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<a href="http://www.railpictures.ca?attachment_id=58935" target="_blank"> <img src='http://www.railpictures.ca/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/DD-03337exs-TTR-Pyke-track-crane-old-CP-302839-flatcar-at-Scott-St.-Union-Station-Dan-DellUnto-copyr-200x150.jpg' class='ps_images' alt='&lt;b&gt;When the GO trains are away, the Pyke comes out to play.&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Toronto Terminals Railway crews take advantage of the afternoon lull in GO train traffic to replace the frog on a slip switch east of Toronto&#039;s Union Station, on one of the ladder tracks by Scott Street Interlocking Tower. Crews work to secure the newly installed frog and take care of any other work as TTR&#039;s yellow Pyke crane idles nearby, having lifted the old frog out and aboard boom idler flatcar CP 302839, and placed the new frog in its place.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;The small yellow TTR Pyke crane had been a fixture in the corridor for years, puttering around loading rails, changing out switches and doing general maintenance work. As far as research shows, this particular Pyke crane had been in use around Union Station since the 1980&#039;s (photos show it previously lettered for GO Transit, taking down the old Strachan Ave crossing tower). The old flatcar, a cast-off from CP (still lettered for CP, and with friction bearing trucks!) was used by TTR for work service for many years, and continued in use after the Pyke crake was donated to the Toronto Railway Museum nearby.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Other neat stuff from the 15th floor:&lt;br&gt;CN freight with nice power &lt;a href=http://www.railpictures.ca/?attachment_id=30308&gt;&lt;b&gt;http://www.railpictures.ca/?attachment_id=30308&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;Ontario Northland&#039;s Northlander departing over Yonge Street: &lt;a href=http://www.railpictures.ca/?attachment_id=6975&gt;&lt;b&gt;http://www.railpictures.ca/?attachment_id=6975&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;A VIA &quot;J-Train&quot; departing the train shed: &lt;a href=http://www.railpictures.ca/?attachment_id=12173&gt;&lt;b&gt;http://www.railpictures.ca/?attachment_id=12173&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;'  height='150' width='200' /></a><br>
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 Toronto Terminals &#8230;
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10/20/2005
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 Toronto
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Ontario<br>
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<a href="http://www.railpictures.ca?attachment_id=58934" target="_blank"> <img src='http://www.railpictures.ca/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/IMG_5534bexs-TRHA-CPR-John-St.-Roundhouse-CP7020-Toronto-ON-copyr-200x150.jpg' class='ps_images' alt='Lots going on down at the roundhouse today: British steam engine London &amp; South Western Railway 563 &#039;Vicky&#039; (built 1893) and coach &quot;GE No.3&quot; had been loaned for &quot;The Railway Children&quot; production, being hosted at the Toronto Railway Museum in a tent set up on the grounds. After the performance, L&amp;SWR 563 and coach 3 were pulled out of the tent and are being put away inside the former CPR John Street Roundhouse by TRHA&#039;s CLC-Whitcomb switcher #1, under the command of museum member Michael Guy (who was a jack-of-all-trades in all things mechanical around the museum). There were at least three volunteers in attendance helping the move; one running the turntable while two others handled the coupling and uncoupling.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;On the adjacent radial track is former CP Rail S2 7020 in its faded but flashy action red paint (since repainted into its earlier as-delivered black livery), a speeder, and the former TTR Pyle crane that had been donated to the museum (as one who frequently saw it puttering around the TTR and Union Station, it was nice to see it preserved).'  height='150' width='200' /></a><br>
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 Preservation
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04/13/2011
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 Toronto
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Ontario<br>
