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Northbound CN 9531 holds the main at Pefferlaw for a meet with extra 9422 south, taking the siding with a train of what appears to be wooden box or MoW cars. <br><br><i>John Freyseng Photo, Jacob Patterson Collection Slide.</i>
Name: John Freyseng Photo…
Railway: Canadian National
Date: 11/1979
Location: Pefferlaw
Province: Ontario
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Cab car GO 9851 trails on an eastbound train for Pickering crossing over from track 3 to 4 at Dufferin approaching Exhibition GO, while a westbound pair of self-propelled cars can be seen on track 1 making their station stop. <br><br><i>Scan and editing by Jacob Patterson.</i>
Name: John Freyseng
Railway: GO Transit
Date: 11/1971
Location: Toronto
Province: Ontario
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On February 11, 1972, a <a href=https://churcher.crcml.org/circle/Wreck%20Details/1972Morrisburg.html>derailment at Morrisburg on the Kingston Sub </a> and resulting propane tank explosions shut down the mainline for a short time forcing CN trains to detour via the CPR. Rounding the curve on approach to Leaside at the top end of the Don branch of the Belleville Sub, CN 50, the Rapido, is just one of many detours to head for Montreal via Smith's Falls.<br><br><i>Scan and editing by Jacob Patterson.</i>
Name: John Freyseng
Railway: Canadian National
Date: 02/1972
Location: Leaside
Province: Ontario
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Looking back from the cab of <a href=https://www.railpictures.ca/?attachment_id=56684>the Guelph Junction road switcher,</a> three GO Transit consists are viewed tied down at Guelph Junction awaiting their next runs to Toronto. A GP40TC and two APCUs bring up the <a href=https://www.railpictures.ca/?attachment_id=58788>east end of the consists.</a> <br><br><a href=https://www.railpictures.ca/?attachment_id=56795>Departing for Waterdown North.</a> <br><br><i>John Freyseng Photo, Jacob Patterson Collection Slide.</i>
Name: John Freyseng Photo…
Railway: GO Transit
Date: 11/1985
Location: Guelph Junction
Province: Ontario
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CNR pool train 14, the "International Limited," is seen departing Belleville for Montreal behind an A-B-B set of GMD FP9 locomotives. <br><br><i>John Freyseng Photo, Jacob Patterson Collection Slide.</i></i>
Name: John Freyseng Photo…
Railway: Canadian National
Date: 01/01/1964
Location: Belleville
Province: Ontario
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Turning around from <a href=https://www.railpictures.ca/?attachment_id=57538>the previous view,</a> train 52, the Super Continental, is seen having just departed Washago, taking the Newmarket Sub towards Toronto. At left, train 409 waits to continue to Capreol behind CN 4568, CN 4560, CN 4573. <br><br><i>Scan and editing by Jacob Patterson.</i>
Name: John Freyseng
Railway: Canadian National
Date: 08/08/1964
Location: Washago
Province: Ontario
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Rolling eastbound into Agincourt Yard, Extra B&O 4487 (class lights lit) approaches the north platform at <a href=https://www.trha.ca/history/stations/agincourt-station-canadian-pacific-railway/>Agincourt station</a> with a short cut of autoracks. Taken in mid-late February, the lease of B&O F units began only just before this <a href=https://www.railpictures.ca/?attachment_id=29413>on February 10, 1972.</a>

<br><br>More information on the lease of B&O F units <a href=https://www.railpictures.ca/?attachment_id=29413>can be found here. <br><br><a href=http://www.railpictures.ca/?attachment_id=58946>Approaching the scene.</a>

<br><br><i>Scan and editing by Jacob Patterson.</i>
Name: John Freyseng
Railway: Canadian Pacific
Date: 02/1972
Location: Agincourt
Province: Ontario
