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The weekend of October 23 & 24, 1965 saw the Upper Canada Railway Society run an excursion on each of the class one railways. The Sunday trip running on the Canadian National behind CNR CPA-16-5 6704 and FPA-4 6774 departed Toronto Union station for Georgetown via the Weston and Halton Subs, before heading up to Allandale along the Beeton Sub returning to Union Station via the Newmarket. Here, the train passes over the diamond at Inglewood. Note the gondola in the distance, spotted on a CPR siding. <br><br>More of this excursion: <br><a href=https://www.railpictures.ca/?attachment_id=58467>Approaching Inglewood</a> <br><a href=https://www.railpictures.ca/?attachment_id=55179>Tottenham pond</a> <br><br><i>Scan and editing by Jacob Patterson.</i>
Name: John Freyseng
Railway: Canadian National
Date: 10/24/1965
Location: Inglewood
Province: Ontario
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The weekend of October 23 & 24, 1965 saw the Upper Canada Railway Society run an excursion on each of the class one railways. The Saturday trip running on the Canadian Pacific behind CPR E8A 1802 departed Toronto Union station for Hamilton's TH&B Hunter Street station via the Oakville Sub, before heading up to Guelph Junction, Streetsville, and north to Orangeville before returning to Union Station. Here, the train snakes through the curves near the former station site of Christie, just east of the Kelso ski hill.<br><br>More of this excursion:<br><a href=https://www.railpictures.ca/?attachment_id=52063>Southbound at Cataract</a><br><a href=https://www.railpictures.ca/?attachment_id=57618>Southbound at Inglewood</a><br><br><i>Scan and editing by Jacob Patterson.</i>
Name: John Freyseng
Railway: Canadian Pacific
Date: 10/23/1965
Location: Christie
Province: Ontario
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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.<br><br>At roughly mile 47.5 pf the Beachburg Sub, CNR 6167 swings through the sweeping curve at Bristol, Quebec, following the north shore of the Ottawa River from the capitol into the northern wilderness before crossing back into Ontario near Beachburg.<br><br>Further information can also be found in <a href=https://railwaypages.com/upper-canada-railway-society-ucrs-and-its-publications>the December 1963 UCRS news letter.</a><br><br>The saga:<br><a href=https://www.railpictures.ca/?attachment_id=54615>Ottawa Arrival</a><br><a href=https://www.railpictures.ca/?attachment_id=55753>Ottawa Dominion</a><br><a href=https://www.railpictures.ca/?attachment_id=57853>CNR 6167 in the capital</a><br><a href=https://www.railpictures.ca/?attachment_id=55181>Running across the north</a><br><a href=https://www.railpictures.ca/?attachment_id=54757>Sleek steam</a><br><a href=https://www.railpictures.ca/?attachment_id=56096>Morning at Temagami</a><br><a href=https://www.railpictures.ca/?attachment_id=59431>Jocko runpast</a><br><a href=https://www.railpictures.ca/?attachment_id=59791>Tomiko runpast</a><br><a href=https://www.railpictures.ca/?attachment_id=54806>North Bay arrival</a><br><br><i>Scan and editing by Jacob Patterson.</i>
Name: John Freyseng
Railway: Canadian National
Date: 09/14/1963
Location: Bristol
Province: Quebec
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Running Toronto - North Bay via Beaverton, train 43 snakes through the curves of the Bala Sub just south of Mount Albert. <br><br><i>Scan and editing by Jacob Patterson.</i>
Name: John Freyseng
Railway: Canadian National
Date: 08/07/1964
Location: Mount Albert
Province: Ontario
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CN 4536 waits for the crew to climb aboard on a summer morning. Shortly they will <a href=https://www.railpictures.ca/?attachment_id=56686>head to the south end of the yard.</a> <br><br><i>Scan and editing by Jacob Patterson.</i>
Name: John Freyseng
Railway: Canadian National
Date: 07/1985
Location: Huntsville
Province: Ontario
3 Comments | 20 Favourites
Crew change complete, the second section of a northbound time freight departs Mactier behind an SD40-2, SD40, and M636. <br><br><i>Scan and editing by Jacob Patterson.</i>
Name: John Freyseng
Railway: Canadian Pacific
Date: 08/31/1980
Location: Mactier
Province: Ontario
