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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, with seven blue with yellow stripes CC&F cars, Ottawa to Toronto via the now lifted Smiths Falls subdivision - at 25 mph, then onto the Kingston sub, west of Napanee the engineman let 6060 run: at 80+ mph, sounded like the Turbo ! Then a quick deceleration & stop at Port Hope: the crowd was huge ! And demonstrated that the 'grape vine' really worked (who needs "social media" ! ) : the whole town showed up! sdfourty.

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Where'd everybody go ?
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….summer days...
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At CN Port Hope, July 20, 1986 Kodachrome by S.Danko
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Note: CN M o W equipment on the Port Hope back track
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Interchange traffic at left (the CP Rail Belleville Sub out of sight immediately below the summer chairs)
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and beside those chairs: dinner in the paper bags - awaits!
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<a href="http://www.railpictures.ca/?attachment_id= 45790 "> head end </a>
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<a href="http://www.railpictures.ca/?attachment_id= 10580 "> CP 5542 </a>
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sdfourty

Name:	sdfourty
Railway:	Canadian National
Date:	07/20/1986
Location:	Port Hope
Province:	Ontario

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<br><br>CP Rail on CN: ex CP Rail #1404 leads, <br><br> the 'new' daily VIA #1 at CN Newmarket, June 2, 1979 Kodachrome by S.Danko<br><br>the future:<br><br>Later that month (June 17) VIA #1 (& 2) Canadian ceases operation (to Toronto), and VIA #3 (& 4) Super Continental will commence. The Montreal ( #1 & 2) and Toronto train (#3 & 4) will operate separately on CP & CN respectively, with car interchange at Winnipeg allowing Toronto - Banff / Montreal - Jasper through sleeping car service.<br><br>Interesting:<br><br>Summer 1980 only the CP Rail will host two daily (each direction) transcontinentals #1, 2, 3 & 4 along the Superior north shore CP Sudbury to Union Sation ( ex CNoR, NTR, GTPR ) Winnipeg: Super Continental (Toronto) and Canadian (Montreal). <br><br>The CN route will served by the new six day per week VIA #7 & 8 CN Capreol to Winnipeg Union Station. Then on off season reduced to tri weekly which remained until that fateful January 1990. <br><br>sdfourty

Name:	sdfourty
Railway:	VIA Rail
Date:	06/02/1979
Location:	Newmarket
Province:	Ontario

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GMD FP7A's built 1951 - 1953
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Power for this evenings VIA #129
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ONR #1508 retired early 90's,
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ONR #1502 rebuilt 1994 to #2000 for the euro Northlander, retired 2004, scrapped 2008. (thanks CTG)
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At CN Spadina, January 23, 1983 Kodachrome by S.Danko

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

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Waiting for the crew
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All four BBD HR616 demonstrators, 7004 – 7002 – 7001 - 7003
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CP Rail #482,
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at CP Rail North Bay, May 22, 1983, Ilford negative (little grain, can't be Kodak) by S. Danko
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...The way it was....
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<a href="http://www.railpictures.ca/?attachment_id= 50043 "> real railroading... </a>
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<a href="http://www.railpictures.ca/?attachment_id= 15477 "> at ONR shops </a>
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<a href="http://www.railpictures.ca/?attachment_id= 3042 "> HR616 Rust Buster </a>
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sdfourty

Name:	sdfourty
Railway:	Canadian Pacific
Date:	05/22/1983
Location:	North Bay
Province:	Ontario

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Track Speed - Fast Freight
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powered by 83 mph GMD's GO units,
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under November leaden-ing skies
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CP Rail 904 near Zorra, Saturday November 3, 1979 Kodachrome by S.Danko
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Power
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GO 503 GMD 1966 built GP40TC to Amtrak #195 in 1988; plus two GMD 1974 built GP40-2(W) to CN in 1991.

Name:	sdfourty
Railway:	Canadian Pacific
Date:	11/03/1979
Location:	near Zorra
Province:	Ontario

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Heading Home,
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Sixties Second Generation, EMD GP-30 / GMD GP-35
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power the Trenton (Coburg) Turn,
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On approach to Spicer, August 12, 1979 Kodachrome by S.Danko
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<a href="http://www.railpictures.ca/?attachment_id= 48324 "> first gen Turn </a>
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Name:	sdfourty
Railway:	Canadian Pacific
Date:	08/12/1979
Location:	near Brighton
Province:	Ontario

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...still standing...as of 1983
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At CP Rail Oshawa, February 13, 1983 Kodachrome by S.Danko

Name:	sdfourty
Railway:	Canadian Pacific
Date:	02/16/1983
Location:	Oshawa
Province:	Ontario

2 Comments | 15 Favourites

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FPA-4's
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RDC's
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GP-40's in passenger service
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Steam Generators,
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And how we all miss the steam heated passenger equipment – even the in the diesel age,
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the steam heat made the passenger equipment feel 'alive'...& more than just the visual, the sounds ….the odour....
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Early evening at the Roundhouse, before the late afternoon, early evening arrivals,
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most power would be 'on the road', coming from everywhere...
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at CN Spadina, on a very cold – wind the film advance s l o w l y - January 2, 1977 Ektachrome by S.Danko
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and the vertical line of lights is the six month old completed CN Tower.

