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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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CN 3101 gets some attention from maintenance staff at the Fairview roundhouse in Halifax. <br><br>
The gentleman with a blue jacket is likely inspecting or working on some part of the truck - as there are better places for pushing an RS-18, and you'd need a lot more people.<br>
Fairview roundhouse was demolished in 1991.

Name:	Unknown, J.Pittman …
Railway:	Canadian National
Date:	June 1974
Location:	Halifax
Province:	Nova Scotia

Comments | 12 Favourites

A CN SD40-2W and an ex-Conrail EMDX GP38-2 power a westbound train at the west end of Aldershot Yard, beside Milepost 35. Well cars carrying intermodal containers are at the head end; 6 Maersk and a Genstar are visible. Very probably the train entered Aldershot Yard to drop and/or lift railcars.<br><br>CN rented a number of EMDX units in this timeframe.<br>EMDX 794 is probably ex-CR 7994, previously PC 7994. EMDX sold off their ex-CR GP38-2's to various companies; some are currently owned by GATX (GMTX) so it's possible some are back on CN.<br><br>Just hearsay, but I read that EMD entered the 2nd-hand locomotive rental business because Conrail balked at paying EMD's buyout price for their fleet of ex-PC GP38-2's when its lease ended. It was said that Conrail tended to favour GE thereafter.

Name:	Bill McArthur photo…
Railway:	Canadian National
Date:	1994-02-19
Location:	Burlington
Province:	Ontario

2 Comments | 9 Favourites

Powered by 3 GP9's, a train of mostly scrap metal loads in gondolas is climbing the grade from Hamilton Stuart St Yard, timetable eastbound on CN's Oakville Sub (compass north). It looks like traffic for Lake Erie Steel at Nanticoke, in which case it will switch onto to the "Cowpath" just ahead to head west on the Dundas Sub. <br><br>Note there are cabooses at both ends of the train, and middle loco CN 4514 has fabricated winterization covers, suitable for snowplow service.

Name:	Reg Button photo, J…
Railway:	Canadian National
Date:	1983-04-05
Location:	Hamilton
Province:	Ontario

Comments | 12 Favourites

A CN freight powered by HR616, M636, and SD40 is eastbound on the south track through CN Aldershot West, a year or so after the Aldershot Yard expansion moved its west-end connection here. <br>Cars on the train include an orange and white Dupont Canada "sclair" covered hopper, 5 well-car platforms ahead of it, and a head-end flat car carrying highway trailer SPLZ 731342 with "Southern Pacific Golden Pig Service" - emblem is a smiling pig wearing an SP cap. <br><br>Vantage point is the wrong side of the tracks from a public access point of view, times have changed. The chimney of the former Burlington Brick works, beyond Lemonville Road bridge, is further away than it looks.

Name:	Bill McArthur photo…
Railway:	Canadian National
Date:	1992-05-24
Location:	Burlington
Province:	Ontario

3 Comments | 12 Favourites

Name:	John Pittman
Railway:	Industrial
Date:	2014-06-05
Location:	Clarkson
Province:	Ontario

6 Comments | 10 Favourites

CCGX 4024 could be getting a reprieve from the fate of most of its siblings in CP's GP9 fleet.<br><br>
It was seen westbound near CN Aldershot East behind the active locos of a CN mixed freight train on 25 June 2019 at 11:36 EDT. Powering the train were GE's CN 2233, CN 2511, and CN 2598.

Name:	John Pittman
Railway:	Cando
Date:	2019-06-25
Location:	Burlington
Province:	Ontario

3 Comments | 10 Favourites

LRC locomotive VIA 6920 scoots past CN London East signs with a train of blue steam-heated coaches and a steam generator unit. In this timeframe LRC coaches had been removed from service for axle replacement.

Name:	John Parnell photo,…
Railway:	VIA Rail
Date:	1992-04-13
Location:	London
Province:	Ontario

Comments | 11 Favourites

This pair of ex-CN SW1200RS were the first units I saw RaiLink (Southern Ontario Railway) use to work Hamilton waterfront yard, and this image shows them in their first autumn with RaiLink. <br>
At the far end of the right-most yard track is RLK 1200, a cabless B-unit switcher. A month earlier I had seen it paired with RLK 1752, switching cars in the yard. <br><br>
The roadbed for the tracks that formerly led to the CN/GO/VIA James Street Hamilton Station can be seen in the bottom left. Nowadays tracks, platforms, signals, and lots of poles for GO Transit's West Harbour station are in this area.

