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About Jacob Patterson

Growing up near CN Guelph Junction, I've always been interested in railways. Began photography around 2013 with a few Nikon point and shoot cameras, now using a D3200. Member of the Guelph historical Railway Association and work in the entertainment industry (BFA Performance Production). Other photos available on Flickr.

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Sitting beneath the long-retired Spadina coal tower a line of GMD and MLW switchers are seen. Note the hoppers at left to provide sand to the serving area towers, flatcars of wheel sets, and work service baggage cars.<br><br>At right one of the smokestacks of the Toronto Terminal Railways' Central Heating Plant (built in 1929, twin smokestacks <a href=http://www.trha.ca/uploaded_images/left1929-731913.jpg>seen here</a>), which supplied heat to Union Station, the Royal York Hotel, CNR and CPR express buildings, CPR John Street Roundhouse, and a number of other office buildings. Originally burning coal, the plant was eventually converted to natural gas, and finally shutdown in the 1980s once the TTR converted to a commercial supplier, and demolished in 1990.<br><br>SW1200RS 1241, built in 1956, renumbered 7300 in 1985, to <a href=http://www.railpictures.ca/?attachment_id=19241>CN Sweep 7100</a> in 1986. MLW S4 8033, built 1954, retired in the early 80s. SW1200Rs 1254, built 1956, retired 1993 and sold to Zyndar Bothers in Vaughan (then switching contractor at Vaughn Intermodal Terminal), renamed Plusar Inc., and <a href=http://www.trainweb.org/oldtimetrains/industrial/ont/Plusar1254.jpg>finally Parsec Intermodal of Canada Ltd. 1254.</a> Disposition unknown. MLW S13 8514, built 1959, rebuilt as S13u 8706 in the late '80s, retired circa 1996-97, sold to Canac, disposition unknown.<br><br>More Spadina Coal Tower:<br>Bill Thomson: 6167 being readied for an excursion; <a href=http://www.railpictures.ca/?attachment_id=28955>April 1963.</a><br>VIA units by Pierre Fournier, <a href=http://www.railpictures.ca/?attachment_id=1818>April 1985.</a><br><br><i>Paul Martin Photo, Jacob Patterson Collection Slide.</i>

Name:	Paul Martin Photo, …
Railway:	Canadian National
Date:	03/1976
Location:	Toronto
Province:	Ontario

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A double-headed excursion behind CPR G5c Pacific 1271 and H1c Royal Hudson 2839 is seen departing Hamilton taking the connecting track at Hamilton Junction onto the CNR Oakville Subdivision headed for Toronto. The annual NRHS Buffalo Convention was held in Toronto at the end of August 1958 featuring a two-day set of excursions, one over the CPR and one over the CNR the following day. The CPR excursion ran Toronto - <a href=http://www.railpictures.ca/?attachment_id=44667>Guelph Junction</a> - Hamilton and return via Oakville. An excursion on the CNR <a href=http://www.railpictures.ca/?attachment_id=46811>ran the next day.</a><br><br>By this time only four steam locomotives (including the two pictured) were still active out of John Street, 1271 (last G5c Pacific, built by CLC April 1947), Royal Hudson 2839 (H1c, MLW 1937), 1265 (G5c, CLC 1947), and <a href=http://www.railpictures.ca/?attachment_id=40263>2399 (G3g, CLC 1942),</a> all but one of one of which would be retired and scrapped. The survivor, CPR 2839, is now <a href=https://images-wixmp-ed30a86b8c4ca887773594c2.wixmp.com/f/df6d73c0-1cac-4eb5-84b7-888fbe8c781d/ddb2ux2-85c8ef86-6f86-4d66-bfeb-7b519aeb3f62.jpg/v1/fill/w_1920,h_1294,q_75,strp/cpr_h1c_royal_hudson_2839_in_california_1_by_rlkitterman_ddb2ux2-fullview.jpg?token=eyJ0eXAiOiJKV1QiLCJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiJ9.eyJzdWIiOiJ1cm46YXBwOiIsImlzcyI6InVybjphcHA6Iiwib2JqIjpbW3siaGVpZ2h0IjoiPD0xMjk0IiwicGF0aCI6IlwvZlwvZGY2ZDczYzAtMWNhYy00ZWI1LTg0YjctODg4ZmJlOGM3ODFkXC9kZGIydXgyLTg1YzhlZjg2LTZmODYtNGQ2Ni1iZmViLTdiNTE5YWViM2Y2Mi5qcGciLCJ3aWR0aCI6Ijw9MTkyMCJ9XV0sImF1ZCI6WyJ1cm46c2VydmljZTppbWFnZS5vcGVyYXRpb25zIl19.n2-zyXNz7m3i8kOoNznWzZ_m10oS-fBeigMnp8lSkRA>on display at Sylmar California</a> as part of the Nethercutt Collection. Thanks to Ray Kennedy and George Roth for information.<br><br>Original Photographer Unknown, Al Chione Duplicate, Jacob Patterson Collection Slide.</i>

