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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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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
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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

4 Comments | 8 Favourites

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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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What's interesting
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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

2 Comments | 11 Favourites

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Been There,
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Can't Do That Now !
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The view – circa 1983 - from the TCH Spiral Tunnel Lookout
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VIA #1 'Canadian' has cleared CP Rail Yoho B.C. mile 129.8 Laggan Subdivison,
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and is about to enter the 2,921 foot CP Rail Lower Spiral Tunnel,
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on approach to CP Rail Cathedral mile 132.4 Laggan Subdivision,
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Sept 7 1983 Kodachrome by John Baker, collection of Steve Danko
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what's interesting
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first generation power: FP7 and FP9 cabs and all those F9B's: witness here an A-B-B-B lash up!
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and the blue and yellow double stripe painted CCF / Pullman Standard built steel passenger cars:
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the 5700 series Dayniter cars ( most seemed to land with the RMR ) various 1970's re-built from coaches / sleepers ( I series (CC&F built 24 roomettes) , Val series (ex NYC ), River Series (ex NYC, FEC, MILW, EL) , Falls series ( ex SLSF) , most built circa 1948 to 1954 )
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the E series sleeping cars ( 4 section, 8 roomettes, 4 double bedrooms) Pullman Standard built 52 for CN 1954: numbered named examples 1136 Endeavour, 1140 Enterprise, 1155 Evangeline survived into 1991
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the 1300 series dining room cars, Pullman Standard built 24 for CN 1954: numbered examples 1340, 1347, 1349 in service through 1991
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and not to mention the VIA abandonment of the CP Rail (as CP was known by at that time) routing....
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sdfourty

Name:	John Baker, collect…
Railway:	VIA Rail
Date:	09/07/1983
Location:	Yoho
Province:	British Columbia

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Engineman's side of the future Go Transit 911
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Ex MILW 104A enroute to ONR North Bay for conversion to a GO APCU.
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At Mac Yard March 7, 1981 Kodachrome by S.Danko.
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More APCU
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<a href="http://www.railpictures.ca/?attachment_id=7259"> APCU line up </a>
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<a href="http://www.railpictures.ca/?attachment_id= 9727"> APCU in service </a>
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<a href="http://www.railpictures.ca/?attachment_id= 7095"> ex MILW 104A Fireman's side </a>
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sdfourty

Name:	sdfourty
Railway:	GO Transit
Date:	03/07/1981
Location:	Concord
Province:	Ontario

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More CP Rail Ste. Agathe Subdivision
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North of Mount-Tremblant is Labelle at mile 80.2 Ste.Agathe Subdivision ( 105.8 rail miles from Gare Windsor)
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Serviced six times per week by CP Rail Dayliner passenger trains (CP Rail's term for R.D.C.'s or Budd Car's),
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#164 (Tue Thur)
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#167 (M W F)
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#172 (Sun)
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Last VIA Rail Budd's November 1981.
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From '85 to '87 inclusive Labelle generated two freight car loads
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Same time period Mount Laurier at mile 138.2 ( 163.8 rail miles from Gare Windsor ) generated 38 freight car loads
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Hydro Quebec was a strong objector at the CTC abandonment hearings.
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“Hydro Quebec opposed the abandonment as it considers rail to be the only effective method of transporting its large, heavy equipment to Hydro Quebec stations served by the Ste. Agathe Subdivision.
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...the Quebec Ministry of Transport refused Hydro Quebec's request to transport by road the transformers from the Grand-Brûlé Substation. The transformers weigh 107,000 kg each. There are 6 transformers in total with 2 transformers currently being repaired at the maintenance facility at Varennes, Quebec. One transformer will be returned to Grand-Brûlé [substation located near Mount-Tremblant ] in December 1989 and the second transformer will be returned at the beginning of 1990. The remaining four transformers will be transported to the repair facility in 1990, 1991 and 1992.” (source: CTC Hearings documents at the abandonment application)
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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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Kodak Ektachrome slide, on a very cold late December 1976 afternoon at Labelle P.Q. by S.Danko
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More Ste.Agathe Subdivision
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<a href="http://www.railpictures.ca/?attachment_id=4060"> Petitt Train du Nord circa 1979 </a>
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<a href="http://www.railpictures.ca/?attachment_id=36511"> St. Faustin </a>
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sdfourty

