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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.

Dave Brook's Railpictures.ca photo upload statistics

Number of images: 834
Total gold: 7075
Number of comments recieved : 756
Number of comments posted : 604
Total views: 727973

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Dave Brook's 834 photos on Railpictures.ca:

A lashup to dream of. 318 did work everywhere, so the SW1200's probably ended up there. But mixing an SD40-2 (which was rare in Toronto in those days) with 2 RS18's and a GP9 was pretty special. I wonder how it sounded on the Kingston Sub?

Name:	Dave Brook
Railway:	Canadian National
Date:	04/20/1984
Location:	Toronto
Province:	Ontario

1 Comments | 11 Favourites

Where else can you get an S13 pushing an LRC and an FP9B? The flyover was still under construction, the GO yard much smaller, the rather pathetic wash racks and Spadina Shop are also visible.

Name:	Dave Brook
Railway:	VIA Rail
Date:	05/11/1982
Location:	Toronto
Province:	Ontario

2 Comments | 7 Favourites

3 3 GTW's, 2 still in original paint are working hard at getting up the hill at mile 30

Name:	Dave Brook
Railway:	Grand Trunk
Date:	10/12/1994
Location:	Milton
Province:	Ontario

Comments | 9 Favourites

The Budds head for London on a dreary spring day.

Name:	Dave Brook
Railway:	VIA Rail
Date:	04/10/1978
Location:	Georgetown
Province:	Ontario

4 Comments | 8 Favourites

Morning at South Control meant locals and transfers. This is probably KO10 (it's odd what the memory retains over 30+ years) which went down the Bala Sub and eventually into Leaside, often using CP to get across the Don Valley

Name:	Dave Brook
Railway:	Canadian National
Date:	04/22/1982
Location:	Toronto
Province:	Ontario

11 Comments | 7 Favourites

Just over the continental divide, 4 sd40-2 variants are about to descend the Big Hill at Wapta Lake.

Name:	Dave Brook
Railway:	Canadian Pacific
Date:	09/29/1994
Location:	Field
Province:	British Columbia

Comments | 4 Favourites

A lashup that you could only dream of. 2 M630's are mixed in with 5 SD40's westbound.

Name:	Dave Brook
Railway:	Canadian Pacific
Date:	01/10/1991
Location:	Cartier
Province:	Ontario

3 Comments | 5 Favourites

The eastbound "Breakfast for Learning" special finally trundles though Galt several hours late on a grey morning.

Name:	Dave Brook
Railway:	Canadian Pacific
Date:	06/02/2003
Location:	Cambridge
Province:	Ontario

Comments | 3 Favourites

Plow is off, and 5124 is getting a lot of attention. The actually put footboards on it, and for a brief period used 2 SD40's for hump power. There was a shortage of serviceable GP38's and someone was trying to save a few dollars.

Name:	Dave Brook
Railway:	Canadian National
Date:	5/10/1984
Location:	Toronto
Province:	Ontario

Comments | 8 Favourites

Probably the worst thing to see the day you achieve your "life long dream"of being hired by CN. 30+ GP40-2's under tarps stored because of low traffic.

Name:	Dave Brook
Railway:	Canadian National
Date:	04/05/1982
Location:	Toronto
Province:	Ontario

Comments | 11 Favourites

As a young photographer learns the hard way about depth of field, a blurry look at the cab cab of the Swiss Trans Europe Express that came to Canada

Name:	DAVID BROOK
Railway:	Ontario Northland
Date:	09/05/1982
Location:	Falkenburg
Province:	Ontario

Comments | 6 Favourites

Back when fears of liability didn't rule the world. The was so much information the shop guys were proud to share.

Name:	Dave Brook
Railway:	Canadian Pacific
Date:	5/15/1980
Location:	Toronto
Province:	Ontario

Comments | 9 Favourites

Some old classics at Agincourt back when you could walk in, sign a release form, and go for a walk about.

Name:	Dave Brook
Railway:	Canadian Pacific
Date:	01/10/1983
Location:	Toronto
Province:	Ontario

3 Comments | 12 Favourites

Name:	Dave Brook
Railway:	Canadian National
Date:	05/12/1994
Location:	Georgetown
Province:	Ontario

5 Comments | 6 Favourites

Sometimes, it's good to step back and realize how small we really are.

Name:	Dave Brook
Railway:	Canadian Pacific
Date:	08/05/2014
Location:	Lake Louise
Province:	Alberta

Comments | 2 Favourites

Sometimes you just need to go out in the rain.

Name:	Dave Brook
Railway:	Canadian Pacific
Date:	05/02/2008
Location:	Cambridge
Province:	Ontario

2 Comments | 4 Favourites

Probably 75 for Windsor heading out on a beautiful spring morning

Name:	Dave Brook
Railway:	VIA Rail
Date:	04/20/1988
Location:	Toronto
Province:	Ontario

5 Comments | 11 Favourites

Having seen better days, and old Northlander FP7 waits a decision about its future. The news was not good as I recall, the GP38's taking over soon after. Others will have far better information.

Name:	Dave Brook
Railway:	Ontario Northland
Date:	10/10/1991
Location:	North Bay
Province:	Ontario

Comments | 6 Favourites

On a training flight, a chance to catch a little GO action. Westbound with GP40-2. GP40 combo with the FP& power unit on the othe rend.

Name:	Dave Brook
Railway:	GO Transit
Date:	03/24/1988
Location:	Oakville
Province:	Ontario

Comments | 4 Favourites

Name:	Dave Brook
Railway:	Canadian Pacific
Date:	05/14/2008
Location:	Hornby
Province:	Ontario

Comments | 5 Favourites

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