Name:	Al Chione Duplicate…
Railway:	Canadian Pacific
Date:	08/30/1958
Location:	Hamilton
Province:	Ontario

3 Comments | 22 Favourites

Due into Stratford at 0705h, train 28 from Goderich is seen curving down the last piece of the Goderich Sub alongside St. David Street (house at left being number 57) and, out of sight to the right, the <a href=http://www.railpictures.ca/?attachment_id=15165>CNr Stratford shops</a> (note the sign and switchstand in both images). In just a moment, 28 will pull into <a href=http://www.railpictures.ca/?attachment_id=46642>track one</a> and 5567 will head for the roundhouse to be serviced. A heavier engine, likely a Mountain type, will take control from Stratford to Toronto as the consist will grow with two coaches tacked on the rear. 28 will depart for Toronto at 0717h, arriving at 0950h.<br><br>CNR 5567, a K-3-a Pacific built by the Grand Trunk in 1912 as P4 class number 231. It received its renumbering/classification in 1923, and was scrapped in May 1958. As such, this undated slide would likely have been taken in 1957 or earlier.<br><br><i>Original Photographer Unknown, Al Chione Duplicate, Jacob Patterson Collection Slide.</i>

Name:	Al Chione Duplicate…
Railway:	Canadian National
Date:	Circa 1957
Location:	Stratford
Province:	Ontario

2 Comments | 23 Favourites

A pair of MLW RS18s, built in 1957, power extra 8739 west upgrade at Campbellville passing the stub track for Crawford Lumber and Fuel, seen at right, and the CPR freight shed, on the west side of Regional Road 1/Guelph Line. Date is approximate.<br><br>Originally built in 1889 as the Lewis Brother's Brick Works, the property would be purchased by Murray Crawford in 1900, who converted it into a sawmill, later expanding into fuels. Much of the original mill burnt down in 1957, leaving just the coal sheds and office and warehouse buildings. Today, these structures remain, though the loading dock seen above is gone. The coal shed is now a furniture shop, Fine Oak Things, the office serves as Longhaul Logistics, a freight service, and the warehouse building is a Thai restaurant.
There is also a <a href=http://www.railpictures.ca/?attachment_id=35009>former CNR caboose 78337</a> on the property.<br><br>Lead unit 8739 would not see the rebuild program in the 1980s, having suffered a wreck at Bath, New Brunswick when hitting a washout about 0300h on April 1, 1976. One crew member killed. Parts were salvaged from the locomotive, however due to the difficulty of removing it, the loco was simply buried. Trailing unit 8741 would be rebuilt in August 1984 to <a href=http://www.railpictures.ca/?attachment_id=15020>RS18u 1821</a> and retired from the CP in the mid 1990s. 1821 would be sold to the New Brunswick East Coast in April 1998, sold to CN with the NBEC/OCRR purchase in 2008, and sold again in 2009 to <a href=http://www.railpictures.ca/?attachment_id=10859>Le Massif de Charlevoix 1821.</a><br><br>Bill Thomson's shots from the freight shed, April 25, 1964:<br>CPR 21, "The Chicago Express", <a href=http://www.railpictures.ca/?attachment_id=36994>approaching the crossing.</a><br>CPR 21, <a href=http://www.railpictures.ca/?attachment_id=25072>head end passing freight shed.</a><br>The tail end for <a href=http://www.railpictures.ca/?attachment_id=25358>the final time.</a><br><br><i>Original Photographer Unknown, Jacob Patterson Collection Negative.</i>

