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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. Reside in Kelowna, BC. I use a Nikon D850 full frame & Nikon D7200 (Nikkor 24-70mm, 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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MECHANICAL TEST CAR (VOITURE D'ESSAIS MECHANIQUE) CP 66 sits on the dead line at the Ogden shop complex waiting its fate along with a plethora of other work service and business cars on this warm July afternoon in 2012. CP business cars Lacombe, Shaughnessy and Assiniboine, baggage cars CP 404910 and CP 404937, sleepers IC&E 2458 Pine Leaf and IC&E 2460 Pine Island (ex-AMTRAK), and freshly painted ex-AMTRAK day coaches CP 103 and 104 were scattered throughout the complex in various stages of repair and disrepair.
Name: Paul O'Shell
Railway: Canadian Pacific
Date: 07/19/2012
Location: Calgary
Province: Alberta
Comments | 8 Favourites
CP business car Assiniboine is 'up on stilts' so-to-speak as it waits outside the Ogden Yard car shop for its rebuilt truck assemblies. The relatively fresh exterior paint is already showing signs of pollution stains and will require a good wash before the car goes back into service and receives its first load of executives. The Ogden car shops were catering to at least half-a-dozen business cars in various stages of overhaul during my July 2012 visit.
Name: Paul O'Shell
Railway: Canadian Pacific
Date: 07/19/2012
Location: Calgary
Province: Alberta
Comments | 7 Favourites
CN 5319 is connected and ready to move CN 15007 & CN 15008 TEST cars on the Camrose Sub. on this cloudless and bitterly cold November 15th. CN's Engineering crews do a remarkable job of keeping their TEST trains clean and neat as they traverse Canada and the United States on a never ending track inspection program.
Name: David Wylie
Railway: Canadian National
Date: 11/15/2012
Location: Mirror
Province: Alberta
1 Comments | 3 Favourites
Cartier's 'Hart Jaune' is a little weathered but still looks pretty impressive in this November 2006 photo taken outside the huge car and locomotive facility in Port-Cartier. I witnessed quite a variety of unique and 'one-off' MOW equipment and rolling stock at the facility on this visit.
Name: Paul O'Shell
Railway: Cartier
Date: 11/09/2006
Location: Port-Cartier
Province: Quebec
3 Comments | 8 Favourites
Only minutes out of the car shop and filling the air with the smell of fresh paint, ex-Amtrak day coaches, now numbered CP 103 and CP 104 are positioned on the shop lead to be picked up shortly by a lone yard switcher and taken to points unknown.
Name: Paul O'Shell
Railway: Canadian Pacific
Date: 07/19/2012
Location: Calgary
Province: Alberta
Comments | 6 Favourites
BCR 4610 sits patiently on a diesel shop track waiting for its next assignment.
Name: David Wylie
Railway: BC Rail
Date: 08/03/2006
Location: Prince George
Province: British Columbia
Comments | 4 Favourites
Prior to being repainted in the QIT scheme, reconditioned coaches for employee transportation to and from the mine site looked like this on their arrival in HSP.
Name: David Wylie
Railway: Riviere Romaine Ra…
Date: 07/29/2008
Location: Havre Saint-Pierre
Province: Quebec
Comments | 5 Favourites
CN 4-8-4 Mountain Type 6218 has deteriorated tremendously over the years it has sat on display in Ft. Erie, ON. The boiler cover has rotted away in several locations exposing the asbestos insulation underneath and the once shiny black paint has dulled to a powdery grey and rust smeared coat. Based on the condition of this once beautiful locomotive, I highly doubt it will ever roll from its current resting place, and will most likely collapse on itself in the years to come. What a shame!
Name: Paul O'Shell
Railway: Canadian National
Date: 07/12/2013
Location: Ft. Erie
Province: Ontario
1 Comments | 9 Favourites
T&NO #503 now sits on a track panel surrounded by dumpsters, track ties, bridge timber, and yet to be installed park benches. Since I last photographed this locomotive in April of 2002 it has been cleaned and repainted to help protect it from the elements. It still sits in an unprotected area at the end of the North Bay, ON station parking lots where vandals have easy access to it with their spray cans. Remnants of ONR's European 'Tee-Train' sit on the ground in a fenced-in compound just a few yards away.
Name: Paul O'Shell
Railway: Ontario Northland
Date: 06/12/2013
Location: North Bay
Province: Ontario
Comments | 2 Favourites
Working closely with the railway has its advantages when you want to get up close and personal with operations. CP 2816 is pulling in to Revelstoke station from the west where it will stop for an inspection and some light maintenance by the on-board crew.
Name: Paul O'Shell
Railway: Canadian Pacific
Date: 05/14/2002
Location: Revelstoke
Province: British Columbia
Comments | 4 Favourites
TSH 701 sits connected to a string of well used ballast cars in Schefferville yard on this pleasant early summer day.
Name: David Wylie
Railway: Tshiuetin Rail Tra…
Date: 06/25/2013
Location: Schefferville
Province: Quebec
Comments | 7 Favourites
AC4400CW BNSF 5710 is a long way from home rails as it sits outside the main shop of New Brunswick Southern Railway in Saint John, NB. on this dismal February day. (D. Wylie photo submitted with permission).