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

2 Comments | 6 Favourites

Name:	sdfourty
Railway:	Canadian Pacific
Date:	04/13/1986
Location:	Agincourt
Province:	Ontario

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<br><br>Bombardier (BBD) built Nacionales de Mexico M424W #9532 part of order #6114 for 53 units including 9527, #9526, and 9533 (& others) in this March 1981 shipment. <br><br>This sharp red-black-yellow paint scheme did not last, most units repainted two tone blue. Anyone know if some N de M M424's operational today? <br><br>CN Mac Yard. March 22, 1981, Kodachrome by S. Danko <br><br>More N de M :<br><br> <a href="http://www.railpictures.ca/?attachment_id=8489"> Builders' plate </a> <br><br> <a href="http://www.railpictures.ca/?attachment_id=8486"> Builders' service bulletin plate </a> <br><br> <a href="http://www.railpictures.ca/?attachment_id=7817"> #9549 June '81 image by Ron Bouwhuis' </a> <br><br> <a href="http://www.railpictures.ca/?attachment_id=8524"> NdM #9526 </a><br><br> sdfourty

Name:	sdfourty
Railway:	Builder/Manufactur…
Date:	03/22/1981
Location:	Concord
Province:	Ontario

1 Comments | 13 Favourites

Trying to find active, in service branchline railway stations, even in the seventies, was a challenge.
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On my travels was fortunate to witness the still active CP Rail Ste.Agathe Subdivision.
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CP Rail St.Faustin mile 57.0 Ste. Agathe Subdivision
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Serviced six times per week by CP Rail Dayliner trains #164 (Tue Thur) #167 (M W F) & #172 (Sun),
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(Dayliner: CPR 's term for Rail Diesel Cars aka Budd Cars),
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At this time CP Rail freight service was tri weekly with power typically either MLW RS10 and / or RS18,
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Last VIA Rail Passenger service: Nov 1981
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By 1987 freight service was intermittent as carloads were 14 for the whole year.
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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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December 1976 Kodak Ektachrome at St.Faustin P.Q. by S.Danko
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what's interesting:
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In 1897, the Canadian Pacific Railway Company purchased the line from St. Jérôme to Labelle from the Montreal Northern Colonization Railway Company.
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The railway line from Labelle to Mont-Laurier was constructed by La Compagnie de Chemin de Fer de Colonisation du Nord. The line was completed and opened for traffic between 1902 and 1909. The Canadian Pacific Railway Company leased the line for 99 years on January 1, 1905
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Only two private shippers ( businesses) opposed the abandonment application, along with a multitude of public entities and private individuals, notable: Ville du Montreal, Hydro Quebec, Municipalite de Labelle, Ministry of Transport Quebec, Transport 2000 .
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<a href="http://www.railpictures.ca/?attachment_id=4060"> Petitt Train du Nord circa 1979 </a>
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Name:	sdfourty
Railway:	Canadian Pacific
Date:	12/xx/1976
Location:	St. Faustin
Province:	Quebec

3 Comments | 11 Favourites

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….oh ! The Rock.....
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Tri weekly (Tu Th Sa) Terra Transport mixed #232, Carbonear to St. John's,
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at Brigus Jct. high balling to St. John's 42 miles east.
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TT mixed #232 powered by GMD built (1956) six axle ( A–1–A trucks ) G-8's #800 and #805 ( the latter at Delson, P.Q.)
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Kodachrome by S Danko, 15:30 Thursday Aug 5, 1982 at Brigus Junction, Newfoundland
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What's interesting
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the Carbonear branch, TT mixed trains #231 and #232 operated to September 1984
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Love those yellow Newfoundland wild flowers !
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More Carbonear Branch
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<a href="http://www.railpictures.ca/?attachment_id=7582"> TT #231 at Carbonear Saturday August 7 </a>
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<a href="http://www.railpictures.ca/?attachment_id=16720"> TT #232 near Clarke's Beach Saturday August 7 </a>
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<a href="http://www.railpictures.ca/?attachment_id=7438"> TT #232 at Clarke's Beach Saturday August 7 </a>
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Even more in Ken's book:
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Rail Around the Rock: A Then and Now Celebration of the Newfoundland Branchlines by Kenneth G. Pieroway
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What's absurd:
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To abandon the Newfoundland Railway (TT as of 1979) under the December 1987 Agreement that Province received a one-time payout ( 1988 dollars) of $800 million (CAD) from Ottawa to St. John's to fund highway improvements.
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( Basically that abandonment deal rivals the Churchill Falls 65 year hydro power deal in its shortsightedness and I bet that highway has had to be rebuilt multiple times since 1988 )
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No surprise that Premier Brian Peckford and the P C government got voted out of power in the 1989 Provincial election ( and the PC's did not form another Provincial Government until 2003).
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sdfourty
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Name:	sdfourty
Railway:	Terra Transport
Date:	08/05/1982
Location:	Brigus Junction
Province:	Newfoundland and …

