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About sdfourty
Best hobby in the world ! A photographer friend recommended the Nikon brand, bought my first used Nikon in 1976 and continue to use that Nikon body regularly. Best ever train ride: Extra 6060 west, a seven car train, Ottawa to Toronto via the (now lifted) Smiths Falls subdivision (mostly at 25 mph) then onto the Kingston sub, west of Napanee the engineer let 6060 really run: at 80+ mph 6060 sounded like the Turbo ! Then a brief stop at Port Hope demonstrated that the 'grape vine' really worked (who needs "social media" ! ) : the whole town showed up! sdfourty.
sdfourty's Railpictures.ca photo upload statistics
Number of images: 348
Total gold: 2829
Number of comments recieved : 468
Number of comments posted : 174
Total views: 677180
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sdfourty's 348 photos on Railpictures.ca:
| Name: | John Baker, collect… |
| Railway: | Canadian Pacific |
| Date: | 05/xx/1984 |
| Location: | TBD |
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British Columbia |
| Name: | sdfourty |
| Railway: | Ontario Southland |
| Date: | 04/25/2009 |
| Location: | near Guelph |
| Province: |
Ontario |
| Name: | John Baker collecti… |
| Railway: | VIA Rail |
| Date: | 09/07/1983 |
| Location: | Hector |
| Province: |
British Columbia |
| Name: | sdfourty |
| Railway: | VIA Rail |
| Date: | 08/05/1985 |
| Location: | Parry Sound |
| Province: |
Ontario |
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After the DAILY VIA departure CP Rail #407 with 5593 / 5551 / B & O (Chessie) 3716 prepares to follow # 1
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At CP Rail Thunder Bay June 19, 1985 Kodachrome by S.Danko.
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<a href="http://www.railpictures.ca/?attachment_id= 9145"> VIA #1 at Thunder Bay station </a>
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What's interesting:
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SD40-2 's ruled on CP Rail
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CP Rail owned 80 SD40 and 489+ SD40-2
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CP Rail #5551 class DRF-30b2 built 1967 as a SD40, then upgraded to SD40-2 electrical specifications
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B & O ( Chessie * ) #3716 is an EMD GP40
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[ * The Chessie System paint scheme officially lived only 14 years: unveiled September 1972 and ending July 1, 1986 when the C & O merged into CSX Transportation ( B & O merged into C & O April 1986 ) ]
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sdfourty](http://www.railpictures.ca/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/img108-T-Bay-June-19-1985-2-1280x719-200x150.jpg)
| Name: | sdfourty |
| Railway: | Canadian Pacific |
| Date: | 06/18/1985 |
| Location: | Thunder Bay |
| Province: |
Ontario |
| Name: | sdfourty |
| Railway: | Terra Transport |
| Date: | 08/14/1982 |
| Location: | Trinity East |
| Province: |
Newfoundland and … |
| Name: | sdfourty |
| Railway: | Canadian National |
| Date: | 06/24/1985 |
| Location: | Concord |
| Province: |
Ontario |
| Name: | sdfourty |
| Railway: | VIA Rail |
| Date: | 01/xx/1980 |
| Location: | Toronto |
| Province: |
Ontario |
| Name: | sdfourty |
| Railway: | Canadian Pacific |
| Date: | 31/08/1985 |
| Location: | Guelph Junction |
| Province: |
Ontario |
| Name: | sdfourty |
| Railway: | Canadian Pacific |
| Date: | 04/24/1983 |
| Location: | Oshawa |
| Province: |
Ontario |
| Name: | sdfourty |
| Railway: | Canadian Pacific |
| Date: | 12/xx/1976 |
| Location: | Mount Tremblant |
| Province: |
Quebec |
| Name: | sdfourty |
| Railway: | Canadian Pacific |
| Date: | 125/xx/1976 |
| Location: | St Jovite |
| Province: |
Quebec |
| Name: | sdfourty |
| Railway: | Canadian Pacific |
| Date: | 08/11/1985 |
| Location: | Parry Sound |
| Province: |
Ontario |
| Name: | sdfourty |
| Railway: | Canadian Pacific |
| Date: | 06/18/1985 |
| Location: | Thunder Bay |
| Province: |
Ontario |
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…. yard power …. and given....
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... GMD F's and MLW FPA's were so common – unlike VIA F40PH-3's today, which are really uncommon compared to the numbers of F's and FPA”s (at that time) on the respective CN – CP rosters...
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….CN #8231 was an interesting contrast....
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MLW built S-7 ( circa 1957) awaits next assignment
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at CN Spadina, spring 1977 Kodak Tri X negative by S. Danko
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what's interesting
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Note the plain bearing axles on those trucks – no MU cables – 'road' diesel horn
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all CN 8200's retired or sold by 1985 – to my knowledge VIA did not 'own' any S-7's ( or S-13's )
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assignments for CN 8200's included coach yard duties at Spadina ( and in Montreal too I believe) to deliver and retrieve passenger, baggage, mail and express cars to / from the coach yard and station, express and post office platforms as well as road power deliveries to / from the service facilities - and in later years the younger S-13 8500's took over some duties
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...background left, that is a converted conventional baggage car ( CCF built ) with head end power plant ( electric generator ) to supply power for TEMPO cars ( when a head end generator equipped RS-18m not available ie CN 3150 to 3155 )...
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...[ the TEMPO cars, built by HS and based on the TTC subway cars of same vintage, did not last long in VIA service: most TEMPO equipment sold ( 1988 ? ) to D&RGW for their Ski Train and in 2009 bought by ACR Inc. a subsidiary of CN to service the ACR tourist route – an interesting 're-purchase' given CN originated and ordered the TEMPO equipment new ( an exception for CN ) from Hawker Siddeley (Thunder Bay plant ) ]
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<a href="http://www.railpictures.ca/?attachment_id= 33790"> line up 8200's & 8500's </a>
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<a href="http://www.railpictures.ca/?attachment_id= 6873"> 8500's on duty </a>
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sdfourty](http://www.railpictures.ca/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/img258-2-1280x718-200x150.jpg)
| Name: | sdfourty |
| Railway: | Canadian National |
| Date: | 04/xx/1977 |
| Location: | Toronto |
| Province: |
Ontario |
| Name: | sdfourty |
| Railway: | Canadian Pacific |
| Date: | 02/xx/1977 |
| Location: | Agincourt |
| Province: |
Ontario |
| Name: | sdfourty |
| Railway: | Canadian National |
| Date: | 04/xx/1978 |
| Location: | Scarborough |
| Province: |
Ontario |
| Name: | sdfourty |
| Railway: | Canadian Pacific |
| Date: | 08/26/1978 |
| Location: | Alliston |
| Province: |
Ontario |
| Name: | sdfourty |
| Railway: | Canadian Pacific |
| Date: | 07/xx/1978 |
| Location: | Alliston |
| Province: |
Ontario |
| Name: | sdfourty |
| Railway: | Canadian Pacific |
| Date: | 07/01/1978 |
| Location: | Palgrave |
| Province: |
Ontario |
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