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About 50 years ago I got into railway photography in Trois-Rivieres QC. After a couple of years there, moved back to Vaughan ON, then western Mississauga. Was busy with other stuff during the 80's, and the latter 00's, so about 35 years active. I still like yard pictures, but stay out nowadays. My pre-digital cameras were YashicaMat TLR (~imitation Rolleiflex, 120 film), Pentax 6x7 (120 film SLR, heavy & expensive), Pentax K1000, Nikon FE, Nikon F90x. I stuck with 120 black & white film until about 1980, then 35mm colour negative film (usually) until around 2010, before going all-digital. I also have quite a collection of railway negatives from the period 1990-1995 acquired from photographer John E. Parnell of London Ontario; his coverage of London and beyond is very impressive. I also collect train slides - some taken at Bayview Jct and vicinity that don't name the photographer have been identified from data style and handwriting as the work of Bill McArthur. Others have labelling that matches slides taken by Reg Button. Thanks for looking at my pictures, and your comments and favorites. Encourages me to spend the significant time and effort required to scan, photo-edit, research, caption and submit older images.

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Ex-CP FP7A MUTC 1302, pushing a commuter train of 3 bilevel gallery coaches and at least 2 single-levels, has stopped for passengers at Beaconsfield Station. The train has a green signal to continue east to Montreal.<br>
This FP7A was originally CP 4072, next CP 1428, then CP 4072 again. CP F-unit cabs did not have front MU, but it's been added.<br><br>
At the time the name on the equipment was "Société de Transport de la Communauté Urbaine de Montréal". <br>
We ended our round-trip excursion here - the westward part was cut short because the ticket inspector (conductor?) advised us that the last chance of returning that day was to catch this eastbound.

Name:	John Pittman
Railway:	AMT
Date:	1994-09-02
Location:	Beaconsfield
Province:	Quebec

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On the south shore of Kempenfelt Bay beside Barrie, CN had Allandale station, yard, and roundhouse which served trains on the Newmarket Sub and other lines that junctioned at Barrie, or branched from CN tracks in the area. <br>Toward the end of the 1950's as diesels took over, quite a lot of CN steam engines were stored here, lingering into the 1960's. <br>I remember seeing engines like these as we passed north through Barrie heading to summer vacation spots - I wanted to get closer, but it never happened. After several summers they were all gone, to scrap I presume. <br><br>In this image we have 2-8-2 engine CN 3391 with 4-8-4 CN 6174 behind it. "Old Smokey" is chalked on the tender ahead of 3391.<br>The connecting rods and valve gear eccentric rods have been removed for towing, placed (as usual) on the running board above the cylinders. 3391 no longer has a headlight or illuminated number boards. <br><br>Image source is a 120/620 film negative. Location mapped is approximate.

Name:	Unknown, J.Pittman …
Railway:	Canadian National
Date:	1959-07-15
Location:	Barrie
Province:	Ontario

5 Comments | 12 Favourites

CP's Toronto Yard locomotive sand refill area more than 40 years ago, before it was modernized.<br>
SD40-2 CP 5678 is in position for filling the front sandbox, while M636 CP 4730 is nearby.<br>
In the background, left to right, are TH&B 77, CP 5731, CP 5537, with CP 4705 inside the diesel shop.<br>
The official name of the diesel shop as of 2019 appears to be Locomotive Reliability Centre, based on signage visible from Finch Ave bridge.

Name:	Anon, submit by J.P…
Railway:	Canadian Pacific
Date:	circa 1978
Location:	Agincourt (Scarbor…
Province:	Ontario

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A CN TEST Track Evaluation System train was proceeding west on the Oakville Sub, beyond Aldershot Yard at 9:11 EDT on "9/11".<br>
It was heading to Hamilton and the Grimsby Sub. Odd that the mp33 detector reported 19 axles. <br><br>
The lead engine, ES44dc CN 2274 had a rectangular box on its front hood (resembling an outdoor security camera) and a dashcam-like device inside the left cab window.<br>
The modified boxcar is CN 414852 "DGRMS Test Car". The TEST Track Evaluation System coach is CN 1057. <br>
Both have CN Engineering emblems.

