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Have been taking pictures of trains, interurbans, street cars since 1955 , b&w size 116, movies 8mm, slides, digital. Scanning and editing by Jacob Patterson.

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Canadian Pacific's Simcoe wayfreight rolls southbound along the former Lake Erie & Northern Railway, crossing the bridge over New York Central's CASO mainline. The GMD SW8 was sold to <a href=http://www.rrpicturearchives.net/showPicture.aspx?id=1767352>Ogeechee Railroad of Georgia</a> in 1989 as their 101, and is still operating today, once again <a href=https://www.railpictures.net/photo/684312/>wearing it's original number.</a><br><br><i>Scan and editing by Jacob Patterson.</i>

Name:	John Freyseng Photo…
Railway:	Canadian Pacific
Date:	12/23/1963
Location:	Waterford
Province:	Ontario

1 Comments | 11 Favourites

A London-bound extra behind MLW FA-2 4049 and FB-1 4401 lays down some smoke while passing Leaside station. Lead unit 4049 will be retired and scrapped in 1972 after suffering a fire along the Heron Bay Sub west of White River.

Name:	John Freyseng
Railway:	Canadian Pacific
Date:	04/10/1965
Location:	Leaside
Province:	Ontario

4 Comments | 14 Favourites

Toronto - North Bay train 41 crosses the Holland River on approach to Bradford. Just over a month before this shot, train 41 had been a daily except Sunday all stops train from Toronto - Huntsville, stopping at twenty six locations along the Newmarket and Huntsville Subdivisions. Effective June 23, 1963, the train was extended to North Bay, running daily with only twelve stops.

Name:	John Freyseng
Railway:	Canadian National
Date:	07/27/1963
Location:	Bradford
Province:	Ontario

5 Comments | 18 Favourites

An extra freight behind three MLW RSC13s prepares to depart Bathurst Street freight yard for Guelph and Stratford. In the background, S13 8513 switches an outside braced, wood boxcar, while a pair of RS18s sit near the coaling tower.<br><br><i>John Freyseng Photo, Jacob Patterson Collection Slide.</i>

Name:	John Freyseng Photo…
Railway:	Canadian National
Date:	11/07/1964
Location:	Toronto
Province:	Ontario

5 Comments | 15 Favourites

An eastbound freight for for the Belleville Sub, destination Smith Falls, belches out that trademark MLW smoke as the engineer throttles up at Nielson Road, just outside Agincourt Yard.

Name:	John Freyseng
Railway:	Canadian Pacific
Date:	02/28/1966
Location:	Scarborough
Province:	Ontario

4 Comments | 23 Favourites

A pair of SW1200RS switchers and two of GO Transit’s initial eight GP40TC diesels, originally numbered 600-607 (final renumbering 500-507 in 1975) are backing into CNR Bathurst St. freight yard to couple up to a transfer and take it to Vaughan Yard. These diesel units were basically a 3000hp GP40 built with a lengthened frame to accommodate the auxiliary engine/generator (HEP). They arrived from GMD in London several months before GO train debut between Pickering-Toronto Union-Oakville, May 23, 1967). I first saw these at CN's Toronto Yard as seen here on <a href=http://www.railpictures.ca/?attachment_id=52568>January 28, 1967.</a><br><br><i>John Freyseng Photo, Jacob Patterson Collection Slide.</i>

Name:	John Freyseng Photo…
Railway:	GO Transit
Date:	04/29/1973
Location:	Toronto
Province:	Ontario

1 Comments | 19 Favourites

It is 1650h, and the last rays of the winter sun are fading away on a Sunday evening as train 55, the <i>Bonaventure,</i> departs Toronto for Montreal behind an A-B-B set of MLW products.<br><br><i>John Freyseng Photo, Jacob Patterson Collection.</i>

Name:	John Freyseng Photo…
Railway:	Canadian National
Date:	03/1970
Location:	Toronto
Province:	Ontario

3 Comments | 18 Favourites

An eastbound Norfolk & Western freight, led by an ex Wabash FP7, a GP18, and an RS11, is seen parked at St. Thomas.<br><br><i>Scan and editing by Jacob Patterson.</i>

Name:	John Freyseng
Railway:	Norfolk and Wester…
Date:	08/1973
Location:	St. Thomas
Province:	Ontario

