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UP 4614, and UP 9241 rest in St. Thomas in better times, the building in the background, used for both NS and CN crews is now abandoned and boarded up, the sign long gone. As usual I wanted a pair of NS units.. but kept rolling UP. I don't mind this photo now.. both of these are probably endangered or gone now.
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Caption: UP 4614, and UP 9241 rest in St. Thomas in better times, the building in the background, used for both NS and CN crews is now abandoned and boarded up, the sign long gone. As usual I wanted a pair of NS units.. but kept rolling UP. I don't mind this photo now.. both of these are probably endangered or gone now.

Photographer:
Stephen C. Host [1535] (more) (contact)
Date: 12/23/2006 (search)
Railway: Union Pacific (search)
Reporting Marks: UP 4614, 9241 (search)
Train Symbol: NS 327 (search)
Subdivision/SNS: St. Thomas (search)
City/Town: St. Thomas (search)
Province: Ontario (search)
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10 Comments
  1. Kevin Flood
    June 14, 2019 at 10:09 pm

    Bringing out the classics…

  2. Marcus Stevens
    June 15, 2019 at 1:43 pm

    Nice catch! It was nice to see all of the foreign power on those trains near the end. Most notable was the CNW leading.

  3. Railfan97
    June 15, 2019 at 7:26 pm

    A typical day in St.Thomas

  4. Stephen C. Host
    June 15, 2019 at 8:58 pm

    Indeed…. you had it good there Railfan97. It was mecca. How many times you had access to high hood units… tonnes of foreign power.. conrail.. i made the trip often but wish I did more. Plus CN still ran to Ridgetown once a week

  5. Railfan97
    June 15, 2019 at 11:17 pm

    I need to get around to scanning some of my disposal photos. The power I’ve seen that I wish was caught on digital

  6. Stephen C. Host
    June 16, 2019 at 9:13 pm

    You should.. I went to St. Thomas in 2005 and found two sets of power laying over.. one had a CNO&TP high hood unit paired with another geep.. and a pair of 6 axles.. there was an extra that ran with really nice power and we were all none the wiser – you just didn’t get everything because it was so common.

  7. Noe
    June 17, 2019 at 11:12 am

    Nice FPON St. Thomas throwback Steve.

    You chased them with us around this time I remember.

  8. Stephen C. Host
    June 17, 2019 at 10:18 pm

    Thanks!

    Yeah, I was somewhat “aggressively” going after NS in this period. But I only went out every other week or so.. I did well but if I knew what I did now things would have been quite different :)

    Our chase was great though and I got many keepers, some of my best of NS in Ontario actually.

  9. Stephen C. Host
    July 17, 2019 at 11:38 am

    As it turns out I have a photo of this train in action a day or two prior with exactly this motive power. Seems it cycled a bit! For another rainy day :)

  10. Stephen C. Host
    December 8, 2019 at 3:31 pm

    Posted the action shot today

    http://www.railpictures.ca/?attachment_id=39673

    Also linked a video :)

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