Name:	John Pittman
Railway:	Canadian National
Date:	2019-09-11
Location:	Aldershot (Burling…
Province:	Ontario

1 Comments | 20 Favourites

4-8-2 steam engine CN 6060 leads passenger equipment near Glen Robertson Ontario in this image processed May 1977.<br> Twenty U-1-f class "Bullet Nose Betty" locomotives CN 6060-6079 were built by MLW between October 1944 and January 1945.<br><br>
Glen Robertson is about 4 km west of the Ontario-Quebec border, between the Ottawa and St Lawrence Rivers.<br> The baggage coach number appears to be 9623, though CN also had a GP40-2L(W) with this number.<br>

Name:	Unknown, J.Pittman …
Railway:	Canadian National
Date:	May 1977
Location:	near Glen Robertso…
Province:	Ontario

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A CP mechanic is working on the MLW/ALCo 254 V-16 diesel engine of CP 4717, an MLW M636.<br>
The externals of 6 of the 8 left side cylinders can be seen, with covers off 5 of them. The other 2 cylinders are hidden behind the middle access doors.<br><br>
CP 4717 is surrounded by GMD locomotives; to the left is SD40-2 CP 5697, to the right is GP35 CP 5002.<br>
The sound of a big ALCo engine starting up using its compressed air starter was memorable, and typically accompanied by a fair amount of black smoke.

Name:	John Pittman
Railway:	Canadian Pacific
Date:	circa 1977
Location:	Scarborough
Province:	Ontario

1 Comments | 8 Favourites

CP's Toronto Yard in Agincourt has a lot less track nowadays. <br>
This view from Finch Avenue bridge shows beltpack-controlled switching units CP 4407 (GP38-2) and CP 6308 (SD60-3), both of Soo Line heritage, at work below the East Pulldown Tower. <br>
Note the remains of the hump adjacent to the yard tower in the distance, and the weedy area left of it which formerly held tracks receiving cars off the hump. A CP plow is between the yard towers, last car in siding.

Name:	John Pittman
Railway:	Canadian Pacific
Date:	2019-07-27
Location:	Scarborough
Province:	Ontario

3 Comments | 13 Favourites

A pair of 3000 HP locomotives with train, CP 5504 (GMD SD40 built 1966) and CP 4571 (MLW M630 built 1969). <br>
Halted near the west end of CP's Quebec Street Yard in London ON, the crew could be awaiting a signal to proceed west to Windsor.

Name:	Gord Taylor photo, …
Railway:	Canadian Pacific
Date:	1988-04-11
Location:	London
Province:	Ontario

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Westbound LRC-2 locomotive VIA 6902 leads its train of steam generator unit and steam heated coaches on this March 1990 morning.<br> This was 2 years before the entire LRC coach fleet was taken out of service for wheelset replacement. <br><br>
A few tenths of a mile ahead the train will cross the Burlington/Hamilton boundary and switch onto CN Dundas Sub at CN Bayview en route to Windsor.

Name:	Bill McArthur photo…
Railway:	VIA Rail
Date:	1990-03-02
Location:	Burlington
Province:	Ontario

Comments | 22 Favourites

Remanufactured GP9u units CP 8239 and CP 8207 bracket a leased ex-UP SD40 HLCX 3015 in this February 1994 scene at Kinnear yard.<br>
Three of the head-end boxcars of this southbound train have Conrail markings.<br>
Fresh snow does not make the ascent of the Niagara Escarpment to Vinemount any easier.