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<a href="http://www.railpictures.ca?attachment_id=58872" target="_blank"> <img src='http://www.railpictures.ca/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/DD-16835bexs-GO-216-542-trailing-260-out-of-Weston-GO-Dan-DellUnto-copyr-200x150.jpg' class='ps_images' alt='The quintessential image of Weston GO Station, circa mid-2000&#039;s: GO Transit cab car 216 trails F59PH 542 on southbound train #260, the &quot;Bramalea Flip&quot;, departing Weston Station enroute from Bramalea to Toronto Union Station. After our morning class downtown was over, we just rode the afternoon train from Toronto to Bramalea for fun, then back down and off at Weston to shoot &lt;a href=http://www.railpictures.ca/?attachment_id=8995&gt;&lt;b&gt;CN #577 hot on our tail&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/a&gt; (that was spotted switching Malport before the GO trip back south) before making our way back downtown via the TTC&#039;s 89 Weston Road bus and Bloor-Danforth subway.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;To say Weston GO station was somewhat underwhelming was being generous. The basic tunnel near the underpass off Lawrence Avenue leading up to the platform was typical GO &quot;cold concrete&quot; era architecture, with sparse amenities awaiting above. The small corrugated shack of a station building (that always seemed to be closed), next to the quaint waiting room dating from its CN days as...a waiting room (although decently warm on a winter morning at 7am when everyone was crowding inside, it too also always seemed to be closed except for morning rush hour). All a far cry from the grander station present in the 1960&#039;s when &lt;a href=http://www.railpictures.ca/?attachment_id=51315&gt;&lt;b&gt;John Freyseng visited&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/a&gt;. The surrounding in this part of Weston were also lackluster and somewhat sketchy with apartment buildings, parking garages, a small nearby afterthought of a GO parking lot, old houses and a weedy overgrown yet busy shared CN-CP-GO-VIA freight-passenger railway corridor &lt;a href=http://www.railpictures.ca/?attachment_id=18561&gt;&lt;b&gt;that was wide open to wander around&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/a&gt; (a plus for those so inclined).&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;All of this and more swept away in the early 2010&#039;s for a new, larger, more modern station to the south with two separate entrances and more parking, the north one located where the old West End Chrysler Dodge auto dealership was (demolished mid-2000&#039;s), and a large grade-separated trench full of tracks to appease the residents of Weston (yet, puzzlingly leaving the busy CP freight line at-grade beside as a thorn in the side of residents for years to come). I suppose the only thing one could really be sentimental about regarding the old station is the old waiting room building (the last vestiges of the ghost of CN&#039;s Weston Station), otherwise the new station is overall a much better passenger experience.'  height='150' width='200' /></a><br>
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 GO Transit
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03/04/2008
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 Toronto (Weston)
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Ontario<br>
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<a href="http://www.railpictures.ca?attachment_id=58818" target="_blank"> <img src='http://www.railpictures.ca/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/VIA-6521-on-ebnd-Corridor-Canadian-passing-CN-track-crews-at-Oshawa-ON-03-25-1982-Keith-Hansen-docu0022-vAexs-copyr-200x150.jpg' class='ps_images' alt='VIA FP9 6521 leads two 6600-series F9B units on an eastbound &quot;Corridor Canadian&quot; consist, passing CN workers doing some track upgrading on the Kingston Sub around Mile 301, as viewed from Park Road South overpass. The east end of CN&#039;s Oshawa Yard is visible, serving GM&#039;s large Oshawa assembly plant in the upper left background.
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If you look very closely, you can see the domes of the Skyline and Park cars. In the early-mid 1980&#039;s, The Canadian&#039;s consist between Toronto-Montreal was run mixed with corridor trains (e.g eastbound #2 combined with #44/54) in order to, according to &lt;a href=https://tracksidetreasure.blogspot.com/2012/07/then-and-now-domes-on-kingston-sub-1981.html&gt;&lt;b&gt;Eric Gagnon&#039;s post&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/a&gt; on the subject, cover the Toronto-Montreal stretch (as Sudbury-Montreal had been cancelled) and service the passenger equipment at The Glen yard in Montreal.
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&lt;i&gt;Keith Hansen photo, Dan Dell&#039;Unto collection slide.&lt;/i&gt;'  height='150' width='200' /></a><br>
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 VIA Rail
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03/25/1982
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 Oshawa
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Ontario<br>
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<a href="http://www.railpictures.ca?attachment_id=58673" target="_blank"> <img src='http://www.railpictures.ca/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/GO-529-552-553-at-Guelph-Jct-ON-02-01-1998-Pierre-Ozorak-docu0004-vAes-copyr-200x150.jpg' class='ps_images' alt='GO Transit F59PH&#039;s 529, 552 and 553 (with part of 535 tucked in, barely visible) sit at the layover yard at CP Guelph Junction. This was the original layover location for Milton line GO trains until a new Milton layover facility was built near Hornby off Fifth Line in the 2000&#039;s.
