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CN and CP experimented with a few different container / intermodal setups in their early years before everything was standardized. This view of the west end of CN's Mimico Yard in 1965 shows CN container flatcar 689011 and a sister loaded with early 20' CN Express Freight containers. In the background, the old National Silicates plant off the north end of the yard can be seen.
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Caption: CN and CP experimented with a few different container / intermodal setups in their early years before everything was standardized. This view of the west end of CN's Mimico Yard in 1965 shows CN container flatcar 689011 and a sister loaded with early 20' CN Express Freight containers. In the background, the old National Silicates plant off the north end of the yard can be seen.

Photographer:
Bill Thomson [715] (more) (contact)
Date: 1965 (search)
Railway: Canadian National (search)
Reporting Marks: CN 689011 (search)
Train Symbol: Not Provided
Subdivision/SNS: Mimico Yard - CN Oakville Sub (search)
City/Town: Mimico (search)
Province: Ontario (search)
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2 Comments
  1. awmooney
    November 14, 2016 at 6:55 pm

    Interesting!!! Unfortunately there is no shortage of litter back then either.

  2. CNCNDR
    November 15, 2016 at 10:07 am

    National Silicates is still getting rail too!
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