Name:	Reg Button photo, J…
Railway:	Canadian Pacific
Date:	1994-02-19
Location:	Hamilton
Province:	Ontario

6 Comments | 13 Favourites

$Four axle GMD locomotives CN 9448 (GP40-2LW), CN 5576 (GP38-2W), and CN 9540 lead an Extra east through CN Hamilton West at fractional mileage on the Dundas sub, near the bottom of the grade from Copetown.<br><br> The gap in the trees where the photographer stood has grown in, but good views remain steps ahead. In 2019 the far part of the CP "S" curve and bridge over CN are obscured, jointed rails are not stockpiled for this main line, and westbound Dundas sub signals are down at Bayview.<br><br> CN 5576 was renumbered to CN 4776 in 1988; it was seen switching railcars in Aldershot Yard on several dates in 2017 in the current www.cn.ca paint scheme.$

Name:	Reg Button photo, J…
Railway:	Canadian National
Date:	1980-01-10
Location:	Hamilton
Province:	Ontario

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Eastbound intermodal train CN 148 on track 2 is overtaking the tail end of CN 422, tied up on the track 1 while its crew does work in Aldershot Yard. Westbound signals for CN Snake are in the background.<br><br>
Cloud had obscured the morning sun that brought me out this uncomfortably hot and humid July day; a deluge of rain struck a couple of hours later.

Name:	John Pittman
Railway:	Canadian National
Date:	2019-07-19
Location:	Burlington
Province:	Ontario

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A trio of CN GP40-2W's haul a train of iron ore pellet cars uphill out of Hamilton, photographed on the Oakville sub south track between signals either side of CN Bayview. Presumably this eastbound train is empty cars heading back to load more pellets from the mine.<br><br>
The upper part of another eastbound is visible on the north track near the far signal; the lead unit has a CN safety cab and is probably GMD, while the amount of dark smoke above the trailing units suggests MLW/ALco engines. <br><br>
The photographer wrote on the slide that this was a Dofasco train, and I've read that the iron ore came from mines in Ontario's Temagami region, north of North Bay.

Name:	Bill McArthur photo…
Railway:	Canadian National
Date:	1982-02-13
Location:	Hamilton
Province:	Ontario

5 Comments | 13 Favourites

In early morning sunlight, standard cab GP40 locomotive CN 9312 leads a short train of 3 flatcars loaded with large wooden crates, contents unknown. <br>
The crates look large enough for this to be a "dimensional" train. "Do Not Hump" can be seen on some of the crates.<br>
The train is westbound on the CN Oakville sub north track approaching CN Bayview (Junction); vantage point is sidewalk of Plains Road (Wolfe Island bridge).<br><br>

Only 1 of the 2 "Extra" lights above 9312's number boards is illuminated, several other pictures by Bill also show just 1 of the 2 illuminated.<br>
CN 9312 was built in 1967 by GMD London, original number CN 4012. The 4000-series GP40's were renumbered as 9300's in 1981, below the GP40-2(L)W range starting at 9400.<br>

Name:	Bill McArthur photo…
Railway:	Canadian National
Date:	1994-04-16
Location:	Burlington
Province:	Ontario

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GMD FP9A VIA 6523 leads its train of 4 blue coaches timetable-west on the Oakville Sub south track, approaching CN Bayview (Jct), as seen from Plains Road "Wolfe Island bridge".<br>It is almost past an eastbound CN freight train on the north track with caboose CN 79798 at the end.<br><br>Date written on slide matches Kodachrome Jan 83 process date.

Name:	Bill McArthur photo…
Railway:	VIA Rail
Date:	1983-01-08
Location:	Burlington
Province:	Ontario

1 Comments | 13 Favourites

In 2001 GO Transit borrowed (leased) equipment from Miami area's Florida Tri-Rail and Vancouver's West Coast Express.<br>
A train of this leased equipment was photographed the week after "9-11" heading north along the west bank of the lower Don River. Vantage point was Eastern Avenue bridge. It had departed Union Station eastward a few minutes earlier and would make station stops terminating at Richmond Hill. <br><br>
Florida Tri-Rail was equipped with bi-level coaches in the same colour scheme as GO Transit except for Tri-Rail emblems. Potentially this made it easier to sell the coaches (to GO) if South Florida commuter train service was not viable. However Tri-Rail's 480 Volt HEP (matching Amtrak, VIA, WCE, etc) is incompatible with GO's 575 Volt system.

