: Toronto
Province: Ontario
Comments | 14 Favourites
NREX GP40 3140 caught in front of the BNSF station in New Westminster BC in August 1998. The unit began life in August 1968 as PC 3128. It went to Conrail as their 3128, then to D&RGW as 3140 and then to NREX 3140. It finally was sold to Rock and Rail as their 401.
Name: First954
Railway: BNSF
Date: 08/00/1998
Location: New Westminster
Province: British Columbia
Comments | 10 Favourites
A single SD40 number 5537 leads a westbound train peddling empty grain cars at numerous grain elevators along CP's main line in southern Saskatchewan.
Name: First954
Railway: Canadian Pacific
Date: 06/22/1978
Location: Grenfell
Province: Saskatchewan
Comments | 14 Favourites
While roaming around on June 5th, 1977, I found this little beast at the Consolidated Sand & Gravel facility on CN's Uxbridge Sub near Millikens, Ontario. I could not find any evidence of a unit number or builder's plate, but research indicates it was built in 1950 by Canadian Locomotive Company in conjunction with Whitcomb.
Name: First954
Railway: Industrial
Date: 06/05/1977
Location: Toronto
Province: Ontario
1 Comments | 16 Favourites
One of the original "end of train" devices, not usually equipped with a flashing device, but often a waving device, rests on the old icehouse track at Capreol, Ontario in October 1966. This paint scheme is rather unique.
Name: First954
Railway: Canadian National
Date: 10/00/1966
Location: Capreol
Province: Ontario
Comments | 10 Favourites
Plow extra 4530 heads back to Toronto Yard with the caboose leading the way. If you look carefully, you can see the snow blowing up in front of the plow! The train most likely had been plowing the Uxbridge Sub. Consist includes GP9s 4530 and 4527, plow 55220, and an unknown caboose.
Name: First954
Railway: Canadian National
Date: 01/22/1978
Location: Toronto
Province: Ontario
Comments | 14 Favourites
One of CN's many transfer jobs heads out of the West Departure Yard. Power for the train is a pair of SW1200RS units in the form of 1392 and 1227.
Name: First954
Railway: Canadian National
Date: 10/00/1969
Location: Toronto
Province: Ontario
3 Comments | 15 Favourites
One of CN's original Turbo sets heads out of Toronto Union Station for Montreal as train 68, the afternoon Turbo. Train 64, the Bonaventure, waits in the background for its departure time.
Name: First954
Railway: Canadian National
Date: 09/19/1970
Location: Toronto
Province: Ontario
1 Comments | 18 Favourites
The Panorama, CN train 105 with 6511 6524 6616 for power slows to enter the passing track at Milnet, Ontario for a meet with train 2 the Super Continental. The lead unit 6511 was added at Capreol. It had arrived the previous night on 106 which explains the dirt on the unit compared to the other two units which were freshly washed in Montreal prior to heading west. The combined Toronto and Montreal sections required a third unit west of Capreol.
Name: First954
Railway: Canadian National
Date: 05/00/1968
Location: Milnet
Province: Ontario
Comments | 18 Favourites
VIA train 676 arrives in Capreol, Ontario at sunset on April 17, 1987. With classification lights displaying white, the train is operating as an extra. It appears that either the crew or passengers or both can't wait to get off the train.
Name: First954
Railway: VIA Rail
Date: 04/17/1987
Location: Capreol
Province: Ontario
Comments | 13 Favourites
VIA FPA4 6782 has the four car westbound train 73 well in hand as it flies through Clarkson, Ontario on the Oakville Sub. Location shown is approximate.
Name: First954
Railway: VIA Rail
Date: 02/02/1985
Location: Clarkson
Province: Ontario
Comments | 18 Favourites
Forty years ago VIA's Super Continental Train #3 approaches Milnet, Ontario on August 1st, 1981. Power for the train is FP9A 6531, F9B 6617, and CN GP9 4105.
Name: First954
Railway: VIA Rail
Date: 08/01/1981
Location: Milnet
Province: Ontario
Comments | 13 Favourites
Forty years ago, on the weekend of August 8th and 9th, 1981, VIA ran a series test trains with the new, not yet in service (?) LRC equipment. The trains operated between Toronto and possibly Belleville (I'm not certain). Notice the white classification lights are lit. The location is a guess, somewhere between Guildwood and Pickering.
Name: First954
Railway: VIA Rail
Date: 08/08/1981
Location: Pickering
Province: Ontario
3 Comments | 14 Favourites
Fresh out the back shop, CN 1402 pauses on the shop track at Capreol, Ontario on June 25th, 1989. The unit was built in 1958 as GMD-1 1913.
Name: First954
Railway: Canadian National
Date: 06/25/1989
Location: Capreol
Province: Ontario
Comments | 9 Favourites
A westbound CN freight comes off the Halton Sub at Burlington, Ontario. Power is a standard CN SD40 #5032 and M420 #2529.
Name: First954
Railway: Canadian National
Date: 02/20/1982
Location: Burlington
Province: Ontario
3 Comments | 10 Favourites
A westbound CN freight with an oh so common trio of "9400s" screams uphill on its way to Toronto Yard on June 3rd 1974. Forty seven years later, I now realize I should have also taken a picture of the second car.
Name: First954
Railway: Canadian National
Date: 06/03/1979
Location: Toronto
Province: Ontario
Comments | 11 Favourites
Four of CN's five 1500s take a breather at Sudbury, Ontario. Almost consecutively numbered, 1504 1505 1507 1506, are pictured. Missing is the 1508. The locomotives are on the west leg of the "Y" at the shop area. The 1500s weighted in at 246,000 pounds while most of the other SW100RS units tipped the scales at 222/223,000 pounds. The extra weight of these units came in useful handling all the ore and sand traffic that Sudbury once handled. Nothing in this scene remains.
Name: First954
Railway: Canadian National
Date: 10/07/1978
Location: Sudbury
Province: Ontario
4 Comments | 18 Favourites
With classic "white smoke" (I know its just steam), CN 6060 heads east at approximately mile 3 of the Halton Sub on Sunday October 5 1975. And to think we took this for granted back then!!
Name: First954
Railway: Canadian National
Date: 10/05/1975
Location: Toronto
Province: Ontario
1 Comments | 11 Favourites
On a visit to Capreol, Ontario in August 2010, I found this unit behind the NRE shops. The possible history of this unit is as follows: built for the Long Island Railroad in December 1963. It was sold to Morrison Knudsen who used it on their Vermont Northern Railway, and ultimately sold to PV Commodity Limited, Calgary, AB. Somewhere along the way, the short hood was chopped. Any help with the confirmation of the unit's history and ultimate disposition would be appreciated.
Name: First954
Railway: Other
Date: 08/00/2010
Location: Capreol
Province: Ontario
4 Comments | 10 Favourites
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