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&lt;i&gt;Pierre Ozorak photo, Dan Dell&#039;Unto collection slide.&lt;/i&gt;
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&lt;i&gt;Note: longtime rail photographer and slide collector Pierre Ozorak &lt;a href=https://www.arbormemorial.ca/en/forestlawn/obituaries/pierre-ozorak/154354.html&gt;&lt;b&gt;recently passed away in January 2026.&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/a&gt;. Condolences to his friends and family, he will be missed by the rail photography community.&lt;i&gt;'  height='150' width='200' /></a><br>
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 GO Transit
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02/01/1998
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 Campbellville (Gue&#8230;
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Ontario<br>
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<a href="http://www.railpictures.ca?attachment_id=58649" target="_blank"> <img src='http://www.railpictures.ca/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/ONT-1984-VIA-123-Northlander-at-Parkdale-Toronto-ON-06-28-1981-P.Jobe-docu0017-v170lvle2s-copyr-200x150.jpg' class='ps_images' alt='How the mighty have fallen: the once grand &lt;a href=http://www.railpictures.ca/?attachment_id=36087&gt;&lt;b&gt;CN Parkdale Station&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/a&gt; has been replaced with this CN trainorder shack, at the junction with CN&#039;s Weston Sub and Newmarket Sub. Ontario Northland train #123, the &quot;Northlander&quot;, is seen paused beside it waiting to head up the Newmarket Sub after departing downtown Toronto (timetables show #123 was due at Parkdale at 7:08pm, Friday &amp; Sunday only). ONT FP7 1984 leads its TEE trainset consist. In the background is the upper portion of CP&#039;s own Parkdale Yard.
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The original Parkdale Station was built in 1878 by the Northern Railway of Canada, and closed by CN in 1976. Facing demolition, a local station preservation group sprung up and got the station moved to Sunnyside, where it was unfortunately lost to fire by vagrants. Information on this replacement is scant - it&#039;s unclear how long this trainorder station shack or the operator based here lasted, possibly into the early-mid 1980&#039;s. Timetables mention it governed all movements to/from the Weston Sub to the Newmarket Sub. It looks like &lt;a href=http://www.railpictures.ca/?attachment_id=22738&gt;&lt;b&gt;others have visited it&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/a&gt; in the past as well. Part of the &lt;a href=http://www.railpictures.ca/?attachment_id=43465&gt;&lt;b&gt;CN freight shed&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/a&gt; on the left apparently became a fruit market in later years, and survived into the mid-2000&#039;s before demolition.
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&lt;i&gt; Peter Jobe photo, Dan Dell&#039;Unto collection slide.&lt;/i&gt;'  height='150' width='200' /></a><br>
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 Ontario Northland
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06/28/1981
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 Toronto (Parkdale)
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Ontario<br>
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<a href="http://www.railpictures.ca?attachment_id=58586" target="_blank"> <img src='http://www.railpictures.ca/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/CP-9000-9001-5410-5945-904-at-Neilson-Rd-Agincourt-ON-11-19-1988-Reg-Button-docu0007-v140exs-copyr-200x150.jpg' class='ps_images' alt='Brand new CP Rail SD40-2F units 9000 and 9001 lead SD40 5410 and SD40-2 5945 on eastbound train #904. It has just departing CP&#039;s Toronto (Agincourt) Yard, and is heading down the connecting track from the northeast end of the yard (Tapscott) to enter the Belleville Sub (Staines), about to cross Neilson Road (this connecting track didn&#039;t historically appear to have an official name, but shows as the &quot;Staines Cross Connection&quot; in more recent timetables).
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The new cowl-bodied SD40-2F&#039;s, CP&#039;s last new SD40-2 model (built with 645 engines at CP&#039;s insistence, well after EMD moved on to the 710-engined SD60) may look nice but were plagued with teething problems. They would go back to GMD London a few times due to engine wear issues (high silver reading in the oil from internal wear) until the problem was narrowed down to issues with the defective manufacturing of rocking wrist pins in the then-new E3B power assemblies in their 16-645E3B engines. The experience didn&#039;t seem to endear CP into placing any follow-up orders, and their next new locomotives would be GE AC4400CW&#039;s in 1995.