Name:	John Pittman
Railway:	GO Transit
Date:	2001-09-17
Location:	Toronto
Province:	Ontario

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Name:	John Pittman
Railway:	GO Transit
Date:	2001-09-17
Location:	Toronto
Province:	Ontario

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An eastbound CN train over 90% tank cars is moving again after halting briefly near the signals at the west end of CN Bayview (Junction).<br><br>
Second unit BCOL 4615 now wears the WWW.CN.CA scheme (in capitals). <br> There's no buffer car before the head end tank cars and no hazmat placards, so I think they are empty. <br> Further back were covered hoppers (buffer cars) before another set of tanks - placards included 1075 (liquified petroleum gas) and 1005 (ammonia). I recall there were also several flatcar loads of truck frames, more tank cars, and one or more covered hoppers at end of train. <br>
Think I heard 602 axles from Oakville sub mp33 detector, which equals 3 x 6-axle locos and 146 x 4-axle cars.

Name:	John Pittman
Railway:	Canadian National
Date:	2019-07-10
Location:	Hamilton West
Province:	Ontario

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MLW FPA-4 VIA 6775 powers itself and 3 steam-heated coaches of its westbound train up the grade below Dundas Peak, approaching Dundas Station.<br> I read that Dundas Station was severely damaged by fire in 1984.<br><br>MLW built and sold 34 FPA-4 (A-unit) and 12 FPB-4 (cabless B-unit) locomotives to CN alone, who transferred them to VIA. Their CN / VIA class codes were MPA-18a and MPB-18a.<br>A 12 cylinder 1800 HP ALCo 251 diesel engine improved on the 1600 HP ALCo 244 engine of the FPA-2 (and FPB-2).

Name:	Bill McArthur photo…
Railway:	VIA Rail
Date:	1983-02-12
Location:	Dundas
Province:	Ontario

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A mid-year afternoon weekend view of GO Transit's Willowbrook Yard looking south-west, from a slide processed June 1978. Vantage point is in the vicinity of Islington Avenue bridge.<br>
The municipal water tower is a long-term landmark, while the 4 tall chimneys of Lakeview Generating Station on the south-east Mississauga lakefront stood from circa 1960 until demolished in June 2006.<br>
The Mimico Yard coaling tower is still standing to the right of the 4 chimneys, straight above the back doors of 2nd-from-right single-level coach (near track). The west observation/control tower of Mimico Yard is to right of the water tower, above the bend in the near track.<br>
At this time CN retained all south side yard tracks, left of the tied up GO trains and Oakville sub main lines. VIA did not relocate to the south side (Toronto Maintenance Centre) until the closure of Spadina circa 1986 - when Spadina roundhouse was demolished to make way for the Skydome stadium.<br><br>
Nearest single-level GO coach is GOT 1019. The GP40TC locomotives coupled to the train of single level coaches are GOT 503 and GOT 504. Part of two GO GP40-2W's are at left, one partial cab number looks like 709. Almost new F40PH's tied up in the yard included GOT 510, 511, and 512. Note that GO locos are at the west end of their trains in 1978; they got moved to the east end of GO trains long ago.<br><br>
GO Transit's modest maintenance and fueling facilities were on the opposite (east) side of Islington at this time, the Mimico yard east tower also still stood. Note the absence of GO Transit's main diesel shop which was built in the near right in the 1980's, west of Islington Ave bridge.

Name:	Anon, submit by J.P…
Railway:	GO Transit
Date:	June 1978
Location:	Mimico
Province:	Ontario

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