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Caption: This I consider one of my bleakest scenes. What looks refreshing in this image? Nothing. Grubby old buildings, dreary pavement, dirty snow, slate blah sky, a dismal old bridge and about the unimaginative a paint scheme there ever was out there. It is a pair of old Penn Central GP 9s, now stencilled "CR" seeing the road of the future, Conrail, had been up and running almost 2 years before this photo was taken. We're at the corner of Zimmerman Av and looking down Park, toward the river; as CR 7433 and 7432 enter Canada, bringing a train over the old Steel Arch bridge. Not much has changed in all the years since this shot; the railroad is long gone but the bridge remains. Building on the left, an old bank, is still there but the other is but a vacant pile of rubble the last I checked. But that has in itself been awhile. This certainly is one dreary scene, not unlike right now as I look out the den window while typing this out and putting it to RP. :o)
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Super cool!
did you ever see any conrail in st kitts?
Conrail never came into St. Catharines to the best of my knowledge. It was confined to what we know now as x-TH&B/CASO lines mostly.
Arnold..when you say you are looking out the den window…at a not so dreary scene..”now”…you make it sound like you live at Zimmerman and Park
Sorry about that. I was looking at the grey Grimsby skies. It did cross my mind that you could be a landlord down that way though.
Almost looks like it could have been used for a set for a spy movie. John Le Carre or Len Deighton. Hauntingly Bleak.
Great shot! Makes me want to venture downtown on my lunch sometime! Maybe on not such a dreary day
Thanks, Paul. In response, I submitted another image of the area; only much broader. But, alas, the same lousy weather. Hopefully it will clear the “censors” shortly.
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Awesome shot of a bygone era!
Thanks, Marcus. Pity it was overlooked by the tourist bureau.
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