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&lt;i&gt;Reg Button photo, Dan Dell&#039;Unto collection slide.&lt;/i&gt;'  height='150' width='200' /></a><br>
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 Canadian Pacific
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11/18/1988
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 Toronto (Scarborou&#8230;
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Ontario<br>
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<a href="http://www.railpictures.ca?attachment_id=58481" target="_blank"> <img src='http://www.railpictures.ca/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/TTC-H1-ride-over-the-Prince-Edward-Bloor-viaduct-ebnd-at-centre-02-19-1966-JFB-docu0016bes-v110cc-copyr-200x150.jpg' class='ps_images' alt='A few days before the official opening of the new Bloor-Danforth subway line for revenue service on February 26th 1966, a special fantrip run was made on the 19th with a short H1 consist over the new subway line, which also included a stopover and visit to the new &lt;a href=http://www.railpictures.ca/?attachment_id=32686&gt;&lt;b&gt;Greenwood Yard&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/a&gt; and shops. Here, the train is seen crossing or paused on the &lt;a href=http://www.railpictures.ca/?attachment_id=49504&gt;&lt;br&gt;Bloor Viaduct&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/a&gt; (or, Prince Edward Viaduct), showing the new subway track right-of-way running underneath the roadway above.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;When it was originally built during the 1910&#039;s, the viaduct above the Don Valley only carried &lt;a href=http://www.railpictures.ca/?attachment_id=39089&gt;&lt;b&gt;automobile and streetcar traffic&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/a&gt; above, but was built with a lower level with the intent that someday it might be needed for a rapid transit line. Nearly 50 years later in the 1960&#039;s, it was made use of by the new crosstown subway line to span the Don Valley between Broadview and Castle Frank stations. A good example of transit infrastructure planning for the future!&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;i&gt;John F. Bromley photo, Dan Dell&#039;Unto collection slide.&lt;/i&gt; '  height='150' width='200' /></a><br>
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 Toronto Transit Co&#8230;
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02/19/1966
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 Toronto
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Ontario<br>
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<a href="http://www.railpictures.ca?attachment_id=58480" target="_blank"> <img src='http://www.railpictures.ca/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/VIA-6524-CN-68xx-ebnd-Mile-331-Kingston-Sub-Gerrard-St.-Toronto-ON-d.Jan-1979-uk-docu0012-v100exbs-copyr-200x150.jpg' class='ps_images' alt='On a cold January 1979 day in east end Toronto, VIA FP9 6524 and an ex-CN 6800-series FPB4 head an eastbound passenger train on CN&#039;s Kingston Sub at Mile 331, around Gerrard Street East underpass. This was likely shot at or near the old Pape Avenue grade crossing, not too long before it was eliminated for a pedestrian bridge. The tower in the background is the Ray McCleary Towers at 444 Logan Avenue.
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&lt;i&gt;Original photographer unknown, Dan Dell&#039;Unto collection slide.&lt;/i&gt;'  height='150' width='200' /></a><br>
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 <a href="http://railpictures.ca/author/mrdanno4050" target="blank">unknown, Dan Dell'U&#8230;</a></td>
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 VIA Rail
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Circa January 1979
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 Toronto
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Ontario<br>
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<a href="http://www.railpictures.ca?attachment_id=58422" target="_blank"> <img src='http://www.railpictures.ca/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/TTC-3009-3008-SRT-testing-at-UTDC-Millhaven-near-Kingston-ON-07-04-1984-Bill-Madden-docu0042-vAebs-copyr-200x150.jpg' class='ps_images' alt='Operating on trackage but not in Toronto, TTC ICTS cars 3009 and 3008 operate at Urban Transit Development Corporation&#039;s Millhaven Ontario facility, running on the test track within the grounds (this appears to be at the south end of the property, along Taylor Kidd Blvd). Part of the new Intermediate Capacity Transit System (ICTS, in between a streetcar and subway) that crown corporation UTDC hoped would take hold (it didn&#039;t, outside of a few systems), the TTC bought into the government&#039;s new system in the early 1980&#039;s for their new Scarborough Rapid Transit (SRT) line, that would have otherwise been run using streetcar/LRV technology.
&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;
An orphan system over the years, the SRT line and equipment would be run beyond their lifespan due to political meddling for a replacement line: the Transit City LRT plan in place and fully funded that would have replaced the SRT was cancelled by new mayor Rob Ford in 2010 in favour of &quot;subways subways subways&quot; (which resulted in years of typical political squabbling around length, route, funding, costs), that years later still hasn&#039;t been built.