5 Comments | 19 Favourites

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CN #376
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with CN8960-xCSX7356 on 614 axles,
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on approach Whitby crossover,
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11:09 November 4 , 2018 image by SDanko
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Name:	sdfourty
Railway:	Canadian National
Date:	11/04/2018
Location:	Whitby
Province:	Ontario

1 Comments | 6 Favourites

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CP8943 west with 8134 and dpu8760 end of train, potash loads await westward signal
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At Banff Alberta on a chilly +4c Sept 16, 2018 afternoon; image by B Danko
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what's interesting
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Banff station very nicely restored (completed 2017 ? ) – especially given its prior condition ( and when The Canadian last operated on CP Rail ) - I believe the Station is privately owned / operated.
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Today Banff station transportation services provided by ROAM ( half hourly local transit ) ; National Parks shuttles (hourly summer season May through October ); Rocky Mountaineer ( infrequent whenever RMR wants to ) and...... Greyhound daily ( ! )
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tenants include National Parks kiosk, Rocky Mountaineer, and Greyhound ( ! )
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! oh, Greyhound, as of Oct 31, 2018 quit all routes west of Sudbury ….seems to me one of the reasons your Government yanked VIA off the CP Rail transcontinental route cause Greyhound provided frequent daily or better service on the parallel TCH ! !
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its a long shot:
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This summer past a private proposal to restore Banff – Calgary rail passenger service was tabled with some private funding in place, the 81 mile ( 131 km) rail route would parallel the CPR, estimate rail costs $5 million per KM
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sdfourty

Name:	B Danko
Railway:	Canadian Pacific
Date:	09/16/2018
Location:	Banff
Province:	Alberta

1 Comments | 6 Favourites

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….Snowed Out September.......
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...that SOS sure is pretty....
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….at the new improved Morant's Lookout on the Bow Valley Parkway
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Downhill towards Banff, CP8879 East with a mixed freight aided by CP87x0 and dpu CP8733 mid train in the afternoon summer snow
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at a rather chilly 17:08 September 13, 2018 at CPR Mile 113 Laggan Subdivision, image by S Danko
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what's interesting
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..Google recognizes the search: Morant's Curve
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the National Park Historic Plaque celebrating Nicolas Morant is across the BVP on the north side
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reportedly the CPR and the National Park management were concerned that someone would fall, drive off, or otherwise slide down the BVP embankment – hence the heavily engineered improvements including walkway, railing, a cross walk and relocated parking area is on the north side BVP
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...all is needed now is a Chip Truck !
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sdfourty...

Name:	sdfourty
Railway:	Canadian Pacific
Date:	09/13/2018
Location:	Morant's Curve
Province:	Ontario

2 Comments | 11 Favourites

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Fallen Flag ?
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Corporately the CPR we know today is relatively new....
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...CP Rail ( and variations thereof ) was the Canadian Pacific Railway marketing symbol 1968 to 1995
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..during that time period CP Rail ( and Canadian Pacific Railway 1996 to 2001 ) was a division of Canadian Pacific Limited (other divisions included CP Hotels, CP Ships, CP Air )
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...and CPRS was the marketing symbol 1993 to 1996.
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former CP Rail service truck at wreck yard, October 22, 2018 Image by S.Danko
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A Canadian Pacific corporate what's interesting:
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Canadian Pacific Limited sold CP Air division in 1987 as part of the merger of Nordair and Pacific Western to form Canadian Airlines ( the latter eventually acquired by the old Air Canada ( prior to the latter's bankruptcy).
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In 1996, CP Rail changed its name back to Canadian Pacific Railway ( but remained a division of Canadian Pacific Limited ). At that time a new subsidiary company, the St. Lawrence and Hudson Railway, was created to operate its money-losing lines in eastern North America, covering P.Q, Ontario, trackage rights to Chicago as well as the Delaware and Hudson Railway.
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the StL&H was formally amalgamated with CP Rail (Canadian Pacific Railway a division of Canadian Pacific Limited ) on January 1, 2001 in anticipation of further corporate reorganization
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October 3, 2001 Canadian Pacific Limited spin off the remaining Divisions into separate companies and at that time the Canadian Pacific Railway Limited that we know today was created.
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CP Hotels acquired the Delta and Princess Hotels (in 1998) and Fairmont chain (1999) then changed name – in October 2001 to Fairmont Hotels and Resorts and in January 2006 Fairmont was acquired by Kingdom Hotels ( Saudi Arabia owned ).
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CP Ships Limited ( at that time the major source of CP Rail's container traffic ) was sold in 2005 to TUI AG (Germany) who merged CP Ships into the Hapag-Lloyd division.
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Name:	sdfourty
Railway:	Canadian Pacific
Date:	10/22/2018
Location:	n/a
Province:	Ontario

