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Best hobby in the world ! A photographer friend recommended the Nikon brand, bought my first used Nikon in 1976 and continue to use that Nikon body regularly. Best ever train ride: Extra 6060 west, a seven car train, Ottawa to Toronto via the (now lifted) Smiths Falls subdivision (mostly at 25 mph) then onto the Kingston sub, west of Napanee the engineer let 6060 really run: at 80+ mph 6060 sounded like the Turbo ! Then a brief stop at Port Hope demonstrated that the 'grape vine' really worked (who needs "social media" ! ) : the whole town showed up! sdfourty.

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Slag ballast
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Jointed rail
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A mixed up – ex CN ex CP - consist
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At CN Oriole, June 29, 1986 Kodachrome by S.Danko
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what's interesting
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FP9Au VIA 6301 is GMD 1957 built FP9A ex CN 6534 remanufactured 1983. All 6300's retired or sold between 1993 and 2011.
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#9 (& #10) is the daily Toronto section of the VIA Canadian, sans domes, the domes only on the daily Montreal section trains #1 & #2
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The timetables were so large, in 1986, VIA issued separate timetables for the Corridor, Western Canada, Eastern Canada.
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The interchange traffic on the right placed by / for CN KO11 the CN 'Leaside turn'.
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The satellite dishes part of the Global TV / Shaw cable compound. Shaw was major Toronto area TV cable provider until Rogers bought out the Toronto area assets.
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More Oriole:
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<a href="http://www.railpictures.ca/?attachment_id= 48131"> southbound </a>
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sdfourty

Name:	sdfourty
Railway:	VIA Rail
Date:	06/29/1986
Location:	Oriole
Province:	Ontario

1 Comments | 9 Favourites

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Train Orders Delivery
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At CP Rail Bolton, October 20, 1979 Kodachrome by S.Danko
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More Bolton
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<a href="http://www.railpictures.ca/?attachment_id= 7082"> long hood </a>
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sdfourty

Name:	sdfourty
Railway:	Canadian Pacific
Date:	10/20/1979
Location:	Bolton
Province:	Ontario

2 Comments | 15 Favourites

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VIA #62 Rapido with FP9A #6533 accelerates away.... with a new LRC car on the tail end.
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At CN Guildwood mile 321 Kingston Sub, May 13, 1983 Kodachrome by S.Danko
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Noteworthy:
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that LRC car appears to have some external damage above the windows...and the door step is wired up.
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more:
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<a href="http://www.railpictures.ca/?attachment_id= 50537"> head end </a>
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sdfourty

Name:	sdfourty
Railway:	VIA Rail
Date:	05/13/1983
Location:	Scarborough
Province:	Ontario

1 Comments | 12 Favourites

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After the station stop....
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VIA #62 Rapido with FP9A #6533 accelerates away....
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At CN Guildwood mile 321 Kingston Sub, May 13, 1983 Kodachrome by S.Danko
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Noteworthy
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the jointed rail supported the 90 m.p.h. Speed Limit (95 m.p.h. for LRC)
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and on the 62's tail end a new LRC car on a test run.
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in the foreground at left, a new yet to be installed track switch heater
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and oh! Look at how GO Transit was so much simpler prior to the Mega expenseLinx (Metrolinx) !
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more:
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<a href="http://www.railpictures.ca/?attachment_id= 49035"> at the Golf Club </a>
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sdfourty

Name:	sdfourty
Railway:	VIA Rail
Date:	05/13/1983
Location:	Scarborough
Province:	Ontario

Comments | 12 Favourites

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...after The Full Monty tour of the manufacturing plant.....for any rail aficionado...an eclectic day indeed....
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AT&SF #119, GP60M
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CN #5535, SD60, to Northern Plains Railroad in 2017
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CP Rail #9015, Red Barn SD40-2F, to J & L Consulting in 2016
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GMDD #57, SW9 serial #A123 built by GMD January 1951 for the TH&B as #57, acquired May 1989
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EMD #103, EMD FT, ex EMD demo 103, ex Southern 103. owned by National Museum of Transportation in St. Louis, Missouri.
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At GMDD London Ontario Canada, June 16, 1990 Kodachrome by S.Danko
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note: Unseen, unphotographed, in the plant, under modification: at least two BCR 6000 series GMD model GF6C's originally built 1983. (Electrics built for the BCR Tumbler Ridge Subdivision). Anyone with more details?
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Have I got the correct CP unit #?
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No MLW's, ALCO's, FM's, Baldwin's here!
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sdfourty