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The SRT managed to cling to life until July 2023, when a derailment in service finally put the nail in the coffin and an end to the entire system in Toronto. Scarberians are now taking shuttle buses on the former RofW while construction for the line continues on, 16 years after the original replacement plan was cancelled. One old SRT car is preserved at the HCRY, while another is at the Toronto Zoo, and the bulk of the cars were sold to Detroit for reuse on their own ICTS &quot;People Mover&quot; system.
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&lt;i&gt;William (Bill) J. Madden photo, Dan Dell&#039;Unto collection slide.&lt;/i&gt;'  height='150' width='200' /></a><br>
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 <a href="http://railpictures.ca/author/mrdanno4050" target="blank">Bill Madden, Dan De&#8230;</a></td>
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<b>Railway:</b>
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 Toronto Transit Co&#8230;
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<b>Date:</b> 
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07/04/1984
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<b>Location:</b>
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 Millhaven
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Ontario<br>
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<a href="http://www.railpictures.ca?attachment_id=58421" target="_blank"> <img src='http://www.railpictures.ca/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/CN-2334-5075-wbnd-Burlington-ON-10-22-1972-Bill-Grandin-docu0115-v130bexs-copyr2-200x150.jpg' class='ps_images' alt='On a sunny October day in 1972, CN M636 2334 and SD40 5075 lead an extra freight off the Halton Sub at Burlington, about to enter the Oakville Sub and head west. The first few cars are passing over the Brant Street underpass.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;This photo was taken not too long after the Brant Street grade separation project (that took place in the late 1960&#039;s). Looking at 1965 and present-day aerial imagery it&#039;s hard to note the exact changes, but it appears Brant Street was realigned to the east, and the (closer) houses in the background were once along the south side of Plains Road East where Burlington Hyundai is today. The Sunoco may be the same one on the SW corner that was a Petro Canada until recently. Some more gas pumps appear on the NE corner, and beyond that housing along Leighland Rd (visible before the current plaza was built).&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;i&gt;Bill Grandin photo, Dan Dell&#039;Unto collection negative.&lt;/i&gt;'  height='150' width='200' /></a><br>
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 <a href="http://railpictures.ca/author/mrdanno4050" target="blank">Bill Grandin photo,&#8230;</a></td>
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<b>Railway:</b>
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 Canadian National
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<b>Date:</b> 
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10/22/1972
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 Burlington
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Ontario<br>
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<a href="http://www.railpictures.ca?attachment_id=58389" target="_blank"> <img src='http://www.railpictures.ca/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/THB-77-402-on-the-PC-CASO-at-Welland-ON-10-06-1975-Max-S.-Robin-docu0008-v100es-copyr-200x150.jpg' class='ps_images' alt='TH&amp;B GP7 77 and GP9 402 sit near the PC-TH&amp;B yard office/station building at Welland Yard, a few tracks over from the PC Canada Division mainline on the left. (the old Canada Southern/CASO line through southern Ontario). This appears to be an evening shot, perhaps power for a TH&amp;B job waiting to lift its train and head back to Hamilton (one of the resident TH&amp;B experts may have more insight).
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&lt;i&gt;Max S. Robin photo, Dan Dell&#039;Unto collection slide.&lt;/i&gt;'  height='150' width='200' /></a><br>
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 <a href="http://railpictures.ca/author/mrdanno4050" target="blank">Max S. Robin photo,&#8230;</a></td>
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 Toronto Hamilton a&#8230;
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<b>Date:</b> 
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10/06/1975
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 Welland
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Ontario<br>
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<a href="http://www.railpictures.ca?attachment_id=58385" target="_blank"> <img src='http://www.railpictures.ca/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/CP-5556-4740-5904-SOO-780-grain-at-Waterdown-ON-06-09-1993-Reg-Button-docu0036es-copyr-200x150.jpg' class='ps_images' alt='CP Rail SD40 5556, ratty M636 4740 (nearing the end of its career), SD40-2 5904 and SOO SD40-2 780 lead a grain train southbound on the Hamilton Sub, passing through Waterdown along the south end of Main Street South, about to duck under the Snake Road bridge.
