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About First954

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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First954's 31 photos on Railpictures.ca:

During the very early days of GO Transit service to Richmond Hill, ON, the first two trains from Toronto each afternoon (985 and 987) were combined for their return trip to Toronto as train 986. Shown here, the trains have been combined and are waiting to depart south. Note that the set of equipment farthest from the camera consists of four of the original self propelled cars with a locomotive at each end. The motors on these cars were running only to provide lights and air conditioning as the two locomotives were not equipped with head end power.

Name:	First954
Railway:	GO Transit
Date:	06/02/1978
Location:	Richmond Hill
Province:	Ontario

1 Comments | 12 Favourites

What a huge surprise it was to come across this CN steam powered crane actively loading a couple of air dump cars on the coal chute track at Spadina Shops, Toronto Ontario. Especially since it was September 1968. Location is approximate.

Name:	First954
Railway:	Canadian National
Date:	09/00/1968
Location:	Toronto
Province:	Ontario

1 Comments | 15 Favourites

CP FP9A's 1409 and 1413 lead The Canadian into Thunder Bay, Ontario on July 27, 1977.

Name:	First954
Railway:	Canadian Pacific
Date:	07/26/1977
Location:	Thunder Bay
Province:	Ontario

1 Comments | 15 Favourites

This little critter of unknown origins was used to push loads of wood poles and possibly railroad ties into the creosote pressure chambers for treatment. Location is approximate as the facility has been closed for years. Disposition of this beast is also unknown.

Name:	First954
Railway:	Industrial
Date:	07/27/1977
Location:	Thunder Bay
Province:	Ontario

1 Comments | 13 Favourites

Slightly more than 50 years ago, CN FPA4 6788 and an unknown F9B lead the Toronto section of the Super Continental, train 52, out of Capreol.

Name:	First954
Railway:	Canadian National
Date:	06/14/1969
Location:	Capreol
Province:	Ontario

1 Comments | 13 Favourites

Dense early morning fog makes CN 7106 and 7102 appear almost ghost like as they work the yard in Capreol, Ontario prior to heading to Sudbury with a short train.

Name:	First954
Railway:	Canadian National
Date:	04/03/1988
Location:	Capreol
Province:	Ontario

Comments | 9 Favourites

CN 7105 and 165 work the yard in Capreol, Ontario on August 3rd, 1987. The 7105 had been recently rebuilt from SW1200RS 1253. The 165 began life as S-3 switcher 8487, rebuilt to yard slug B-5 (you can see this number bleeding through the paint). It was then renumbered to 304 and finally 165. The 165 is being used solely for extra breaking capacity at this time.

Name:	First954
Railway:	Canadian National
Date:	08/03/1987
Location:	Capreol
Province:	Ontario

2 Comments | 12 Favourites

Train 309 slows to take the siding at Milnet for a meet with an eastbound on a beautiful spring afternoon.

Name:	First954
Railway:	Canadian National
Date:	04/18/1976
Location:	Milnet
Province:	Ontario

Comments | 8 Favourites

Ordered for 0700 out of Capreol, Ontario, I am the tail end brakeman on an Extra West, operating as train B813, on the morning of Sunday July 27, 1969. We are taking the siding at Ruel for a meet with train 304 lead by a very new SD40 5090. B813's power was a pair of GP9s: 4251 and 4491. 304 had an all red caboose numbered 79237, the only one of that group I recall seeing that did not have a black cupola.

Name:	First954
Railway:	Canadian National
Date:	07/27/1969
Location:	Ruel
Province:	Ontario

Comments | 14 Favourites

Its April in Northern Ontario and the only trace of spring is CN sending out work equipment to begin the summer maintenance program. Pulling out of Capreol on the now abandoned Alderdale Sub, train 524, operating as time table train 954, has a nice mix of power in the form of GP9 4527, H16-44 2203, GP9 4484, and RS-18 3719 and an even nicer consist which includes a steam powered pile driver. The pile driver will be set out at Field, Ontario to work on a bridge. The ore cars are heading to the mine at Skead.

