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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.

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The very quaint Mount Tremblant Village and CP Rail Gare du Mont-Tremblant mile 70.7 Ste. Agathe Subdivision
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Serviced six times per week by CP Rail passenger trains #164 (Tue Thur) #167 (M W F) & #172 (Sun) with Dayliners ( Budd Cars)
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At this time CP Rail freight service was as needed, power typically either MLW RS10 and / or RS18
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Last VIA Rail Passenger service: Nov 1981
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The CP Rail Ste. Agathe Subdivision from Ste. Agathe mile 44.4 northward officially abandoned December 1989 ( Ste Therese mile zero )
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from the porch of the (wood framed 3 storey) Mont-Tremblant Hotel December 1976 Ektachrome by S.Danko
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what's interesting
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in front of the Gare du Mont-Tremblant and across the main track is Lac Mercier
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today the Mount Tremblant station is the tourist kiosk Place de la Gare ( google it )
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More Ste. Agathe subdivision stations:
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<a href="http://www.railpictures.ca/?attachment_id= 40028"> St Jovite </a>
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<a href="http://www.railpictures.ca/?attachment_id= 36511"> St Faustin </a>
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<a href="http://www.railpictures.ca/?attachment_id= 36618"> La Belle </a>
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sdfourty

Name:	sdfourty
Railway:	Canadian Pacific
Date:	12/xx/1976
Location:	Mount Tremblant
Province:	Quebec

4 Comments | 8 Favourites

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….what I do vividly remember: cold, really cold, Saskatoon cold....dans La Belle Province...
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...complete with an 'in service' SCL Seaboard Coast Line box car....
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CP Rail freight service was as needed, power typically either a single MLW RS10 and / or RS18 and a Van
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Served six times per week by CP Rail passenger trains #164 (Tue Thur) #167 (M W F) & #172 (Sun)
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At CP Rail St Jovite, P.Q., Mile 65.0 Ste. Agathe Subdivision, December 1976 Ektachrome by S. Danko
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More Ste. Agathe subdivision stations
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<a href="http://www.railpictures.ca/?attachment_id= 36511"> St Faustin </a>
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<a href="http://www.railpictures.ca/?attachment_id= 36618"> La Belle </a>
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sdfourty

Name:	sdfourty
Railway:	Canadian Pacific
Date:	125/xx/1976
Location:	St Jovite
Province:	Quebec

2 Comments | 8 Favourites

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….Clear Board....and one of my favourite places...
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...a quartet of six motor units: 6049 / 5513 / 5531 / 4566 rolls into Parry Sound preparing to spot the Van at the station to entrain personnel
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SD40-2 / SD40 / SD40 / M630
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CP Rail #405 at Parry Sound 11:35 August 11 1985 Kodachrome by S. Danko
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what's interesting
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always something going on at Parry Sound, whether it's daily VIA #9 & #10 ; a work train - witness the work train Van - and /or the signal / maintenance crew activity
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note the front end of ' Parisienne Atlantica ' on the extreme right, of Newfoundland road trip fame...
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recommend camping at nearby Oastler Lake Provincial Park, literally steps away from the CN and CP mains. Real treat overnight.....heard of many campers abandoning their long weekend campsites Saturday mornings...'too many trains'....HA!
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more Parry Sound
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<a href="http://www.railpictures.ca/?attachment_id= 13644"> anticipation at the station </a>
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sdfourty

Name:	sdfourty
Railway:	Canadian Pacific
Date:	08/11/1985
Location:	Parry Sound
Province:	Ontario

5 Comments | 7 Favourites

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...an eclectic mix...
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...certainly made rail fanning interesting....
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....GMD second gen / MLW second gen / MLW first gen / MLW second generation...
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….SD40-2 / M636 / RS-18u / M636...
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….5681 / 4723 / 1828 / 4731....
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…..and most interestingly: Green Markers / Green Flags ! ...second section following...
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...(unfortunately did not record the train number )
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First CP Rail '5681' East, at Thunder Bay June 18, 1985, Kodachrome by S.Danko
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more Thunder Bay
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<a href="http://www.railpictures.ca/?attachment_id= 12031"> a day later </a>
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<a href="http://www.railpictures.ca/?attachment_id= 9145"> T Bay station </a>
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sdfourty

Name:	sdfourty
Railway:	Canadian Pacific
Date:	06/18/1985
Location:	Thunder Bay
Province:	Ontario

Comments | 10 Favourites

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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

