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Four units ! Gotta be more than 13 cars! Has to be a Sunday afternoon ! The TTR Switch-Tender (at left white shirt) does the standard roll by inspection after #77's obligatory Stop* at the Signs 1,150 feet west of the Spadina bridge At Bathurst Street mile 1.1 Oakville Subdivision VIA train #77 accelerates westward, June 24, 1979 Kodachrome by S.Danko Noteworthy: * June 1979 CNR timetables TTR special instruction #30 “ westward movements must stop at stop signs located on all six tracks 1,150 feet west of Spadina Avenue overhead bridge and then proceed only on hand signal given by Switch-Tender. “ And that lashup: FPA-4 VIA6769 / FPB-2u VIA6859 / GP-9 CN41xx / RS-18 CN3103 & all that CC&F built rolling stock ! More Bathurst eastbound sdfourty
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Four units !

Gotta be more than 13 cars!

Has to be a Sunday afternoon !

The TTR Switch-Tender (at left white shirt) does the standard roll by inspection after #77's obligatory Stop* at the Signs 1,150 feet west of the Spadina bridge

At Bathurst Street mile 1.1 Oakville Subdivision VIA train #77 accelerates westward, June 24, 1979 Kodachrome by S.Danko

Noteworthy:

* June 1979 CNR timetables TTR special instruction #30 “ westward movements must stop at stop signs located on all six tracks 1,150 feet west of Spadina Avenue overhead bridge and then proceed only on hand signal given by Switch-Tender. “

And that lashup: FPA-4 VIA6769 / FPB-2u VIA6859 / GP-9 CN41xx / RS-18 CN3103 & all that CC&F built rolling stock !

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Photographer:
sdfourty [707] (more) (contact)
Date: 06/24/1979 (search)
Railway: VIA Rail (search)
Reporting Marks: VIA 6769 (search)
Train Symbol: VIA #77 (search)
Subdivision/SNS: TTR Bathurst (search)
City/Town: Toronto (search)
Province: Ontario (search)
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3 Comments
  1. First954
    March 2, 2023 at 2:35 pm

    And to think that it all functioned with manual throw switches and no computers!!

    So many memories, thank you.

  2. Dave Brook
    March 2, 2023 at 7:04 pm

    Out of the cocah yeard, through the wash rack and off to the station. Best of times…..

  3. Klaucker
    March 2, 2023 at 7:15 pm

    Really great SD
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