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Shoving on the rear of a special shuttle train, CP SD40-2 5792 carries the markers on the west end of a set of GO bilevel coaches passing beneath Bathurst Street on approach to Union Station. GO GP40TC 726 leads on the east end. In September 1984, Pope John Paul II celebrated an outdoor mass in Downsview Park before an estimated 400,000 people. No car parking was allowed for the general public on or near Downsview Park, everyone attending was encouraged to take the TTC subway to Downsview and use shuttle bus/walk to the site of the mass. In addition to the above, GO ran a large number of extra trains on the Lakeshore Corridor to bring the Downsview Mass attendees to the Union Station where they would transfer to the University Line subway to Downsview, TTC running a rush hour schedule. The pictured equipment would run up the Newmarket Sub to Rutherford Rd GO Station before proceeding to the makeshift platform built at the De Havilland air craft plant near Downsview to shuttle people who parked their cars at Rutherford GO to the mass. <br><br><a href=https://www.railpictures.ca/?attachment_id=53079>GO Transit also borrowed CN power on this day.</a> <br><br><i>Scan and editing by Jacob Patterson.</a>
Name: John Freyseng
Railway: GO Transit
Date: 09/15/1984
Location: Toronto
Province: Ontario
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Shoving on the rear of a special shuttle train, CP SD40-2 5792 carries the markers on the west end of a set of GO bilevel coaches passing beneath Bathurst Street on approach to Union Station. GO GP40TC 726 leads on the east end. In September 1984, Pope John Paul II celebrated an outdoor mass in Downsview Park before an estimated 400,000 people. No car parking was allowed for the general public on or near Downsview Park, everyone attending was encouraged to take the TTC subway to Downsview and use shuttle bus/walk to the site of the mass. In addition to the above, GO ran a large number of extra trains on the Lakeshore Corridor to bring the Downsview Mass attendees to the Union Station where they would transfer to the University Line subway to Downsview, TTC running a rush hour schedule. The pictured equipment would run up the Newmarket Sub to Rutherford Rd GO Station before proceeding to the makeshift platform built at the De Havilland air craft plant near Downsview to shuttle people who parked their cars at Rutherford GO to the mass. <br><br>Looking closer at the Spadina facilities at right, CN 8516 is handling the usual coach yard chores, while an interesting piece of equipment from Speno lingers in the background. Images of Speno rail grinding trains have appeared here before with converted GP38s and F40s, but this unit, appearing to be double ended, may be one of Speno's <a href=https://www.flickr.com/photos/chuckzeiler/27790786999>Rail Surface Analyzer</a> cars. These did operate in Canada, one run being mentioned in the comments by Ron B, who piloted it Toronto - Guelph Junction - Hamilton. <br><br><a href=https://www.railpictures.ca/?attachment_id=53079>GO Transit also borrowed CN power on this day.</a> <br><a href=https://www.railpictures.ca/?attachment_id=25466>Speno in Jasper</a> <br><a href=https://www.railpictures.ca/?attachment_id=40809>Speno in Capreol</a> <br><a href=https://www.railpictures.ca/?attachment_id=35883>Speno at Bayview</a> <br><br><i>Scan and editing by Jacob Patterson.</a>
Name: John Freyseng
Railway: GO Transit
Date: 09/15/1984
Location: Toronto
Province: Ontario
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One final image is this short sequence. Touring the nation as part of the 1967 centennial celebrations, one of the two trains carrying the Canadian Armed Forces Military Tattoo climbs the grade at Dundas, bound for an evening performance in Sarnia. The tattoo was designed to operate as three parts, with part 1 being the initial tours of the two trains from late March through mid May, performing arena shows with 450 performers. One consist was made up of CN equipment, known as 'train A,' and carried the 'blue' group of performers, while the other was made up of CP equipment, aka 'train B,' carrying the 'red' group of performers. In late May, both groups combined, and additional performers added, bringing the total to about 1700 for the next stage of shows; stadium performances from late May through August. The final part of the tattoo would be smaller shows beginning in late summer, and wrapping up in mid October. Further reading can be found on Keith Allan Wilson's Tattoo 1967 website, as well as the itinerary of events for the year. More photos to come, and more details on this can be found in <a href=https://railwaypages.com/upper-canada-railway-society-ucrs-and-its-publications>Tom Henry's article in the April 1967 UCRS newsletter.</a> <br><br>In the first image posted last month, the head end of this train was shown beneath Dundas peak, where two faint figures could be seen high above the scene; Jim Brown and Tom Henry. Tom's photo would appear in his article linked above. Look near the speeder sheds and two railfans can be seen, John Freyseng on the speeder cart capturing his mid train and tail end images, and another photographer near the signal. Who was the fourth? <br><br><a href=https://www.railpictures.ca/?attachment_id=59393>The head end</a> <br><a href=https://www.railpictures.ca/?attachment_id=59657>Mid train</a> <br><a href=https://www.railpictures.ca/?attachment_id=59752>The tail end</a> <br><br><i>Jim Brown Photo, John Freyseng Collection, Scan and editing by Jacob Patterson.</a>
