Caption: Canadian Pacific FP9 1405 and a sister FP9 (1405-1415, built by in 1954 by GMD London specially for the 89mph-geared 1400-series GMD high speed passenger power pool) leads train #11, The Canadian, westbound at Spadina Avenue, just out of Toronto Union Station (in the distance) passing the CN freight platforms to the north and CN Spadina Roundhouse to the south. The 1950's downtown Toronto skyline is somewhat bare, with much of the downtown area filled with the Toronto Terminals Railway corridor, passenger and locomotive servicing facilities of the two main Canadian railways (CN Spadina roundhouse and coachyard, and CP's John Street roundhouse and passenger servicing facilities), and industries and warehouses located along the harbourfront.

The consist behind the two 1400's is the usual Budd stainless steel equipment, specifically purchased by CP for their new transcontinental "The Canadian" that began operation on April 24th 1955, and a U-series tourist sleeper converted by CP from a heavyweight passenger car with matching stainless steel fluting added. Much of the Budd fleet still running today, 70 years later, under VIA Rail on their version of The Canadian.

Original photographer unknown (duplicate slide), Dan Dell'Unto collection slide.