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&lt;i&gt;Reg Button photo, Dan Dell&#039;Unto collection slide.&lt;/i&gt;'  height='150' width='200' /></a><br>
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 <a href="http://railpictures.ca/author/mrdanno4050" target="blank">Reg Button photo, D&#8230;</a></td>
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 Canadian Pacific
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06/09/1993
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 Waterdown
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Ontario<br>
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<a href="http://www.railpictures.ca?attachment_id=58384" target="_blank"> <img src='http://www.railpictures.ca/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/DD-17668bexbs-CCGX-1000-OBRY-passenger-cars-at-Orangeville-Station-Mar-2008-DanDellUnto-copyr-200x150.jpg' class='ps_images' alt='Orangeville-Brampton Railway&#039;s GP9 CCGX 1000 sits in her usual parking spot on the station track, coupled to the usual Credit Valley Explorer passenger cars as they sit idle on a quiet winter&#039;s morning in Orangeville. There was hopes that the usual freight would run today (Wednesday) because of all the recent snowfall, but they had in fact cleared the yard and run the previous day (Tuesday), as usual. There was little happening in Orangeville, but a few shots were taken of the train and its new station (with its new GO Transit shelter added, used by the Orangeville GO bus, that I also met and shot enroute during the trip back south to Brampton).&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;And today, there&#039;s even less happening down at the station in Orangeville...that GO bus is about the only kind of passenger service they&#039;ll see for a loooong time (and even that&#039;s not safe from the occasional GO low ridership cuts).'  height='150' width='200' /></a><br>
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 <a href="http://railpictures.ca/author/mrdanno4050" target="blank">Dan Dell'Unto</a></td>
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<b>Railway:</b>
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 Orangeville-Brampt&#8230;
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<b>Date:</b> 
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03/12/2008
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 Orangeville
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Ontario<br>
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<a href="http://www.railpictures.ca?attachment_id=58339" target="_blank"> <img src='http://www.railpictures.ca/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/DD-04732exb2-Changing-brakeshoes-on-CCGX-1000-OBRY-Orangeville-Yard-230pm-copyr-200x150.jpg' class='ps_images' alt='One for the &quot;Human Element of Railroading&quot;: after a successful run down to Streetsville and back to interchange cars with Canadian Pacific, conductor Steve Bradley (in vest) and his engineer (in blue overalls, I believe his name was Wayne) change out some brake shoes on the lead Blomberg B truck of Orangeville-Brampton Railway&#039;s lone unit, CCGX GP9 1000, after putting her away on the station track. No fancy tools here, just pipe wrenches, hammers, and a bit of ol&#039; fashioned manual labour to get the 1957-vintage unit ready for its next run.
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(And thanks for the short cab ride, guys).'  height='150' width='200' /></a><br>
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 <a href="http://railpictures.ca/author/mrdanno4050" target="blank">Dan Dell'Unto</a></td>
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 Orangeville-Brampt&#8230;
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04/20/2007
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 Orangeville
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Ontario<br>
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<a href="http://www.railpictures.ca?attachment_id=58303" target="_blank"> <img src='http://www.railpictures.ca/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/VIA-6406-new-CN-9420-72-at-Burlington-ON-12-27-1986-Bill-McArthur-docu0027-vAexs-copyr-200x150.jpg' class='ps_images' alt='Brand new VIA F40PH-2D 6406 and seasoned CN GP40-2LW 9420 handle a decently-sized train #72 eastbound at Burlington Station, crossing over Brant St. underpass to the east. The fresh-looking 6406 was barely a month old, newly minted at the GMD London plant as one of the first of VIA&#039;s new modern F40 passenger units.
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CN 9420 was an interm solution before the arrival of the new VIA power: one of 30 GP40-2LW&#039;s CN had modified in late 1984 for passenger service as-needed on VIA, including the addition of steam generator blowdown controls for operation with a steam generator car. On top of that, units 9400-9449 had also been delivered new with higher-speed 76 mph gearing for fast freight/intermodal service, making them ideal for pitch-hitting in passenger service in the southern Ontario area.
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6000 horsepower should be more than enough to get this passenger train over the road, and the exact same power came back the next day on a westbound with the 9420 leading! One has to wonder why the 9420 was needed, but perhaps the new 6406 was still being broken in, and a second unit was needed as protection power.
