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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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Number of images: 306
Total gold: 4610
Number of comments recieved : 457
Number of comments posted : 293
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First954's 306 photos on Railpictures.ca:


CN GP9 4533 races through Clarkson, Ontario with a short 10 car train of PFE reefers on a cold miserable January day.
Name: First954
Railway: Canadian National
Date: 01/19/1985
Location: Clarkson
Province: Ontario
1 Comments | 17 Favourites
VIA train #3, the Super Continental, heads north on the Newmarket Sub a couple of miles north of Maple, Ontario on June 24, 1979. The 14 car train is pulled by former CN units: 6505-6627-6633.
Name: First954
Railway: VIA Rail
Date: 06/24/1979
Location: Maple
Province: Ontario
Comments | 13 Favourites
VIA train 68 slows for its stop at Kingston, Ontario on May 21, 1980. Power for the 6 car train was 6521 and 6863.
Name: First954
Railway: VIA Rail
Date: 05/21/1980
Location: Kingston
Province: Ontario
Comments | 19 Favourites
CP 8875 leads a monster double stack container train at Sudbury, Ontario on May 21, 2011. The train had 3 units set up as 1+1+1. CP 9725 was the mid-train DPU while 9808 wore the marker.
Name: First954
Railway: Canadian Pacific
Date: 05/21/2011
Location: Sudbury
Province: Ontario
1 Comments | 7 Favourites
CP M-630 4569 relaxes between runs at CP's Agincourt Yard in Toronto, Ontario on May 19th, 1979. I believe that this unit is one of a dozen or so, that had been renumbered after being pulled from west coast coal service. The 4569 was possibly built as 4581? Confirmation would be appreciated.
Name: First954
Railway: Canadian Pacific
Date: 05/19/1979
Location: Toronto
Province: Ontario
2 Comments | 10 Favourites
VIA 6215 is shown parked behind the shop facilities in Capreol, Ontario: August, 1998.
Name: First954
Railway: VIA Rail
Date: 08/00/1998
Location: Capreol
Province: Ontario
2 Comments | 12 Favourites
A pair of CP SW1200RS units, 8129 and 8122, drag a long string of grain hoppers back to the yard in Thunder Bay, Ontario.
Name: First954
Railway: Canadian Pacific
Date: 07/27/1979
Location: Thunder Bay
Province: Ontario
3 Comments | 18 Favourites
Many years before it turned blue and yellow, CP RS-10 8558 looks good as it leads the Canadian, train #2, into Sudbury, Ontario with a real mixed bag of power.
Name: First954
Railway: Canadian Pacific
Date: 04/28/1969
Location: Sudbury
Province: Ontario
1 Comments | 15 Favourites
The Super Continental, operating as VIA train #3, cruises westbound at Deer, Manitoba on June 23rd, 1978. Power for the train is 6505-6606-6508. Only the lead unit and a couple of cars wear the VIA colours.
Name: First954
Railway: VIA Rail
Date: 06/23/1978
Location: Deer
Province: Manitoba
Comments | 16 Favourites
CN train 217 approaches Laforest, Ontario on August 20,1972. The actual location is at the "70 car mark" east of the east switch. Trains 217 and 218 were all piggyback when they began operating, but it did not take CN long fill out these trains with other priority freight. This day's train has a good cut of freight forwarder traffic on the head end. Power this date was all GMD/EMD GP9s: CN 4535 C&O 5953 and CN 4573.
Name: First954
Railway: Canadian National
Date: 08/20/1972
Location: Laforest
Province: Ontario
3 Comments | 12 Favourites
Train watching presented so much variety back in the 1970s!! Shown here are former CP steam locomotives, 136 and 1057, as they head out on an excursion on October 13th, 1973.
Name: First954
Railway: Canadian Pacific
Date: 10/13/1973
Location: Parkdale
Province: Ontario
2 Comments | 15 Favourites
CN train 70 drifts through Long Branch, Ontario with FPA4 6775 and F9B 6635 for power.
Name: First954
Railway: Canadian National
Date: 05/15/1976
Location: Long Branch
Province: Ontario
Comments | 14 Favourites
Former CP 1201 was out for a shakedown run after rebuilding. It is shown here passing the Pontypool station.
Name: First954
Railway: Canadian Pacific
Date: 05/16/1976
Location: Pontypool
Province: Ontario
2 Comments | 17 Favourites
You can smell the paint on brand spanking new SD60F #5523. The unit is shown on its maiden westward voyage at Capreol, Ontario in March of 1989. Classed GF-638b, it produces 3800hp. The 5523 was retired 28 years later in March 2017 and sold to LTEX in 2018. The unit is still earning its keep on the DMV&W.
Name: First954
Railway: Canadian National
Date: 03/00/1989
Location: Capreol
Province: Ontario
Comments | 14 Favourites
GO 905 has just arrived in Richmond Hill, ON with train 985, the first of three trains from Union Station, Toronto. The 905 is the former Ontario Northland FP7A 1500.
Name: First954
Railway: GO Transit
Date: 06/09/1978
Location: Richmond Hill
Province: Ontario
Comments | 15 Favourites
CP GP30 5000 leads a pair of C630s, 4559 and 4562, west over what possibly could be Islington Avenue on March 7th, 1987. The city may have encroached on this location a little in the 38 years since the photo was taken. I did not like chasing trains this time of year; the days were warmer, longer, and inviting, but nothing was green yet.
Name: First954
Railway: Canadian Pacific
Date: 03/07/1987
Location: Toronto
Province: Ontario
2 Comments | 21 Favourites
The water tower at Canadian Pacific's Agincourt Yard stands guard over of a sea of red.
Name: First954
Railway: Canadian Pacific
Date: 10/20/1979
Location: Toronto
Province: Ontario
Comments | 14 Favourites
CN 9500 wears the markers for Canadian National Train #3, the Super Continental, at Maple, Ontario on Saturday July 3, 1974.
Name: First954
Railway: Canadian National
Date: 07/13/1974
Location: Maple
Province: Ontario
9 Comments | 18 Favourites
West Coast Express #107 brings up the rear of the second afternoon eastbound commuter train from Vancouver.
Name: First954
Railway: West Coast Express
Date: 08/00/1998
Location: Pitt Meadows
Province: British Columbia
Comments | 11 Favourites
CN 9610 leads a "one lung wonder" south over the now removed switch to the Suez gravel pit.
Name: First954
Railway: Canadian National
Date: 06/00/1995
Location: Suez
Province: Ontario
Comments | 15 Favourites
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