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….dreaming of summers' past..... ...when F units were as common as.....your Mom's minivan.. ...and Nikkormat's transported Kodak Plus X.. ...and FPA-4's were uncommon on the transcontinental trains..... FP9A / F9B / FPA-4 6507 / 6627 / 6761 6507 to KCS #4 then to display Kansas City #34 / 6627 retired by 1990 / 6761 retired by 1989… ...the twelve car daily VIA Rail #9 is fresh off the CN Newmarket Subdivision ( Newmarket – Barrie – Orillia ) onto the CN Bala Subdivision … ..next operational stop CN Boyne to cross over to CP Rail at Reynolds and onto CP Rail Parry Sound... ….at quadruple track CN Washago ( that is the Newmarket double track in the foreground), Kodak Plus X negative exposed August 5, 1985 by S.Danko CN Boyne switch key exchange Orillia sdfourty
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….dreaming of summers' past.....

...when F units were as common as.....your Mom's minivan..

...and Nikkormat's transported Kodak Plus X..

...and FPA-4's were uncommon on the transcontinental trains.....

FP9A / F9B / FPA-4

6507 / 6627 / 6761

6507 to KCS #4 then to display Kansas City #34 / 6627 retired by 1990 / 6761 retired by 1989…

...the twelve car daily VIA Rail #9 is fresh off the CN Newmarket Subdivision ( Newmarket – Barrie – Orillia ) onto the CN Bala Subdivision …

..next operational stop CN Boyne to cross over to CP Rail at Reynolds and onto CP Rail Parry Sound...

….at quadruple track CN Washago ( that is the Newmarket double track in the foreground), Kodak Plus X negative exposed August 5, 1985 by S.Danko

CN Boyne

switch key exchange

Orillia

sdfourty

Photographer:
sdfourty [707] (more) (contact)
Date: 08/05/1985 (search)
Railway: VIA Rail (search)
Reporting Marks: VIA#6507 (search)
Train Symbol: VIA#9 (search)
Subdivision/SNS: CN Boyne (search)
City/Town: Parry Sound (search)
Province: Ontario (search)
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2 Comments
  1. Todd Steinman
    May 1, 2020 at 12:19 am

    Great photo…but is that the Washago station I see in the distance?

  2. Dave Brook
    May 2, 2020 at 3:54 pm

    With an FPA4 in the consist….
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