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Originally from Dundas, Ont, always had an interest in trains. Worked briefly with the TH&B Rly in Hamilton and then went west to BC Rail 1973 to 2008 working mostly in Williams Lake BC as Locomotive Engineer. Now retired in Nova Scotia.

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Heading north on the RMR Fraser Discovery with a hazy sky account forest fires. A short tunnel at mile 168.39 and view of the slide /rock fall fencing that has been placed in various areas on the treacherous piece of terrain known on BC Rail as "Kelly Lake Hill". Most trains still have a track patrol running ahead of them despite the electronic fencing along the way. Crews must remain vigilant for errant rocks that intercede the track patrols and slide fences. On the left of this view is the Fraser River, a long long way down the hillside. All very scenic for the "paying passengers" riding this train, still a tense passage for the crews that negotiate this track on a daily basis.
Name: Doug Lawson
Railway: Rocky Mountaineer …
Date: 06/19/2008
Location: Glenfraser
Province: British Columbia
Comments | 7 Favourites
A hot summer afternoon long ago. CP 5520 & 4553 a west bound through the crop fields of southwestern Ontario.
Name: Doug Lawson
Railway: Canadian Pacific
Date: 08/??/1980
Location: near Chatham
Province: Ontario
Comments | 7 Favourites
CP 5535 with 5794 & 5526 elephant style heading east near Chatham. Sorry I do not have the exact location, train number etc. I'm sure the fellow that was standing there with me might be able to recall from his well kept notes the date, train number, number of cars as well as the caboose number.
Name: Doug Lawson
Railway: Canadian Pacific
Date: 08/??/1980
Location: near Chatham
Province: Ontario
Comments | 5 Favourites
Count the fallen flags in this image. I count 5 including the C&O
Name: Doug Lawson
Railway: Canadian Pacific
Date: 08/??/1980
Location: near Chatham
Province: Ontario
1 Comments | 6 Favourites
A wonderful sight, never to be seen again. Somewhere just west of Chatham, VIA 6790 is hustling westward. A wonderful quartet of MLW's. A FPA-4, FPB-4 and two RS-18's including the Tempo paint scheme. Sorry I don't have the exact date nor what train number.
Name: Doug Lawson
Railway: VIA Rail
Date: 08/??/1980
Location: Chatham
Province: Ontario
1 Comments | 12 Favourites
TU-108 one of two track units built by Jim Busby on Ford / Fairmont tamper frames. These units are used on the "Kaoham Shuttle" between Lillooet and Seton Portage. The shuttle is a daily service for residents along the way for access to and from Lillooet. These units were brought into service after BC Rail discontinued regular passenger train service October 2002.
Name: Doug Lawson
Railway: BC Rail
Date: 08/22/2006
Location: Lillooet
Province: British Columbia
Comments | 6 Favourites
A cool misty morning on the "mountain", Kelly Lake hill. This is the south switch at Moran siding on the BC Rail Lillooet subdivision. We are heading north on the Rocky Mountaineer "Fraser Discovery". The signal governs the south switch "locally-controlled self-restoring dual control switch", also the north switch is signaled and self-restoring dual control switch. These switches were installed on several sidings on heavy grades and would restore the switches to "normal" after a train clears in the siding. This helped prevent trains having to stop and restore switches on the grade.
Name: Doug Lawson
Railway: BC Rail
Date: 06/10/2008
Location: Moran siding
Province: British Columbia
3 Comments | 6 Favourites
another day, another "meet & greet" turn, it was a beautiful sunny day for a train ride. Had a few minutes while stopped waiting for the north bound to do some work at Koster before we could pull down and trade trains. Sort of a "in your face" image.
Name: Doug Lawson
Railway: BC Rail
Date: 04/18/2005
Location: mile 220
Province: British Columbia
Comments | 7 Favourites
A wonderful early spring, late afternoon on another "meet & greet" south turn from Williams Lake BC. We trudged south to Koster siding and will trade off with the north bound train. On this particular trip we ran out of time and were relieved by another crew and eventually we arrived back in Williams Lake by taxi.
Name: Doug Lawson
Railway: BC Rail
Date: 04/04/2005
Location: Koster siding
Province: British Columbia
Comments | 7 Favourites
"Give'er a stretch" and that other famous line "it was like that when we got here". A prime example of what happens on a industrial lumber loading track when a front end loader is used to switch rail cars. The cars needed to be repaired after this "by-pass" of drawbars, product was delayed and the mill was billed for the damages.
Name: Doug Lawson
Railway: BC Rail
Date: 01/27/2005
Location: 100 mile house
Province: British Columbia
Comments | 5 Favourites
another snowy dull day at Exeter yard as train 470 paused I took this grab shot. 470 was on it's way to Lillooet BC. quite often this daily train would have work at Exeter yard, setting out supplies for the local mills and picking up loads destined for North Vancouver and points beyond.
