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Paul O'Shell — Sun, 20 Sep 2026 06:46:57 +0000

VIA station Terrace, BC
This is the VIA station in Terrace, BC at Mile 131.9 CN Bulkley Sub. and Mile 0.0 CN Skeena Sub. on September 4, 2026.
The original station at Terrace was erected in 1911, to the standard-design Plan 100‐152 (Bohi's Type E) station building.
The building pictured was built around 1914 and designated a national historic site in 1982. The George Little House was moved to its present location in 2004. The next year, the renovated main floor became tourism facilities and the Via Rail waiting room, replacing the small stationette.' height='150' width='200' />

Name:	Paul O'Shell
Railway:	VIA Rail
Date:	09/04/2026
Location:	Terrace
Province:	British Columbia

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CNR at ONR
25 years ago today, a trio of ex-CN GMD1's CN 1170, CN 1116, and CN 1153 are lined up outside the open doors of ONR's North Bay diesel shop.
Two of the three GMD1's were stenciled INCO under the running number on the cab sides.' height='150' width='200' />

Name:	Paul O'Shell
Railway:	Canadian National
Date:	08/24/2001
Location:	North Bay
Province:	Ontario

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Caged Caboose
CP 437336 steel sheathed caboose built in 1949 sits on static display behind the Frost fence next to the CP mainline at the 'Last Spike rest stop' in Craigellachie, BC on April 17, 2025.' height='150' width='200' />

Name:	Paul O'Shell
Railway:	Canadian Pacific
Date:	04/17/2025
Location:	Chraigellachie
Province:	British Columbia

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Feeling and looking a little out of place
On a clear and warm April 18, 2025 morning, snow gear equipped CN 612-50 a Kershaw Mfg. 46-6-1 combination ballast regulator/snow fighter, serial number C46-420-98, built in 1998, sits parked on a dead-end back track at Westwold, BC Mile 37.8 CN Okanagan Sub. on April 18, 2025.
This Work Equipment machine was built new at the Kershaw Mfg. plant in Cornwall, ON in 1998.' height='150' width='200' />

Name:	Paul O'Shell
Railway:	Canadian National
Date:	04/18/2025
Location:	Westwold
Province:	British Columbia

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A silky, robot, steamer
CP 400900 steam generator (ex-CP Robot-4 (1004), nee CP Silk car) built in 1927, escaped the scrappers torch and on April 17, 2025, sits on static display at the Revelstoke Railway Museum in Revelstoke, BC.
I snapped the same car in the CP Work Equipment yard in Revelstoke 18 years earlier on August 29, 2007.
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Name:	Paul O'Shell
Railway:	Canadian Pacific
Date:	04/17/2025
Location:	Revelstoke
Province:	British Columbia

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Rainy day plow
Single track snowplow ONT 555 sits in the rain on a deadline at North Bay, ON May 19, 2009.' height='150' width='200' />

Name:	Paul O'Shell
Railway:	Ontario Northland
Date:	05/19/2009
Location:	North Bay
Province:	Ontario

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Eclectic mix
A dog's breakfast of old passenger equipment sits on a deadline in ONR's North Bay, ON yard on May 4, 2004.
Closest to the camera is coach ONT 840 (ex-N&W 511) Pullman Standard built in 1949.' height='150' width='200' />

Name:	Paul O'Shell
Railway:	Ontario Northland
Date:	05/04/2004
Location:	North Bay
Province:	Ontario

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Hook me up!
CN 50483 is an American model 840 DEH (Diesel powered, Electric traction motors, Hydraulic swing) locomotive crane, serial number L-4353, built in 1986. It was shipped new to CN in Toronto, ON in April 1986.
It is seen here all tied down and ready for in-train transit to its next work location in the yard at CN's Transcona Work Equipment repair facility after major repairs were completed.' height='150' width='200' />

Name:	Paul O'Shell
Railway:	Canadian National
Date:	12/11/2002
Location:	Transcona (Winnipe…
Province:	Manitoba

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Hot box!
An unknown road's box car is secured to the deck of CN 665422 and sits in CN's Hornepayne, ON yard after being moved from Cree Pit just south of town with a string of other wreck damaged equipment. ' height='150' width='200' />

Name:	Paul O'Shell
Railway:	Canadian National
Date:	Summer 1976
Location:	Hornepayne
Province:	Ontario

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Kit bashed combine
ONT 2070 auxiliary cable car once assigned to the ONR wreck train is now a tool and supply car sitting on the rip track at the ONR shop complex in North Bay.
It is an ex-CP coach/baggage combination car CC&F built in 19xx.
Here it is 19 years earlier at the exact same location ....
http://www.railpictures.ca/?attachment_id=59709 ' height='150' width='200' />

Name:	Paul O'Shell
Railway:	Ontario Northland
Date:	04/13/2023
Location:	North Bay
Province:	Ontario

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Kit bashed combine
ONT 2070 auxiliary cable car is assigned to the ONR wreck train. It is an ex-CP coach/baggage combination car CC&F built in 19xx.
I last saw and photographed this car at the same location 19 years later on April 13, 2023.' height='150' width='200' />

