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Caption: Canadian National "Ten Wheeler" 1322 pauses at Meaford before returning to Collingwood, on CN's Meaford Subdivision in 1958.
1322, an H6c class Mikado, was built in 1910 for the Canadian Northern Railway. It was donated to the City of Barrie in 1960 (after being renumbered 1531) and survives today owned by the Simcoe County Museum in Midhurst, ON.
[Editor's notes: Operations on CN's Meaford Sub, which originally ran 52 miles to Meaford from Barrie, were transferred when Barrie and Collingwood both stepped in to buy portions of the line in 1996 when CN wanted to abandon it. It is now part of the Barrie Collingwood Railway, with operations contracted to Cando. However, in 2011 Collingwood decided to discontinue rail service over their portion of the line from the CPR interchange at Utopia to Collingwood. The Barrie section of the former Meaford Sub remains active].
Note, geotagged location not exact.
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![Canadian National "Ten Wheeler" 1322 pauses at Meaford before returning to Collingwood, on CN's Meaford Subdivision in 1958.1322, an H6c class Mikado, was built in 1910 for the Canadian Northern Railway. It was donated to the City of Barrie in 1960 (after being renumbered 1531) and survives today owned by the Simcoe County Museum in Midhurst, ON.[Editor's notes: Operations on CN's Meaford Sub, which originally ran 52 miles to Meaford from Barrie, were transferred when Barrie and Collingwood both stepped in to buy portions of the line in 1996 when CN wanted to abandon it. It is now part of the Barrie Collingwood Railway, with operations contracted to Cando. However, in 2011 Collingwood decided to discontinue rail service over their portion of the line from the CPR interchange at Utopia to Collingwood. The Barrie section of the former Meaford Sub remains active].Note, geotagged location not exact.](http://www.railpictures.ca/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/CN-1322-Meaford727-edited2-despec-cc-1280x913.jpg "Canadian National \"Ten Wheeler\" 1322 pauses at Meaford before returning to Collingwood, on CN's Meaford Subdivision in 1958.1322, an H6c class Mikado, was built in 1910 for the Canadian Northern Railway. It was donated to the City of Barrie in 1960 (after being renumbered 1531) and survives today owned by the Simcoe County Museum in Midhurst, ON.[Editor's notes: Operations on CN's Meaford Sub, which originally ran 52 miles to Meaford from Barrie, were transferred when Barrie and Collingwood both stepped in to buy portions of the line in 1996 when CN wanted to abandon it. It is now part of the Barrie Collingwood Railway, with operations contracted to Cando. However, in 2011 Collingwood decided to discontinue rail service over their portion of the line from the CPR interchange at Utopia to Collingwood. The Barrie section of the former Meaford Sub remains active].Note, geotagged location not exact.")
Another great shot from the time when steam still ruled the rails and branch lines were viable. Cattle probably haven’t been hauled by rail in that area since the late 1960′s when trucks became the primary mode of livestock transport. Thanks Bill Thomson for taking the picture and sharing it here.