Name: Doug Lawson
Railway: BC Rail
Date: 01/16/2005
Location: 100 mile house
Province: British Columbia
Comments | 6 Favourites
While working the Exeter yard, we had cleared train 470 through our work limits and I took a brief moment for this grab shot, time was 15:15 on this gloomy winter afternoon. The 4644 seemed to be leading quite often on this power cycle of locomotives between North Vancouver and Prince George. The crew on 470 is from Lillooet and has many miles left on their return trip to their home terminal.
Name: Doug Lawson
Railway: BC Rail
Date: 15/11/2005
Location: Exeter (100 mile h…
Province: British Columbia
Comments | 8 Favourites
January 25, 2008, on board train 570 heading south to Williams Lake. We had done some switching at Dunkley Lumber mill and had just departed at 20:57. Took a few grab shots as we headed into the snow belt area between Dunkley and Cotwood. More snow was falling and we still had miles to go on this mid-winter evening. MoW crews have been busy, using a ballast regulator pushing the snow from the tracks.
Name: Doug Lawson
Railway: BC Rail
Date: 01/25/2008
Location: Dunkley
Province: British Columbia
5 Comments | 9 Favourites
On our trip north this clear cold Boxing Day, it was a beautiful day to be at work and a photo or two. This view is near mile 328 on the BC Rail Prince George subdivision, the first train along this way since Christmas Eve. To the left is Springfield Ranch as well as the Fraser River and valley. Center of the shot in the distance is one of the many rock bluff and points that we will roll past during our trip to Prince George BC. It was a pleasant day.
Name: Doug Lawson
Railway: BC Rail
Date: 12/26/2007
Location: Springfield Ranch
Province: British Columbia
Comments | 13 Favourites
Taken at 16:33 almost the "blue hour" on this cold winter afternoon as we were heading north to Prince George BC. If I recall, we were making a pickup of tonnage at Greening siding and I had opportunity for a few images during our time there. The area through Cotwood to Hixon BC was well known as a "snow belt" and is quite evident in this image. Pixels are cheap, images and memories last forever.
Name: Doug Lawson
Railway: BC Rail
Date: 12/08/2007
Location: near Greening sidi…
Province: British Columbia
Comments | 9 Favourites
Running "extra north" the symbol freight "VO" (Vancouver Omineca)" we paused at Alexandria for a quick photo of the 729. The unit had been recently overhauled and freshly painted. These wide cab MLW's were not popular with the running crews account roll and sway as well as poor wheel slip control.
Name: Doug Lawson
Railway: BC Rail
Date: 08/??/1980
Location: Alexandria
Province: British Columbia
1 Comments | 10 Favourites
In the siding at Greening, waiting on a meet. This is train No23, the VP symbol,Vancouver Peace. This was the hotshot train operating on BC Rail. The train ran seven days per week and basically had traffic for destinations all the way from Vancouver to Fort Nelson. A lot of the traffic was TOFC of various cargo including refeer units of perishable items as well as non-perishable food goods, beer and spirits, construction materials, welding gases as well as machinery. It was a time sensitive train and was given priority on the road. This train was a very competitive transportation service.
Name: Doug Lawson
Railway: BC Rail
Date: 08/??/1975
Location: Greening
Province: British Columbia
2 Comments | 10 Favourites
While visiting St.Thomas I was able to photograph this eastbound passenger train at the historic railway station. Fortunately the station has been preserved. Trains don't run here anymore, the double track mainline has been removed along with the associated interlocking at BX tower. I suppose the "Pepsi Can" 281 has been recycled into razor blades.
Name: Doug Lawson
Railway: Amtrak
Date: 10/??/1978
Location: St.Thomas
Province: Ontario
1 Comments | 11 Favourites
While visiting family in St. Thomas, I went out for some railfan time. Not really knowing what train activity was happening, luckily I was able to get some photos of this eastbound Amtrak train. I do not know the name or number of this train. The image captures the wonderful old station and and BX tower in the background. These are all memories from my visits to Grandma & Grandpa in St.Thomas. The station and BX tower have been preserved.
Name: Doug Lawson
Railway: Amtrak
Date: 10/??/1978
Location: St. Thomas
Province: Ontario
2 Comments | 21 Favourites
It was a bleak snowy afternoon as we prepared to switch Dunkley Lumber sawmill. Had a few moments for an image or two while the Conductor was out walking our pickup.
Name: Doug Lawson
Railway: BC Rail
Date: 11/03/2007
Location: Dunkley
Province: British Columbia
Comments | 14 Favourites
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