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Since Parry Sound often appears to "roll up the sidewalks" after the dinner hour; one guy found a good way to pass the time. Head for the CP station and watch the trains come in. It is rather late in the evening for the Super Continental #3 to be arriving at the station. It's scheduled time was around 1800, and from the sun angle it is well past that. But still bright enough for a decent image. Power is CP 1409 and VIA 1961 with a fairly long train, considering it meets up with the Montreal section at Sudbury. The CP 1409 was rebuilt into VIA 6557 in 1982.
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Caption: Since Parry Sound often appears to "roll up the sidewalks" after the dinner hour; one guy found a good way to pass the time. Head for the CP station and watch the trains come in. It is rather late in the evening for the Super Continental #3 to be arriving at the station. It's scheduled time was around 1800, and from the sun angle it is well past that. But still bright enough for a decent image. Power is CP 1409 and VIA 1961 with a fairly long train, considering it meets up with the Montreal section at Sudbury. The CP 1409 was rebuilt into VIA 6557 in 1982.

Photographer:
A.W. Mooney [2348] (more) (contact)
Date: 06/13/1979 (search)
Railway: Canadian Pacific (search)
Reporting Marks: CP 1409 (search)
Train Symbol: #3 (search)
Subdivision/SNS: CP Parry Sound Sub. (search)
City/Town: Parry Sound (search)
Province: Ontario (search)
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4 Comments
  1. dandopinski
    March 22, 2026 at 12:22 am

    A first class picture! (no pun intended)

  2. awmooney
    March 22, 2026 at 6:45 am

    Opinion appreciated. I sure miss those days..

  3. terry.oshell
    March 22, 2026 at 7:44 am

    Nicely captured scene. A Yellow Train order board for the northbound passenger, a black and white former CN steam genny and the Baggage Man poking his head out the baggage car door getting ready to grab a lone suitcase and paperwork from the Operator.

  4. Ian Malenfant-Picard
    March 23, 2026 at 2:30 am

    A CN train running on CP trackage with a CP Painted locomotive on point… You could call that a foreshadowing of what they would do to the Canadian in the 1990s! Great capture!
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