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Two NW cabooses share the spolight at St. Thomas after likely coming off trains operating on the CN Paynes and Cayuga Subdivisions. The vans included; NW 555076 and NW 555023 both of which were still lettered for NW. These active vans would continue to be assigned to Norfolk Southern Ontario trains until 1996.
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Caption: Two NW cabooses share the spolight at St. Thomas after likely coming off trains operating on the CN Paynes and Cayuga Subdivisions. The vans included; NW 555076 and NW 555023 both of which were still lettered for NW. These active vans would continue to be assigned to Norfolk Southern Ontario trains until 1996.

Photographer:
Carl Noe (Collection of Jason Noe) [996] (more) (contact)
Date: 02/05/1994 (search)
Railway: Norfolk Southern (search)
Reporting Marks: NW 555076 & NW 555023 (search)
Train Symbol: Not Provided
Subdivision/SNS: St. Thomas (search)
City/Town: St. Thomas (search)
Province: Ontario (search)
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5 Comments
  1. Klaucker
    December 24, 2020 at 12:45 pm

    Pretty cool

  2. dhaisell
    December 24, 2020 at 3:36 pm

    Why did they keep using them till 96? I thought they’d given up on vans up here by then.

  3. jfriedrich
    December 27, 2020 at 7:15 pm

    I believe it was a union/operating thing if I remember correctly.

  4. Noe
    December 30, 2020 at 12:11 am

    Thanks for all the comments. Yes, I believe it was union agreements with the original Canadian crews that still operated across the borders on these runs. The cabooses were required on all trains and then in November 1996 they made their last runs.

  5. Stephen C. Host
    November 8, 2023 at 3:23 pm

    One of these is in service in Detroit .. found it and shot it in October 2023, not this exact number but they do live on.
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