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About Dave Brook


I started chasing trains after listening to my grandfathers stories of riding steam through the Rockies, and seeing the ore train in Bracebridge. From that I worked for CN/VIA/GO Transit for 6 years before becoming an air traffic controller. I discovered I liked trains more from the outside than in.

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Number of images: 834
Total gold: 7075
Number of comments recieved : 756
Number of comments posted : 604
Total views: 728283



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An Ontario winter with some snow!!
Name: Dave Brook
Railway: Canadian Pacific
Date: 01/04/2004
Location: Cambridge
Province: Ontario
Comments | 8 Favourites
The third Toronto west hotshot (215 217 came first) arrives at Capreol for a crew change.
Name: Dave Brook
Railway: Canadian National
Date: 08/1990
Location: Capreol
Province: Ontario
Comments | 6 Favourites
4 SD40's lean into Morants Curve and an oblivious fisherman stares into the Bow River. What's behind you DOES matter.
Name: Dave Brook
Railway: Canadian Pacific
Date: 10/1994
Location: Lake Louise
Province: Alberta
Comments | 4 Favourites
What I wouldn't give to go back to the days when 3 MLW's led container trains out of MAc Yard and BIT? I still remember seeing one weaving through the crossovers at Doncaster at speed wondering how they weren't tipping over. The leans made it suspicious to say the least.
Name: Dave Brook
Railway: Canadian National
Date: 05/1983
Location: Toronto
Province: Ontario
2 Comments | 7 Favourites
First time in a long time trying to scan negatives reveals the day the Royal Canadian Pacific came through Cambridge. The only thing better was 2816 when she came through. I wonder if Hunter has ever once wondered if he should have maintained 2816. I see that as one of the worst short sighted moves by todays modern business "Cash is all the matters "mindset. When you forget where you came from......At least we still have the RCP
Name: Dave Brook
Railway: Canadian Pacific
Date: 06/05/2004
Location: Cambridge
Province: Ontario
4 Comments | 10 Favourites
Late afternoon hotshot.
Name: Dave Brook
Railway: Canadian Pacific
Date: 05/22/2008
Location: Cambridge
Province: Ontario
1 Comments | 3 Favourites
What they say is true; you never realize what you had until its gone............
Name: Dave Brook
Railway: VIA Rail
Date: 04/05/1982
Location: Toronto
Province: Ontario
1 Comments | 12 Favourites
It's coming...........
Name: Dave Brook
Railway: Canadian National
Date: 02/1987
Location: Komoka
Province: Ontario
1 Comments | 7 Favourites
How can you not love the Hornby Dip?
Name: Dave Brook
Railway: GO Transit
Date: 27/06/2012
Location: Milton
Province: Ontario
Comments | 7 Favourites
The "Sprint"heads back to St Thomas for more GM frames from Budd. 1117 is the cab car paired with an unknown (by me) GP9
Name: Dave Brook
Railway: Canadian Pacific
Date: 06/2004
Location: Cambidge
Province: Ontario
5 Comments | 10 Favourites
They came to Mac yard for work every once in a while.
Name: Dave Brook
Railway: Canadian National
Date: 06/1984
Location: Toronto
Province: Ontario
Comments | 6 Favourites
Wouldn't you just love to 3 pulling a long freight just one more time.
Name: Dave Brook
Railway: Canadian National
Date: 05/1983
Location: Toronto
Province: Ontario
6 Comments | 6 Favourites
It's nice to find the odd shot that "shows" speed.
Name: Dave Brook
Railway: VIA Rail
Date: 10/1993
Location: Port Credit
Province: Ontario
1 Comments | 3 Favourites
On a Friday morning, 6791 leads a typically healthy sized 74 into Toronto. While far beyond the lost glory days of passenger rail, in the early 80's VIA could still throw together a magnificent smooth sized monster in Toronto. It's a bit of an adventure being a 3rd brakeman on a 20 car run to Windsor.
Name: Dave Brook
Railway: VIA Rail
Date: 04/10/1983
Location: Toronto
Province: Ontario
2 Comments | 10 Favourites
Every once in a while, you find a slide that brings back a lot of memories. I used to ride the Northlander to the cottage almost every summer weekend. The Swiss trainset was a great addition to the Ontario rail scene, even is was far too small a train for weekend runs; constantly being oversold, as the ticket sellers never got their heads around a 3 car train maximum. GO Transit still ran some pretty interesting consists too; I'm still looking for ones where they borrowed CN 4016, 4017 for some double headed runs.
Name: Dave Brook
Railway: Ontario Northland
Date: 04/10/1983
Location: Toronto
Province: Ontario
1 Comments | 7 Favourites
The GO Fleet at rest at Bathurst St.The GP40-2's went to CN, and I have no idea what happened to the xex- Rock Island GP40's. Not the middle train in the yard that has one single level car behind the power. These were nice oddities
Name: Dave Brook
Railway: GO Transit
Date: 04/10/1983
Location: Toronto
Province: Ontario
2 Comments | 10 Favourites
Earlier in the chase.............
Name: Dave Brook
Railway: VIA Rail
Date: 04/10/2009
Location: Copetown
Province: Ontario
Comments | 3 Favourites
The great train chase is....over. VIA 77 easily scoops a down to its knees CN freight at the top of the escarpment.
Name: Dave Brook
Railway: VIA Rail
Date: 04/10/2009
Location: Copetown
Province: Ontario
Comments | 2 Favourites
In honour of AW Mooney's fabulous shot ; http://www.railpictures.ca/?attachment_id=21509#comment-11506, the view from the other end of the bridge
Name: Dave Brook
Railway: VIA Rail
Date: 1985
Location: Parry Sound
Province: Ontario
Comments | 7 Favourites
Grain loads meet coal empties (that also had 2 mid train SD40-2's) late in the afternoon north of Lytton
Name: Dave Brook
Railway: Canadian Pacific
Date: 10/05/1993
Location: Lytton
Province: British Columbia
Comments | 4 Favourites
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