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About First954
I was born and raised in Capreol, Ontario. I worked for CN in the Area Engineering Office during the summers of 1965 and 1966. During the summers of 1967-1969, I worked as a brakeman out of Capreol. In the fall of 1969, I transferred to the Great Lakes Regional offices in Toronto. I left CN in 1975 to join the transportation department of Ontario Hydro. I moved to the USA in 1989. I am still an active photographer.
First954's Railpictures.ca photo upload statistics
Number of images: 272
Total gold: 4080
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Number of comments posted : 252
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First954's 272 photos on Railpictures.ca:
![Shop staff at Ontario Northland's North Bay, Ontario facility, shuffle units around. ONT 1401 is an RS-10 built by MLW in December 1955 with S/N 81482.](http://www.railpictures.ca/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/ONT-1401-North-Bay-ON-May-18-1970-Don-Jaworski-200x150.jpg)
Name: | First954 |
Railway: | Ontario Northland |
Date: | 05/18/1970 |
Location: | North Bay |
Province: |
Ontario |
![Ontario Northland 1202 builds a train in their North Bay, Ontario yard on September 1st, 1969. The unit was built by ALCO in June 1946 S/N 74481.](http://www.railpictures.ca/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/ONT-1202-North-Bay-ON-September-1-1969-Don-Jaworski-200x150.jpg)
Name: | First954 |
Railway: | Ontario Northland |
Date: | 09/01/1969 |
Location: | North Bay |
Province: |
Ontario |
![CN SD40 5016 rests on the shop track in Capreol, Ontario on July 29, 1972. The unit, class GF30d, was built by GMDD in 1967.](http://www.railpictures.ca/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/CN-5016-Capreol-ON-July-29-1972-Don-Jaworski-200x150.jpg)
Name: | First954 |
Railway: | Canadian National |
Date: | 07/29/1972 |
Location: | Capreol |
Province: |
Ontario |
![VIA train 83 crosses over from the north track to the south track for its station stop at Burlington West, ON. That's the CN 1325 switching on the right. VIA 6769 is an FPA-4 built as CN 6769 by MLW in 1959.](http://www.railpictures.ca/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/VIA-6769-Train-83-Burlington-West-ON-February-13-1982-Don-Jaworski-200x150.jpg)
Name: | First954 |
Railway: | VIA Rail |
Date: | 02/13/1982 |
Location: | Burlington West |
Province: |
Ontario |
![NINE ON NINE!!! The Toronto Section of the Canadian heads west along CN's York Sub as it begins its long voyage to Vancouver. Power for the train is the 6426 and 6628.](http://www.railpictures.ca/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/VIA-6426-6628-York-Sub-Toronto-ON-May-1989-Don-Jaworski-200x150.jpg)
Name: | First954 |
Railway: | VIA Rail |
Date: | 05/00/1989 |
Location: | Toronto |
Province: |
Ontario |
![VIA's westbound Canadian, train 9, slows after crossing the diamond at Snider. The train will pull past my location, back around the connecting track on the right to the Newmarket Sub before it finally heads north. The new F40s were just beginning to make their appearance. Hard to believe they are still pulling the Canadian more than 35 years after this photo was taken.](http://www.railpictures.ca/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/VIA-6402-6632-Train-9-Snider-ON-April-1987-Don-Jaworski-200x150.jpg)
Name: | First954 |
Railway: | VIA Rail |
Date: | 04/00/1987 |
Location: | Snider |
Province: |
Ontario |
![On an overcast and otherwise crappy March day in Toronto, the Toronto section of the Canadian, train 9, heads west on CN's York Subdivision just east of Yonge Street. Power is an A-B combination of former CN units, 6502 and 66xx, for the 6 car train.](http://www.railpictures.ca/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/VIA-6502-66xx-Train-9-Doncaster-ON-March-1986-Don-Jaworski-200x150.jpg)
Name: | First954 |
Railway: | VIA Rail |
Date: | 03/00/1986 |
Location: | Toronto |
Province: |
Ontario |
![A trio of SD40s lead an eastbound freight a couple of miles out of Sudbury Ontario on August 3, 1987. CP 5501 and 5553 lead leased SD40 HLCX 5076 which began life as MP 776, then to GATX 5076 and finally to HLCX 5076.](http://www.railpictures.ca/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/CP-5501-5553-HLCX-5076-Sudbury-ON-August-3-1987-Don-Jaworski-200x150.jpg)
Name: | First954 |
Railway: | Canadian Pacific |
Date: | 08/03/1987 |
Location: | Sudbury |
Province: |
Ontario |
![CN train 218 with 9573 leading has dropped off its head end cars into MacMillan Yard, backed out on to the York Sub and is now heading west with the "pigs" for the Brampton Intermodal Terminal. The 9555 on the left is actually the trailing unit of a consist that has just dropped off its train on the north connecting track to the Newmarket Sub siding at Snider and is returning to retrieve its caboose before heading to MacMillan Yard.
