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About Paul O'Shell


Started my railroad career at CN in July 1969 and retired from the industry 49 years later on March 1, 2018. My area of expertise was railway Work Equipment. Currently reside in Binbrook, ON. I use a Nikon D850, Nikon D7200 (Nikkor Gold Ring 24-120mm, 35mm, 18-140mm, 55-300mm, & 80-400mm) and scan with an Epson V550. Enjoy my contributions. Be safe. Lots more of my photos at: https://www.flickr.com/photos/197431498@N07/albums

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Weathered to a dull blue, INCO 4438 is all boarded up with no place to go as it sits sandwiched between a couple of other down and out 1st generation diesels on the deadline at ONR's North Bay, ON yard.
Name: Paul O'Shell
Railway: Other
Date: 05/04/2004
Location: North Bay
Province: Ontario
1 Comments | 3 Favourites
Now this will brighten up any dingy wreck site! QNS&L 1200, a Bucyrus Erie 250 ton capacity wrecker sits majestically outside the locomotive & car repair shop in Sept-Iles waiting for its next assisgnment. 1200's twin sits on the other end of the line in Labrador City.
Name: Paul O'Shell
Railway: Quebec North Shore…
Date: 04/14/2004
Location: Sept-Iles
Province: Quebec
4 Comments | 9 Favourites
This CP steam generator car has been tagged, but not enough to hide the classic multi-mark logo of years gone by. I hope this car, and the CP 5500 coupled to it are destined for a museum somewhere.
Name: Paul O'Shell
Railway: Canadian Pacific
Date: 08/29/2007
Location: Revelstoke
Province: British Columbia
1 Comments | 2 Favourites
CPR #2 'Killarney', one of many business cars bearing this name, has gone from being a prestigeous office on wheels for former CP brass, to sitting on a stub track in the heart of the Rocky Mountains and used as a dining car for tourists.
Name: Paul O'Shell
Railway: Canadian Pacific
Date: 08/03/2002
Location: Lake Louise
Province: Alberta
Comments | 3 Favourites
In deperate need of a repaint, CN 9169, a GFA-17a series unit sits on display at the PG museum along with several other members of the family. Note that the stripes lean forward towards the cab on this locomotive. Keep an eye out for future photos that show variations of this paint scheme and the direction of the stripes are angled.
Name: Paul O'Shell
Railway: Canadian National
Date: 08/12/2003
Location: Prince George
Province: British Columbia
Comments | 3 Favourites
QG 2007 and friend GATX 2646 sit coupled with their backs to each other as they wait for their next assignment at Quebec Gatineau's marshalling yard in Sainte-Therese, Quebec.
Name: Paul O'Shell
Railway: Genesee & Wyom…
Date: 12/02/2008
Location: Sainte-Therese
Province: Quebec
Comments | 3 Favourites
This 1962 built American 850-80 DE locomotive crane has had a long hard life at the Wasbush Mines Pointe-Noire complex. Here the machine operator and shop supervisor speak with a representative from the American & Ohio Locomotive Crane Co. about the possibility of acquiring new powered truck assemblies for this work horse.
Name: Paul O'Shell
Railway: Arnaud
Date: 11/01/2007
Location: Pointe-Noire
Province: Quebec
1 Comments | 4 Favourites
Riviere Romaine Railways QIT #39 and QIT #38 lead a string of precisely loaded ore cars onto the high line unloading bridge at the port in Havre St-Pierre. Both units are running short hood forward on this warm and hazy second last day of July.
Name: Paul O'Shell
Railway: Riviere Romaine Ra…
Date: 07/30/2008
Location: Havre St-Pierre
Province: Quebec
Comments | 6 Favourites
Cartier Railway's highly modified Jordan spreader #X-23 has not been treated too rough since its last major service and paint. The orange and black gloss paint shines nicely in the welcome sunshine on this beautiful end of May day.
Name: Paul O'Shell
Railway: Cartier
Date: 05/28/2006
Location: Port Cartier
Province: Quebec
1 Comments | 3 Favourites
Up close and personal with CP's 2816 as she gets a little TLC from one of the crew. The steamer was on a 'shakedown run' heading east to Calgary with a short consist of support cars, crew sleepers and business car Lacombe bringing up the markers.
