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VIA 72 stops at Burlington west.
Name: Bruce Acheson
Railway: VIA Rail
Date: 06/1983
Location: Burlington West
Province: Ontario
Comments | 16 Favourites
The morning of Sunday, November 13, 1977 finds ONR SD40-2 1730 sitting at the north end of the North Bay shops, while Members of the Upper Canada Railway Society capture a few photos.<br><br>UCRS members were up north for the weekend, having taken train 123, the Northlander, from Toronto on Fri. Nov. 11 up to North Bay. The excursion on Sat. Nov. 12 ran to Elk Lake, Adams Mine, Swastika, and Kirkland Lake, returning to North Bay later in the evening. Members would return south to Toronto on Northlander 122 on Sunday afternoon. More details of the weekend's event can be <a href=https://railwaypages.com/upper-canada-railway-society-ucrs-and-its-publications>found in the March-April 1978 UCRS newsletter.</a><br><br>Today, ONR 1730 <a href=http://www.railpictures.ca/?attachment_id=45455>once again wears this scheme</a> as ONR's heritage unit.
Name: Bruce Acheson
Railway: Ontario Northland
Date: 11/13/1977
Location: North Bay
Province: Ontario
2 Comments | 14 Favourites
Extra 5558 pulls into Aberdeen Yard on a crisp winter afternoon.
Name: Bruce Acheson
Railway: Canadian Pacific
Date: 01/11/1989
Location: Hamilton
Province: Ontario
2 Comments | 12 Favourites
CP's Nanticoke steel train crosses King Street, pounding the diamond with the CASO sub at Hagersville. Once clear of the yard, the train will reverse through the sidings, into the CN/CASO interchange tracks, then onto the CASO for the eastbound run to Welland.<br><br>Earlier shots of this train:<br><a href=http://www.railpictures.ca/?attachment_id=52196>Approaching Garnet</a><br><a href=http://www.railpictures.ca/?attachment_id=52613>Both CN/CP steel train meet at Garnet</a>
Name: Bruce Acheson
Railway: Canadian Pacific
Date: 09/1986
Location: Hagersville
Province: Ontario
Comments | 15 Favourites
<b<A meeting of Nanticoke steel trains.</b> Three of Canadian Pacific's MLW C424s lead the loaded train north at CN Garnet, while an A-B-A set of Canadian National GMD F7s wait in the yard to proceed south to Stelco's Lake Erie Works with empties. This scene was captured as the operation was switched between CN and CP, which occurred every so many weeks. <br><br>Per John Eull's article "The History of the Nanticoke Steel Trains - Part 2" in The Ontarian, CP's steel train was in its final year of operation before being 100% handled by CN. Prior to May 20, 1986, the train had operated Hamilton - Brantford - Waterford - Simcoe - Garnet - Nanticoke utilizing the TH&B Waterford Sub, LE&N Simcoe Sub, CN Cayuga and Hagersville Subs. A landslide at Cainsville during the evening of May 20 severed the line, which with a twelve million dollar price tag for repairs, resulted in the line being abandoned. A new route was established, operating Hamilton - Welland - Hagersville - Garnet - Nanticoke using the TH&B Welland Sub, and CN's CASO and Hagersville Subs. <br><br>The shared operation of the train between CN and CP ceased on March 22, 1987, with CN operating the train until cancellation in the fall of 1989. <br><br>More CP Steel Train: <br>April 1983: <a href=http://www.railpictures.ca/?attachment_id=31711>Meet at Waterford</a> <br>November 1983: <a href=http://www.railpictures.ca/?attachment_id=17321>Aberdeen Departure</a> <br>March 1984: <a href=http://www.railpictures.ca/?attachment_id=50015>Eastbound at Jarvis</a> <br>April 1984: <a href=http://www.railpictures.ca/?attachment_id=31712>Aberdeen Yard</a> <br>April 1984: <a href=http://www.railpictures.ca/?attachment_id=47438>Westbound at Copetown</a> <br>September 1984: <a href=http://www.railpictures.ca/?attachment_id=29385>Over the bridge at Waterford</a> <br>August 1986: <a href=http://www.railpictures.ca/?attachment_id=4863>Southbound at Hagersville</a> <br>September 1986: <a href=http://www.railpictures.ca/?attachment_id=52196>Northbound at Garnet</a> <br>October 1986: <a href=http://www.railpictures.ca/?attachment_id=15934>Departing Hamilton</a>
Name: Bruce Acheson
Railway: Canadian Pacific
Date: 09/1986
Location: Garnet
Province: Ontario
5 Comments | 16 Favourites
Three of CP's recently rebuilt GP units, two being former Toronto, Hamilton & Buffalo units, approach Hunter Street station. All three units would survive until the end of the GP7/9 era on CP in the mid 2010s. CP GP7u 1684, <a href=http://www.railpictures.ca/?attachment_id=40161>former TH&B 74,</a> emerged from rebuild just one year earlier, would be retired in 2013. Second up, CP GP 7u 1686, the <a href=http://www.railpictures.ca/?attachment_id=40019>former TH&B 76,</a> would be retired in 2012. Finally CP8205, originally, CP 8648, would be retired in 2014.
