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Sometimes you find a gem online...Here we have TH&B GP9s 402 and 403 riding the turntable at the CPR John Street roundhouse in Toronto in the summer of 1958. I'm a little puzzled about this one--my understanding is that run-through power on the Toronto-Buffalo trains ceased after the TH&B and NYC dieselized in 1954 but CP continued to use steam between Toronto and Hamilton. However, this photo and others show that TH&B power at least handled passenger trains over the Oakville sub. Any insights out there? (Thanks to Steve Host for his help cleaning this one up.)
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Caption: Sometimes you find a gem online...Here we have TH&B GP9s 402 and 403 riding the turntable at the CPR John Street roundhouse in Toronto in the summer of 1958. I'm a little puzzled about this one--my understanding is that run-through power on the Toronto-Buffalo trains ceased after the TH&B and NYC dieselized in 1954 but CP continued to use steam between Toronto and Hamilton. However, this photo and others show that TH&B power at least handled passenger trains over the Oakville sub. Any insights out there? (Thanks to Steve Host for his help cleaning this one up.)

Photographer:
John Eull collection [424] (more) (contact)
Date: 7/ /1958 (search)
Railway: Toronto Hamilton and Buffalo (search)
Reporting Marks: THB 402 (search)
Train Symbol: n/a (search)
Subdivision/SNS: John Street roundhouse (search)
City/Town: Toronto (search)
Province: Ontario (search)
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  1. R.L.Kennedy
    December 29, 2021 at 3:05 pm

    This power would be dispatched on the night Buffalo No.329 for NY City. I worked at John Street at the time.
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