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Operating as extra 6354, former train number 668 - the southbound RDC-2 passenger car from Owen Sound- is seen arriving at Palmerston, where RDC-1 6101 sits nosed up to CN 6118 on the Newton Sub side of the station on Saturday, October 24, 1970. Both 6101 and 6354 will be combined, and will depart at 0715h for the trip to Toronto (formerly train 658) via the Fergus, Guelph, Halton, and Weston Subs. Extra 6118 will too depart at 0715h for Stratford. <br><br>The official last runs of the RDC service to Owen Sound, Kincardine, Southampton, and Goderich was the evening of Friday, Oct 23, 1970. Though these services continued to operate to Toronto (and Stratford) as extras until the end of the month. Daylight saving time ended early Sunday morning, Oct 25, 1979, and CN and CP would bring out their winter timetables at this time change. <br><br><i>Scan and editing by Jacob Patterson.</i> <br><br>More shots from this date: <br><a href=https://www.railpictures.ca/?attachment_id=45100>Extra 6101 arriving at Palmerston</a> <br><a href=https://www.railpictures.ca/?attachment_id=55090>Extra 6101 spotted on the Newton Sub</a> <br><a href=https://www.railpictures.ca/?attachment_id=48776>Extra 6354 arriving at Palmerston</a> <br><a href=https://www.railpictures.ca/?attachment_id=50370>All three RDCs lined up at the station</a> <br><a href=https://www.railpictures.ca/?attachment_id=56794>Waiting on the Newton Sub</a>
Name: John Freyseng
Railway: Canadian National
Date: 10/24/1970
Location: Palmerston
Province: Ontario
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Making a runpast at the Credit River bridge in Mississauga's west end, Ontario Rail Association's Credit Valley Railway 1057 smokes it up during the northbound run to Orangeville and return as part of the City of Brampton's centennial celebrations. Today, the Derry Road crossing is located roughly at the tail end of the train. <br><br><i>Scan and editing by Jacob Patterson.</i>
Name: John Freyseng
Railway: Canadian Pacific
Date: 06/23/1973
Location: Mississauga
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 <a href=https://www.railpictures.ca/?attachment_id=57853>Toronto - Ottawa on the 13th,</a> the train turned west and <a href=https://www.railpictures.ca/?attachment_id=55181>departed the nation's capital</a> early on the 14th. 6167 would be removed at North Bay, with ONR FP7s <a href=https://www.railpictures.ca/?attachment_id=56096>handling the train to Temagami overnight.</a> 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 round the curve at approximately mile 31.5, roughly the area of the settlement of Jocko. <i>[Geotagged located not exact]</i> <br><br><a href=https://www.railpictures.ca/?attachment_id=54757>Running across northern Ontario</a> <br><br><a href=https://www.railpictures.ca/?attachment_id=54806>Arrival at North Bay.</a> <br><br>Further information will be detailed in upcoming posts, but can also be found in the <a href=https://railwaypages.com/upper-canada-railway-society-ucrs-and-its-publications>December 1963 UCRS news letter.</a> <br><br><i>Scan and editing by Jacob Patterson.</i>
Name: John Freyseng
Railway: Ontario Northland
Date: 09/15/1963
Location: Jocko
Province: Ontario
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With full pomp and circumstance provided by the Band of the Royal Regiment of Canada, CNR 6060 is paraded towards Toronto's harbourfront at the Lakeshore Boulevard crossing, just east of Bathurst Street (note the<a href=https://www.railpictures.ca/?attachment_id=30123> tower at Bathurst north yard</a> in the distance.) It is Victoria Day weekend, and opening day for the Canadian Railway Historical Association's Toronto & York Division Harbourfront Railway Museum, just to the south of Lakeshore Blvd. 6060 is taking part by hauling museum equipment to the new site, in this image <a href=https://www.trainweb.us/oldtimetrains/photos/cnr_diesel/7988_P.jpg>pulling MLW S2 7988.</a> The museum would close and equipment dispersed into the mid 80's. At left is the old 1928 Loblaws warehouse, the facade still standing today as part of the West Block condo development. <br><br><i>Scan and editing by Jacob Patterson.</i>
Name: John Freyseng
Railway: Canadian National
Date: 05/17/1975
Location: Toronto
Province: Ontario