Comments | 7 Favourites

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....it's a beautiful evening...
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...to be train watching in Jasper....
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...and not a CN unit in sight...
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VIA #1 is two hours late departing Jasper station,
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Tuesday September 18, 2018 at 20:30; image by S.Danko at Jasper Alberta
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what's interesting
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the quite noticeable haze remains, evidence of the summer 2018 severe forest fire season – on this day the fires continue to burn in northeast British Columbia
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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 at end of track, coach in same location as prior week
8613 Baggage
8123 coach
6441 F40PH-3 ( at idle - account the expected frosty night - facing west )
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also seen at Jasper 9 am Tuesday September 18, 2018 on Jasper Station track:
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( possible consist for train #5 departure 12:30 Wednesday )
6459 F40PH-3 ( shut down facing East)
8601 baggage
8126 coach
8511 Skyline
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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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...grain elevators....vintage in service
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VIA Rail train #2 cruises through Punnichy, Saskatchewan
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the siding in front of the Elevator appears to have seen recent use, and Punnichy is shown as an active station on the CN Rail website
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September 20, 2018 digital by S.Danko
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what's interesting
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place name Punnichy is absent from the Watrous Subdivision Timetable, Punnichy is a couple miles East of Quinton mile 77.6 Watrous Subdivision
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note the Punnichy Cyclist admiring the train – bottom left corner
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another first for the photographer: two Park cars on the same The Canadian train ( I have seen this before, first time photo capture – better view to posted soon)
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that 'green eye' was a pleasant sight as forward progress was frequently interrupted
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vintage grain elevator: circa 1978 courtesy A.W.M.
<a href="http://www.railpictures.ca/?attachment_id=35072"> Broadview </a>

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more vintage grain elevator: circa 1978 courtesy A.W.M.
<a href="http://www.railpictures.ca/?attachment_id=35014"> Coalhurst </a>
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and contrast, the Toronto section of the CP Rail The Canadian circa 1977 courtesy A.W.M.
<a href="http://www.railpictures.ca/?attachment_id=34614"> Parry Sound </a>
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More (freshly painted) CP Rail:
<a href="http://www.railpictures.ca/?attachment_id=1644"> Kleinburg </a>
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sdfourty

Name:	sdfourty
Railway:	VIA Rail
Date:	20/09/2018
Location:	Punnichy
Province:	Saskatchewan

