Railpictures.ca - Jason Noe Photo: CN GP38-2 7501 is viewed from Toronto’s (Vaughan) MacMillan Yard diesel shop tower awaiting its next call to the hump as another 7500-series set can be seen in the background working the actual hump. To the left is newly built Orinoco Mining SD38-2TC 1048, which was on route from the GMDD plant in London to the AMF facility in Montreal, Quebec for contract painting. This was a mining railroad in Venezuela, that had eight units manufactured and painted in Canada, which were loaded on a ship in Halifax during June of that year to reach their destination. So the story goes, checking my notes, this photo was taken during a MacMillan Yard visit thirty years ago on Mother’s Day 1994. With that in mind, I wish a Happy Mother’s Day to every mom out there both here and now gone. | Railpictures.ca – Canadian Railway Photography

CN GP38-2 7501 is viewed from Toronto’s (Vaughan) MacMillan Yard diesel shop tower awaiting its next call to the hump as another 7500-series set can be seen in the background working the actual hump. To the left is newly built Orinoco Mining SD38-2TC 1048, which was on route from the GMDD plant in London to the AMF facility in Montreal, Quebec for contract painting. This was a mining railroad in Venezuela, that had eight units manufactured and painted in Canada, which were loaded on a ship in Halifax during June of that year to reach their destination.

So the story goes, checking my notes, this photo was taken during a MacMillan Yard visit thirty years ago on Mother’s Day 1994. With that in mind, I wish a Happy Mother’s Day to every mom out there both here and now gone.

Caption: CN GP38-2 7501 is viewed from Toronto’s (Vaughan) MacMillan Yard diesel shop tower awaiting its next call to the hump as another 7500-series set can be seen in the background working the actual hump. To the left is newly built Orinoco Mining SD38-2TC 1048, which was on route from the GMDD plant in London to the AMF facility in Montreal, Quebec for contract painting. This was a mining railroad in Venezuela, that had eight units manufactured and painted in Canada, which were loaded on a ship in Halifax during June of that year to reach their destination.
So the story goes, checking my notes, this photo was taken during a MacMillan Yard visit thirty years ago on Mother’s Day 1994. With that in mind, I wish a Happy Mother’s Day to every mom out there both here and now gone.

Photographer:	Jason Noe [964] (more) (contact)
Date:	May 8, 1994 (search)
Railway:	Canadian National (search)
Reporting Marks:	CN 7501 (search)
Train Symbol:	Not Provided
Subdivision/SNS:	CN MacMillan Yard (search)
City/Town:	Toronto (Vaughan) (search)
Province:	Ontario (search)
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2 Comments

Stephen C. Host

May 13, 2024 at 2:40 pm

Awwww.

This is an excellent image and a now rare vantage point.

7501 was repainted though

http://www.railpictures.ca/?attachment_id=8474

and you got it trailing – it hasn’t led anything around here though

http://www.railpictures.ca/?attachment_id=47194

I wonder if it was unsuitable for road service and sent back to the hump?
Noe

May 13, 2024 at 4:54 pm

Thanks Steve.

It’s certainly cleaner looking almost 20 years later in Phil’s photo.

It only lasted one day on L568! I don’t believe it has ever returned to Kitchener.