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&lt;i&gt;Bill McArthur photo, Dan Dell&#039;Unto collection slide.&lt;/i&gt;'  height='150' width='200' /></a><br>
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 <a href="http://railpictures.ca/author/mrdanno4050" target="blank">Bill McArthur photo&#8230;</a></td>
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 VIA Rail
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<b>Date:</b> 
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12/27/1986
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 Burlington
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Ontario<br>
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<a href="http://www.railpictures.ca?attachment_id=58294" target="_blank"> <img src='http://www.railpictures.ca/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/VIA-6425-6767-71-ayt-Bayview-Jct-ON-09-05-1987-Bill-McArthur-docu0033-vAbes-copyr-200x150.jpg' class='ps_images' alt='In the 1980&#039;s, VIA Rail&#039;s new GMD-built F40PH-2D units were on the way in, and the old MLW FPA4/FPB4 units were on the way out, partially due to age but partially due to new RSC safety regulations being introduced. But the old MLW&#039;s still had some life in them, and were useful to provide steam heat to VIA&#039;s old ex-CN blue and yellow passenger cars in the corridor behind the HEP-equipped F40&#039;s. Here, brand new VIA F40PH-2D 6425 (only two months old at the time) leads FPA4 6767 on train #71, heading westbound through Bayview Junction and up the Dundas Sub.
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&lt;i&gt;Bill McArthur photo, Dan Dell&#039;Unto collection slide.&lt;/i&gt;'  height='150' width='200' /></a><br>
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 <a href="http://railpictures.ca/author/mrdanno4050" target="blank">Bill McArthur photo&#8230;</a></td>
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 VIA Rail
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<b>Date:</b> 
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09/05/1987
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 Burlington
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Ontario<br>
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<a href="http://www.railpictures.ca?attachment_id=58242" target="_blank"> <img src='http://www.railpictures.ca/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/CP-4714-4554-4727-acid-train-at-Lawrence-Rd.-Hamilton-ON-12-23-1988-Reg-Button-docu0024-vAes-copyr-200x150.jpg' class='ps_images' alt='Filthy Big M&#039;s and fresh, clean tank cars: that&#039;s what sums up this acid train departing Kinnear Yard in Hamilton, caught by Reg Button passing the brick factory along Lawrence Avenue around Ottawa Street a few days before Christmas in 1988.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;The end was near for CP&#039;s fleet of 6-axle MLW power, and M636 4714, M630 4554, and M636 4727 were certainly showing it: it&#039;s almost as if the cleaners at Agincourt Yard sprayed off the front of 4714, but then took a look at the rest of the unit and gave up on sight. And faded and sooty &quot;CPR/ail&quot; 4554 looks like she&#039;s seen a bit too much sun and a bit too much Alco smoke in trailing status. 4727 is the most presentable of the bunch, but its fuel tank streaked in leaking engine oil won&#039;t impress the shop crews much when they need to roll out another 55 gallon drum to keep her going.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;All three were retired by 1993 when the final Big M units were shut down at St. Luc, in an official ceremony on December 23rd 1993. However, some that still ran (or managed to stumble off the shop track at St. Luc on their own) were unretired in 1994 due to a severe power shortage to run out a few extra miles, and by decree from higher up, were only run until major failures. None of the three pictured were so lucky, and some of the undermaintained, ailing units reactivated barely lasted a few months before being unceremoniously shoved back into the deadline. The lucky few managed to squeak their way into early 1995 before CP put the last ones out to pasture for good (except for the repowered M636-CAT 4711, that ran until 1998, and then was sold to Minnesota Commercial. A &quot;Cat with 9 lives&quot; maybe, as the Sartigan Railway has now acquired it).&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;i&gt;Reg Button photo, Dan Dell&#039;Unto collection slide.&lt;/i&gt;'  height='150' width='200' /></a><br>
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 <a href="http://railpictures.ca/author/mrdanno4050" target="blank">Reg Button photo, D&#8230;</a></td>
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 Canadian Pacific
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<b>Date:</b> 
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12/23/1988
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 Hamilton
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Ontario<br>