Name:	Unknown Photographe…
Railway:	Canadian Pacific
Date:	Circa 1960s
Location:	Campbellville
Province:	Ontario

2 Comments | 18 Favourites

Headed downtown, CP Rail S3 6545 passes Tecumseh Street Tower with a boxcar in tow wearing the block lettering scheme. At right the smokestack of the Wellington Destructor can be seen towering over the scene. Originally built in 1925, the Wellington Destructor was Toronto's garbage incinerator for about fifty years, until it was closed in the mid 1970s. At this time it was used as a transfer station until decommissioning in 1986. Today the structure sits empty, but on Toronto's Heritage Register, and recently having undergone repairs in 2016. In the foreground, a Toronto Terminals Railway MoW stub track sits empty with two Racor model 20B switchstands, sans targets, sitting off to the side. CP 6545, Built by MLW in 1955, will serve the CP until retirement and scrapping in 1986.<br><br>6545 at <a href=http://www.railpictures.ca/?attachment_id=33556>West Toronto.</a><br><br><i>Original Photographer Unknown, Jacob Patterson Collection Slide.</i>

Name:	Unknown Photographe…
Railway:	Canadian Pacific
Date:	1974
Location:	Toronto
Province:	Ontario

Comments | 15 Favourites

Their work in the Railway City done for the day, OSR pups 1210, 1245 return down the Tilsonburg Spur headed back to the barn at Salford.

Name:	Jacob Patterson
Railway:	Ontario Southland
Date:	10/27/2021
Location:	Ingersoll
Province:	Ontario

Comments | 13 Favourites

A westbound freight behind heavy Mikado 5417 with Pacific 2235 on the point as a helper approaches the <a href=http://www.railpictures.ca/?attachment_id=12679>wooden bridge just east of Galt.</a> The helper will stay on until cresting the grade at Orr's Lake, where it will duck in the siding, coast back down to Galt, head around the wye, and run light back to Toronto. Note the brakeman hanging out the door. There was once two farm bridges at this location, both of which can be seen in <a href=https://lib.uwaterloo.ca/locations/umd/project/IMC17.html>this 1945 aerial.</a><br><br><i>Original Photographer Unknown, Jacob Patterson Collection Slide.</i>

Name:	Unknown Photographe…
Railway:	Canadian Pacific
Date:	07/18/1953
Location:	Galt
Province:	Ontario

1 Comments | 25 Favourites

Sarnia-bound train 621, with a scheduled arrival at Komoka at 1235h, coasts towards the station. Departing London at 1220h, it is scheduled to arrive at Sarnia at 1355h. It will return to London later that afternoon as train 620.<br><br>CNR 5588, built as Grand Trunk 213 in 1911, renumbered/classed as CNR K-3-b 5588 in 1923, retired 1961 and <a href=http://www.railpictures.ca/?attachment_id=13486>placed on display at Windsor.</a><br><br><i>Original Photographer Unknown, Al Chione Duplicate, Jacob Patterson Collection Slide.</i>

Name:	Al Chione Duplicate…
Railway:	Canadian National
Date:	07/20/1958
Location:	Komoka
Province:	Ontario