Name:	sdfourty
Railway:	Builder/Manufactur…
Date:	06/16/1990
Location:	GMDD London
Province:	Ontario

7 Comments | 18 Favourites

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Heading into The Storm circa 1986...and circa 2022 given the controversy regarding the 'structural issues' leading to the collision 'safetyness' concerns for the sixty seven year old Budd built equipment...
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….those concerns were raised by a VIA Rail paid independent Consultant and is now under further study in a joint technical task force made up of current and former government employees….. hence buffer cars (headend and tailend) on all Budd equipped VIA trains* ...however VIA continues to state that the Budd built cars are safe under normal operating conditions....say what...
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And of course what is a Consultants' main task ….. to justify themselves to their customer...
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Maybe collision avoidance should be the priority?
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So for now....here is a no longer possible view of the Canadian train Park car as it was in the early VIA years....
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VIA #1 at CN Maple, June 8, 1986 Kodachrome by S.Danko
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* the buffer car requirement is not new, a long time prior to VIA, headend buffer cars were required to separate passenger carrying cars from the locomotive(s)....and some how the railways that purchased the Budd built rail diesel cars found a way around that issue....when there is the will....there will be always be a way...
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More Maple
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<a href="http://www.railpictures.ca/?attachment_id= 7285"> south </a>
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<a href="http://www.railpictures.ca/?attachment_id= 46637"> north </a>
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sdfourty

Name:	sdfourty
Railway:	VIA Rail
Date:	06/08/1986
Location:	Maple
Province:	Ontario

Comments | 13 Favourites

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At work: RailPic's favourite CP Rail Operator
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MLW 1969 built M-630 #4558 tops the Campbellville grade.
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At train order office signal G U, June 8, 1986 Kodachrome by S.Danko
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More G U
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<a href="http://www.railpictures.ca/?attachment_id= 47897"> Van Hoop </a>
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sdfourty

Name:	sdfourty
Railway:	Canadian Pacific
Date:	06/08/1986
Location:	Guelph Junction
Province:	Ontario

Comments | 17 Favourites

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Rolling in for a station stop, LRC 6905 leading.
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At CP Rail Smiths Falls, November 9,1991 Kodachrome by S.Danko
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More LRC
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<a href="http://www.railpictures.ca/?attachment_id= 32291"> circa 1982 </a>
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sdfourty

Name:	sdfourty
Railway:	VIA Rail
Date:	11/09/1991
Location:	Smiths Falls
Province:	Ontario

Comments | 14 Favourites

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......pre social media....before cell phones,
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....... imagine, being at one of your favourite rail location(s)....
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......and believe that you are up to speed on all the latest happenings....
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.... and looking up at the horizon you see a white plume....
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......and then you hear a whistle....what ????
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..... hear again....
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.....a REAL whistle.....
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.....the kind you hear about in stories told to you by your Great Uncle.....
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......So 11:30 a.m., April 29, 1979,
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presenting
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CN extra 6060 East..........
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......loafing along at a self imposed 45 m.p.h.......
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..... And of course, what else is there to do but photograph active mainline steam on a dreary dull April Sunday?
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.....And though this was ....pre social media....before cell phones.....look at the greeters on the platforms, the Bell land line phones were busy that Sunday morning....
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At CN Cobourg April 29, 1979, Kodachrome by S.Danko.
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More 6060 THAT DAY:
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<a href="http://www.railpictures.ca/?attachment_id= 14218"> Brighton </a>
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sdfourty

Name:	sdfourty
Railway:	Canadian National
Date:	04/29/1979
Location:	Cobourg
Province:	Ontario

2 Comments | 17 Favourites

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THIS IS RAILROADING....
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employee instruction
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2.0 SPEEDS
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2.1 MAXIMUM SPEEDS UNLESS OTHERWISE RESTRICTED
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Other trains and engines...............60 MPH
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CP Rail #482 is progressing at track speed
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and a wave from the tail end crew of CP Rail #481, with Van 434451, greets the head end crew of CP Rail #482, BBD #7004 East.
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At east end of Sturgeon Falls siding mile 22.2 Cartier Subdivision, May 22, 1983 Kodachrome by S.Danko
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The BBD: HR616 Demonstrators #7004 – 7002 – 7001 – 7003 were on CP Rail throughout 1983
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More BBD:
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<a href="http://www.railpictures.ca/?attachment_id= 43538"> from the bridge </a>
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sdfourty