Name: Bruce Acheson
Railway: Canadian Pacific
Date: 07/1988
Location: Hamilton
Province: Ontario
Comments | 11 Favourites
Along the shores of Lower Redwater Lake, a four-day UCRS excursion utilizing ONR's TEE equipment from Toronto - Moosonee and return is seen during a photo runpast about 15 miles south of Temagami. Further information can be found on <a href=http://www.railpictures.ca/?attachment_id=37669>Reuben S. Brouse's photo HERE.</a><br><br><i>Geotagged location not exact.</i>
Name: Bruce Acheson
Railway: Ontario Northland
Date: 08/05/1978
Location: Redwater
Province: Ontario
Comments | 15 Favourites
Canadian Pacific's steel train is northbound across the Cayuga Sub at CN Garnet with three MLW C424s taking charge. Upon reaching Hagersville, the train will reverse onto the CASO, making the run east to Welland to get back to Hamilton over the TH&B.
Name: Bruce Acheson
Railway: Canadian Pacific
Date: 09/1986
Location: Garnet
Province: Ontario
1 Comments | 18 Favourites
First generation MLW switchers, including S7 8206 and S4 8166 fill the servicing tracks at Hamilton Yard near the old GWR shop buildings. These would be demolished in the near future.<br><br><i>Roger Chapman Photo, Bruce Acheson Collection.</i>
Name: Roger Chapman Photo…
Railway: Canadian National
Date: Circa 1962
Location: Hamilton
Province: Ontario
1 Comments | 17 Favourites
Looking a little ratty, VIA 6764 pauses at Burlington West with train 73.
Name: Bruce Acheson
Railway: VIA Rail
Date: 10/1985
Location: Burlington West
Province: Ontario
6 Comments | 16 Favourites
Port Colborne's Canal Days is an annual event held over the civic holiday weekend (Aug. 4 - 7, 2000 - exact day approximate) celebrating the Welland Canal and the prosperity it has brought to the town and Niagara Region. During the early years of Trillium's Port Colborne Harbour Railway, short excursions were held using ALCO C-425 6101, ALCO S1 308, and coaches from the Medina Railroad Museum in New York. Here, 6101 is seen along Park Street just west of Catharine Street.<br><br>More Canal Day trips:<br><a href=http://www.railpictures.ca/?attachment_id=48369>Soutbound at Elm Street, Arnold Mooney, 1999</a><br><a href=http://www.railpictures.ca/?attachment_id=14114>Coming back into town, Arnold Mooney, 1999</a><br><a href=http://www.railpictures.ca/?attachment_id=51499>Just outside of town, Bruce Acheson, 2000</a>
Name: Bruce Acheson
Railway: Trillium Railway
Date: 08/05/2000
Location: Port Colborne
Province: Ontario
Comments | 8 Favourites
Ontario Northland 1521, one of three FP7s painted in the "Progressive" paint scheme (the others were 1502 and 1517), idles at CN's Spadina facilities in the spring of 1966. Steam crane CN 50834 can be seen behind the unit.<br><br><i>Doug Page Photo, Bruce Acheson Collection Slide.</i>
Name: Doug Page Photo, Br…
Railway: Ontario Northland
Date: 05/01/1966
Location: Toronto
Province: Ontario
4 Comments | 17 Favourites
In late May 1978, one of ONR's TEE train sets was in southern Ontario on display during Belleville's Railway Week festivities. To return the equipment to Toronto, and then north, the UCRS arranged an excursion from Belleville over the Campbellford and Uxbridge Subdivisions, taking the unusual equipment to places it typically wouldn't be seen. Here the train pauses on Bethune Street in Peterborough at the site of the former CN station.