Name: Jim Brown Photo, Jo…
Railway: Canadian National
Date: 04/15/1967
Location: Dundas
Province: Ontario
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CN passenger extra 3151 slowly moves through uptown Waterloo, passing through the alleyway at King Street, a favourite spot for local photographers. The special, likely operated by the Ontario Rail Association, is returning to the Guelph Sub and ultimately Toronto Union Station after paying a visit to the Elmira Maple Syrup Festival. <br><br>More from the day and more King Street: <br><a href=https://www.railpictures.ca/?attachment_id=55371>Tempo units at Elmira (1)</a> <br><a href=https://www.railpictures.ca/?attachment_id=58887>Tempo units at Elmira (2)</a> <br><a href=https://www.railpictures.ca/?attachment_id=55587>CN 1996</a> <br><a href=https://www.railpictures.ca/?attachment_id=44047>CN 1997</a> <br><a href=https://www.railpictures.ca/?attachment_id=29410>GEXR 2007</a> <br><a href=https://www.railpictures.ca/?attachment_id=57325>GEXR 2014, a similar angle</a> <br><a href=https://www.railpictures.ca/?attachment_id=18328>GEXR 2015</a> <br><a href=https://www.railpictures.ca/?attachment_id=54311>CN 2023</a> <br><br><i>Scan and editing by Jacob Patterson.</i>
Name: John Freyseng
Railway: Canadian National
Date: 04/1977
Location: Waterloo
Province: Ontario
6 Comments | 17 Favourites
Looking east from the Young Avenue bridge, CN MLW RSC17 1776 works a cut of container flats in Halifax yard, while RS18 3660 sits off to the left. Note the string of Bombardier locomotives, possibly in storage, at upper left. <br><br><i>Scan and editing by Jacob Patterson.</i>
Name: John Freyseng
Railway: Canadian National
Date: 08/1985
Location: Halifax
Province: Nova Scotia
2 Comments | 21 Favourites
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. <br><br>About halfway back to North Bay from Temagami, passengers have detrained for a runpast, as the pair of green and yellow FP7s rumble past Moose Lake at approximately mile 28, just north of the community of Tomiko. <br><br>Further information can also be found in <a href=https://railwaypages.com/upper-canada-railway-society-ucrs-and-its-publications>the December 1963 UCRS news letter.</a> <br><br>The saga: <br><a href=https://www.railpictures.ca/?attachment_id=54615>Ottawa Arrival</a> <br><a href=https://www.railpictures.ca/?attachment_id=55753>Ottawa Dominion</a> <br><a href=https://www.railpictures.ca/?attachment_id=57853>CNR 6167 in the capital</a> <br><a href=https://www.railpictures.ca/?attachment_id=55181>Running across the north</a> <br><a href=https://www.railpictures.ca/?attachment_id=54757>Sleek steam</a> <br><a href=https://www.railpictures.ca/?attachment_id=56096>Morning at Temagami</a> <br><a href=https://www.railpictures.ca/?attachment_id=59431>Jocko runpast</a> <br><a href=https://www.railpictures.ca/?attachment_id=54806>North Bay arrival</a> <br><br><i>Scan and editing by Jacob Patterson.</i>
Name: John Freyseng
Railway: Ontario Northland
Date: 09/15/1963
Location: Tomiko
Province: Ontario
1 Comments | 29 Favourites
After dropping photographer's around the Credit River bridge, Ontario Rail Association's Credit Valley Railway 1057 pauses for photos before <a href=https://www.railpictures.ca/?attachment_id=59439>making a runpast</a> over the bridge in Mississauga's west end. This trip ran from Toronto to Orangeville and return as part of the City of Brampton's centennial celebrations. <br><br><i>Scan and editing by Jacob Patterson.</i>
Name: John Freyseng
Railway: Canadian Pacific
Date: 06/23/1973
Location: Mississauga
Province: Ontario
Comments | 23 Favourites
Sitting outside the Pacific Great Eastern diesel shop at North Vancouver is MLW RS18 614, built in 1964. <br><br><a href=https://www.railpictures.ca/?attachment_id=59009>Broadside</a> <br><br><i>Scan and editing by Jacob Patterson.</i>
Name: John Freyseng
Railway: Pacific Great East…
Date: 05/15/1967
Location: Vancouver
Province: British Columbia
3 Comments | 23 Favourites
