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With railfans all around, the joint excursion of the Upper Canada Railway Society and Canadian Railroad Historical Association behind E-10-a 2-6-0 90 and N-4-a 2-8-0 2649 thunders by during a runpast near Ormsby Junction, where the seven mile Coe Hill Sub left the mainline.
Departing Belleville amid the light rain that morning at 0645h - with a crew from the National Film Board setup in the baggage car - the excursion ran along the Campbellford Subdivision to Anson Junction, taking the east leg of the wye onto the Marmora Subdivision. The train would pause briefly at Bancroft before proceeding three miles north to York River where the train could be wyed for the return trip. Arriving back at Anson Junction, the excursion would continue south into Trenton, turning on the wye before returning north to Trenton Junction to rejoin the Oshawa Sub mainline for the short twelve mile run back to Belleville. The special reached a top speed of 55mph on the high iron, running barely 30 minutes ahead of Toronto - Montreal train 6, due into Belleville at 1815h.

Notes of the trip per John Freyseng's extensive article in the June 1959 UCRS newsletter. Neither of these locomotives would last another year, with 90 meeting the torch in February 1960, and 2649 that March.


John A. Krave Photo, Jacob Patterson Collection, 4x5 Negative.  Geotagged location is approximate.
Copyright Notice: This image ©John A. Krave Photo, Jacob PattersonCollection all rights reserved.



Caption: With railfans all around, the joint excursion of the Upper Canada Railway Society and Canadian Railroad Historical Association behind E-10-a 2-6-0 90 and N-4-a 2-8-0 2649 thunders by during a runpast near Ormsby Junction, where the seven mile Coe Hill Sub left the mainline.

Departing Belleville amid the light rain that morning at 0645h - with a crew from the National Film Board setup in the baggage car - the excursion ran along the Campbellford Subdivision to Anson Junction, taking the east leg of the wye onto the Marmora Subdivision. The train would pause briefly at Bancroft before proceeding three miles north to York River where the train could be wyed for the return trip. Arriving back at Anson Junction, the excursion would continue south into Trenton, turning on the wye before returning north to Trenton Junction to rejoin the Oshawa Sub mainline for the short twelve mile run back to Belleville. The special reached a top speed of 55mph on the high iron, running barely 30 minutes ahead of Toronto - Montreal train 6, due into Belleville at 1815h.

Notes of the trip per John Freyseng's extensive article in the June 1959 UCRS newsletter. Neither of these locomotives would last another year, with 90 meeting the torch in February 1960, and 2649 that March.

John A. Krave Photo, Jacob Patterson Collection, 4x5 Negative. Geotagged location is approximate.

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John A. Krave Photo, Jacob PattersonCollection [564] (more) (contact)
Date: 05/10/1959 (search)
Railway: Canadian National (search)
Reporting Marks: CNR 90, CNR 2649 (search)
Train Symbol: Extra 90 (search)
Subdivision/SNS: Marmora Sub (search)
City/Town: Ormsby Junction (search)
Province: Ontario (search)
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3 Comments
  1. That must have been quite the ride in the 90 and 2649 at 55 mph!!!!!!

  2. Jacob, very nice, brings back many good memories of that day. Yes, riding in a vestibule, listening & watching 90 & 2649 zipping along into Belleville was exciting and exhilarating ! Notwithstanding their age, these two old “gals” still had it in them to “run fast on the mainline”; was a great way for these engines to end their long careers.

  3. A great photo. Thanks for sharing the photo and for the memories/writeup John.

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