Name:	sdfourty
Railway:	Canadian Pacific
Date:	05/22/1983
Location:	Sturgeon Falls
Province:	Ontario

4 Comments | 20 Favourites

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Located at 495 Water Street the circa 1901 built Newfoundland Railway station is hosting GMD 1956 built NF210 #911 and a sister on a sunny August morning.
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At St. John's Newfoundland, August 8, 1982 Kodachrome by S.Danko
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As at 1982 the TT #911 future: to Chile in 1988 renumbered FCAB 1415. A total of seventeen NF210 sisters, in 1988 and 1994, have been acquired by FCAB: British company name: Antofagasta (Chili) & Bolivia Railway or FCAB for short.
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Noteworthy: FCAB outbound traffic ( to the ocean freighters) is nitrate ( for explosives), copper and more recently lithium brine. Inbound traffic is sulfuric acid. The FCAB railway is now part of the transport division of mining company Antofagasta plc.
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High Rail Newfoundland style:
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<a href="http://www.railpictures.ca/?attachment_id= 48713"> TT#204 </a>
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sdfourty

Name:	sdfourty
Railway:	Terra Transport
Date:	08/08/1982
Location:	St. John's
Province:	Newfoundland and …

1 Comments | 16 Favourites

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Breaking News – circa April 1977 – the invasion has begun: Seventies Super Power makes Spadina appearance !
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Second generation MLW 1970 built M-636 class MF-36a CN #2307 is in first generation company, identifiable:
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GMD 1958 built FP9A VIA CN #6540
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MLW 1959 built RS-18 CN #3113
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Budd 1957 built RDC-1 CN #6120
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GMD 1956 built SW1200RS CN #1246
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MLW 1949 built S-2 CN #8139
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At CN Spadina, April 23, 1977 Kodachrome by S.Danko
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CN 2307 lived on with:
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<a href="http://www.railpictures.ca/?attachment_id= 7879"> new livery </a>
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Name:	sdfourty
Railway:	Canadian National
Date:	04/23/1977
Location:	Toronto
Province:	Ontario

Comments | 14 Favourites

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CP Rail 916 blasts through the Cobourg station site,
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a pair of MLW M636's are a very welcome sight on an otherwise slow boring hot and humid Saturday
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at Cobourg, June 23, 1979 Kodachrome by S.Danko
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more Cobourg:
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<a href="http://www.railpictures.ca/?attachment_id= 47546"> FPA-4's </a>
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sdfourty

Name:	sdfourty
Railway:	Canadian Pacific
Date:	06/23/1979
Location:	Cobourg
Province:	Ontario

Comments | 16 Favourites

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North Shore Meanderings
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CP Rail MoW #90 is the former CPR #9069 RDC-1 Budd built 1957, now resides at Saint Constant
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Behind CP Rail 434029 is a 1100 series Control Cab
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RS-18 8741 is the future CP Rail 1821
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At Schreiber, August 30, 1984 Kodachrome by S.Danko
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Interesting: at a future date CP Rail 90 will have permanent ditch lights installed
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more North Shore:
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<a href="http://www.railpictures.ca/?attachment_id= 11907"> L.Pic River </a>
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sdfourty

Name:	sdfourty
Railway:	Canadian Pacific
Date:	08/30/1984
Location:	Schreiber
Province:	Ontario

1 Comments | 14 Favourites

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three builders...
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VIA 905 – with GEXR's RLK 4095 - LLPX 2236
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GE 2001 built P42DC - GMD 1966 built GP40 - EMD 1976 built GP38-2
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VIA # 84 at Kitchener, June 8, 2014 digital by S. Danko
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Noteworthy: Rumour has it the P42's days are numbered, in fact 4095 and 2236 may out last 905
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sdfourty

Name:	sdfourty
Railway:	Goderich-Exeter
Date:	06/08/2014
Location:	Kitchener
Province:	Ontario

