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Caption: B&0 4801, C&0 3885 and C&0 4828, the power for this days "Nanticoke Steel Train", is shown here on the CP/TH&B STEEL train's first month of operation over the route south from Brantford. The high bridge in the photo is the old LE&NRR structure (Lake Erie & Northern). Because it is out of commission, TH&B was running the leased Chessie units down their old track, out the west end of their wye at Waterford, then backing down the CASO eastward, crossing over, and up the south side. (That connector is out of sight on the other side of the bridge on the right) and this enabled the train to continue on southward. The intricate manoeuvre was all because the bridge had been out of service for many years. CP eventually redecked the bridge but then the train was cancelled due to track washout in Brantford anyway. Currently it is used as part of the LE&N Hiking Trail. On this day I have forgotten why I was able to photograph this power moving lite. I assume cars were being set off or picked up, as there was room on the west wide of the wye for a dozen or so cars.
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Those must have been fun days back then, sad they are long over.
Oh, the pain…
Nice to see a train at Waterford. I only saw the relics of a yard there.
To me it appears as though the gons directly behind the power are tied onto the power. Regardless, great shot.
Mike: Perhaps you’re right. I kept looking at it and something didn’t look quite right to me. Its been too long to remember, and with the costs of film back then one did not run off shots like todays digital-buffs.
I was following this train that very day !!
How come we didn’t run over each other ??
Maybe you stopped off at a hotel?
I’m jealous; wish I’d start railfanning earlier !
The fact that CP had to essentialy overrun Hagersville via Brantford to Waterford back up and possibly run around their train, and use CN tracks to reach Nanticoke anyway. Seemed like quite the unique operation. Why so when CN split up the run having a more direct route from Hamilton and CP having to use CN tracks anyway. What was the reasoning behind this operation Mr Mooney? Lovely photo. Always loved the Chessie scheme. I’ve got a model myself (repurposed for my shortline).