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It was a bright and very warm Saturday back on the 24th of July 1976 when I staked out a spot just off Seaway Haulage Road on the east side of the Welland Canal in order to grab a shot of CN6060 (Toronto bound) on excursion as it was thru the summer months back then. It ran on Wed and Sat. And did a good business. I'm in the grass here along what I think is the remains of the old Third Canal and the CN Iron Bridge. Great memories!!! And my personal RP photo number one thousand. Finally.
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Caption: It was a bright and very warm Saturday back on the 24th of July 1976 when I staked out a spot just off Seaway Haulage Road on the east side of the Welland Canal in order to grab a shot of CN6060 (Toronto bound) on excursion as it was thru the summer months back then. It ran on Wed and Sat. And did a good business. I'm in the grass here along what I think is the remains of the old Third Canal and the CN Iron Bridge. Great memories!!! And my personal RP photo number one thousand. Finally.

Photographer:
A.W.Mooney [2190] (more) (contact)
Date: 07/24/1976 (search)
Railway: Canadian National (search)
Reporting Marks: CN 6060 (search)
Train Symbol: extra (search)
Subdivision/SNS: CN Grimsby Sub. (search)
City/Town: St. Catharines (search)
Province: Ontario (search)
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19 Comments
  1. Jacob Patterson
    March 10, 2018 at 7:54 pm

    Congrats on #1000 Arnold! The 6060 trips were CN’s best PR trains.

  2. awmooney
    March 10, 2018 at 8:00 pm

    Thanks, Jacob !!

  3. rsmith
    March 10, 2018 at 8:09 pm

    1000! Good grief! I just hit 200. These regular-running steam trips must have been quite the sight to see. Too bad those days are long gone. Thanks for continuing to post these great photos Arnold.

  4. awmooney
    March 10, 2018 at 8:15 pm

    Merci Mr. Smith. That was the good thing about the Steam. Two days a week you could count on a great image ON SCHEDULE and with the heat, the flies, the bugs, and cranky women, that made all the difference in the world. :o )

  5. mattwatson
    March 10, 2018 at 8:26 pm

    Congratulations on number 1000!

  6. awmooney
    March 10, 2018 at 8:30 pm

    And thank you, Matt. Who knows where all this stuff would have ended up without being part of RP to share it with other train junkies.

  7. Cdntrainphotog
    March 10, 2018 at 10:21 pm

    Let me join the Chorus of Congratulations on Image 1000. That is quite the feat to have posted this many from across the country. Mooney- Train Buff Extraordinaire!!

  8. awmooney
    March 11, 2018 at 4:57 am

    Appreciate this, Cdntrainphotog. Thanks. As I look over the widening time frame of all these images, I get to seriously wondering where all the years have gone……..

  9. Bill Purdy
    March 11, 2018 at 9:08 am

    Well done on 1000 my friend. Keep them coming!

  10. awmooney
    March 11, 2018 at 9:42 am

    Thanks, Bill. Have fun out there today!

  11. Stephen C. Host
    March 11, 2018 at 11:50 am

    Congrats on #1000 Arnold!

  12. awmooney
    March 11, 2018 at 11:57 am

    Than k you, Mr. Host. You didn’t think I was going to quit at 999 did you? :o )

  13. Stephen C. Host
    March 11, 2018 at 12:07 pm

    I like to celebrate life’s random accomplishments. 999 seems like a good thing to celebrate.

  14. Peter Newman
    March 11, 2018 at 1:31 pm

    Wonderful photo, Arnold – this shot brings back lots of fond memories! Congratulations on #1,000!

  15. awmooney
    March 11, 2018 at 10:13 pm

    Thanks, Peter. I found a few more 6060 shots while looking for this one; so I will feed them along gradually. :o )

  16. Paul Snyder
    March 16, 2018 at 12:13 pm

    Congrats on the 1000! Great picture and spend a lot of time in my youth at that location. Thank you for sharing!

  17. awmooney
    March 18, 2018 at 7:34 pm

    Thanks, Paul. I have a couple more images from that area, but don’t want to tire everyone of 6060 pics. :o )

  18. Paul O'Shell
    March 20, 2018 at 11:59 am

    Congrats on #1000 Arnold. All fabulous photos and many of them great reminders of my railroading days.

  19. awmooney
    March 20, 2018 at 1:59 pm

    Thanks, Paul. Happy retirement, Paul. :o ) Now these memories are REALLY a thing of the past.
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