The comments on my earlier post got me to think of this image. Thanks everyone.](http://www.railpictures.ca/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/CN-9555-9573-Snider-ON-May-1987-Don-Jaworski-200x150.jpg)
Name: | First954 |
Railway: | Canadian National |
Date: | 05/00/1987 |
Location: | Snider |
Province: |
Ontario |
![On a crappy smoggy spring day in Toronto, a drag of ore cars drifts downgrade on CN's York Sub and under the Yonge Street bridge. Brake shoe smoke is quite evident as the train slows for the 15 mph turnouts and curve at Doncaster as it will head north on the Bala Sub to Sudbury for more slag. Power for the train was a matched set of GP40-2(W)s 9461, 9460, and an unknown third 9400.](http://www.railpictures.ca/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/CN-9461-9460-94xx-Toronto-ON-April-1986-Don-Jaworski-200x150.jpg)
Name: | First954 |
Railway: | Canadian National |
Date: | 04/00/1986 |
Location: | Toronto |
Province: |
Ontario |
![CN Road Repair Car 52302 still looks good more than a year after being rebuilt from a 40' box car.](http://www.railpictures.ca/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/CN-52302-Capreol-ON-December-5-1971-Don-Jaworski-200x150.jpg)
Name: | First954 |
Railway: | Canadian National |
Date: | 12/05/1971 |
Location: | Capreol |
Province: |
Ontario |
![CN train 97, a Friday only and summer only, Toronto to North Bay train is powered by FPA-2u 6758. CN 6758 was delivered by MLW in 1955 as FPA-2 6711 and later renumbered to 6755. It was subsequently rebuilt by CN to 1800 hp and renumbered again to 6758. Train 97 was always interesting as you never knew what was going to show up on it.](http://www.railpictures.ca/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/CN-6758-on-train-97-Richmond-Hill-ON-June-24-1977-Don-Jaworski-200x150.jpg)
Name: | First954 |
Railway: | Canadian National |
Date: | 06/24/1977 |
Location: | Richmond Hill |
Province: |
Ontario |
![Smoke hangs heavy from early season forest fires in Thunder Bay, Ontario on June 26, 1980, as the first section of an eastbound train arrives behind a pair of SD40-2s and a pair of SD40s. 5655 leads the 5771, 5546, and 5540. Location show is a guestimate as my memory does not go back that far!!](http://www.railpictures.ca/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/CP-5655-5771-5546-5540-Thunder-Bay-ON-June-26-1980-Don-Jaworski-200x150.jpg)
Name: | First954 |
Railway: | Canadian Pacific |
Date: | 06/26/1980 |
Location: | Thunder Bay |
Province: |
Ontario |
![A railroad's ability to reuse and adapt older, no longer needed, equipment for new uses and purposes can be amazing. Take CN 72026 for example: built by CC&F in 1959 as a double deck auto transporter in the 720000 series. After the introduction of 89 foot bi and tri level auto racks, the car was converted to passenger train service (note the passenger trucks) in 1972 as part of CN's car-go-rail program and renumbered to 9503. It was eventually converted again to work train service in 1993 as the 72026. The paint scheme on this car is rather unique as the "CN" is in the passenger red/orange paint versus the traditional white paint on other freight and work service cars.](http://www.railpictures.ca/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/CN-72026-ex-CN-9503-Capreol-ON-July-1995-Don-Jaworski-200x150.jpg)
