Caption: Very fresh looking CP Rail wooden caboose 437124 (a "van" in CP parlance) tags along on the rear of a CP local freight passing through the Weston area of Toronto on CP's MacTier Sub. The reweight/shop date on its side reads "ON 3-77" (Ogden Shops, March 1977), meaning it was only 3 months out of the paint booth, possibly also "modernized" at the same time with plywood side panels and roofwalks removed, both common modifications done to CP's old wooden van fleet. With a crewmember riding the rear porch, it's unclear if it's trailing the train or leading on a backup move, but leading he'd need an air whistle hooked up to the trainline to signal for the crossings. That old CP 40' double door boxcar with both doors open may be enroute for spotting at a local customer.

It's hard to place this shot, but it appears to be just south of King Street grade crossing, north of GO/CN's Weston Station. CP's Weston Station was once just to the south at John Street, the town of Weston had wanted to save it but CP demolished it in 1974, apparently despite a stop-work order issued (sound familiar?). The tracks through this corridor of Weston at the time included the two CP MacTier Sub mainlines, a CN-CP interchange track just in front of the caboose, a CN customs/bond/team/service track in the foreground, and CN's Weston Sub mainline along with a passing siding (both would be in the foreground at the bottom of this photo, out of frame). In the 1960's, the switch off CN to the interchange was at CN "Moffat" (named after the nearby stove company), at Mile 8.8 Weston Sub (just north of Weston, Mile 8.6), but by the 70's that name and reference had been eliminated from timetables.

Mike Bannon photo, Dan Dell'Unto collection slide.