Name: David Wylie
Railway: New Brunswick Sout…
Date: 02/12/2013
Location: Saint John
Province: New Brunswick
Comments | 3 Favourites
With its boom lowered to the ground, QIT's retired Ohio model DE 300 SPL locomotive crane (s/n 4825) sits idle on a deadend yard track near the Havre St-Pierre terminal. Built in 1965, it had a long career as the ore haulers only locomotive crane. It was replaced by a more modern, and higher capacity American model 850-80 in July of 2003.
Name: Paul O'Shell
Railway: Riviere Romaine Ra…
Date: 07/02/2003
Location: Havre St-Pierre
Province: Quebec
Comments | 5 Favourites
While on a trip to commission a new Knox Kershaw KBR925 ballast regulator for KRC, NAES (Canada) Ltd. Sales Manager David Wylie came across this Keewatin Railway Company Ford van. Certainly not your average hi-rail vehicle found on most railways, this one is steel-wheeled and railbound. The maintenance vehicle is equipped with a turntable allowing the crew to reverse direction of the truck so they do not have to travel backwards for any great distances. Note it is connected to a heavy duty 'push car' for transporting track material and/or small power tools. (Photo by David Wylie used with permission).The Keewatin Railway Company (KRC) is a First Nations-owned rail line that operates in Northern Manitoba, between The Pas, and Pukatawagan. The railway company owns the line from Sherritt Junction (interchange with Hudson Bay) to Lynn Lake, about 185 miles (310 km). It currently operates mixed (passenger and freight) services from The Pas to Putakawagan, about 156 miles (251 km), of which 58 miles (93 km) is on the tracks of Hudson Bay Railway KRC started operations on April 1, 2006. The passenger service, formerly operated by VIA Rail Canada, continues under a new operating agreement between Keewatin Railway Company and Via Rail Canada. KRC operates two round trips between Pukatawagan and The Pas each week. Trains carry passengers and freight for the community of Pukatawagan.
Name: David Wylie
Railway: Keewatin Railway
Date: 04/26/2011
Location: The Pas
Province: Manitoba
Comments | 9 Favourites
This alternate view of the HBRY classic wreck train gives a better indication of the equipment condition. The boarded up window openings in the van, and the slight sway in the boom idler/coach are tell-tale signs of age and neglect. The Industrial Works s/n 4408 160 ton crane built in 1924 appears to be in the best condition of all three pieces of equipment.
Name: David Wylie
Railway: Hudson Bay Railway
Date: 04/26/2011
Location: The Pas
Province: Manitoba
Comments | 6 Favourites
The HBRY wreck train is a classic consist made up of equipment directly handed down from the ex-CN Thunder Bay, ON auxilliary. Coach/boom idler HBRY 58116 is looking pretty tired and her back is starting to 'sway'. It won't be long before she 'meets her maker'.
Name: David Wylie
Railway: Hudson Bay Railway
Date: 04/26/2011
Location: The Pas
Province: Manitoba
1 Comments | 8 Favourites
A trio of CN yard grunts sits idling in London's Egerton Street yard waiting for a new crew to get on board. A small maintenance tie gang is changing wood a few tracks over in the middle of several yard tracks so extreme caution is the order of the day with all the yard power and cars moving about.
Name: Paul O'Shell
Railway: Canadian National
Date: 11/06/2012
Location: London
Province: Ontario
Comments | 2 Favourites
The relentless pounding of massive locomotives and heavy ore cars demands as few bolted rail joints as possible. When laying new CWR, repairing broken rails, or eliminating bolted rail joints, this mobile flash-butt welder can quickly and economically join two rail ends together in-track to form a seamless string of steel. QNS&L's colourful paint scheme looks great on this piece of high-tech equipment.
Name: Paul O'Shell
Railway: Quebec North Shore…
Date: 10/31/2007
Location: Sept-Iles
Province: Quebec
Comments | 7 Favourites
In this view from the cab of a piece of MOW equipment, HBRY's 30 m.p.h. main line to Churchill, MB is looking pretty good after a tie gang has rolled through and done its job. The lack of ballast, the tripod pole line, and the dwarfed landscape are very characteristic of this portion of the line. Make sure you packed a lunch because its a long way to anywhere from here! David Wylie photo submitted with permission.
Name: David Wylie
Railway: Hudson Bay Railway
Date: 07/22/2009
Location: Between Amery and …
Province: Manitoba
3 Comments | 7 Favourites
North of Gillam, between Amery and Charlebois, MB, the Hudson Bay Railway main line is not quite as pretty as your normal track structure. In this pic, crews are working hard to replace ties and tamp track to provide a safer and more comfortable ride for both passengers and cargo alike. The only way in or out of this portion of the line is by rail. The roads stop just outside of Gillam. The vegetation continues to get shorter, thinner, and more sparse as you get closer to Churchill. Photo by David Wylie submitted with permission.
Name: David Wylie
Railway: Hudson Bay Railway
Date: 07/22/2009
Location: Between Amery and …
Province: Manitoba
4 Comments | 6 Favourites
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