3 Comments | 18 Favourites

The weekend of October 13-14, 1962 provided railfans in the Montreal area with two excursions out of Central Station behind two steam locomotives. The Saturday trip would be led by J-4-d Pacific 5107, and the Sunday trip double headed with 5107 and U-2-c 6153. These trips run by the Canadian Railroad Historical Association were supported by the Upper Canada Railway Society.<br><br>Having to be back in Toronto later that evening, I chased a portion of the trip before returning to Montreal to board a westbound pool train home. Seen along the Valleyfield Sub at an unnoted location, the double header with twelve cars and 573 passengers is seen near Barrington, possibly just east near the community of Saint-Bernard-de-Lacolle.<br><br>Further information can be found in Canadian Rail <a href=https://railwaypages.com/canadian-rail-crha-links-to-issues>issues 138 and 139.</a><br><br>Shots from Saturday's excursion can be seen here:<br><a href=http://www.railpictures.ca/?attachment_id=50889>CNR 5107 at Richmond</a><br><a href=http://www.railpictures.ca/?attachment_id=51419>CNR 5107 at St-Hyacinthe</a><br><br><i>Scan and editing by Jacob Patterson. *Geotagged location not exact.</i>

Name:	John Freyseng
Railway:	Canadian National
Date:	10/14/1962
Location:	Saint-Bernard-de-L…
Province:	Quebec

1 Comments | 23 Favourites

CP train 955, running Agincourt - Parkdale - Sudbury - Winnipeg - Vancouver, passes beneath Bathurst street into the evening sun.<br><br><i>Scan and editing by Jacob Patterson.</i>

Name:	John Freyseng
Railway:	Canadian Pacific
Date:	04/27/1968
Location:	Toronto
Province:	Ontario

2 Comments | 25 Favourites

With TOFC traffic on the head end, a pair of first generation MLW products throttle up departing Belleville westbound for Toronto.<br><br><i>Scan and editing by Jacob Patterson.</i>

Name:	John Freyseng
Railway:	Canadian Pacific
Date:	02/12/1967
Location:	Belleville
Province:	Ontario

5 Comments | 29 Favourites

Canadian-built F7s shine in the evening sun at the CN/Wabash waterfront engine terminal in Windsor.

<br><br><i>Scan and editing by Jacob Patterson.</i>

Name:	John Freyseng
Railway:	Norfolk and Wester…
Date:	06/02/1968
Location:	Windsor
Province:	Ontario

7 Comments | 18 Favourites

The equipment for Canadian National commuter trains 990/991, running Monday - Friday from Union Station to Stouffville, returns south to Spadina passing CN Agincourt. This is a scheduled deadhead move shown in employee timetables, hence the lack of extra flags or lights. Following the renumbering of commuter trains from the 900-series to 100-series in 1974, trains 990/991 would become trains 164/165, with equipment moves to and from Stouffville being trains 162/163.<br><br>Agincourt station at left is the original Toronto & Nipissing Railway structure, built in 1869, and having served the T&N, Midland Railway, GTR, CNR, and VIA Rail throughout its life. It would be demolished in 1981 with GO Transit taking over commuter operations on the Uxbridge Sub in 1982.<br><br><i>Scan and editing by Jacob Patterson. Thanks to Dan Dell'Unto for assisting with train numbers.</i>

Name:	John Freyseng
Railway:	Canadian National
Date:	05/07/1973
Location:	Agincourt
Province:	Ontario

4 Comments | 23 Favourites

I had been working the lunch counter on this Upper Canada Railway Society excursion from Toronto to South Parry and return, and had the opportunity to get a few shots during runpasts. The previous runpast was at Torrence Station, and while the train was boarding those that had detrained to take pictures, I loaded up a cardboard box with cups of coffee, donuts, etc. for the engine crew, walked up to the head end and as was handling the box up, the cab communication whistle gave two tweets. Not to hold up the train, they beckoned me up into the cab and off we went, to the next stop at Hydro Glen. The cab ride was hot, rough riding, very noisy but completely exhilarating! Taken from the shore of the Trent - Severn waterway, 6167 rushes over the bridge at mile 100.4 Bala Sub. During the northbound run, I was able to detrain at Washago for the runpast <a href=http://www.railpictures.ca/?attachment_id=52540>over the swing bridge.</a><br><br>Two days before this trip, on Thursday, June 8, 1962, 6167 is seen <a href=http://www.railpictures.ca/?attachment_id=51217>being serviced at Spadina,</a> undergoing a few <a href=http://www.railpictures.ca/?attachment_id=52230>break in runs along the shop track,</a> including a few in which Jim Brown and I were at the throttle.<br><br><i>Scan and editing by Jacob Patterson.</i>

Name:	John Freyseng
Railway:	Canadian National
Date:	06/10/1962
Location:	Hydro Glen
Province:	Ontario

3 Comments | 28 Favourites

A late winter snow gingerly falls upon the CPR Goderich wayfreight, paused beneath the tell tails while the power is prepared for departure. MLW RS3 8456 would be retired in 1983 and scrapped, while SW1200RS 8154, rebuilt to CP 1241 in 1982, would be sold to Independent Locomotive Services of Minnesota in 2012 as ILSX 932.<br><br><i>Scan and editing by Jacob Patterson.</i>