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Extra flags flying, TH&B train TF-2, better known as the Starlite, passes through Bayview Junction with a pair of CPR RS3s up front. Behind the power two freshly painted CPR boxcars head up the freight consist.<br><br>CPR 8433, built by MLW in 1954, would be <a href=http://www.mountainrailway.com/Roster%20Archive/CP%208400/CP%208433-4.jpg>chop-nosed in January 1979</a> and retired December 1982 for scrapping at Angus Shops. CPR 8453, built by MLW in 1954, would be <a href=http://www.mountainrailway.com/Roster%20Archive/CP%208400/CP%208453-3.jpg>wrecked near Bedell, ON</a> on the Winchester Sub in January 1974.<br><br><i>Original Photographer Unknown, Jacob Patterson Collection Slide.</i>

Name:	Unknown Photographe…
Railway:	Canadian Pacific
Date:	06/1958
Location:	Hamilton
Province:	Ontario

8 Comments | 14 Favourites

CNR 6218 is readied on the service tracks at Spadina roundhouse on the morning of September 20, 1970. Note the fire hydrant and hose, likely used to fill the 11,600 gallon tender. Today she will lead a UCRS fan trip from Union Station - Guelph - Caledonia - Hamilton and return. Off to the right, one of the coach yard switchers, MLW S13 8522, idles away waiting to be called to duty. Built in 1959 a the last of a 23 unit order, and the highest numbered of the 8500-series, it will be retired in 1990.<br><br>At upper left the Spadina Avenue overpass spans the numerous tracks below. At upper right, the top of the Steele-Briggs Seed Co. building can be seen at the corner of Spadina Ave and Front St. The building was originally constructed in 1913 for Steele-Briggs Seed Company to centralize it's operations under one roof. The company specialized in seeds for the Canadian climate and growing season, and shipped many of it's seeds out by rail, the sidings located on the south side of the building, lasting until removal from the parking lot in late 2015.* *Information per the late (d. 2020) Toronto Historian, <a href=https://tayloronhistory.com/2014/07/27/the-steele-briggs-warehouse-at-49-spadina-ave-toronto/>Doug Taylor.</a> Further information by clicking on Doug's name.<br><br><i>Bryce Lee Photo, Jacob Patterson Collection Slide.</i>

Name:	Bryce Lee Photo; Ja…
Railway:	Canadian National
Date:	09/20/1970
Location:	Toronto
Province:	Ontario

1 Comments | 20 Favourites

<b>Keep It Beautiful.</b> A gorgeous sunny morning finds the 0700 job lifting a cut of coil cars out of the small yard for Railcare on the Irondale Lead, about to cross Burlington Street. After lining the switch, they'll shove into Stelco to drop their train.

<br><br>This isn't the only locomotive <a href=http://www.railpictures.ca/?attachment_id=44690>sporting a license plate</a> in the area.

Name:	Jacob Patterson
Railway:	Canadian National
Date:	11/05/2021
Location:	Hamilton
Province:	Ontario

1 Comments | 13 Favourites

At 1018h, Train 29 barrels through Baden behind U-2-h 6235 about halfway through its Toronto - London trip. Built in July 1943 by MLW as the first of 30 U-2-h locomotives ordered by the CNR, 6235 would be scrapped in July 1961. Note the yellow, wooden derail post and the mix of crossing protection styles at the Snyder's Road (old Highway 7 and Foundry Street intersection (some wooden, some lights and bells). <br><br><i>Original Photographer Unknown, Al Chione Duplicate, Jacob Patterson Collection Slide.</i>

Name:	Al Chione Duplicate…
Railway:	Canadian National
Date:	07/13/1957
Location:	Baden
Province:	Ontario

4 Comments | 22 Favourites

The final GO train of the evening arrives at Guelph Central Station at 0026h while crews from Mammoet prepare their crane to remove the second last span, and the last transverse member, both built in 1948, from Allen's Bridge. After CN L533 makes it's return from Kitchener the crews will get to work around 0400h.