2 Comments | 14 Favourites

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Twenty three years before CPR Hudson 2816 made a re-appearance, the 1978 Royal Hudson "Discover British Columbia" Tour steamed into Toronto Union Depot on April 11, 1978
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BCR 2860 at the Toronto Union platform, April 11, 1978 Kodachrome by S.Danko
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Note: yes, 2860 rolled down the Don Branch, CP Rail Belleville subdivision miles 206 to 209.6
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more Royal Hudson
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<a href="http://www.railpictures.ca/?attachment_id= 7412"> Regal </a>
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Name:	sdfourty
Railway:	BC Rail
Date:	04/11/1978
Location:	Toronto
Province:	Ontario

1 Comments | 9 Favourites

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VIA #190, Sunday only, departs Leaside
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Havelock Budd's last trip September 6, 1982; restored June 3, 1985, finale trip January 14, 1990.
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At VIA CP Rail Leaside, January 20, 1980 Kodachrome by S.Danko
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More Havelock Budd's:
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<a href="http://www.railpictures.ca/?attachment_id= 46428"> awaiting the crew </a>
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Noteworthy:
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This month, June 2022, the former CPR Leaside station will be demolished by Metrolinx.
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sdfourty

Name:	sdfourty
Railway:	VIA Rail
Date:	01/20/1980
Location:	Leaside
Province:	Ontario

4 Comments | 9 Favourites

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new LRC car on a test run.
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VIA #62 Rapido with FP9A #6533, on the approach to CN Guildwood, May 13, 1983 Kodachrome by S.Danko
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Scarborough Golf's clubhouse (circa 1913) in the upper left, note the early season golfers on the course visible above the B unit (circa 1954).
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at the 1913 course opening: “A friendly GTR conductor would allow golfers 'a free drop' at the pathway near the (SG&CC )clubhouse....this tradition continued for many years....” [per Scarborough Centennial Book page 10]
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<a href="http://www.railpictures.ca/?attachment_id= 46435"> FP9A # 6523 </a>
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sdfourty

Name:	sdfourty
Railway:	VIA Rail
Date:	05/13/1983
Location:	Guildwood
Province:	Ontario

2 Comments | 17 Favourites

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Mile 174.2 on the north side of the Belleville Subdivision, west of the Simcoe Street overpass at the end of Centre Street.
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Final passenger trains to stop at CPR Oshawa: CPR overnight pool Trains 21 & 22, October 1965
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CPR Oshawa: 1914 – 1989, February 13, 1983 Kodachrome by S.Danko.
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Noteworthy:
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And the last regularly scheduled passenger trains to pass by CPR Oshawa: for a three month period commencing October 1965 CPR rescheduled and renamed train 21 The Royal York and train 22 Le Chateau Champlain and re-equipped same with surplus cars from The Canadian, however these trains were non stop between Leaside and Smiths Falls. Final runs for #21 & #22 January 23, 1966
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interesting: CPR trains 3 & 4 (Montreal – Vancouver) and 12 & 13 (Toronto – Sudbury) The Dominion final runs January 7, 1966
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sdfourty

Name:	sdfourty
Railway:	Canadian Pacific
Date:	01/23/1983
Location:	Oshawa
Province:	Ontario

3 Comments | 10 Favourites

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Three distinct car bodies
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Three builders
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MLW 1960 built RS-18m CN #3152, one of six modified (1967) for Tempo train service ( 3152 renumbered from CN 3856), geared for 80 m.p.h., engine ALCO designed 251B V12.
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BBD 1980 built LRC-2 VIA #6900 geared 125 m.p.h., engine modified by MLW from an ALCO design 16-251F rated at 3700 H.P.
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MLW 1959 built FPA-4 VIA #6784 ( ex CN 6784) geared 93 m.p.h., engine ALCO designed 251B V12.
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the background: an unidentified GMD FP9A
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Inside the CN Spadina Roundhouse, January 23, 1983 Kodachrome by S.Danko.
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What's interesting: in 1982-3 VIA modified some Tempo cars electrical to 480 volts from 575 volts allowing the LRC 6900 series units to power the Tempo trains. VIA returned the six leased RS-18m's to CN, ending the RS-18m's careers. In 1983 two RS-18m's were leased to GO Transit: CN 3152 and 3154. All RS-18m's retired by the end of 1983.
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sdfourty

Name:	sdfourty
Railway:	Canadian National
Date:	01/23/1983
Location:	Toronto
Province:	Ontario

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