Name:	John Freyseng
Railway:	Canadian Pacific
Date:	03/26/1966
Location:	Goderich
Province:	Ontario

5 Comments | 24 Favourites

Just over a year after the Norfolk & Western assumed control of the Wabash, Extra 668 west rumbles past the Canada Packers/Shur Gain facility behind a set of Canadian-built GMD F7s. Note the CN flatbed trailer loaded on the CN flatcar behind the power. The semaphore signals protected movements at <a href=http://www.nfrm.ca/images_galleries/images_buildings/full/welland_jct_3wm.jpg>Welland Junction,</a> east of the canal, and presently the site of GIO customer Verbio. In another few hundred feet, the locomotives will cross the former diamond with the Niagara, St. Catharines & Toronto Railway.<br><br>Jamie Knott's view of this scene <a href=http://www.railpictures.ca/?attachment_id=44093
>taken in 2020.</a><br>A shot taken facing the opposite direction in 1964, from the <a href=http://www.railpictures.ca/?attachment_id=44449>Michael Klauck Collection.</a><br><br><i>Scan and editing by Jacob Patterson.</i>

Name:	John Freyseng
Railway:	Wabash
Date:	11/20/1965
Location:	Dain City
Province:	Ontario

4 Comments | 19 Favourites

GO Transit GMD GP40TCs 607 and 602 are seen paired with CN RS18 3655 at Toronto Yard's diesel shop in January 1967. Delivered in late 1966, the eight units numbered 600 through 607, were broken in hauling CN freight trains over the course of a few months. The units would have their paintjobs modified to <a href=http://www.railpictures.ca/?attachment_id=15912>official GO Transit colours</a> by April 1967 for final equipment testing before the start of service on Tuesday, May 23, 1967.<br><br>Doug Page shot these units in freight service on a number of occasions:<br><a href=http://www.railpictures.ca/?attachment_id=32465>December 1966, CN 601 eastbound at Bayview</a><br><a href=http://www.railpictures.ca/?attachment_id=25295>December 1966, CN 601 eastbound at Milton</a><br><a href=http://www.railpictures.ca/?attachment_id=32924>March 1967, CN 603, CN 607 westbound at Bayview</a><br><a href=http://www.railpictures.ca/?attachment_id=31733>March 1967, CN 607 westbound at Burlington</a><br><br><i>Scan and editing by Jacob Patterson.</i>

Name:	John Freyseng Photo…
Railway:	Canadian National
Date:	01/28/1967
Location:	Vaughan
Province:	Ontario

Comments | 18 Favourites

Train number 11, the Toronto - Sudbury section of The Canadian, passes beneath Bathurst Street approaching Cabin D interlocking behind a pair of script-lettered MLW products.<br><br><i>Scan and editing by Jacob Patterson.</i>

Name:	John Freyseng Photo…
Railway:	Canadian Pacific
Date:	05/05/1968
Location:	Toronto
Province:	Ontario

2 Comments | 23 Favourites

Charging northbound over the Trent-Severn waterway at mile 89.9 of the Bala Sub, CNR 6167 rumbles over the Washago swing bridge during a photo runby. I had been working the lunch counter on this Upper Canada Railway Society excursion from Toronto to South Parry and return, and had the opportunity to get a few shots during runpasts. This trip had operated north along the Newmarket Sub, and returned south along the Bala.
<br><br>Two days earlier, Jim Brown and I had photographed 6167 <a href=http://www.railpictures.ca/?attachment_id=51217>being serviced at Spadina</a> in preparation for this trip. Both he and I were fortunate enough to take turns<a href=http://www.railpictures.ca/?attachment_id=52230> operating the engine along the shop track</a> during break in runs post servicing.<br><br><i>Scan and editing by Jacob Patterson.</i>

Name:	John Freyseng
Railway:	Canadian National
Date:	06/10/1962
Location:	Washago
Province:	Ontario

7 Comments | 19 Favourites

Rounding the curve just above Parry Sound's Cascade Street dam, CN train 52, the daily Vancouver - Toronto section of the Super Continental, rolls across the Saugeen River at mile 2 of the Sudbury Sub. Scheduled to depart Parry Sound at 1040h, the train is due into Toronto's Union Station just over four hours later at 1445h. Running from South Parry to Capreol, the Sudbury Sub today makes up the northern portion of the Bala Sub.<br><br><i>Scan and editing by Jacob Patterson.</i>

Name:	John Freyseng
Railway:	Canadian National
Date:	05/15/1962
Location:	Parry Sound
Province:	Ontario

9 Comments | 24 Favourites

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