Touring the nation as part of the 1967 centennial celebrations, one of the two trains carrying the Canadian Armed Forces Military Tattoo climbs the grade at Dundas, bound for an evening performance in Sarnia. The tattoo was designed to operate as three parts, with part 1 being the initial tours of the two trains from late March through mid May, performing arena shows with 450 performers. One consist was made up of CN equipment, known as 'train A,' and carried the 'blue' group of performers, while the other was made up of CP equipment, aka 'train B,' carrying the 'red' group of performers. In late May, both groups combined, and additional performers added, bringing the total to about 1700 for the next stage of shows; stadium performances from late May through August. The final part of the tattoo would be smaller shows beginning in late summer, and wrapping up in mid October. Further reading can be found on Keith Allan Wilson's Tattoo 1967 website, as well as the itinerary of events for the year. More photos to come, and more details on this can be found in Tom Henry's article in the April 1967 UCRS newsletter. <br><br><a href=https://www.railpictures.ca/?attachment_id=59393>Approaching the scene</a> <br><a href=https://www.railpictures.ca/?attachment_id=59657>Mid train</a> <br><br><i>Scan and editing by Jacob Patterson.</i>
Name: John Freyseng
Railway: Canadian National
Date: 04/15/1967
Location: Dundas
Province: Ontario
3 Comments | 23 Favourites
Last light falls on the Hamilton area as an unidentified pair of Budd RDCs slam over the Park Road crossing at the former station site of Grimsby Beach, mile 25.69, headed for Niagara Falls. <br><br>A busy day: <br><a href=https://www.railpictures.ca/?attachment_id=52960>Train 77 arriving Bayview</a> <br><a href=https://www.railpictures.ca/?attachment_id=53821>Train 29 Bayview</a> <br><a href=https://www.railpictures.ca/?attachment_id=54098>Extra freight eastbound</a> <br><a href=https://www.railpictures.ca/?attachment_id=53125>Train 77 departing Bayview</a> <br><a href=https://www.railpictures.ca/?attachment_id=51601>Intercity Limited at Paris</a> <br><a href=https://www.railpictures.ca/?attachment_id=57748>CNR 6167 over the Grand</a> <br><a href=https://www.railpictures.ca/?attachment_id=59309>CNR 6167 on the Drumbo</a> <br><br><i>Scan and editing by Jacob Patterson.</i>
Name: John Freyseng
Railway: Canadian National
Date: 09/21/1963
Location: Grimsby Beach
Province: Ontario
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Rumbling northbound, ONR Extra 1515 snakes through Richmond Hill, passing various pieces of work equipment and supplies in the sidings. The CNR freight shed can be seen in the distance, with the station just beyond. <br><br><a href=https://www.railpictures.ca/?attachment_id=59055>Departing Toronto Yard</a> <br><a href=https://www.railpictures.ca/?attachment_id=58160>Richmond Hill south end</a> <br><br><i>Scan and editing by Jacob Patterson.</i>
Name: John Freyseng
Railway: Ontario Northland
Date: 07/1967
Location: Richmond Hill
Province: Ontario
7 Comments | 29 Favourites
Touring the nation as part of the 1967 centennial celebrations, one of the two trains carrying the Canadian Armed Forces Military Tattoo climbs the grade at Dundas, bound for an evening performance in Sarnia. The tattoo was designed to operate as three parts, with part 1 being the initial tours of the two trains from late March through mid May, performing arena shows with 450 performers. One consist was made up of CN equipment, known as 'train A,' and carried the 'blue' group of performers, while the other was made up of CP equipment, aka 'train B,' carrying the 'red' group of performers. In late May, both groups combined, and additional performers added, bringing the total to about 1700 for the next stage of shows; stadium performances from late May through August. The final part of the tattoo would be smaller shows beginning in late summer, and wrapping up in mid October. Further reading can be found on Keith Allan Wilson's Tattoo 1967 website, as well as the itinerary of events for the year. More photos to come, and more details on this can be found in Tom Henry's article in the April 1967 UCRS newsletter. <br><br><a href=https://www.railpictures.ca/?attachment_id=59393>Approaching the scene</a> <br><br><i>Scan and editing by Jacob Patterson.</i>
Name: John Freyseng
Railway: Canadian National
Date: 04/15/1967
Location: Dundas
Province: Ontario
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Algoma Central Hearst - Sault St. Marie train 2 pauses at Oba to wait for a westbound CN freight to clear the diamond on the Ruel Sub. Leading the westbound is the only two GP35 units purchased by CN, 4001 and 4000, recently released from GMD London.<br><br><a href=https://www.railpictures.ca/?attachment_id=54251>Pausing at the station</a><br><a href=https://www.railpictures.ca/?attachment_id=59048>The head end</a><br><br><i>Scan and editing by Jacob Patterson.</i>
Name: John Freyseng
Railway: Algoma Central
Date: 09/16/1964
Location: Oba
Province: Ontario
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Toronto - North Bay train 41 flies through Aurora northbound towards the next stop at Newmarket. <br><br><i>Scan and editing by Jacob Patterson.</i>
Name: John Freyseng
Railway: Canadian National
Date: 07/27/1964
Location: Aurora
Province: Ontario
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