Name:	sdfourty
Railway:	Canadian National
Date:	04/xx/1977
Location:	Toronto
Province:	Ontario

Comments | 8 Favourites

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...if you wait long enough...
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...anything can show up at CP Agincourt....
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somehow MLW RS23 #8041 ( 'ugly 80') strayed from the confines of N.B. ( assigned to Saint John) and
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that ALCO, 1943 built, S2 is a 'senior' as of 1977 ( and those S2's had the ' lumpiest ' idle imaginable)
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At CP Rail Agincourt, February 1977 Kodak Tri X negative by S. Danko
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what 's interesting
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CPR 7012 predates ' modern ' CPR steam power: all the G5's / some P2's / the T1c's ( MLW built Pacific / CLC & MLW built Mikado / MLW built Selkirk )
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8041 and sisters became Windsor and Hantsport power ( and other sisters daily OSR power)
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7012 retired by 1986
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... from time to time a 7000 series would be assigned to the 'Push' , to assist eastbounds up the hill from Leaside ( North Toronto Sub east end ) through Don Mills , Kennedy ( Belleville Sub) to Agincourt – the S2 pulling power was something to see & hear: at Leaside, a single S2, would lift two 4700's and their train while the 4700's crew put up their feet and watched the show !
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<a href="http://www.railpictures.ca/?attachment_id= 2245"> RS-10 8576 </a>
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<a href="http://www.railpictures.ca/?attachment_id= 7533"> More Agincourt </a>
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sdfourty

Name:	sdfourty
Railway:	Canadian Pacific
Date:	02/xx/1977
Location:	Agincourt
Province:	Ontario

1 Comments | 11 Favourites

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The Geco Branch
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The GM Scarborough Van Plant
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two ubiquitous Geeps CN4520 / 4515 ( back to back, long hood forward) pull a long string of loaded auto racks southward to the light at Geco, mile 327.0 Kingston Subdivision, and then proceed westward to the Don Yard
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Near Geco in Scarborough, April 1978, Kodak Tri X negative by S. Danko
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what's interesting
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The last time I saw the CN green and gold livery on an in service CN unit (a 1200 series GMD SW1200RS ) was on the Geco Branch.
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Geco Branch had sharp curves, limited visibility and several crossings: special instruction employee timetable “ Geco 'GO' signal located on Geco branch, 3815 feet east of signal 3269. When the word 'GO' is illuminated it will indicate proceed to signal 3269 and there be governed by signal indication.....”
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part of the Geco Branch includes the former CNoR Toronto Montreal mainline …..as well as,
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the CNoR mainline route through what is now Taylor Creek Park – today a hydro right of way – to near the TTC Victoria Park Subway station;
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the above ground TTC Bloor Danforth Subway from Vic Park to Warden is on or parallel to the CNoR mainline;
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at TTC Warden Subway part of the CN Geco Branch is on the CNoR mainline route to near the Kennedy Road railway crossing (just south of Eglinton) where the Geco curves south to join the Uxbridge Subdivision mile 59.7 (switch points face south).
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further on, north of Ellesmere east of McCowan part of the TTC Scarborough RT yard is on the CNoR mainline route
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and way farther east, some of the remaining Cobourg industrial trackage north and parallel to the Kingston Subdivision is on the CNoR mainline route.
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And now today ( December 2019 ) we remember the GM 'shwa plant(s).....
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More Geco Branch :
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<a href="http://www.railpictures.ca/?attachment_id= 20808"> at Griffith Labs </a>
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<a href="http://www.railpictures.ca/?attachment_id= 35183"> Warden Station </a>
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<a href="http://www.railpictures.ca/?attachment_id= 18418"> near Mack Ave </a>
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<a href="http://www.railpictures.ca/?attachment_id= 34884"> northbound on the Geco </a>
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sdfourty

Name:	sdfourty
Railway:	Canadian National
Date:	04/xx/1978
Location:	Scarborough
Province:	Ontario

2 Comments | 13 Favourites

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Revenue passengers boarding CP Rail train #12, “ The Canadian “ at flag stop Alliston.
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CP Rail / Canadian Pacific passenger train service staff always identifiable with their starched white jackets / dark pants
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after 2,654 miles (connection with #2 at Sudbury), train #12 is ON TIME , even with CP Rail having only two months remaining in the passenger business,
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At Alliston Ont, August 26, 1978, Kodak Tri X negative by S. Danko
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<a href="http://www.railpictures.ca/?attachment_id= 13274"> head end train #12 </a>
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sdfourty

