Railpictures.ca - Unknown Photographer; Jacob Patterson Collection Photo: A pair of green and gold MLW RS18s on a westbound freight pause to work the freight shed/fruit platform track at Grimsby, seen beyond the power. Note the boxcar at left which appears to be on the lead to Grimsby Flour & Feed. CNR 3716 would later go to the Cape Breton & Central Nova Scotia Railway. The train slowing on approach to the station can be seen here.A 1953 track layout of Grimsby can be found hereOriginal Photographer Unknown, Jacob Patterson Collection Slide. | Railpictures.ca – Canadian Railway Photography

A pair of green and gold MLW RS18s on a westbound freight pause to work the freight shed/fruit platform track at Grimsby, seen beyond the power. Note the boxcar at left which appears to be on the lead to Grimsby Flour & Feed. CNR 3716 would later go to the Cape Breton & Central Nova Scotia Railway. The train slowing on approach to the station can be seen here.A 1953 track layout of Grimsby can be found hereOriginal Photographer Unknown, Jacob Patterson Collection Slide.

Caption: A pair of green and gold MLW RS18s on a westbound freight pause to work the freight shed/fruit platform track at Grimsby, seen beyond the power. Note the boxcar at left which appears to be on the lead to Grimsby Flour & Feed. CNR 3716 would later go to the Cape Breton & Central Nova Scotia Railway. The train slowing on approach to the station can be seen here.

A 1953 track layout of Grimsby can be found here

Original Photographer Unknown, Jacob Patterson Collection Slide.

Photographer:	Unknown Photographer; Jacob Patterson Collection [557] (more) (contact)
Date:	03/18/1965 (search)
Railway:	Canadian National (search)
Reporting Marks:	CNR 3716, CNR 3722 (search)
Train Symbol:	Extra 3716 (search)
Subdivision/SNS:	Grimsby Sub (search)
City/Town:	Grimsby (search)
Province:	Ontario (search)
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3 Comments

awmooney

August 6, 2022 at 8:58 am

When you stand at the crossing in Grimsby, Jacob, it is hard to imagine how lively it used to be here. But then, that could be said all up and down the peninsula. And everywhere else.
Jacob Patterson

August 6, 2022 at 11:27 am

Very true. It’s so grown in where the freight shed used to be you can barely tell anything was there.
Jacob Patterson

August 6, 2022 at 11:27 am

On a side note, can anyone tell what is in those gondolas? Looks like old tires.

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awmooney

August 6, 2022 at 8:58 am

When you stand at the crossing in Grimsby, Jacob, it is hard to imagine how lively it used to be here. But then, that could be said all up and down the peninsula. And everywhere else.

Jacob Patterson

August 6, 2022 at 11:27 am

Very true. It’s so grown in where the freight shed used to be you can barely tell anything was there.

On a side note, can anyone tell what is in those gondolas? Looks like old tires.