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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 <a href=https://tattoo67.com/index.html>Keith Allan Wilson's Tattoo 1967 website,</a> as well as the <a href=https://tattoo67.com/papers/tattootour.pdf>itinerary of events for the year.</a><br><br>Look waaaay up on the cliff, just in front of the prominent tree at top centre. Two figures can barely be seen taking in the action right on the peak; Jim Brown, and Tom Henry. More photos to come, and more details on this can be found in Tom Henry's article in the <a href=https://railwaypages.com/upper-canada-railway-society-ucrs-and-its-publications>April 1967 UCRS newsletter.</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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Three SD40-2s rumble through Bala with a northbound freight, passing over the south siding switch and the Gordon Street crossing. <br><br><i>Scan and editing by Jacob Patterson.</i>
Name: John Freyseng
Railway: Canadian Pacific
Date: 08/1979
Location: Bala
Province: Ontario
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Westbound out of Toronto, a TOFC train rolls beneath Dufferin Street, passing the old Exhibition station, out of service about eleven years now. This station was opened in 1912 to serve the annual Canadian National Exhibition at the nearby Exhibition grounds, replacing <a href=https://www.trha.ca/history/stations/exhibition-station/>an earlier station</a> nearby. It continued to see use until 1968, when the new Exhibition GO station was opened east of Dufferin Street, on the site of the original Exhibition station. These platforms would see one more bit of service for the 1979 CNE due to crowding at Exhibition GO, with this location being temporarily named "Dufferin Gates." Since then, the old platforms have remained abandoned and overgrown, with stairs to Dufferin Street fenced off. <br><br><i>John Freyseng Photo, Jacob Patterson Collection Slide.</i>
Name: John Freyseng Photo…
Railway: Canadian National
Date: 10/1979
Location: Toronto
Province: Ontario
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Lots of activity at North Bay as GMD FP9s 1504 - 1510, the power for North Bay - Engleheart mixed train M411, pass between MLW RS3 1309, paused during switching moves, and ALCO S2 1202, seen moving spreader 529 around the yard. Built in 1957, Paul O'Shell shot this spreader <a href=https://www.railpictures.ca/?attachment_id=38588>back in 2014.</a> <br><br><i>Scan and editing by Jacob Patterson.</i>
Name: John Freyseng
Railway: Ontario Northland
Date: 09/18/1964
Location: North Bay
Province: Ontario
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CN 366 waits at Ste Eustache for its 1800h departure to Gare Centrale with a set of CC&F EMU equipment making up the train. <br><br><i>Scan and editing by Jacob Patterson.</i>
Name: John Freyseng
Railway: Canadian National
Date: 06/04/1962
Location: Saint Eustache
Province: Quebec
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Blasting out of Paris, CNR 6167 leads her excursion up the Drumbo Subdivision, bound for Stratford with excursionists from the Michigan Railroad Club, operating Windsor - Paris - Stratford - Windsor. <br><br><i>Scan and editing by Jacob Patterson
Name: John Freyseng
Railway: Canadian National
Date: 09/21/1963
Location: Paris
Province: Ontario
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CP 7021 brings a transfer through TTR Bathurst Street, passing CN 3154, one of CN's 5 RS18ms, modified for Tempo commuter service. <br><br><i>John Freyseng Photo, Jacob Patterson Collection Slide.</i>
Name: John Freyseng Photo…
Railway: Canadian Pacific
Date: 12/1975
Location: Toronto
Province: Ontario
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Looking north east from Finch Avenue, a pair of MLW S4 switchers work a cut of cars around the yard. Both legs of the wye to a customer out of frame at left alongside the large parking lot are visible, and can be seen <a href=https://www.toronto.ca/ext/archives/s0012/fl1975/s0012_fl1975_it0235.jpg>in this 1975 aerial view.</a> Today, the west leg has been removed, but other costumers remain on the short spur branching off here, including Agincourt's automotive facility. <br><br><i>John Freyseng Photo, Jacob Patterson Collection Slide.</i>
Name: John Freyseng Photo…
Railway: Canadian Pacific
Date: 09/1975
Location: Agincourt
Province: Ontario
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Passing beneath the Eastern Avenue overpass, joint ONR/VIA train, the Northland, nears its final destination of Union Station. <br><br><i>Scan and editing by Jacob Patterson.</i>
Name: John Freyseng
Railway: Ontario Northland
Date: 05/18/1981
Location: Toronto
Province: Ontario
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