Railpictures.ca - Bill Thomson Photo: Bygone practice: the crew of Canadian National “Northern” 4-8-4 6167 attend to her drivers with grease guns and oil cans, lubricating bearings, rods and moving parts on the steam engine while stopped at Lindsay, Ontario on an excursion run. According to Branchline magazine, this was the first winter steam excursion operated by the Upper Canada Railway Society, running from Toronto to Lindsay (via Blackwater Jct, on the Uxbridge Sub) on January 28th 1962. Note: geotagged location not exact. | Railpictures.ca – Canadian Railway Photography

Bygone practice: the crew of Canadian National "Northern" 4-8-4 6167 attend to her drivers with grease guns and oil cans, lubricating bearings, rods and moving parts on the steam engine while stopped at Lindsay, Ontario on an excursion run. According to Branchline magazine, this was the first winter steam excursion operated by the Upper Canada Railway Society, running from Toronto to Lindsay (via Blackwater Jct, on the Uxbridge Sub) on January 28th 1962. Note: geotagged location not exact.

Caption: Bygone practice: the crew of Canadian National "Northern" 4-8-4 6167 attend to her drivers with grease guns and oil cans, lubricating bearings, rods and moving parts on the steam engine while stopped at Lindsay, Ontario on an excursion run.

According to Branchline magazine, this was the first winter steam excursion operated by the Upper Canada Railway Society, running from Toronto to Lindsay (via Blackwater Jct, on the Uxbridge Sub) on January 28th 1962.

Note: geotagged location not exact.

Photographer:	Bill Thomson [715] (more) (contact)
Date:	January 1962 (search)
Railway:	Canadian National (search)
Reporting Marks:	CN 6167 (search)
Train Symbol:	UCRS Excursion (search)
Subdivision/SNS:	Lindsay - CN Uxbridge Sub (search)
City/Town:	Lindsay (search)
Province:	Ontario (search)
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2 Comments

awmooney

January 16, 2015 at 7:46 pm

Now THATs a real old-time image!!!
PRR5406

February 4, 2021 at 2:06 pm

Should have been retained, stored serviceable in some roundhouse stall. Same with 6218.

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