Name: | First954 |
Railway: | Canadian National |
Date: | 07/00/1995 |
Location: | Capreol |
Province: |
Ontario |
![CN's lowest numbered SW1200RS, 1204, sits just outside the inbound inspection covered area at Toronto Yard. If you look closely the engine appears to have taken a little abuse as the rear handrails are awfully close together and the steps are pushed up under the cab. Just another day in railroading and maybe a form 3903 to be completed.](http://www.railpictures.ca/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/CN-1204-Toronto-Yard-ON-March-2-1975-Don-Jaworski-200x150.jpg)
Name: | First954 |
Railway: | Canadian National |
Date: | 03/02/1975 |
Location: | Toronto |
Province: |
Ontario |
![Locomotive Engineers were treated to their own accommodation when assigned to work trains. On the other hand, the conductor and both brakemen had to sleep, cook, eat, and work in the caboose.](http://www.railpictures.ca/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/CN-63197-Capreol-ON-July-5-1980-Don-Jaworski-200x150.jpg)
Name: | First954 |
Railway: | Canadian National |
Date: | 07/05/1980 |
Location: | Capreol |
Province: |
Ontario |
![One of CN's many Toronto area transfers kicks up some snow as it makes good time returning to Toronto Yard on January 15th 1978.](http://www.railpictures.ca/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/CN-1229-1210-York-Sub-Toronto-ON-January-15-1978-Don-Jaworski-200x150.jpg)
Name: | First954 |
Railway: | Canadian National |
Date: | 01/15/1978 |
Location: | Toronto |
Province: |
Ontario |
![Only a few months old, but already showing signs of heavy use, a pair of SD40s, 5039 and 5042, sit at the west end of track 2R in Capreol prior to heading west on the Ruel Subdivision with train 301.](http://www.railpictures.ca/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/CN-5039-5042-Train-301-Capreol-ON-September-1968-Don-Jaworski-200x150.jpg)
Name: | First954 |
Railway: | Canadian National |
Date: | 09/00/1968 |
Location: | Capreol |
Province: |
Ontario |
![Penn Central GP9B 3800 rests at CP's Agincourt Yard on September 17th, 1977. The unit was built by EMD in November 1957 as Pennsylvania Railroad 7175B.](http://www.railpictures.ca/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/PC-3800-ex-PRR-7175B-Agincourt-Yard-Toronto-ON-September-17-1977-Don-Jaworski-200x150.jpg)
Name: | First954 |
Railway: | Penn Central |
Date: | 09/17/1977 |
Location: | Agincourt |
Province: |
Ontario |
![A pair of CN SW1200RS units from class GR-12f built in 1956 rush back to Toronto Yard with a van hop movement. The units are 1228 and 1237. The units may be from the same order, but there are many differences.
1228: small number board numbers; grey spark arresters; low CN symbol; low cab number.
1237: large number board numbers; silver spark arresters; high CN symbol; high cab number.
Hard to believe this photo was taken 45 years ago.](http://www.railpictures.ca/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/CN-1228-1237-York-Sub-Toronto-ON-January-7-1978-Don-Jaworski-200x150.jpg)
Name: | First954 |
Railway: | Canadian National |
Date: | 01/07/1978 |
Location: | Toronto |
Province: |
Ontario |
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