Railpictures.ca - Stephen C. Host Photo: Heading north on the former Guelph and Goderich railway, the conductor on CP’s Goderich wayfreight keeps a close eye on his cars from the van as the train trundles along between the Speed River and a trailway. … obviously this is the OSR and it’s 2016 ;) OSR’s 434462 made a surprise appearance today after a multi year absence.. yet to be seen if this is a regular occurrence or a one-time thing. But the engines up front can nearly fool your eye to the true operator of this train… certainly reminded me of the trains of my childhood. This photo inspired by Steve Young’s recent Posting of the once common Van now mostly a discontinued practice. I know of two railways around here that use a caboose regularly, CSX in Sarnia (who have two and use nearly Daily!), and I guess OSR. Any others use one regularly? Comment below if you do! thank you. | Railpictures.ca – Canadian Railway Photography

Heading north on the former Guelph and Goderich railway, the conductor on CP's Goderich wayfreight keeps a close eye on his cars from the van as the train trundles along between the Speed River and a trailway.

... obviously this is the OSR and it's 2016 ;) OSR's 434462 made a surprise appearance today after a multi year absence.. yet to be seen if this is a regular occurrence or a one-time thing. But the engines up front can nearly fool your eye to the true operator of this train... certainly reminded me of the trains of my childhood.
This photo inspired by Steve Young's recent Posting of the once common Van now mostly a discontinued practice. I know of two railways around here that use a caboose regularly, CSX in Sarnia (who have two and use nearly Daily!), and I guess OSR. Any others use one regularly? Comment below if you do! thank you.

Caption: Heading north on the former Guelph and Goderich railway, the conductor on CP's Goderich wayfreight keeps a close eye on his cars from the van as the train trundles along between the Speed River and a trailway.

... obviously this is the OSR and it's 2016 ;) OSR's 434462 made a surprise appearance today after a multi year absence.. yet to be seen if this is a regular occurrence or a one-time thing. But the engines up front can nearly fool your eye to the true operator of this train... certainly reminded me of the trains of my childhood.
This photo inspired by Steve Young's recent Posting of the once common Van now mostly a discontinued practice. I know of two railways around here that use a caboose regularly, CSX in Sarnia (who have two and use nearly Daily!), and I guess OSR. Any others use one regularly? Comment below if you do! thank you.

Photographer:	Stephen C. Host [1535] (more) (contact)
Date:	01/14/1986 (search)
Railway:	Canadian Pacific (search)
Reporting Marks:	CP 434462 (search)
Train Symbol:	Not Provided
Subdivision/SNS:	CPR Goderich Subdivision (search)
City/Town:	Guelph (search)
Province:	Ontario (search)
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4 Comments

Dave

January 14, 2016 at 9:53 pm

Nice shot Steve.
Jacob Patterson

January 14, 2016 at 10:57 pm

OMG I have to catch these guys soon. Hope they’ll use it again.
RLK2211

January 14, 2016 at 11:17 pm

Awesome shot! Always happy to see some old school railroading!
Stephen C. Host

January 15, 2016 at 6:24 pm

Thanks guys. Jacob I knew you’d be all over this buddy Good luck!