Name:	sdfourty
Railway:	Canadian Pacific
Date:	08/26/1978
Location:	Alliston
Province:	Ontario

Comments | 14 Favourites

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…..an era long gone .....
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( analogue ) Public passenger train schedule board, CP Rail Alliston Ontario
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Circa 1978 Alliston is a Flag Stop, nevertheless passenger service is daily.
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July 1978 at Alliston, Kodak Tri X negative by S. Danko
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Name:	sdfourty
Railway:	Canadian Pacific
Date:	07/xx/1978
Location:	Alliston
Province:	Ontario

2 Comments | 11 Favourites

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No white flags today, this is a regularly scheduled train.
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The Uhthoff Turn with the Stone Train powered by CP Rail 4230 / 8795 / 5005
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MLW C424 / MLW RS18 / GMD GP-35 power mix +
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Circa 1965 / 1958 / 1963
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July 1, 1978 near Palgrave ( ? * ) Kodak Tri X negative by S. Danko
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* can anyone help with the location ?
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what 's interesting
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... no six axle power here...this is WAY before CP owned a GE.....( that was 'foreign' power)....
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CP Rail #4230 sold to NBEC about 1995 / #8735 rebuilt 1985 to #1833 retired by 1998 / #5005 sold to Helm Leasing 1998 then resold to RaiLink
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+ what ever power showed up at Agincourt......even the regular TTE, The Empress RSD18 #8921, found its way to Uhthoff from time to time
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the regular TTE power ( Toronto Transfer Engine ) RSD-17 sometimes got teamed up with interesting power:
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<a href="http://www.railpictures.ca/?attachment_id= 12256"> G5a / RSD -17 </a>
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following C-424 #4230:
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<a href="http://www.railpictures.ca/?attachment_id= 6264"> At Alliston </a>
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<a href="http://www.railpictures.ca/?attachment_id= 6749"> at Parry Sound </a>
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<a href="http://www.railpictures.ca/?attachment_id= 8200"> at Hamilton </a>
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<a href="http://www.railpictures.ca/?attachment_id= 26818"> at Niagara Falls </a>
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sdfourty

Name:	sdfourty
Railway:	Canadian Pacific
Date:	07/01/1978
Location:	Palgrave
Province:	Ontario

1 Comments | 16 Favourites

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CN power passing Winnipeg Union Station with VIA #1 at platform, Track 4.
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CN 8960 / IC2031 / CN89xx
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September 10, 2018 at WUS, digital image by S.Danko
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what's interesting
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Winnipeg Union Station excluded the CPR. WUS was built as a joint venture between the Canadian Northern Railway (CNoR), National Transcontinental (NTR), Grand Trunk Pacific Railway (GTP) and the Dominion government.
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First train serviced WUS in 1911.
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sdfourty

Name:	sdfourty
Railway:	Canadian National
Date:	09/10/2018
Location:	Winnipeg
Province:	Manitoba

Comments | 3 Favourites

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...Time Capsule....
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...September 1980 observing this scene, I felt that I was experiencing a Time Capsule...
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...Now, 39 years later looking at this Kodachrome....
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CN 6727, a 'modern' GE steeple cab electric, built 1950, with a sister *, in charge of the the mid morning downtown bound commuter.
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September 19, 1980 at Val Royale, Kodachrome by S.Danko
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what's interesting
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if that motor 6727 is old, those commuter coaches are ancient !....at least 3 decades older than 6727...
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CN 6727 ( not all 6700's were FPA's ! ) is the former CN 200, acquired the new number in 1969
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note * only three steeple cabs in this class: 6725 6726 6727, all retired by 1995
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maybe a Montreal based contributor can do the other half of a ''Time Machine”?
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sdfourty
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Name:	sdfourty
Railway:	Canadian National
Date:	09/19/1980
Location:	Val Royale
Province:	Quebec

