Railpictures.ca - unknown, Paul O'Shell collection Photo: No plow? No problem! Coming up on 45 years ago this month, CN 1323 leads the way freight into Jarvis from Hagersville on the west leg of the wye which is the Hagersville Sub. The Roadmaster (my Dad) has inspected the front of the unit and is satisfied that the cuts between Hagersville & Jarvis have been cleared. :-) The Pyle National dual sealed beam headlight with incandescent bulbs produces enough heat to keep the snow melted from the lenses. That won’t happen with todays LED lights. The radiator is completely covered so the cab should be nice and warm. While there is not much snow on the ground, the numerous cuts along the route from Rymal in Hamilton to Jarvis can fill in quickly and become major problems if not attended to. CN 1323 taken care of that on this cold January 25, 1978 day. | Railpictures.ca – Canadian Railway Photography

No plow? No problem! Coming up on 45 years ago this month, CN 1323 leads the way freight into Jarvis from Hagersville on the west leg of the wye which is the Hagersville Sub. The Roadmaster (my Dad) has inspected the front of the unit and is satisfied that the cuts between Hagersville & Jarvis have been cleared. :-) The Pyle National dual sealed beam headlight with incandescent bulbs produces enough heat to keep the snow melted from the lenses. That won't happen with todays LED lights. The radiator is completely covered so the cab should be nice and warm. While there is not much snow on the ground, the numerous cuts along the route from Rymal in Hamilton to Jarvis can fill in quickly and become major problems if not attended to. CN 1323 taken care of that on this cold January 25, 1978 day.

Caption: No plow? No problem! Coming up on 45 years ago this month, CN 1323 leads the way freight into Jarvis from Hagersville on the west leg of the wye which is the Hagersville Sub. The Roadmaster (my Dad) has inspected the front of the unit and is satisfied that the cuts between Hagersville & Jarvis have been cleared. :-) The Pyle National dual sealed beam headlight with incandescent bulbs produces enough heat to keep the snow melted from the lenses. That won't happen with todays LED lights. The radiator is completely covered so the cab should be nice and warm. While there is not much snow on the ground, the numerous cuts along the route from Rymal in Hamilton to Jarvis can fill in quickly and become major problems if not attended to. CN 1323 taken care of that on this cold January 25, 1978 day.

Photographer:	unknown, Paul O'Shell collection [439] (more) (contact)
Date:	01/25/1978 (search)
Railway:	Canadian National (search)
Reporting Marks:	CN 1323 (search)
Train Symbol:	way freight (search)
Subdivision/SNS:	Jarvis, Hagersville Sub., Mile 32.4 (search)
City/Town:	Jarvis (search)
Province:	Ontario (search)
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11 Comments

bruce

January 9, 2023 at 10:47 pm

Any idea who is standing there in front of the loco? Bruce
Klaucker

January 10, 2023 at 6:42 am

Fantastic Paul
terry.oshell

January 10, 2023 at 7:37 am

A day later they would be pushing through even deeper drifts as the Blizzard of 1978 took hold. Coming south one of the most difficult cuts was about two miles north of the station. Looks like a steel van bring up the rear. Great photo.
Paul O'Shell

January 10, 2023 at 9:30 am

Good morning Bruce. The gentleman in front of CN 1323 is my father Wilfred J. O’Shell. At the time of the photo he was the CN Roadmaster headquartered in Jarvis. He held that position from 1969 until 1985 when he retired.

Thanks Michael. I appreciate your comment.

Good eye on the van Terry! For many of the years we lived in Jarvis, the way freight had an old wood van on the tail end but I guess by 1978 they had moved up in the world! I was stationed in Capreol during the Blizzard of 78′ and have photos from there showing 4+ feet of snow and higher drifts. Sure made railroading a challenge!
Brundle

January 10, 2023 at 3:55 pm

Good job bringing this photo back to life Paul. If you’re like me, it is kinda neat having your Dads stuff get one more viewing by an audience. And, in this instance, it’s a big audience.
Noe

January 11, 2023 at 9:35 am

This is really awesome.
RonaldB

January 11, 2023 at 12:09 pm

I love this type of winter photo, they remind me of my early years on the CPR. On CP, SW1200RS often had plywood panels applied in winter, on the front railings to prevent radiators from being packed with snow. Also, it was always interesting to use one of these units cab forward to plow snow. I took Some Super 8 film in the early 1970s of that very thing, when I was working the Woodstock/Port Burwell wayfrieght.
RonaldB

January 11, 2023 at 12:14 pm

The comment about the incandescent bulbs was interesting. I’ve seen ditchlights melt through packed snow too. And, I also have wondered how LEDs will fare under similar conditions.
Stephen C. Host

January 11, 2023 at 7:09 pm

Led’s do basically nothing as they have 1/10′th the heat output

They can melt snow Judt not as fast and most certainly not much of it. But it will happen.
cp5756

January 11, 2023 at 7:52 pm

LEDs for the most part are not used as headlights on rail equipment, mostly on modern passenger trains. I believe incandescent bulbs are mostly used still
Stephen C. Host

January 11, 2023 at 10:06 pm

LED’s are making inroads though. Some shortlines have begun deploying them because LED’s last far longer requiring less maintenance.

The three NSC switchers all seem to have LED lights too.

Some GEXR motive power also has LED’s.. some…

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