Name:	John Pittman
Railway:	Railink
Date:	1998-10-29
Location:	Hamilton
Province:	Ontario

1 Comments | 21 Favourites

CN train 394 is eastbound on the Oakville sub powered by 2 leased units, Citirail ES44ac CREX 1517 and GE ET44ac GECX 2038. As I recall the detector reported 640 axles = 2 six axle engines and 157 railcars. <br><br>
Someone told me the first 2 digits of the CREX units is the last 2 digits of the year it was acquired.

Name:	John Pittman
Railway:	Canadian National
Date:	2019-05-24
Location:	Burlington
Province:	Ontario

5 Comments | 13 Favourites

A pair of 1957-built GP9's CP 8707 and 8705 are at rest, apparently outside the roundhouse at CP's Lambton Yard (SW corner of Runnymede & St Clair) on 14 January 1962. The back of 1959-built SW1200RS CP8145 is also in the picture. <br><br>
Complaints about coal smoke emanating from the Lambton roundhouse lead to the installation of large numbers on the smoke jacks. Presumably the smoke problem ended with the retirement of the last of CP's steam engines.

Name:	Unknown, J.Pittman …
Railway:	Canadian Pacific
Date:	1962-01-14
Location:	West Toronto
Province:	Ontario

1 Comments | 10 Favourites

Schnabel car HEPX 200 has been in service for many years, moving heavy and oversize loads for Ontario Hydro and its successors. <br><br>
In this picture from 1992 it is lettered for Ontario Hydro with (looks-like) faded red paint, different from the orange Hydro One colour scheme it wears now. Another difference from recent pictures on RP.ca is that this load labelled "Lambton T.G.S." is carried on a cradle joining the car ends, rather than having the load slung between the two ends of the Schnabel car.<br>
From adjacent images, it appears that this train is eastbound at London Jct, branching off the Dundas Sub onto the Guelph sub. Other frames from the film with same date show GP9rm units CN 7029 (leading long hood forward) and CN 7039 - I believe they powered this train. The caboose is CN 78122.

Name:	John Parnell photo,…
Railway:	Canadian National
Date:	1992-03-29
Location:	London
Province:	Ontario

Comments | 7 Favourites

VIA's 40th anniversary is over. Now some silver and yellow VIA locomotives are running without emblems, including GE P42DC units VIA 913 and VIA 906, as seen in April 2019.

Name:	John Pittman
Railway:	VIA Rail
Date:	2019-04-28
Location:	Hamilton
Province:	Ontario

Comments | 6 Favourites

This picture shows the largest-diameter non-divisible internal part of the "Excalibore" Tunnel Boring Machine (TBM) riding in a special well car CN 670002. The TBM cutter, separated into 2 pieces, is on the flat car ahead. <br>
"Excalibore" components are travelling on a dimensional train powered by SD40u CN 6002 on CN's Dundas Sub in London ON, en route to the Toronto area after completing the bore of CN's new Sarnia Tunnel under the St.Clair River. <br>
I don't have the date of this movement, my guess is mid to late December 1994. Location is approximate.

Name:	John Parnell photo,…
Railway:	Canadian National
Date:	December 1994
Location:	London
Province:	Ontario

2 Comments | 10 Favourites

Construction of CN's new St Clair tunnel was preceded by a ceremony featuring the new white-painted Tunnel Boring Machine (TBM) "Excalibore" at the Sarnia portal of the tunnel on 16 September 1993. <br>
The TBM broke through in Port Huron MI on 8 December 1994, about 8 months behind schedule. Much work remained; the first train though the new tunnel was on 5 April 1995. <br><br>
Shortly after the break-through, the TBM was removed, dissassembled, loaded onto railcars and returned to Sarnia on the car ferry, en route back to the Toronto area. <br>
In this picture, components of the TBM are eastbound on the Dundas Sub near Colborne St in London Ontario, on a dimensional train powered by SD40u CN 6002. Weather was marginal for photography and deteriorating. There isn't much paint left on Excalibore; it emerged from the bore with shiny bare metal, but now rust is showing. <br>
I don't have the date of this movement, my guess is mid to late December 1994. Other frames from the film show the photographer met up with the train again in Stratford - unfortunately he experienced heavy rain/snow there. <br><br>
From other pictures I have been able to make out the train's 6 freight and 2 passenger cars: <br>
CN 667005 Flatcar - central auger of the TBM<br>
CN 667086 Flatcar - TBM part (spoil conveyor?)<br>
CN 667413 Flatcar - TBM front cutter, disassembled into 2 pieces<br>
CN 670002 4-truck special "well" car - Large diameter internal TBM part<br>
QTTX 30578 Depress Centre Flatcar - half of the TBM outer body<br>
QTTX 30600 4-truck Depress Centre Flatcar - other half of TBM outer body<br>
CN 54954 6-axle Sleeper<br>
CN 70742 "Spirit of the North" converted ex-Baggage car, few windows

