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Caption: THE LEGACY OF JAMES A. BROWN LIVES ON - Having spent the last full day of his Newfoundland adventure chasing the Carbonear Mixed from its namesake town to St. John's with his friend John Freyseng, the late James A. Brown captures lead engine G8 801 on the head end of CN Train 232 at the St. John's station on June 22, 1967. The 801 was one of six such 875 horsepower units built with narrow gauge A-1-A trucks specifically for operating on the light rail of the Argentia, Carbonear and Bonavista branches. Delivered in August of 1956, some of this series continued to wear their original olive green and gold paint up until 1979, among the last in the entire country. Images such as this and many others by North America's top railway photographers can be seen in my upcoming all colour BRANCHLINES OF NEWFOUNDLAND, to be released in a special hardcover only edition by Seaweed Publishing of St. Brides, NL this spring.
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WOW, what detail!!
Jim’s great picture brings back so many good memories. Wish he was still here. Ken, he would like your railway books so much ! I was standing beside him when he took this slide. Seems like yesterday, was a great day, a great trip to Newfoundland with a great friend. Looking forward very much for the release of your new book, John
Thank you for that beautiful comment John. So glad that you and Jim came here and captured what you did. The years do go by so quickly.