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Caption: The weekend of September 13 - 15, 1963 marked a massive undertaking by the Upper Canada Railway Society, a 692.2 mile excursion from Toronto - Ottawa - North Bay - Temagami - Toronto, with seventeen coaches behind CNR 6167. With the train having run overnight from Toronto - Ottawa on the 13th, the train turned west and departed the nation's capital early on the 14th, running across northern Ontario to North Bay. 6167 would be removed at North Bay, with ONR FP7s handling the train to Temagami overnight. The consist returned to North Bay on the morning of the 15th, with 6167 taking over once again for the return to Toronto. Further information can also be found in the December 1963 UCRS news letter.
About 40 miles after the previous runpast, CNR 6167 has cut off from the excursion to take on coal and water, and is seen making a reverse move over the Muskrat River bridge. Below the bridge, and to the right of the tender, note the white milepost of the CNR Locksley Subdivision, which should be mile 20, as "National Junction" would be located at mile 20.2, off to the right closer to town. The Locksley Sub ran 21.1 miles from Golden Lake, and a connection to the CNR Renfrew Sub, north to Pembroke, ending at a downtown station. CNR was permitted to abandon the Locksley Sub from Golden Lake to mile 19.5 in 1960, and mile 19.5 - mile 20.01 in 1963. The remaining mile was used as an industrial spur.
Pembroke was served by another CNR station on the mainline, a bit east of this location. Del Rosamond shot an eastbound there in 1958.
Scan and editing by Jacob Patterson.
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