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sdfourty — Wed, 05 Aug 2026 22:24:20 +0000

What ever happened to the Newfie Bullet rolling stock...

...some re-assigned to non-revenue service as Terra Transport work service, Auxiliary & maintenance.

Centrally located on The Rock, at Bishop's Falls, August 3, 1982 Kodachrome by S.Danko

Plow #3468, Flanger #3678 and next two are bunk cars (#50xx) and the box car red coach in the distance is CN #5013 ' Bunk Kitchen & Dining Car'

Main, trans – Island, track in the foreground.

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Name:	sdfourty
Railway:	Terra Transport
Date:	08/03/1982
Location:	Bishop's Falls, Th…
Province:	Newfoundland and …

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Clear Board...

...at one of my favourite places,

CP Rail 405 at Parry Sound, August 11, 1985 Kodachrome by S.Danko

And so typical CP, three SD's and a MLW big M: 6049 – 55xx – 5516 - 4556

At right is the nose of the Parisienne 'Atlantica' (of The Rock fame).

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Name:	sdfourty
Railway:	Canadian Pacific
Date:	08/11/1985
Location:	Parry Sound
Province:	Ontario

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Fun times on the Mac (tier),

a pair of SD's helped by a Century leaving the yard limits,

South end Mactier, CP Rail #52, August 11, 1985 Kodachrome by S.Danko

Power: 5911 – 5926 – 4232

Parked at the Lake Joseph Road turnaround is the Parisienne 'Atlantica' (of The Rock fame): 1979 Pontiac Parisienne Safari with a 350 cu. in. V-8, with a 4 bbl Rochester Quadrajet carburetor.

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Name:	sdfourty
Railway:	Canadian Pacific
Date:	08/11/1985
Location:	Mactier
Province:	Ontario

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Exercising track rights,

with a 'red over yellow' restricting semaphore signal cleared by the BX tower.

B & O 3767 East enters Canada Southern territory,

BX Tower, St. Thomas, September 15, 1985 Kodachrome by S.Danko

awaiting the C & O

Noteworthy

Chessie System (holdco) owned C & O; B & O; WM; B&OCHR, and trains operated with the Chessie System name 1973 to 1987.

CSX Corporation created November 1980 with merger of Chessie (the holdco) into SCL. The railroads continued to operate independently, then in December 1982 the Family Lines merged into SCL; 1983 WM merged into B&O; CSX livery introduced 1986; April 1987 B&O merged into C&O; August 1987 C&O merged into CSX Transportation, the latter being a re-named Seaboard System, and the Chessie System name retired.

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Name:	sdfourty
Railway:	Chessie System
Date:	09/15/1985
Location:	St. Thomas
Province:	Ontario

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CP Rail 4207 East at the burnt Bee Bridge,

The CP bridge was repaired & re-opened...

... about September 15, 2006 (per Mike Lockwood) CN destroyed their Bee Bridge by way of a shifted dimensional load closing Nichols Road as a through road – today the south end remains an un-maintained municipal right of way – basically a farmer's lane.

' End of train device ' CP Rail van 434610 on tail end 942,

near Belleville Sub mile 147, July 26, 1987 Kodachrome by S.Danko

Fun Facts:

Those open tri-levels: the Ford Oakville Assembly Plant manufactured from 1984 to 1994 the Ford Tempo (four door sedan & two door coupe) and Mercury Topaz vehicles.

And I recall the 1994 Tempo end of model year dealer pricing: $9,995. with a 2.3L four cylinder with 3 speed automatic.

Other Oakville builds (and if you remember some of these, you are really …..): Edsel, Falcon, Comet, Custom 500, LTD, Lynx, Escort, Windstar, Freestar, Monterey, MKX and F series. Flex & MKT production ceased 2019 (Ford laid off 4,200), Nautilus produced until 2023, and Edge ceased 2024, then major 2025 re-tooling for the EV models (and you and me contributing CA$500. Million), then that plan canceled, now the Super Duty trucks (F250 F350) trucks are scheduled to commence production sometime in 2026.

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Name:	sdfourty
Railway:	Canadian Pacific
Date:	07/26/1987
Location:	Newtonville
Province:	Ontario

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A rather oily Century...