Comments | 18 Favourites

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A stunning restoration – inside and out – and meticulously maintained....
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ex CPR Bristol station built on this site 1910, was removed in 1971
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The ex CPR Florenceville station, built 1914, was moved to this site in 2000
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the station site and rail cars are a tourist bureau, museum, 'Fresh' fine dining, 'Shamrock' train inn.
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August 30, 2019 at the Shogomoc Railway site, Bristol, N. B., digital by S.Danko
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the passenger cars at Bristol:
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ex CPR 4490, Baggage – Sleeper 4490 ( built CC& F February 1930 )
ex CPR Assiniboine, Tourist Sleeper Gimli ( built CC&F November 1919 )
ex CPR Grenfell, Tourist car ( built CC&F September 1931 )
[ merci Trackside Guide]
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On August 30 2019 the Shogomoc Railway train board recorded:
Shogomoc Railway train #09 to Fredericton 10am - on time [ missed it ! ]
Shogomoc Railway train # 4 to McAdam 11:45am – delayed
Shogomoc Railway train #26 to Woodstock 1:30pm - delayed
Shogomoc Railway train #33 to Bath 3:30pm – on time [ could not wait for it ! ]
Shogomoc Railway train #45 to Aroostock 5:00pm - cancelled
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That radio mast appeared to be functional.
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sdfourty

Name:	sdfourty
Railway:	Preservation
Date:	08/30/2019
Location:	Bristol
Province:	New Brunswick

1 Comments | 6 Favourites

<br> <br>...A special place ... The Rock...<br> <br>… watching the dolphins play in the salt water bay....<br> <br>...and the breezy air is awakened by the rumble of two 567 powered GMD built G-8's...<br> <br>...at Mile 30 from St. John's......<br> <br>….Terra Transport mixed #231 to Carbonear<br> <br> ….powered by GMD built G-8 #805 / #800 <br> <br> ...and sufficient revenue passengers this Saturday to warrant a second open air coach......<br> <br> ... on a splendid August summer morning in 1982....<br><br> Terra Transport mixed #231, St John's – Carbonear, Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday ( and return same days as train #232)<br> <br>... Oh!...The Rock ….<br> <br>… Oh! ….Holyrood....<br><br>August 7, 1982 Kodachrome by S.Danko at Holyrood , The Rock. <br> <br> more Terra Transport...<br><br><a href="http://www.railpictures.ca/?attachment_id= 6608"> at Port aux Basques </a><br><br>sdfourty

Name:	sdfourty
Railway:	Terra Transport
Date:	08/07/1982
Location:	Holyrood
Province:	Newfoundland and …

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VIA #1 , powered by #6425 / 6442, is (only) two hours late departing Jasper station,
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tail end cars today:
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8408 Dining Room Empress
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88210 Prestige Chateau Jollette
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88226 Prestige Chateau Salaberry
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88710 Prestige Prince Albert Park
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September 18, 2018 at 20:30 at Jasper; image by S.Danko
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what's interesting
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Sept 18 at 20:00 VIA equipment (perhaps standby for Wednesday's VIA #5 ) at the VIA Jasper service cabin back track from east (end of track) to west:
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8133 coach at end of track (same location as prior week ), plus new additions:
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8613 Baggage
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8123 coach
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6441 F40PH-3 ( at idle )
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<a href="http://www.railpictures.ca/?attachment_id= 35230"> head end at Jasper </a>
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sdfourty

Name:	sdfourty
Railway:	VIA Rail
Date:	09/18/2018
Location:	Jasper
Province:	Alberta

Comments | 5 Favourites

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The restored ( 2005 ) Edmundston CPR station originally built by the CPR circa 1930, from plans supplied by the office of the CPR’s Chief Engineer in Montreal.
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Restoration included retaining much of the original interior room and related woodworking.
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The station is a Regional Information Center and the Edmundston Madawaska Tourism Office. Current transportation uses include a cycling trail rest stop and an electric vehicle recharge station,
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what's interesting
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The 1930 station replaced a two story station built by a predecessor railway, the New Brunswick Land and Railway ( 1881 name change to New Brunswick Railway ).
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CPR sold off most N B assets * (timber lands and railway lands, rights of way) by 1941 to the Irving group, retaining operational rights. Most CPR N.B. service ended circa 1987, * excepting CAR (McAdam) line.
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The caboose: moved to CP Edmundston station location 2008 is ex CPR Angus built wood caboose (number unknown) formerly at Grand Bay – Westfield N B ( thank you Trackside Guide)
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September 5 2019 digital by S.Danko at Edmundston N.B.

