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While hanging out at one of the wooden bridges over the CN line at Newtonville, this unexpected move came by. Back then, no communication like there is today, so no one to ask and no idea where the baggage car was heading.
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Caption: While hanging out at one of the wooden bridges over the CN line at Newtonville, this unexpected move came by. Back then, no communication like there is today, so no one to ask and no idea where the baggage car was heading.

Photographer:
A.W. Mooney [2384] (more) (contact)
Date: 03/08/1978 (search)
Railway: Canadian National (search)
Reporting Marks: CN 3716 (search)
Train Symbol: extra (search)
Subdivision/SNS: CN Kingston Sub. (search)
City/Town: Newtonville (search)
Province: Ontario (search)
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6 Comments
  1. terry.oshell
    July 1, 2026 at 6:20 pm

    Nice catch. Looks like a Gang Tool Car. Converted baggage cars were quite common in the 70’ and 80’s, they made for great tool/work shop cars.

  2. L. Parks
    July 1, 2026 at 7:19 pm

    By the age of it, I was thinking the same thing. Regardless, makes for an interesting little train.
    Happy Canada Day! :-D

  3. awmooney
    July 1, 2026 at 10:50 pm

    Thanks guys, and Happy Canada Day right back. It was a different sort of one tonight; storm hit in Grimsby town at 1810 and power was out 4 hrs 20 minutes.

  4. MrDan
    July 2, 2026 at 2:39 pm

    There was a very similarly painted work service baggage car in the Toronto area numbered CN 73913 (with the extra black on the upper part covering the white stripe), so it could have been this car on the move.

  5. awmooney
    July 2, 2026 at 2:44 pm

    I wish I had been able to catch the number, but it was really moving and of course, extra photos cost money back then………………

  6. Ian Malenfant-Picard
    July 3, 2026 at 12:58 pm

    Now that’s a rather interesting one, nice catch!
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