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<a href="http://www.railpictures.ca?attachment_id=58241" target="_blank"> <img src='http://www.railpictures.ca/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/DD-04745exjs-Toronto-Union-Station-train-shed-snowy-morning-GO-535-DanDellUnto-copyr-200x150.jpg' class='ps_images' alt='Early morning weekday at Toronto Union Station. It&#039;s 7:43am and a dull pink hue from the budding sunrise casts itself over a cold winter scene downtown. Switch heaters hum quietly and the odd clicking of switch points being lined by the nearby Scott Street tower TMD can be heard against the general faint downtown noise.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Three GO Transit F59PH&#039;s can be seen under the drafty train shed: 535 on Track 4 about to depart with eastbound #406 to Pickering, an unknown unit on Track 3 (likely on #477 departing for Burlington soon), and another unknown unit on Track 1 (possibly #832 recently arrived from Richmond Hill). Soon the endless clickity clack of additional F59&#039;s and bilevels passing their way through multiple slip switches on the ladder tracks right outside the window would follow, as more morning trains arrived from the east and deadheading equipment moves departed for their next runs.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Down at Union Station it&#039;s just starting to get busy, with sleepy commuters flooding the GO concourse off recently arrived Oshawa, Hamilton, Richmond Hill, Oakville and Milton inbound trains, some ordering breakfast at the McDonalds, grabbing a coffee from the Second Cup, a paper from one of the Gateway Newstand kiosks, or maybe a tasty snack from Mmmuffins or The Bagel Shop before hitting the PATH network or subway to work or school (it&#039;s a bit too early to hit up the Cinnabon or LCBO, unless you&#039;re a certain kind of person).&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Outside it&#039;s mostly quiet at the nearby Union Station bus terminal as stray GO buses lay over, including a 1600-series Prevost and some MCI D4500&#039;s (and it would remain mostly quiet until the rush hour trains stopped running and afternoon bus runs picked up). A TTC 6200-series GM/MCI &quot;Classic&quot; on the 6 Bay route waits at the bus stop on Bay Street outside the GO concourse entrance. Residents in the &quot;few&quot; (compared to today) surrounding condos are starting to get ready for work, and patrons staying at the Royal York Hotel are hitting their alarm clocks before dressing for important meetings downtown. Part of the John St. Roundhouse and coaling tower are barely visible and sit deserted, as the whole rail museum thing hasn&#039;t happened yet. Work continues on the Yonge Street viaduct rehabilitation project below, and traffic on Bay and Yonge is sparse with the Gardiner moving well for now. Skydome/Rogers Centre report: the dome is definitely closed today.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;The Canadian: on-time with VIA 6404 &amp; 6432 leading. Amtrak Maple Leaf: on-time departure with P32AC-DM 702(!). CN local for switching the Toronto Portlands: eastbound with GP9RM&#039;s 7080 &amp; 4100. Union Pearson Express: didn&#039;t exist yet. Number of MP40&#039;s seen: didn&#039;t exist yet. Northlander: still existed, but missed it (drat).&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Apparently it was to be very snowy in the afternoon and there was a very important computer science exam at the Ramsay Wright Zoological Laboratories to attend around the same time, thus the early trip into the city allowing plenty of review time (and avoiding any potential GO bus or train delays).'  height='150' width='200' /></a><br>
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 GO Transit
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12/15/2005
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 Toronto
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Ontario<br>
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<a href="http://www.railpictures.ca?attachment_id=58239" target="_blank"> <img src='http://www.railpictures.ca/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/17687bexs-CN-9615-on-145-at-Brampton-diamond-1147am-copyr-200x150.jpg' class='ps_images' alt='Well-worn CN GP40-2LW 9615 slams the CN-OBRY (ex-CP) &lt;a href=http://www.railpictures.ca/?attachment_id=35631&gt;&lt;b&gt;Brampton diamond&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/a&gt; as it heads west through downtown with the daily #145 Roadrailer train. The regular #144/145 and #147 (Fridays instead of #145) Roadrailers would usually pull a single unit for the assignment, often of the GP40 or SD40 variety, but sometimes something bigger such as an SD50F, SD75I or C40-8M would show up on point.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Long an annoyance for CN because of reduced speeds (and CP because they had to keep maintaining it, even into the OBRY era) the diamonds were &lt;a href=http://www.railpictures.ca/?attachment_id=54724&gt;&lt;b&gt;finally removed&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/a&gt; in early July 2024, a few years after the OBRY had run its final train. The &lt;a href=http://www.railpictures.ca/?attachment_id=21752&gt;&lt;b&gt;final Roadrailer&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/a&gt; ran in November 2015. CN 9615, sporting a new coat of paint, is still kicking around.'  height='150' width='200' /></a><br>
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 Canadian National
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03/12/2008
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 Toronto
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Ontario<br>
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