Name:	First954
Railway:	Canadian National
Date:	04/00/1967
Location:	Capreol
Province:	Ontario

Comments | 16 Favourites

Just over 40 years ago, the west end of an eastbound freight is shown with brakes applied as the unknown train slows for the diamond at Doncaster on CN's York Subdivision. Interesting features in this photo include brake shoe smoke, open bi and tri-level auto racks, and of course the caboose. Also of interest is the railways' ability back then to load trucks on the top deck of tri-levels.

Name:	First954
Railway:	Canadian National
Date:	06/03/1979
Location:	Toronto
Province:	Ontario

Comments | 17 Favourites

CN train 97, a short lived summer only and Friday only, passenger train heads north just north of the old station at Richmond Hill, Ontario. The train is powered by freight GP9 4508, and consists of a steam generator car, coach, and ex Crusader round end coach. Something unknown to me has caught the attention of the fireman! When GO service stated to Richmond Hill, the first two northbound trains were consolidated before heading back to Toronto. The 505 waits its turn to head back south.

Name:	First954
Railway:	Canadian National
Date:	05/26/1978
Location:	Richmond Hill
Province:	Ontario

7 Comments | 14 Favourites

The train order was simple: EXTRA 4591 SOUTH MEET PSGR EXTRA 6218 NORTH AT BARRIE. EXTRA 4591 SOUTH TAKE SIDING AT BARRIE. The photo shows that train order being fulfilled. The date of February 18th 1967 is a best guess as the 6218 most likely brought a train load of passengers up to the Barrie Winter Carnival. It was a typical cold drab winter day.

Name:	First954
Railway:	Canadian National
Date:	02/18/1967
Location:	Barrie
Province:	Ontario

Comments | 15 Favourites

CN train 304, running as time table train 892, heads east out of Capreol on the now abandoned Alderdale Sub on July 2, 1970. The train has SD40 5053 leading C-424 3215 which was a common power arrangement at the time. Even though heavy maintenance is evident in this picture, the line was abandoned some 20 year later.

Name:	First954
Railway:	Canadian National
Date:	07/02/1970
Location:	Capreol
Province:	Ontario

Comments | 13 Favourites

On the morning of Tuesday, August 31st, 1965, after westbound freight 401 passed, crews went to work to erase the old wood frame CN Pembroke Ontario station from the planet. As the entire structure was deemed as scrap, no effort was made to save anything. The process took only about an hour. In this shot, two workers begin t0 remove the old train order signal that stood in front of the old station. Location is approximate.

Name:	First954
Railway:	Canadian National
Date:	08/31/1965
Location:	Pembroke
Province:	Ontario

1 Comments | 8 Favourites

Name:	First954
Railway:	Canadian National
Date:	08/31/1965
Location:	Pembroke
Province:	Ontario

1 Comments | 11 Favourites

CN train 169, otherwise known as the Barrie Commuter, accelerates out of Maple, Ontario after making its station stop. A pair of MLW RS-18s, 3126 and 3115, put on a fine show!

Name:	First954
Railway:	Canadian National
Date:	08/18/1981
Location:	Maple
Province:	Ontario

1 Comments | 20 Favourites

On a dreary September 30th, 1970, as part of its North American tour, the Flying Scotsman made a brief stop at Toronto Union Station. The engine was equipped with a North American style couple and bell for the trip.

Name:	First954
Railway:	Other
Date:	09/30/1970
Location:	Toronto
Province:	Ontario

Comments | 12 Favourites

After a fresh coat of paint at the Capreol roundhouse, CN 4-8-2 #6077 was moved to its resting place in Prescott Park in July 1967. 6077 is now one of two steam locomotives, plus several other pieces of equipment, at what is now known as the Northern Ontario Railway Museum and Heritage Centre. During a subsequent cosmetic restoration, the bright "forest green paint" was corrected.

Name:	First954
Railway:	Canadian National
Date:	09/00/1967
Location:	Capreol
Province:	Ontario

Comments | 9 Favourites

On a quiet Sunday afternoon, a trio of GO Transit self propelled cars approach Toronto Union Station from the west.

Name:	First954
Railway:	GO Transit
Date:	06/28/1970
Location:	Toronto
Province:	Ontario

2 Comments | 16 Favourites

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