Railpictures.ca - Bruce Mercer Photo: Approaching Waterdown is Extra 4019 North with RS-3 8437 and dead SW-1 IREX 5 ex Vermont Rly trailing ( for AA Merrilees at West Toronto). The Hamilton area phone lines were buzzing this day as the train was being marshalled at TH&B Aberdeen Yard. This would be today’s version of the Ham Turn. This shot was taken off the shoulder of Snake Road immediately south of the old overhead bridge ( which at that time was iron with wood planks). Needless to say he was working hard with a 46 car train which includes a couple of transformers from Westinghouse. It was mid morning in January hence my tendency to over expose. | Railpictures.ca – Canadian Railway Photography

Approaching Waterdown is Extra 4019 North with RS-3 8437 and dead SW-1 IREX 5 ex Vermont Rly trailing ( for AA Merrilees at West Toronto). The Hamilton area phone lines were buzzing this day as the train was being marshalled at TH&B Aberdeen Yard. This would be today’s version of the Ham Turn. This shot was taken off the shoulder of Snake Road immediately south of the old overhead bridge ( which at that time was iron with wood planks). Needless to say he was working hard with a 46 car train which includes a couple of transformers from Westinghouse.
It was mid morning in January hence my tendency to over expose.

Caption: Approaching Waterdown is Extra 4019 North with RS-3 8437 and dead SW-1 IREX 5 ex Vermont Rly trailing ( for AA Merrilees at West Toronto). The Hamilton area phone lines were buzzing this day as the train was being marshalled at TH&B Aberdeen Yard. This would be today’s version of the Ham Turn. This shot was taken off the shoulder of Snake Road immediately south of the old overhead bridge ( which at that time was iron with wood planks). Needless to say he was working hard with a 46 car train which includes a couple of transformers from Westinghouse. It was mid morning in January hence my tendency to over expose.

Photographer:	Bruce Mercer [100] (more) (contact)
Date:	1/06/1973 (search)
Railway:	Canadian Pacific (search)
Reporting Marks:	CP 4019 (search)
Train Symbol:	Extra North (search)
Subdivision/SNS:	Goderich Sub (search)
City/Town:	Waterdown (south of) (search)
Province:	Ontario (search)
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3 Comments

Ryan Gaynor

June 15, 2017 at 4:15 pm

This is amazing, Bruce! Thanks for sharing this photograph with us. Its always a pleasure seeing these retro takes on my stomping grounds.
RonaldB

August 15, 2017 at 1:14 am

These trains were called ‘Aberdeen Turns’ in those days. They ran out of the East Pool in London with an unassigned crew. The train often did a lot of work enroute didn’t pay well ..so often went to the spareboard, it was the trip to book off if one was a regular man.
Back then, only London crews worked trains on what was then called the Goderich Sub.
RonaldB

August 15, 2017 at 1:16 am

Also, the SW-1 may have been set off at Guelph Jct for an eastbound to lift to Toronto. Maybe there was a speed restriction on it, precluding sending it across the typical route for Toronto bound traffic out of Hamilton..the CN Oakville Sub ‘joint section’.

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Ryan Gaynor

June 15, 2017 at 4:15 pm

This is amazing, Bruce! Thanks for sharing this photograph with us. Its always a pleasure seeing these retro takes on my stomping grounds.

RonaldB

August 15, 2017 at 1:14 am

These trains were called ‘Aberdeen Turns’ in those days. They ran out of the East Pool in London with an unassigned crew. The train often did a lot of work enroute didn’t pay well ..so often went to the spareboard, it was the trip to book off if one was a regular man.
Back then, only London crews worked trains on what was then called the Goderich Sub.

August 15, 2017 at 1:16 am

Also, the SW-1 may have been set off at Guelph Jct for an eastbound to lift to Toronto. Maybe there was a speed restriction on it, precluding sending it across the typical route for Toronto bound traffic out of Hamilton..the CN Oakville Sub ‘joint section’.