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About Peter Newman
My passion for trains came through osmosis - the mainline of the CPR ran through our backyard in Toronto. My mother used to complain that the trains made our house rumble - I thought it was really neat! I loved watching the diesels struggle up the grade towards Agincourt Yard. And then one day everything changed... I saw CPR 4-6-0, #1057, steam past! My interest in trains has introduced me to other passions, including photography and model railroading. I think the best part, however, has been meeting all of the wonderful railway enthusiasts along the way - many who became friends and even mentors in my life. Most of my railway photographs were taken between 1975 and 1979. My camera was the Pentax K1000 - most of my images were taken in black and white. To keep costs low, the films were processed in my own darkroom. I hope you'll enjoy the images!
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Peter Newman's 86 photos on Railpictures.ca:
![Have you read the children’s book “Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day”? It is the humorous story of a young fellow who climbs out of bed only to have everything go wrong. That pretty much describes my day on June 6th, 1976. I was 15 at the time, and had recently joined the Ontario Rail Association. This was during the final restoration phase of CPR #1201. I had quickly become quite fascinated and attached to this locomotive. The guys at John Street were kind enough to invite me to join them for the last upcoming turntable picture before it departed for Ottawa. I was so excited that I had trouble sleeping the night before. I overslept and arrived five minutes late for the photograph. My new friends then invited me to spend the day chasing the locomotive. At our first stop, this consist stormed by at an extremely high rate of knots. We were shocked to see a diesel protecting the front end. Further ruining the shot, the snout door of FP7-A, #4038, was wide open. The idea of further pursuit was quickly abandoned. I’m sure I went home in a funk, climbed back into bed and pulled the covers over my head. Fast forward 38 years and I’m looking at this image - and thinking it is kind of interesting. Maybe it wasn’t such a bad day after all!Internet research shows #4038 was built by GMD in London, Ontario, in 1951. It was retired in 12/82. It is on static display in Minnedosa, Manitoba.I’ve tagged the GPS co-ordinates at John Street. This is obviously incorrect – I have no idea where I snagged this photograph – but it was somewhere outside of downtown Toronto.](http://www.railpictures.ca/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/1201-Diesel-Final-200x150.jpg)
Name: | Peter Newman |
Railway: | Canadian Pacific |
Date: | 06/06/1976 |
Location: | Toronto |
Province: |
Ontario |
![I remember driving from my home in Toronto to visit the TH&B Chatham Street Roundhouse. It was 1977, and this sixteen year old had just gotten his driver's license. This expedition to the other side of the world (or so it seemed) was my first celebration of freedom. Without a GPS in hand, it was a miracle that I - and my Volkswagen Beetle - ever made it! I loved photographing in black and white. On this day, I purposely used a very high speed film - I wanted the pictures to look gritty... just like the surroundings. I hope you'll enjoy the image.](http://www.railpictures.ca/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/THB-Final-200x150.jpg)
Name: | Peter Newman |
Railway: | Toronto Hamilton a… |
Date: | 07/04/1977 |
Location: | Hamilton |
Province: |
Ontario |
![With a friendly wave from the crew, SD40 #5506 leads the pack from Toronto up the hill towards Agincourt. This picture was taken from the Victoria Park bridge. This teenage photographer never kept any notes, but circa 1975. I'm pretty sure this is one of my earlier shots - I was probably about 14 when I snagged this image. I was likely using my older brother's Pentax Spotmatic 1000... not sure if I had his permission that day or not. Internet research shows this locomotive was built by GMD in 1966. It was traded to East Coast Motive Power in 2000, and rebuilt by Alstom to become GCFX #3081.](http://www.railpictures.ca/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/VP-Diesel-Final-200x150.jpg)
Name: | Peter Newman |
Railway: | Canadian Pacific |
Date: | 08/01/1975 |
Location: | Toronto |
Province: |
Ontario |
![I've always been a fan of black and white!](http://www.railpictures.ca/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/Go900FinalLarge-200x150.jpg)
Name: | Peter Newman |
Railway: | GO Transit |
Date: | 05/01/1978 |
Location: | Pickering |
Province: |
Ontario |
![It is no secret that the "Empress of Agincourt" is a very special diesel. Manufactured in 1957, by the Montreal Locomotive Works (retired in '95), it is a one-of-a-kind RSD-17. Here she is in 1976 - 12 years before being subjected to her Nose Job. I used to enjoy watching 8921 run regularly past my house on her way up to the Agincourt Yard. Here she is outside of Union Station in downtown Toronto. I'm glad that she found a good resting spot at the Elgin County Railway Museum.](http://www.railpictures.ca/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/1057_Outside_Hamilton_Negatives_009-200x150.jpg)
Name: | Peter Newman |
Railway: | Canadian Pacific |
Date: | 05/01/1976 |
Location: | Toronto |
Province: |
Ontario |
![Here is where it all began... at the back of my yard! I spent many hours here watching the trains work their way from Toronto up the hill towards the Agincourt Yard. Over the years, I got to know the faces of many of the engineers. They would give me a friendly blast when they saw me waving. Sometimes I would be in my bedroom and I'd hear a couple of short bursts on the horn... the engineers like Mac Allen just sayin' hello. It has been many years since I've lived there, but I sometimes wonder if even today there are other young teenage boys watching and photographing the trains as they go by.](http://www.railpictures.ca/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/Edward_Gardens_Negatives_036-200x150.jpg)
Name: | Peter Newman |
Railway: | Canadian Pacific |
Date: | 10/01/1975 |
Location: | Toronto |
Province: |
Ontario |
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