...heads up CP Rail Eastbound with 4207 – 4247 – 4203 – 8778 – 4705 (DH),

As far as I can determine only the RS-18 8778 found a second tour as a rebuild to: 1858

At the Bee Bridge(s), Nichols Road July 26, 1987 Kodachrome by S.Danko

With a pair of ConRail brown 'mini hi cubes' on the head end,

Look closely bottom right: a burnt Bee Bridge, a spring grass fire burned the south end of the CP Rail bridge & closed the bridge.

By 1998 CP Rail 1858 (and a bunch of sisters) to New Brunswick East Coast Railway, 1858 retired June 2002.

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Name:	sdfourty
Railway:	Canadian Pacific
Date:	07/26/1987
Location:	Newtonville
Province:	Ontario

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Red VIA F's !

ex CP FP9A #1422 – leased CP Rail GP9 #8521 – Ex CP FP9A #1407 – VIA (ex CP) F9B #1961 (DH).

Near Spuzzum (?), view from the T C H, Daily VIA #2, May 14, 1980 Kodachrome by S.Danko

China Bar

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Name:	sdfourty
Railway:	VIA Rail
Date:	05/11/1980
Location:	approach North Ben…
Province:	British Columbia

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Eastbound approaching Wickstead level crossing

CP Rail 5940 East at mile 205 Belleville Sub, March 2, 1980 Kodachrome by S.Danko

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The Station

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Name:	sdfourty
Railway:	Canadian Pacific
Date:	03/02/1980
Location:	Leaside
Province:	Ontario

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Approach the Leaside crossover,

White Flags denote CP Rail 5737 Extra West,

The Phone Box at left is for the CN Leaside Branch lead (ex CNoR)

CNR retained the CNoR north track rights on the CPR Belleville Sub from Donlands mile 204.6 to near the Wickstead Ave level crossing mile 205.44 (junction service track to the CN Leaside branch),

for CN crews 'Movements between Donlands and Wickstead Ave will be governed by CP Rail time table'

The signal on that gantry to the left of 5737's cab protects CP Rail eastbound movements for the service track switch (points facing east) connecting to the CP Rail north main track.

CP Rail 5737 is west of the Wickstead level crossing, March 2, 1980 Kodachrome by S.Danko.

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Big M's

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Name:	sdfourty
Railway:	Canadian Pacific
Date:	03/02/1980
Location:	Leaside
Province:	Ontario

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Stage one of the re-paint is complete.

Anyone know this unit's owner / heritage ?

APXX 7438, in the 'Go Oilers Go' livery, is at left

At Stettler, Ab., June 14, 2025 Digital by S.Danko

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Name:	sdfourty
Railway:	Alberta Prairie
Date:	06/14/2025
Location:	Stettler
Province:	Alberta

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Three Montreal Sisters

MLW 1956 built RS-10s are running out the final years

And yes, as in the days of Steam, the 'A' end is long hood forward.....

CP Rail 8592 – 859x – 8594 westbound near Puslinch, May 3, 1980 Kodachrome by S.Danko

Same Location?

By MDC

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Name:	sdfourty
Railway:	Canadian Pacific
Date:	05/03/1980
Location:	Puslinch
Province:	Ontario

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Awaiting C & O 3767 East

BX Tower, St. Thomas, September 15, 1985 Kodachrome by S.Danko

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Name:	sdfourty
Railway:	Canada Southern Ra…
Date:	09/15/1985
Location:	St. Thomas
Province:	Ontario

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VIA #9, the Toronto section of the daily Canadian, rolls into Mac Yard,

At Union #9's operating crew noted a serious leak in the steam line between baggage #613 and coach #127....

….a routing into Mac was arranged to allow the CN pipefitters to attend to the matter.

