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I have been photographing trains since I was 15 years old back in nineteen seventy something. I have worked on the railway since 1979 starting at Conrail in Windsor, and have worked at both CP and CN. My first slide camera was my Dad's old Zenit-E (Russian POS with a sticky shutter). From there I went through a few Minolta SRT-201's and X-700's. I now use a Nikon D-60 which still works fine. I have started scanning slides using an Epson V550.

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Number of images: 132
Total gold: 2075
Number of comments recieved : 270
Number of comments posted : 85
Total views: 228327




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RTCDave's 132 photos on Railpictures.ca:


Amtrak No.64 (Detroit-New York City) exits the East Tube of the Detroit River Tunnel into sunny Windsor, Ontario on Aug 14th 1978.
Name: David J Parker
Railway: Amtrak
Date: 08/14/1978
Location: Windsor
Province: Ontario
3 Comments | 17 Favourites
Algoma Central train No 1 (Techincally Wisconsin Central) with a Five-of-a-kind F-Unit consist climbs out of the mist and into the early morning sunshine at Heyden, Ontario.
Name: David J Parker
Railway: Algoma Central
Date: 09/21/1997
Location: Heyden
Province: Ontario
1 Comments | 13 Favourites
Conrail YDRR-2 has backed down into the interchange to pick up an acid train from the CP. Interesting power for this move included SP 7801, a B30-7 with all the SP additions including an L-shaped windshield, high and low headlights plus the red "emergency light" which illuminated when the train went into emergency braking application (Warned on-coming trains to stop before passing). In this photo the red light is on. Maybe the CR crew has no idea what its for and don't know how to shut it off. The CP interchange had four tracks and was adjacent to the Electric Yard whose track are on the right.
Name: David J Parker
Railway: Conrail
Date: 09-02-1982
Location: Windsor
Province: Ontario
2 Comments | 15 Favourites
CSXT #321 from Buffalo and St. Thomas rounds the "Ice House" curve on the CN Caso Sub approaching Windsor South and the Detroit River Tunnel.
Name: David J Parker
Railway: CSX Transportation
Date: 04/26/1990
Location: Windsor
Province: Ontario
3 Comments | 13 Favourites
Conrail GP-7 5826 ambles Northbound with the "Leamington Local" train WQST-1 on a chilly December 20th 1984 across the flat farmland of Essex County North of Leamington, Ontario. Upon arrival at Comber, the cars will be set off for "The Plug" WQWI to lift to St Thomas. WQLE will pick up empties for Heinz and return to the Southernmost rails in Canada.
Name: David J Parker
Railway: Conrail
Date: 12/20/1984
Location: N of Leamington
Province: Ontario
2 Comments | 20 Favourites
CP5737 & 5611 lead the evening "Starlight" thru Bayview Jct on July 23rd 1980. The train would enter the Oakville Sub at Canpa and would return to CP at Hamilton Jct.
Name: David J Parker
Railway: Canadian Pacific
Date: 07/23/1980
Location: Bayview Jct
Province: Ontario
2 Comments | 10 Favourites
A mixed quartet of CSX power (8075-8165-4166-7516) brings the Rock Train up and out of the Detroit River Tunnel into Windsor, Ontario on March 15th 1983. The Phospahte rock, originating in Florida will be interchanged to CP Rail for furtherance to Port Maitland.
Name: David J Parker
Railway: CSX Transportation
Date: 03/15/1987
Location: Windsor
Province: Ontario
6 Comments | 20 Favourites
On its last Mile and a half into Toronto Union Station, Ontario Northland overnight sleeper from North Bay lead by FP7A 1517 ducks under Queen St as a TTC "PCC" streetcar passes overhead in the early morning of Oct 16th 1987.
Name: David J Parker
Railway: Ontario Northland
Date: 10/16/1987
Location: Toronto
Province: Ontario
3 Comments | 33 Favourites
Conrail Canada Division GP-7's 5822 and 5824 catch some rays behind the St Thomas diesel shop on April 24th 1982. 5822 appears to be stored/out of service as the stacks are bagged.