Name:	Jacob Patterson
Railway:	GO Transit
Date:	10/23/2021
Location:	Guelph
Province:	Ontario

2 Comments | 13 Favourites

NS&T motor 16 is seen passing the Thorold station with a short train. The pocket track at right was used by interurban cars starting or ending their run keeping clear of the main for other movements to pass. Note the burnt out structure behind the train, the remains of the James Davy Pulp Mill. Built as a flour mill, it was purchased by Davy and his associates in 1886 and converted to a pulp and paper mill, receiving rail service from the NS&T, note the boxcar spotted off to the left. A fire in the mid '50s destroyed much of the structure.<br><br>Motor 16 was built by National Steel Car in 1918 for the Hydro Electric Power Commission. It came to the NS&T in 1922 and was rebuilt in 1930. In September 1960 it was transferred to the Oshawa Railway (also under CN Electric Railways) as their 16. In November 1964 it was sold to Noranda Mines as their 20. Further disposition unknown.<br><br><i>Original Photographer Unknown, Al Chione Duplicate, Jacob Patterson Collection slide.</i>

Name:	Al Chione Duplicate…
Railway:	Niagara St. Cathar…
Date:	07/18/1955
Location:	Thorold
Province:	Ontario

1 Comments | 24 Favourites

NS&T motor 20 heads eastbound down Welland Avenue in St. Catharines from the Welland Avenue car barns just to the west of this location (today the Midtown Plaza). Note the double track and crossover behind the motor, which ran from the the barns to a point just west of Geneva Street before becoming single track. The Regent gas station at the corner of Francis Street and Welland Avenue is today Gales gas station.<br><br>NS&T 20 was built by GE in March 1914 as South Brooklyn Railway number 6. It was sold to the Charleroi and West Side Street Railway of Pittsburg in December 1917, and then to the NS&T in 1937. It was scrapped in 1960.<br><br><i>Original Photographer Unknown, Al Chione Duplicate, Jacob Patterson Collection Slide.</i>

Name:	Al Chione Duplicate…
Railway:	Niagara St. Cathar…
Date:	Circa 1955
Location:	St. Catharines
Province:	Ontario

4 Comments | 21 Favourites

Welland-bound NS&T car 83 has just crossed Ormond Street and is seen trundling over the first/second Welland Canal on the old swing bridge. Substation Junction is the point where the Welland Sub, running from the jct to Port Colborne, branched off from the Falls Sub (St. Catharines - Niagara Falls). With no date provided, it is estimated this shot was taken during summer 1955, as 83 would be repainted to CNR green by March 1956.<br><br>This <a href=http://www.railpictures.ca/?attachment_id=33610>Arnold Mooney shot</a> from 1999 shows the same location from Ormond Street. Where's the canal Filled in. The line, at that time the CN Fonthill spur, was cut short at it's namesake town and by 2000 would be operated by Trillium Railway. Reportedly the line last saw service about 2019, and the rails lifted early 2021, removing the last piece of all the activity that once was.<br><br><i>Original Photographer Unknown, Al Chione Duplicate, Jacob Patterson Collection Slide.</i>

Name:	Al Chione Duplicate…
Railway:	Niagara St. Cathar…
Date:	Circa Summer 1955
Location:	Thorold
Province:	Ontario

7 Comments | 22 Favourites

Following up on <a href=http://www.railpictures.ca/?attachment_id=46911>Michael Klauck's recent posting,</a> here we see NS&T interurban car 83 approaching the intersection of Main and Elm Streets southbound for <a href=http://www.railpictures.ca/?attachment_id=44470>Port Colborne station.</a> Note the yellow markings on posts (were these car stops for passengers?), the Cities Service station - now an ESSO as Michael notes - and the vintage automobiles.<br><br>NS&T car 83 was built in 1924 by the NS&T for the Toronto Suburban Railway as their 107, serving there until shutdown on August 15, 1931. It would be moved back to the NS&T in 1935 and renumbered 83, painted in vermillion and cream as seen above. By March 1956, 83, along with other equipment, would be painted into CNR green, NS&T being under CNR Electric Lines. Going by this date this undated slide was shot in spring 1955 or earlier.<br><br><i>Original Photographer Unknown, Jacob Patterson Collection Slide.</i>