VIA#9 power: 6502 - 6610 - 6612 - 6635 ( FP9A – F9B – F9B – F9B )

At right the CN lashup includes 9523 – 5039 – 95xx – 9449 – 4229 [GP40-2L(W) / SD40 / GP40-2L(W) / GP40-2L(W) / GP9 ]

at CN MacMillan Yard: VIA #9, Toronto section of 'Canadian' , July 6, 1986 Kodachrome by S.Danko

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another view

Noteworthy

From CP Sudbury VIA#10 operated on the CP Parry Sound Sub to CP Reynolds, backing onto the CN at Boyne then the Bala Sub to Washago and onto the CN Newmarket arriving at Union facing East,

Glacier Park at CN Boyne

VIA #9 operated north on the Bala to Doncaster onto the York Sub to Snider, then north on the Newmarket to Washago and onto the Bala to CN Boyne (switch points facing north) then onto the connecting track to CP Reynolds (switch points facing south) on the Parry Sound Sub.

west on the York

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Name:	sdfourty
Railway:	VIA Rail
Date:	07/06/1986
Location:	Vaughan
Province:	Ontario

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sixty foot boxes,

and GMD's rule !

Near Boston Bar, May 12, 1980 Kodachrome by S.Danko

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Name:	sdfourty
Railway:	Canadian National
Date:	05/12/1980
Location:	near Boston Bar
Province:	British Columbia

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CN office signal W G

Mile 98.8 CN Newmarket Sub-Division

Mile 88.9 CN Bala Sub-Division

at CN Washago June 14,1980 Kodachrome by S.Danko

More (when the Super C operated daily 970 miles on CP Rail ):

Effective June 8, 1980, CP Rail hosted four daily VIA Rail trains 1,2,3 & 4: CP Sudbury to / from Union Station, Winnipeg (CN).

Westbound #3 operated daily twenty minutes ahead of daily #1 CP Sudbury to CP Thunder Bay; then 45 minutes ahead to Winnipeg Union (CN).

Eastbound #4 operated daily twenty minutes behind daily #2 Winnipeg Union to Thunder Bay; then 40 to 20 minutes behind to CP Sudbury.

More Washago:

on Saturday June 14, 1980 CN Washago hosted five passenger trains, all VIA: #3, 4, 120 (Saturday only with Northlander equipment operated for / by VIA), 'pool' trains #128 & 129.

Every 1980 week CN Washago was served by 44 passenger trains.

More hooping

Super C

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Name:	sdfourty
Railway:	VIA Rail
Date:	06/14/1980
Location:	Washago
Province:	Ontario

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On Time

VIA #64

at Stephenson Rd / Lakeshore road overpass, March 27, 2012 digital by S.Danko

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Name:	sdfourty
Railway:	VIA Rail
Date:	03/27/2012
Location:	Clarington
Province:	Ontario

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That VIA sign is encouraging,

Daily VIA Budds 619 & 620 (Moncton - Edmundston) served until the November 1981 service cuts, wherein Trudeau's Liberal Federal Transport Minister Jean- Luc Pepin chopped VIA's budget in half.

at Saint Leonard N.B., mile 194 CN Napadogan Sub-Division, June 10 1981 Kodachrome by S.Danko

After the November 1981 train offs, VIA service was restored by Progressive Conservative Federal Transport Minister Don Mazankowski October 1984 with VIA tri weekly Budd car trains 625, 626 & 628 that survived unit the massive January 1990 VIA cuts orchestrated by Progressive Conservative P.M. Brian Mulroney's chopping crew lead by Fed Transport Minister Benoit Bouchard.

Note the jointed rail,

And The Parisienne Atlantica parked behind the light standard.

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Name:	sdfourty
Railway:	Canadian National
Date:	06/10/1981
Location:	Saint Leonard
Province:	New Brunswick

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High Priority High Horsepower

CN LASER service

Deep into Republic of Madawaska territory, at Edmundston, June 10, 1981 Kodachrome by S.Danko

Intermodel TOFC train(s) # 231 (Montreal ) and #233 (Toronto)

Century Power MLW 1968 built C-630M CN #2032 & CN #203x

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Republic territory

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Name:	sdfourty
Railway:	Canadian National
Date:	06/11/1981
Location:	Edmunston
Province:	New Brunswick

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Geep's, C-424's, Tempo's....

Ground level at Bayview, September 2, 1979 Kodachrome by S.Danko

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Name:	sdfourty
Railway:	Canadian National
Date:	09/02/1979
Location:	Bayview Junction
Province:	Ontario

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ON 1984 in 1980

Daily except Saturday, ON #121 at Gravenhurst, June 22, 1980 Kodachrome by S.Danko

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Name:	sdfourty
Railway:	Ontario Northland
Date:	06/22/1980
Location:	Gravenhurst
Province:	Ontario

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