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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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…. 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 |
| Name: | sdfourty |
| Railway: | Canadian National |
| Date: | 09/10/2018 |
| Location: | Winnipeg |
| Province: |
Manitoba |
| Name: | sdfourty |
| Railway: | Canadian National |
| Date: | 09/19/1980 |
| Location: | Val Royale |
| Province: |
Quebec |
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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](http://www.railpictures.ca/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/DSC_2446-2-1280x915-200x150.jpg)
| Name: | sdfourty |
| Railway: | Preservation |
| Date: | 08/30/2019 |
| Location: | Bristol |
| Province: |
New Brunswick |
| Name: | sdfourty |
| Railway: | Terra Transport |
| Date: | 08/07/1982 |
| Location: | Holyrood |
| Province: |
Newfoundland and … |
| Name: | sdfourty |
| Railway: | VIA Rail |
| Date: | 09/18/2018 |
| Location: | Jasper |
| Province: |
Alberta |
| Name: | sdfourty |
| Railway: | Preservation |
| Date: | 09/05/2019 |
| Location: | Edmundston |
| Province: |
New Brunswick |
| Name: | sdfourty |
| Railway: | Preservation |
| Date: | 09/06/2019 |
| Location: | Saint - Jacques |
| Province: |
New Brunswick |
| Name: | sdfourty |
| Railway: | VIA Rail |
| Date: | 07/24/2019 |
| Location: | Parry Sound |
| Province: |
Ontario |
| Name: | sdfourty |
| Railway: | VIA Rail |
| Date: | 09/12/2018 |
| Location: | Jasper |
| Province: |
Alberta |
| Name: | John Baker, collect… |
| Railway: | Canadian National |
| Date: | 09/08/1983 |
| Location: | Surrey |
| Province: |
British Columbia |
| Name: | John Baker, collect… |
| Railway: | VIA Rail |
| Date: | 09/07/1983 |
| Location: | Yoho |
| Province: |
British Columbia |
| 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](http://www.railpictures.ca/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/img019-LaBelle-PQ-Dec-76-200x150.jpg)
| Name: | sdfourty |
| Railway: | Canadian Pacific |
| Date: | 12/xx/1976 |
| Location: | Labelle |
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