Name:	sdfourty
Railway:	Canadian National
Date:	01/02/1977
Location:	Toronto
Province:	Ontario

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classic livery ...originally designed for the first generation units...
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and to see a second (third?) generation unit in the warbonnet livery...quite special,
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GMDD GP60M ATSF #119 on display for guests' inspection
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At GMDD London Open House, June 16, 1990 Kodachrome by S Danko
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And in the background:
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GMDD #57, SW9 serial #A123 built by GMD January 1951 for the TH&B, acquired May 1989
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plus an unknown CP Rail unit # ? , anyone?
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and a lament....
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…. once upon a time Canada had three major diesel locomotive manufacturers: CLC Kingston (F-M licensee), MLW Montreal ( ALCO licensee) and GMDD London (EMD licensee).....market influences along with federal government policies (absent, weak and/or lacking thereof).....now all extinct....

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

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Long before DPU's....
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Remote controlled MLW 1973 built M-636 #47 (ex CN 2312) handles tail end braking duties,
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for a typical 132 car iron concentrate train...
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at Able, mile 9.2 South Subdivision Cartier Railway (QCM)
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June 8, 1981 Kodachrome by S.Danko
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<a href="http://www.railpictures.ca/?attachment_id= 47459 "> head end </a>
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sdfourty

Name:	sdfourty
Railway:	Cartier
Date:	06/08/1981
Location:	Able
Province:	Quebec

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A moment in time: branchline power.
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MLW 1957 built RS-18 CP Rail #8730; GMD 1959 built SW1200RS CP Rail #8142 plus unknown ALCO 194x built #7xxx.
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CP Rail 8142 to Black River & Western in 1999. Most RS-18 rebuilt in the 1800 series 1980 to 1989.
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Note the fuel storage in the background, the furnace oil tank for the crew shanty and the vertical fuel tank behind the van.
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At CP Rail Woodstock, January 21, 1980 Kodak Tri X negative by S.Danko.

Name:	sdfourty
Railway:	Canadian Pacific
Date:	01/21/1980
Location:	Woodstock
Province:	Ontario

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At track speed: VIA CN #655, daily except Saturday, with RDC-3 / RDC-9 / RDC-1 combo,
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The view from the Bee Bridge, CN Newtonville crossovers in the background. September 3, 1978 Kodachrome by S.Danko
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interesting:
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#655 (late afternoon) and #652 (noon hour) were un-named fast Budd Car runs, Kingston – Union 158 miles in 2:45, with five intermediate stops, The' Ontarian' Budd Car trains #651 (early am) & # 656 (evening).
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and for the Siemens Venture fans: note the Budd Cars 12 light weight axles, at track speed: 90 mph, on jointed rail.
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RDC-3 weight 231,000 pounds, with 51% weight on two driving axles; Siemens Venture car weight 112,000 pounds each plus Siemens Charger loco weight: 260,000 pounds.
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Three RDC 's weight approximately 686,000 pounds on 12 axles ; VIA Venture five car train weight approx 820,000 pounds on 24 axles.
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<a href="http://www.railpictures.ca/?attachment_id= 47314 "> VIA #652 </a>
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sdfourty

Name:	sdfourty
Railway:	VIA Rail
Date:	09/03/1978
Location:	Newtonville
Province:	Ontario

1 Comments | 21 Favourites

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Onto home rails...
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The NS transfer, NS 5665 – NS9887, deliver CN 3023
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In the rain at Fort Erie, September 12, 2015 digital by S.Danko.
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Looking spiffy:
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<a href="http://www.railpictures.ca/?attachment_id= 43674 "> ET44AC </a>
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Name:	sdfourty
Railway:	Norfolk Southern
Date:	09/12/2015
Location:	Fort Erie
Province:	Ontario

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...somewhere in the New Brunswick Appalachia.....
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….” When the green dark forest was too silent to be real “...
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A pair of GMD's bracket a MLW M636 (2300 series)...running out the final years.....
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On the Napadogan Subdivision, December 30, 1988 Kodachrome by J. Art Clowes, collection of S. Danko
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Anyone familiar with this location?

