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Ah....Summer North of Superior.....when track occupancies ( blocks ) limit daylight train operations....where any operating train is a celebration....August 30 1984, Mile 63.0 Heron Bay Subdivision the former CP Rail Marathon Ontario station remains occupied as a residence as end of train device #434455 ably handles the tail end duties for CP Rail 6003 East. Note the CP Rail COFC ahead of the caboose. Kodachrome by S. Danko. More Northern Ontario: exceptional Centre of the Community rare sight
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Caption: Ah....Summer North of Superior.....when track occupancies ( blocks ) limit daylight train operations....where any operating train is a celebration....August 30 1984, Mile 63.0 Heron Bay Subdivision the former CP Rail Marathon Ontario station remains occupied as a residence as end of train device #434455 ably handles the tail end duties for CP Rail 6003 East. Note the CP Rail COFC ahead of the caboose. Kodachrome by S. Danko.
More Northern Ontario:
exceptional
Centre of the Community
rare sight

Photographer:
sdfourty [672] (more) (contact)
Date: 08/30/1984 (search)
Railway: Canadian Pacific (search)
Reporting Marks: CP 434455 (search)
Train Symbol: CP 6003 east (search)
Subdivision/SNS: Marathon / mile 63 Heron Bay Sub (search)
City/Town: Marathon (search)
Province: Ontario (search)
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4 Comments
  1. headtailgrep
    June 19, 2013 at 11:00 pm

    I would assume the operator lived out of the station then, Steve? Nice scene.

  2. mile27
    June 19, 2013 at 11:26 pm

    Nice. Not many pics out there of the old Marathon station with a train. Wish it was still there.

  3. headtailgrep
    June 20, 2013 at 8:43 am

    Old… looks like 1940′s era, similar to Owen Sound…

  4. sdfourty
    February 12, 2022 at 4:39 pm

    Station was an occupied living space. No operator though. Perhaps by a CP maintenance employee.
    sdfourty
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