Name:	sdfourty
Railway:	Preservation
Date:	09/05/2019
Location:	Edmundston
Province:	New Brunswick

1 Comments | 6 Favourites

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In front of Le Musée des voitures d’autrefois fermera ses portes ( and adjacent to the entrance to Republique Provincial Park ) is ex Fraser Paper #5, a May 1942 built Plymouth 45 ton ( 'Flexomotive' per Trackside Guide).
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Windows and side of the long hood replaced with translucent panels that are now well weathered. And it appears that the paint scheme is other than original.
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Sept 6 2019 digital by S Danko at Saint - Jacques, N.B.
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what's interesting
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On June 18, 2009 Fraser Papers Inc. and all subsidiary companies filed for protection from its creditors under the Companies' Creditors Arrangement Act ("CCAA") in Canada and in the USA for protection pursuant to Chapter 15 of the US Bankruptcy Code in the United States.
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sdfourty

Name:	sdfourty
Railway:	Preservation
Date:	09/06/2019
Location:	Saint - Jacques
Province:	New Brunswick

1 Comments | 4 Favourites

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Certainly one of my favourite places....Arnold's too !
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And good to see ex CPR station with regularly scheduled passenger service ( other ex CP stations with intercity passenger service? Smiths Falls and ? )
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VIA #1 is early today...on CP rails ( thanks to shared asset directional operations: north on CP, southbound on CN)
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AND revenue (Sleeper Plus) passengers waiting to entrain !
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VIA Kootenay Park handling the 'markers' ( too bad about that fence..)
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At (ex) CP Parry Sound July 24, 2019 digital by S.Danko
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Parry Sound past:
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<a href="http://www.railpictures.ca/?attachment_id=13644"> daily # 9 </a>
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<a href="http://www.railpictures.ca/?attachment_id=9268"> daily # 10 </a>
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sdfourty
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what's interesting:
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for those that need to know, got some of the consist:
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VIA #1 July 4 2019 at Parry Sound, 21 cars:
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VIA 6437
VIA 64xx
baggage
coach
coach
Skyline
three Sleeper Plus Manor
Skyline
Dining Room ( Churchill wrap )
five Sleeper Plus Manor ( Cabot Manor, Hearne Manor)
Sleeper Plus Cornwall Manor 8317
Skyline 8517
Frontenac Dining Room 8410
Chateau Viger 8229 ( crew accommodation? )
Prestige Chateau Lauzon 88213
Prestige Chateau Salaberry 88226
Prestige Kootenay Park 88708
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sdfourty

Name:	sdfourty
Railway:	VIA Rail
Date:	07/24/2019
Location:	Parry Sound
Province:	Ontario

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An unusual pause in rail traffic allowed this view of the the beautifully restored Jasper station
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This angle of view is normally blocked by CN arrivals / departures and / or blocks of rail cars.
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At Jasper Alberta on a chilly late summer afternoon ( +1c ) Sept 12, 2018 afternoon; image by S Danko
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what's interesting
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The Grand Trunk Pacific Railway ( GTP ) founded Fitzhugh Alberta in 1911 by the by placing a siding at this location ( Fitzhugh was a GTP Vice President)
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In 1913 the GTP renamed Fitzhugh to Jasper, recognizing the importance of nearby Jasper House founded 1913 by the North West Company
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Present Jasper station built by the CNR circa 1926
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The station was declared a heritage railway station by the federal government in 1992.
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Jasper station currently owned by Parks Canada, tenants include National Car Rental, Hertz car rental (since closed), Rocky Mountainer RMR, VIA Rail and at the time image captured Greyhound, who quit all routes west of Sudbury October 31, 2018
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Name:	sdfourty
Railway:	VIA Rail
Date:	09/12/2018
Location:	Jasper
Province:	Alberta

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CN Class GR-12m, CN #1000
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GMD 1958 built GMD1 with as ordered A-1-A trucks
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CN 1000 series unit(s) designed / intended for light rail branchline assignments.
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Sept 8 1983 at CN Thornton Yard, Surrey B.C., Kodachrome by John Baker, collection of Steve Danko
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A trio of 1000's series GMD-1 regularly worked the Scarborough Junction yard and the CN Uxbridge Subdivision Scarborough - Lindsay – Peterboro run throughout the late 1960's; by late 1970's MLW RS18's worked the line, then rebuilt GMD GP9's
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per Trackside Guide, rebuilt 1989 with B B trucks at Pointe St. Charles and renumbered CN#1423 Class GR-412a
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GMD1u CN#1423 has worked throughout the CN system, from Saint John to Oakville to Sault Ste Marie to Fort Saskatchewan to Edmonton – try searching CN 1423
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sdfourty

Name:	John Baker, collect…
Railway:	Canadian National
Date:	09/08/1983
Location:	Surrey
Province:	British Columbia

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