Name:	John Parnell photo,…
Railway:	Canadian National
Date:	December 1994
Location:	London
Province:	Ontario

Comments | 7 Favourites

Name:	John Parnell photo,…
Railway:	Canadian National
Date:	1992-02-14
Location:	London
Province:	Ontario

2 Comments | 12 Favourites

An interesting collection of CN locomotives at a terminal on 11 Aug 1991. I have mapped it as Sarnia, hope that is correct. <br><br>
From left to right are GP40 CN 9306; GP40-2W's CN 9531 and 9551; HR616's CN 2113 and 2111; a CN GP40-2W, and SD40 CN 5036. Out of the picture to the right were GP40's CN 9304, 9302, 9305. All GMD locomotives except the Bombardier HR616's.

Name:	John Parnell photo,…
Railway:	Canadian National
Date:	1991-08-11
Location:	Sarnia
Province:	Ontario

7 Comments | 12 Favourites

"There were 6 Stelco engines disposed of during Jan/Feb 1995. They all shipped CN to Windsor and then CSX to McDonald Ohio for buyer Larry’s Truck Electric.<br>
SW-8 71, 74, and 76; SW900 78, 79; and G.E. 80ton 54.<br>
The G.E. plus 74 and 79 were all in pieces, in gondolas, the others were able to move on their wheels." <br><br>
Quote above from Mr. Mercer's comment on my previous Stelco submission. <br>
In this image, the front of the cab of scrapped GE 80ton Stelco 54 is visible above the gondola side. The red bell that appears to be above it is part of the CN locomotive on the next track. <br>
GMD SW8 Stelco 76 carries an air-brake jumper hose connecting the railcars on either end of it.<br>
Location mapped is approximate.

Name:	John Parnell photo,…
Railway:	Industrial
Date:	Jan/Feb 1995
Location:	London
Province:	Ontario

4 Comments | 7 Favourites

This VIA train with a mixture of CN MLW RS-18 cabs and VIA GMD F9B B-units was taken before or after a spring visit to the RBG Rock Garden. This may be the wrong side of the tracks, but the view is interesting. First coach of the train was in CN Black and Off-white, with 3-axle trucks, lots of close-together square windows, and rounded roof ends - an old fashioned look.<br><br>
Unfortunately, it would be 15 years before I returned to this area and began practicing manual focus-while-zooming skills and rapid manual film advance with moving trains.

Name:	John Pittman
Railway:	VIA Rail
Date:	Spring 1982
Location:	Hamilton
Province:	Ontario

3 Comments | 15 Favourites

This 1927-built Industrial Works steam crane of 150 Ton capacity was parked on a CN siding in London, in pictures taken in 1991 and 1992. It is Conrail's CR 50125, ex- PC 50125, probably based in St Thomas before being retired from Conrail's southern Ontario operation.<br> From left to right are CN 10650 Express Refrigerator built 1957 with ice hatches ("No Brakes" stencil), CN 60200 "The Pas Auxilliary Tie & Block Car", CR 50125 crane, and CN 56483 which is a wood sheathed flanger missing some boards. <br> All retired and awaiting scrapping - which might have been delayed because of asbestos insulation. <br> <i>Caption rewritten based on information from the comments, thank you.</i>

Name:	John Parnell photo,…
Railway:	Canadian National
Date:	1992-04-28
Location:	London
Province:	Ontario

9 Comments | 11 Favourites

3 CN locomotives eastbound on the north track of Strathroy Sub mileage 7.3 at Pulham Road, near Lobo Siding in the rural west of London Ontario. The "73" on the equipment hut was a good clue. There is a reasonable match with contemporary street-views; MP 7.4 signals seem to have been added.<br>
Leading was CN 9658 (GP40-2W), then CN 2034 (C630M) and CN 2111 (HR616). <br><br>
CN employees were on the scene for a derailment clean-up. After the engines cleared, the railcar wheel-set on the south track was pushed under a BN bulkhead flatcar, whose end had been hoisted by a road-mobile crane (both just out of the picture, to the right).<br>

Name:	John Parnell photo,…
Railway:	Canadian National
Date:	April circa 1994
Location:	Lobo Siding / Lond…
Province:	Ontario

1 Comments | 11 Favourites

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