Name:	Art Clowes, collect…
Railway:	Canadian National
Date:	12/30/1988
Location:	NB rolling plateau
Province:	New Brunswick

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BBD 1980 built LRC-2, VIA 6901 with daily VIA 64
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At the Stephenson / Lakeshore Road overpass, May 11, 1985 Kodachrome by S.Danko
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Name:	sdfourty
Railway:	VIA Rail
Date:	05/11/1985
Location:	Newcastle
Province:	Ontario

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... Rail Pix Fav Operator....
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At Guelph Jct, June 8, 1986 Kodachrome by S.Danko;
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<a href="http://www.railpictures.ca/?attachment_id= 48463 "> head end </a>
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Name:	sdfourty
Railway:	Canadian Pacific
Date:	06/08/1986
Location:	Guelph Jct
Province:	Ontario

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Intermodal – the CP Rail way, single level COFC
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CP Rail had the CAST intermodal contract: rail – ocean, utilizing CP Ships
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And a typical smorgasbord lash up – rather clean burning considering
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MLW M636's mixing up with aging Chessie / C&O EMD's.
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At CP Rail Cherrywood, December 15, 1985 Kodachrome by S.Danko
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Name:	sdfourty
Railway:	Canadian Pacific
Date:	12/15/1985
Location:	Pickering
Province:	Ontario

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The Canadian Museum of Rail Travel is now the Cranbrook History Centre
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While the revenue focus of the Centre - now an independent entity financed by venue room rentals, on site tours, retail gift shop and donations - has moved away from the passenger rail cars the stars of the Centre remain the rail cars.
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Amazing how most of the vintage passenger cars, including the interior fixtures, managed to survive years of reconfiguration and out right neglect.
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Rail car Omemee was rescued circa 1998 as a lakeside cottage in Wisconsin.
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Omemee's entrance to the Men's smoking room and wash room is the through the archway shown, then to the left. A small brass plate above the archway reads in caps: “ INTERIOR VESTIBULE – PAT'D.DEC.25,1900. THE BARNEY & SMITH CAR CO. '. Apparently the patent office was open on December 25.
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To the extreme right, the lower berth seating is removed – for restoration - the upper berth is closed for daytime travel and while so the upper and lower night time privacy curtains are stored withing the upper berth compartment. Each berth window seat has the luxury of an independently push switch electric light. Note the porter call button between the windows just above the window sill. And of course each window seat passenger has an operating independent window blind – and the luxury of full air conditioning – each window may be opened independently by the passenger(s) – unlike today's centrally controlled, inhibited travel. Unlikely the emerald velvet upholstery is original, however it likely authentic for the period.
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In the partially restored interior of the Barney & Smith (Dayton, Ohio) 1906 built SOO Line 12-1 sleeper #1220 'Omemee' (12 berths, one Drawing Room (latter for 3 passengers)), the “Soo – Spokane Train De Luxe “ equipment.
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At the CHC, Cranbrook, B.C., June 13, 2024 digital by S.Danko.

Name:	sdfourty
Railway:	Preservation
Date:	06/13/2024
Location:	Cranbrook
Province:	British Columbia

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The old verses the new.
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EMD 1967 built GO #722 model GP40-M-2 is ex Rock Island #3003 / 376
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GMD 1975 built GO #709 model GP40-2(W)
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A Sunday morning at Willowbrook, January 2, 1983 Kodachrome by S.Danko
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interesting:
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The ex CRIP units outlasted the GMD units (on the roster)
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Seven GMD GP40-2(W) to CN 1991; GO 709 to CN 9676
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The seven EMD's (#720 – 726) traded in 1993 for the F59PH #562-568; EMD resold all seven to LLPX ; GO 722 to LLPX 3211
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Name:	sdfourty
Railway:	GO Transit
Date:	01/02/1983
Location:	Mimico
Province:	Ontario

Comments | 13 Favourites

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Westbound approach Leaside,
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CP Rail 4502 / 4712 / 4503; a MLW trio: M630 / M636 / M630
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at Eglinton & Leslie, Leaside, February 22, 1981 Kodachrome by S.Danko
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The Park: E T Seton Park;
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The Bridges: two bridges: north bridge (train is on) built by Canadian Northern Railway - to access CNoR shops in Leaside (CN Leaside);
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south bridge (original) bridge built by the Ontario & Quebec Railway
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note location is approx CP Rail mile 205 Belleville Sub ( at mile 204.6 CP Rail Donlands, Junction with CNR Leaside branch)
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<a href="http://www.railpictures.ca/?attachment_id= 45018 "> the CNoR bridge </a>
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sdfourty

Name:	sdfourty
Railway:	Canadian Pacific
Date:	02/22/1981
Location:	Leaside
Province:	Ontario

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