Name: Bruce Acheson
Railway: Ontario Northland
Date: 05/1978
Location: Peterborough
Province: Ontario
5 Comments | 20 Favourites
In late May 1978, one of ONR's TEE train sets was in southern Ontario on display during Belleville's Railway Week festivities. To return the equipment to Toronto, and then north, the UCRS arranged an excursion from Belleville over the Campbellford and Uxbridge Subdivisions, taking the unusual equipment to places it typically wouldn't be seen. Here, the train does a photo runpast at Campbellford.
Name: Bruce Acheson
Railway: Ontario Northland
Date: 05/1978
Location: Campbellford
Province: Ontario
Comments | 17 Favourites
Recently purchased from Canadian Pacific, RS18u 1861 (rebuilt from RS18 8777 in 1989) is seen outside the ex MCRR Elgin County Railway Museum shops in St. Thomas while undergoing renumbering to Ontario Southland Railway 181.
Name: Bruce Acheson
Railway: Ontario Southland
Date: 09/1998
Location: St. Thomas
Province: Ontario
Comments | 13 Favourites
GO Transit train 918 behind year old GMD F59PH 520 zips eastbound towards Union Station alongside the busy Gardiner Expressway just east of Sunnyside. GO 520 was the first of 49 such units built by GMD London beginning in 1988.<br><br><i>Roger Chapman Photo, Bruce Acheson Collection.</i>
Name: Roger Chapman Photo…
Railway: GO Transit
Date: 09/20/1989
Location: Toronto
Province: Ontario
Comments | 15 Favourites
During 1967 CN leased a handful of N&W F7s for use around southern Ontario. Here, N&W 3666 leads 3658 and CN 4520 onto the Dundas Sub at Bayview.<br><br><i>Doug Page Photo, Bruce Acheson Collection.</i>
Name: Doug Page Photo, Br…
Railway: Norfolk and Wester…
Date: 03/1967
Location: Hamilton
Province: Ontario
5 Comments | 28 Favourites
Port Colborne's Canal Days is an annual event held over the civic holiday weekend (Aug. 4 - 7, 2000 - exact day approximate) celebrating the Welland Canal and the prosperity it has brought to the town and Niagara Region. During the early years of Trillium's Port Colborne Harbour Railway, short excursions were held using ALCO S1 308, ALCO C-425 6101, and coaches from the Medina Railroad Museum in New York. Nearing the end of the day, 308 swings around the curve approaching Elm Street.<br><br>More Canal Day trips:<br><a href=http://www.railpictures.ca/?attachment_id=48369>Soutbound at Elm Street,</a> Arnold Mooney, 1999<br><a href=http://www.railpictures.ca/?attachment_id=14114>Coming back into town,</a> Arnold Mooney, 1999
Name: Bruce Acheson
Railway: Trillium Railway
Date: 08/05/2000
Location: Port Colborne
Province: Ontario
4 Comments | 14 Favourites
A pair of MLW C424s head westbound through Guelph Junction with a few side dump cars on the headend.
Name: Bruce Acheson
Railway: Canadian Pacific
Date: 08/1988
Location: Guelph Junction
Province: Ontario
9 Comments | 18 Favourites
OSR's Woodstock Job breaks for lunch while waiting for cars from CP.<br><br><i>Roger Chapman Photo, Bruce Acheson Collection Slide.</i>
Name: Roger Chapman Photo…
Railway: Ontario Southland
Date: 10/23/2011
Location: Woodstock
Province: Ontario
Comments | 10 Favourites
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