Name:	Paul O'Shell
Railway:	Ontario Northland
Date:	05/04/2004
Location:	North Bay
Province:	Ontario

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An American arrives in town
In 2003, QIT (Riviere Romaine Railway) replaced their aging Ohio locomotive crane with a remanufactured American model 855 DEH (Diesel Electric traction, Hydraulic swing) crane.
It is seen here on July 2, 2003 outside their equipment shop during in-service commissioning.
In the background you can see locomotive QIT 1 (ex-QIT 4) on static display at the roadside leading into town. Directly across the street from the Hotel Du Havre which was my home for the week.
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Name:	Paul O'Shell
Railway:	Riviere Romaine Ra…
Date:	07/02/2003
Location:	Havre-Saint-Pierre
Province:	Quebec

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Caution No Footboard
Or handrails, or pilot, or number boards, or batteries, or headlights, or class lights, or engine shroud, ...
ONT 1732 has been parted out and sits in the deadline at North Bay, ON September 30, 2008.
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Name:	Paul O'Shell
Railway:	Ontario Northland
Date:	09/30/2008
Location:	North Bay
Province:	Ontario

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Foreign colours in the lineup
Five ex-CN GMD1's are tucked into a string of retired ONR locomotives, passenger cars, and other rolling stock in an ONR deadline at North Bay, ON May 4, 2004.
Several of the ex-CN units were stenciled INCO on the side of the cab under the running number.
The ex-CN units in the lineup were CN 1116, CN 1153, CN 1169, CN 1170, and CN 1172.' height='150' width='200' />

Name:	Paul O'Shell
Railway:	Canadian National
Date:	05/04/2004
Location:	North Bay
Province:	Ontario

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Tall stack, short stack
ONR van ONT 125 sports a tall smokestack and a short smokestack in its later years as it rests in the deadline at North Bay, ON May 4, 2004.
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Name:	Paul O'Shell
Railway:	Ontario Northland
Date:	05/04/2004
Location:	North Bay
Province:	Ontario

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What more could you ask for?
Camera, radio, timetable, front seats, great on-board service, and no one else in the dome!
For 90% of my recent trip to and from Churchill April 28 to May 2 I had one of the two front seats with table.
There were only three people in Sleeper Plus Class allowing for use of 'the best seats in the house' for most of the journey.
VIA 8503 Skyline was like having my own private car on this trip! :-)' height='150' width='200' />

Name:	Paul O'Shell
Railway:	VIA Rail
Date:	05/01/2026
Location:	Thompson
Province:	Manitoba

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Modern in its day
ONT 107 riveted steel construction van sporting some modern innovations for its time.
Electric marker lights, electric grab iron/step lights, sealed windows, dual shark-fin radio antennas, and an axle-driven battery charging generator.
It escaped the ONR deadline and ended up in the Niagara Region of southern Ontario based on the photo viewable at this link ...
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Name:	Paul O'Shell
Railway:	Ontario Northland
Date:	05/04/2004
Location:	North Bay
Province:	Ontario

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On your mark, get set, GONE
ONT 608 (ex-GOT 1030, exx-GOT 9930, nee-GOT 4730) Hawker Siddeley RTC-85 single-level coach built in 1967 has carried its last passengers and sits forlornly on a deadline in ONR's North Bay, ON yard waiting its fate.
Sold to ONR in 1985, it was retired in 1993-94 after wreck damage.
So glad I had the opportunity to capture all this retired equipment 22 years ago. :-)' height='150' width='200' />

Name:	Paul O'Shell
Railway:	Ontario Northland
Date:	05/04/2004
Location:	North Bay
Province:	Ontario

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Kit bashed
Here's one for the modelers.
ONT 1699 (ex-ONT 100201-100299 series flat car, NSC built June 1940) has ex-ONT 1595 'water storage only' tank strapped to its deck as they sit on a deadline in ONR's North Bay, ON yard May 4, 2004.
Although it is now 24 years ago, I remember that day quite well as there was so much to view and shoot as I walked around the shops and yard for hours on that clear and sunny day. :-)' height='150' width='200' />

Name:	Paul O'Shell
Railway:	Ontario Northland
Date:	05/04/2004
Location:	North Bay
Province:	Ontario

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No GO
Stenciled ONT 613 on the vestibule end, this ex-GO Transit commuter car sits on the well-stocked deadline in the ONR yard at North Bay, ON May 4, 2004.
Hawker Siddeley built in 1967 and retired in 2001, it has found its way, with several other retired GO Transit cars to North Bay for rebuild, or as a parts doner.
Also on this day, ONT 608 (ex-GOT 1030, exx-GOT 9930, nee GOT 4730) was in the lineup and looking pretty sad as well.' height='150' width='200' />

Name:	Paul O'Shell
Railway:	Ontario Northland
Date:	05/04/2004
Location:	North Bay
Province:	Ontario

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