Railpictures.ca - A.W.Mooney Photo: Such an impressive number of wood loads!! This is the daily CN #431 starting out of Mac Yard as seen from the Hwy 7 bridge over the throat of the yard. It saddens me that a sprawling plant down in Thorold South in the Niagara Peninsula could take loads like this nearly every day at the Ontario Paper Company located there; only to die a slow death and close up a few years ago. Niagara has become an industrial graveyard. In much better days, we see a couple of MLW heavyweights, CN 2313 and 2030, heading out. Yes, I followed this train all the way back to St. Catharines, where I was living at the time. By then, the daylight had faded. | Railpictures.ca – Canadian Railway Photography

Such an impressive number of wood loads!! This is the daily CN #431 starting out of Mac Yard as seen from the Hwy 7 bridge over the throat of the yard. It saddens me that a sprawling plant down in Thorold South in the Niagara Peninsula could take loads like this nearly every day at the Ontario Paper Company located there; only to die a slow death and close up a few years ago. Niagara has become an industrial graveyard. In much better days, we see a couple of MLW heavyweights, CN 2313 and 2030, heading out. Yes, I followed this train all the way back to St. Catharines, where I was living at the time. By then, the daylight had faded.

Caption: Such an impressive number of wood loads!! This is the daily CN #431 starting out of Mac Yard as seen from the Hwy 7 bridge over the throat of the yard. It saddens me that a sprawling plant down in Thorold South in the Niagara Peninsula could take loads like this nearly every day at the Ontario Paper Company located there; only to die a slow death and close up a few years ago. Niagara has become an industrial graveyard. In much better days, we see a couple of MLW heavyweights, CN 2313 and 2030, heading out. Yes, I followed this train all the way back to St. Catharines, where I was living at the time. By then, the daylight had faded.

Photographer:	A.W.Mooney [2189] (more) (contact)
Date:	10/14/1979 (search)
Railway:	Canadian National (search)
Reporting Marks:	CN 2313 (search)
Train Symbol:	#431 (search)
Subdivision/SNS:	CN MacMillan Yard (search)
City/Town:	Toronto (Concord) (search)
Province:	Ontario (search)
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6 Comments

Aitch

February 26, 2022 at 6:52 pm

And lots of empty flats, likely for pipe loading down in the Welland area. This train was always a fan favourite with its wonderful scent of pine logs. I found these other images of yours taken of the same train on this day. All fantastic !

http://www.railpictures.ca/?attachment_id=13104
http://www.railpictures.ca/?attachment_id=35058
Klaucker

February 26, 2022 at 7:12 pm

Graveyard Niagara indeed…this is a great throwback…boxcars galore, pulp wood for Thorold (which is now a Bitcoin Mining site….seriously). and what even looks like a pay phone shelter…thanks for this AWM !
Jacob Patterson

February 27, 2022 at 10:09 am

Also note the double deck stock cars at right. Great scene!
Dave Brook

February 27, 2022 at 4:35 pm

All the other cars here are lined for repairs in the car shop just out of this classic frame. All of that is gone now.
Noe

February 28, 2022 at 9:00 am

Really nice photo. So much to look at.
Stephen C. Host

March 13, 2023 at 3:48 pm

I enjoy this view. It’s hard to get a wire free view these days, so many strung over the tracks now.

But it’s possible

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