Name: David J Parker
Railway: Conrail
Date: 04/24/1982
Location: St Thomas
Province: Ontario
Comments | 19 Favourites
A nice clean CN 9671 leads train 145 as it splits the signals at Mile 30 (Scotch Block) Halton Sub, North of Milton Ontario on Oct 29th 2000 with ECOZ trailers.
Name: David J Parker
Railway: Canadian National
Date: 10/29/2000
Location: Halton Hills
Province: Ontario
5 Comments | 22 Favourites
After arriving in town the previous night from London under the cover of darkness, brand-new shiny right out of the box CP SD40-2's 5953-5952 along with an unidentified M-636 stretch their legs as the blast No 904 through the Powell Sidings and out of Windsor into the flatlands of Essex County. This was the regular routine for new power out of GMDD. Presumably, if there was a problem, the GMDD rep could meet the train back in London. At the time 904 was the hottest train on the Windsor Sub, handling autoparts for Oakville, Oshawa and St Therese.
Name: David J Parker
Railway: Canadian Pacific
Date: 10/24/1980
Location: Windsor
Province: Ontario
2 Comments | 13 Favourites
Late afternoon sun lights up the North side of a typically powered CP 903 at Newtonville, Ont.
Name: David J Parker
Railway: Canadian Pacific
Date: 07/22/1993
Location: Newtonville
Province: Ontario
Comments | 12 Favourites
Miraculously, the ex NYC Depot at Comber, Ontario still stands even after all the rails have been lifted. ( I would like to submit this along with my previous shot of CSX #321 in Time Machine)
Name: David J Parker
Railway: Canadian National
Date: 03/20/2015
Location: Comber
Province: Ontario
2 Comments | 11 Favourites
CSXT #321 hustles past the Ex NYC Depot at Comber, Ontario on the CN Caso Sub.
Name: David J Parker
Railway: CSX Transportation
Date: 09/05/1987
Location: Comber
Province: Ontario
8 Comments | 32 Favourites
A Westbound GO Train negotiates the S-Curve just West of Scarborough Golf Club Rd on May 30th 1988 with APCU 900 on the rear.
Name: David J Parker
Railway: GO Transit
Date: 05/30/1988
Location: Scarborough
Province: Ontario
Comments | 23 Favourites
CP5735-CP6030-CP6034 lead train 507 around the Niagara Escarpment approaching Guelph Jct on Feb 16th 1995. If you nicely asked the owner of the horse farm he would allow you to drive on his property to get to the wooden bridge for this shot.
Name: David J Parker
Railway: Canadian Pacific
Date: 02/16/1995
Location: Campbellville
Province: Ontario
3 Comments | 15 Favourites
CP5532-CP5728 have just crossed Winston Churchill Blvd (Mississauga, Ont) and are about to crest the grade out of the Credit River valley at Mile 25 Galt Sub. When I lived in this area I was able to see the track at the Mile 25 detector out of the back window of my house. Westbounds were usually moving slow enough I could beat them over to Hornby. Then they built another housing subdivision behind me and blocked my view. So I moved.
Name: David J Parker
Railway: Canadian Pacific
Date: 01/30/1995
Location: Mississauga
Province: Ontario
2 Comments | 9 Favourites
Busy times at "BX"...CSX #321 departs St. Thomas led by ex C&O SD40 8393 and ex L&N U23B 3313 while a CN GP9 switches the yard on March 1st 1988.
Name: David J Parker
Railway: CSX Transportation
Date: 03/01/1988
Location: St Thomas
Province: Ontario
6 Comments | 24 Favourites
The CSX "Pelton Turn" exits the Detroit River Tunnel into sunny Windsor, Ontario on March 12th 1989
Name: David J Parker
Railway: CSX Transportation
Date: 03/12/1989
Location: Windsor
Province: Ontario
1 Comments | 11 Favourites
<b>Time Machine:</b>I would like to submit this photo to Time Machine along with my friend Geoff Elliotts Shot <a href=http://www.railpictures.ca/?attachment_id=10373 target=_blank> (Photo id 9414)</a>. VIA No 74 passes under the Franks Lane bridge. July 24th 1981
Name: David J Parker
Railway: VIA Rail
Date: 07/24/1981
Location: Hyde Park
Province: Ontario
1 Comments | 22 Favourites
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