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Just love a November sunny Saturday afternoon... and a great time to try out my new (for me) used Nikkor 28mm f2.8 lens. At least twenty eight units (maybe a couple more hidden upper right) Of the manufacturer & models in the slide, here's my list, from the left, bottom to top: Budd cars in CN livery: RDC-2; RDC-1; CN MLW S-13; RDC-1; and at top: RDC-4; CN MLW RS-18; GMD FP9A ( CN 6531); F7B; MLW FPB-2u (either 6858 or 6559); MLW FPA-4; two ONR GMD FP7A ; CN MLW S-13; GMD FP9A (VIA 6521); MLW FPB-4; MLW FPA-4 (VIA 6774); and three more units likely two FP9A and one FPA-4 behind the pole: Budd car in VIA livery: RDC-1; and almost hidden, appears to be a MLW RS-18 and a GMD F extreme right, appear to be four coupled: two GMD F's; a MLW FPB-4; another GMD F and a MLW RS-18; at top MLW S-13 at CN Spadina November 4, 1978 Kodachrome by S.Danko Noteworthy: see any 'ditch lights'?
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Just love a November sunny Saturday afternoon...

and a great time to try out my new (for me) used Nikkor 28mm f2.8 lens.

At least twenty eight units (maybe a couple more hidden upper right)

Of the manufacturer & models in the slide, here's my list, from the left, bottom to top:

Budd cars in CN livery: RDC-2; RDC-1; CN MLW S-13; RDC-1; and at top: RDC-4; CN MLW RS-18;

GMD FP9A ( CN 6531); F7B; MLW FPB-2u (either 6858 or 6559); MLW FPA-4; two ONR GMD FP7A ; CN MLW S-13;

GMD FP9A (VIA 6521); MLW FPB-4;

MLW FPA-4 (VIA 6774); and three more units likely two FP9A and one FPA-4

behind the pole: Budd car in VIA livery: RDC-1; and almost hidden, appears to be a MLW RS-18 and a GMD F

extreme right, appear to be four coupled: two GMD F's; a MLW FPB-4; another GMD F and a MLW RS-18; at top MLW S-13

at CN Spadina November 4, 1978 Kodachrome by S.Danko

Noteworthy: see any 'ditch lights'?

Photographer:
sdfourty [707] (more) (contact)
Date: 11/04/1978 (search)
Railway: Canadian National (search)
Reporting Marks: CN 6531;VIA 6521;VIA 6774 (search)
Train Symbol: n/a (search)
Subdivision/SNS: CN Spadina (search)
City/Town: Toronto (search)
Province: Ontario (search)
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2 Comments
  1. awmooney
    January 16, 2022 at 10:37 am

    That must have been a “good time Saturday”. A new lens and all this to look at. If that doesn’t say “good old days” I don’t know what would. Really interesting. When it comes to passenger service, something of (almost) everything can be seen. Bet you had fun.

  2. sdfourty
    February 12, 2022 at 4:15 pm

    …at that time…you never realized how good those times were…and thank goodness for Kodachrome!
    sdfourty
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