Name: Paul O'Shell
Railway: Canadian Pacific
Date: 05/14/2002
Location: Revelstoke
Province: British Columbia
Comments | 3 Favourites
ONR 2002 sits coupled to its sister 2001 on a stub track at the diesel shop on this sunny spring morning in North Bay, ON. Neither one of these diesels would do much if anything else after this date.
Name: Paul O'Shell
Railway: Ontario Northland
Date: 05/04/2002
Location: North Bay
Province: Ontario
1 Comments | 4 Favourites
ONR's premier business car 400 'Onakawana' isn't looking so good as it sits on the steam track just outside the car repair shop on this almost cloudless blue sky day.
Name: Paul O'Shell
Railway: Ontario Northland
Date: 08/20/2002
Location: North Bay
Province: Ontario
1 Comments | 2 Favourites
The deadline at ONR's North Bay yard holds a plethora of classic motive power, passenger equipment and rolling stock that is likely all headed for a meeting with the hot wrench in the not too distant future. It is unfortunate that there is not enough time, money or locations to preserve some of these never to be seen again treasures.
Name: Paul O'Shell
Railway: Ontario Northland
Date: 08/02/2000
Location: North Bay
Province: Ontario
Comments | 7 Favourites
QIT #10 brings a tired crew of workers back to Havre St-Pierre after another long shift at the mine. Despite the remote location and extremes of conditions, QIT maintains their fleet of locomotives, passenger equipment, and rolling stock in impeccable condition.
Name: Paul O'Shell
Railway: Riviere Romaine Ra…
Date: 07/30/2008
Location: Havre St-Pierre
Province: Quebec
2 Comments | 5 Favourites
This former VIA Rail Bombardier LRC (Light, Rapid, Comfortable) locomotive now sits paintless, numberless, and powerless at the Diesel Equipment Services facility in Sudbury, ON. Once a mainstay of VIA's Windsor-Quebec City corridor routes, these LRC locomotives have all been retired.
Name: Paul O'Shell
Railway: Other
Date: 05/29/2007
Location: Sudbury
Province: Ontario
5 Comments | 9 Favourites
CP 414502 doesn't get called on too often, but when it does it is ready to go. The Golden, BC auxilliary is a classic consist of old cranes, passenger equipment, and other rolling stock that is seen less frequently as each year passes. The use of contracted wreck cleanup crews is becoming the rule and not the exception for most railways these days.
Name: Paul O'Shell
Railway: Canadian Pacific
Date: 06/18/2008
Location: Golden
Province: British Columbia
1 Comments | 6 Favourites
There's no smell of bacon & eggs or fresh hot coffee coming from CP 411697 today. The kitchen/diner car that accompanies the Golden, BC auxilliary train to derailments sits with the wrecking cranes and rest of the consist on the storage track in Golden fully prep'd and ready to go when the next call comes in.
Name: Paul O'Shell
Railway: Canadian Pacific
Date: 02/18/2009
Location: Golden
Province: British Columbia
Comments | 3 Favourites
Fresh from the paint shop, Railink 1703 looks & smells good on this beautiful, sunny spring day in the Bay
Name: Paul O'Shell
Railway: Rail America
Date: 04/17/2002
Location: North Bay
Province: Ontario
Comments | 5 Favourites
EMD FP7 Polar Bear Express power ONR 2001 sits powered down and coupled elephant style to sister ONR 2002 on a track outside the diesel shop in North Bay, ON the day before Cinco de Mayo.
Name: Paul O'Shell
Railway: Ontario Northland
Date: 05/04/2004
Location: North Bay
Province: Ontario
Comments | 4 Favourites
In a variation of recent CN paint schemes, freshly painted and recently delivered DESX 1127 (Diesel Electric Service I believe) with wheel chock in place, sits in the then I.N.C.O. (now VALE INCO) yard in Copper Cliff, ON waiting for something to do. This ex-CN GMD-1 retains its classic dual snorkel spark arresting mufflers, however, the distinctive number boards have been covered over with sheet metal and white decals.
Name: Paul O'Shell
Railway: Other
Date: 05/29/2007
Location: Copper Cliff
Province: Ontario
Comments | 6 Favourites
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