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Caption: With her “Extra” flags straining, M-636 #4739 leads the charge through Scarborough, circa 1976. Built by MLW six years earlier, the locomotive was retired in ’93, un-retired in ’94, and re-retired in ’95.
Check out Timothy Wakeman’s great shot of #4739 taken in 1987…
http://www.railpictures.ca/?attachment_id=15057
The second and third units are a couple of C-630’s. Both were built in 1968. #4504 served until ’91. #4500 lasted with the CPR until 1993. She was then donated to the York-Durham Heritage Railway Society in Uxbridge, Ontario. Shortly thereafter the locomotive ended up south of the 49th.
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Great shot, Peter! Love that consist, and it appears the forth unit is a C-424.
That 4500 has a bit of a history. I remember seeing it stored alongside the CN Oakville Sub near Trafalgar Road in Oakville, circa late 1993/early 1994. It had been donated to an individual, iirc, who stored it here and there for a time before selling it to the Arkansas & Missouri, who eventually sold it to the Western New York & Pennsylvania RR, where it currently resides. The for-profit sale of what was a donated locomotive soured CP’s view of future donations, to the severe dismay of at least one foamer I know.
This looks like a London bound train. The empty multis on the head end are probably for Walkerville near Windsor. Most daytime London bound trains from about noon until late evening ran as extras.