Name:	Unknown Photographe…
Railway:	Niagara St. Cathar…
Date:	Circa Spring 1955
Location:	Port Colborne
Province:	Ontario

3 Comments | 13 Favourites

About halfway through it's 166.3 mile journey, CNR J-4-e Pacific 5126 (MLW June, 1920) hustles daily except Sunday train 173 along just north of Drayton approaching the crossing of Wellington Road 8. Having departed Hamilton James Street Station at 0550h, the train is due at Palmerston at 1103h, departing at 1120h for the final leg of the journey to Owen Sound, arriving at 1345h. With a scheduled stop at <a href=https://d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/u/131959/bd4f9a59ec0a823683e6e1b57826f5d6504ebd1a/photo/drayton-gtr-ex-wgb-1921-ross-gray-coll.jpg/!!/meta%3AeyJzcmNCdWNrZXQiOiJjb250ZW50LnNpdGV6b29nbGUuY29tIn0%3D.jpg>Drayton station</a> at 1042h, we can reasonably presume it is about 1050h at the time of this photo. 5126 would be scrapped in February 1960.<br><br><i>Original Photographer Unknown, Al Chione Duplicate, Jacob Patterson Collection Slide.</i>

Name:	Al Chione Duplicate…
Railway:	Canadian National
Date:	10/17/1958
Location:	Drayton
Province:	Ontario

3 Comments | 13 Favourites

Canadian Pacific Railway gas-electric car, or "doodlebug", 9004 is seen resting on its service track in Guelph just south of Norwich Street, what was then the northernmost point of Guelph Junction Railway ownership on the Goderich Sub. This car made the run from Guelph south to Guelph Junction to connect with mainline Toronto - Windsor and Detroit trains up to 12 times per day per the <a href=https://open.library.ubc.ca/viewer/chungtext/1.0362209#p8z-3r0f:>1947 CPR Goderich Sub timetable.</a><br><br>Originally built in June 1930 by the St. Louis Car Company as CPR 47, the car would be renumbered in April, 1934 to 9004. It would be scrapped at CPR's Angus Shops in Montreal alongside other doodlebugs of the series on December 24, 1958.<br><br><i>Original Photographer Unknown, Al Chione Duplicate, Jacob Patterson Collection Slide.</i>

Name:	Al Chione Duplicate…
Railway:	Canadian Pacific
Date:	07/14/1952
Location:	Guelph
Province:	Ontario

4 Comments | 14 Favourites

A hissing emanates from within the Owen Sound CPR yard as wisps of steam rise into the crisp air off of Georgian Bay. The late evening during Thanksgiving weekend in October 1974 finds a pair of steam locomotives resting during a Toronto - Owen Sound and return fan trip run by Ontario Rail. <a href=http://www.railpictures.ca/?attachment_id=13396>In the morning,</a> the engines will be serviced, turned, and will depart on their return run with a <a href=
http://www.railpictures.ca/?attachment_id=6279>stop at Chatsworth</a> for a runpast. <a href=http://www.railpictures.ca/?attachment_id=46132>Continuing south,</a> the trip will take a pause around Markdale due to <a href=http://www.railpictures.ca/?attachment_id=46122>an issue with poor quality coal,</a> delaying the trip for an arrival 11 hours late.

<br><br><i>Bryce Lee Photo, Jacob Patterson Collection Slide.</i>

Name:	Bryce Lee Photo; Ja…
Railway:	Canadian Pacific
Date:	10/13/1974
Location:	Owen Sound
Province:	Ontario

2 Comments | 17 Favourites

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