4 Comments | 9 Favourites

...looking east up the Kicking Horse Canyon towards the Cathedral Craigs that is lost somewhere in the cloud and rain and snow....
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...CP8960 (and CEFX1036) westbound on the downgrade approach to Field, B.C., with a loaded grain train at 20 mph....the tail end has likely just cleared the lower Spiral Tunnel....
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September 14, 2018 digital in the B.C. Rain, at the Kicking Horse Canyon Flats, by S. Danko.
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….weather was miserable but notable on the B.C. side of the Continental Divide plus 6c and rain, go east up the hill and over the pass and into Alberta the temperature was +1c and snowing.....
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…the image's dominant feature is the Mount Stephen Glacier slide path, the site of many CPR incidents including wrecks due to material sliding onto the right of way....the lower portion of the Slide Path has been graded by the Trans Canada Highway maintenance crews to direct sliding material away from the River and the TCH...in fact it was the National Parks that asked CP to build the concrete snow sheds after the 1986 incident when 17 sulphur cars landed in the Kicking Horse River …. ( the River is between the CPR and TCH at the site of the slide path, the TCH bridge over the River is visible extreme lower left corner).
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On the TCH: up the hill, out of sight round the curve and in the cloud (fog) is the Spiral Tunnel Lookout – the view from such is 95% treed out, probably does not matter as the road widening will likely wipe out that lookout...
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….plenty of 2018 – 2019 construction on the TCH east up to the Continental Divide to widen the road to four lanes, crews are literally blasting away half a mountain (on the north side) and at that point the CP is on the south side of the TCH...
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...driving east up the TCH to the Kicking Horse Pass ( not visible in this image, elevation: 5,339 feet at Stephen, B.C. ) note that a portion of the TCH (above the Spiral Tunnel Lookout) is built upon the original CPR right of way – that grade would be just plain scary to put any train on......in any era..
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..elevation between the Upper and Lower Spiral Tunnels near Yoho is 4,675 feet....and Field, B.C. Elevation is 4,121 feet
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..that CEFX1036 unit been on CP over 15 years, got a shot of 1036 at Lovekin !
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Information credit: the book Nicholas Morant's Canadian Pacific: by J.F.Garden
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note: Image captured from a public roadway
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sdfourty

Name:	sdfourty
Railway:	Canadian Pacific
Date:	09/14/2018
Location:	Field, B.C.
Province:	British Columbia

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…back to the Seventies!
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…Made it to Field B.C. after many decades ...
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and first unit I find: class DRF 30s a forty year old 1978 vintage SD40-2 in active service …
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(reportedly 5790 is one of 35 in active CPR service, of 489+ SD40-2's that CP owned at one time) ...
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Sept 14 2018 at Field, B.C. digital by S.Danko
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(p.s. image taken from public roadway)

Name:	sdfourty
Railway:	Canadian Pacific
Date:	09/14/2018
Location:	Field, B.C.
Province:	British Columbia

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PTSR (founded circa 1983) now serves ** (circa 2018) the CASO station (built circa 1871) in St. Thomas, Ont.
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On June 9, 2018 PTSR Loco #L3 'Winnie' and train occupies the former CASO main track ( operated at one time respectively by CN, CR, PC, NYC, MCRR, and also used (at one time or another) by OSR, CP, Amtrak, C&O (Chessie), CPR, L & P S )(missed any roads?))....
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... prior to backing to the new (circa 2017 ?) PSTR St Thomas station located [ on the former L & P S ( CN )] north of Talbot Ave.
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The ongoing St. Thomas CASO station repairs, upgrading and maintenance continues.....
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The Elgin County Railway Museum ( not in image), former CR, NYC, MCRR shops, is to the left of the photographer.
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sdfourty

Name:	sdfourty
Railway:	Port Stanley Termi…
Date:	06/09/2018
Location:	St Thomas
Province:	Ontario

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...2816....
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... how many ways: class/model, build year, manufacturers, original road build, original road number.... 2004 road number
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H 1 b / GP38-2 / FP9-A / F9B
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1930 – 1986 – 1958 – 1955
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MLW – GMD – GMD - GMD
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CPR – CP Rail – CNR – CNR
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2816 – 3084 – 6541 - 6612
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2816 – 3084 – 1401 – 1900
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...all this in year 2004....forty four years after CPR dropped all fires on the (operating) CPR steam fleet...
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…..what was the likelihood of an original CPR steam to operate on CPR track, by a CPR Crew, endorsed by CPR Management, on a CPR revenue run....
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…..what is the likelihood anyone ever see – hear – photograph – witness - such a CPR operational sight ever again.....
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…..by 2011 a guy named Bill Ackman ( Pershing Square Capital Management ) had acquired over 12% of the CPR publicly traded voting shares …
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...and by 2012 Ackman had arranged for a guy named Harrison Hunter ( of ICR and CNR fame) to be the new Chief Executive.....
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….and rest is history ...for better or worse... courtesy Ackman & HH
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At CPR Belleville Subdivision mile 169, Darlington Ontario, May 2004 Kodacolour negative by S.Danko
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more CPR H class ( Hudson type )
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<a href="http://www.railpictures.ca/?attachment_id=8188"> H 1 b at Tapscott </a>
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<a href="http://www.railpictures.ca/?attachment_id=7412"> H 1 e at Cherry Street </a>
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Name:	sdfourty
Railway:	Canadian Pacific
Date:	05/xx/2004
Location:	Darlington
Province:	Ontario

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