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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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The changing eastward view from Bathurst Street: One of four images showing the changes through years: 1979, 1980's and 2011. The International with LRC 6903 and Amtrak 218 on a Sunday, 1987. Kodak Tri X Pan b&w negative film. Photographer S. Danko

Name:	sdfourty
Railway:	Canadian National
Date:	07/01/1987
Location:	Toronto
Province:	Ontario

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The changing eastward view from Bathurst Street: One of four images showing the changes through years: 1979, 1980's and 2011. Go Transit hourly departure on Saturday November 5, 2011. Image by S. Danko.

Name:	sdfourty
Railway:	GO Transit
Date:	11/05/2011
Location:	Toronto
Province:	Ontario

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Four Geeps on the Oshawa! Trailing shot ( exception requested ) first and last time the photographer witnessed the complete TH&B passenger 'torpedo' Geep 9 roster (402 - 401 - 403 with 75 trailing) on one train ( plus freight only Geep 7 #75 ), with the CP Rail Oshawa turn, autumn 1977 at Oshawa, Ontario. (note the TH&B 400's set up for long hood forward ('A' end) operation while the Geep 7 seventy series were short hood forward set up ). At the time of this photo, an eastbound (?) CP Rail mainline freight passes with a trio of 4700/4500's. I believe this may be at the Stevenson Road overpass - perhaps someone with local knowledge can confirm the location - direction. Kodak Kodacolor II ASA 100 negative film, Photographer S. Danko.

Name:	sdfourty
Railway:	Canadian Pacific
Date:	10/15/1977
Location:	Oshawa
Province:	Ontario

2 Comments | 12 Favourites

A wave from a friendly head end Via crew as Via #44 scoots under the recently rehabilitated ancient Lakeshore Road road bridge, mile 284.3 CN Kingston Subdivision, 13:07 March 22, 2012. Decades of old growth vegetation has been removed with CN installing fresh timber cribbing, new drainage and some new timber planking - and this bridge appeared old to this photographer in the 70's! (bridge must be really old by now!). One - one thousandths of a second 'shutter' speed is barely sufficient to freeze the eighty plus m.p.h. ten year old P42DC Via #908 with six nineteen fourties era Budd built stainless steel cars (long live Budd!). Now if we can get GE and Via to match up those stripes! Nikon D5000 with a Nikkor 50mm F2 lens. Photographer S. Danko.

Name:	sdfourty
Railway:	VIA Rail
Date:	03/22/2012
Location:	Clarington
Province:	Ontario

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CN seventies super power idles at MacMillan Yard, Toronto awaiting next assignment: MLW M-636 2305 (retired by 1996) is paired with MLW C-630M 2034 (to CB&CNSR in 1993). Spring 1977 Kodak Kodacolor II ASA100 negative. Photographer S. Danko.

Name:	sdfourty
Railway:	Canadian National
Date:	15/04/1977
Location:	Concord
Province:	Ontario

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Rust Buster! 12:30 p.m. March 26, 1995, CN Kingston Subdivision mile 313.0, Pickering, Ontario: the first train in nine days enters the Pickering GO station south platform track. This 'rust buster' train (all empties) is crewed by management personnel and powered at the east end by CN SD40u 6016 (remanufactured 1995 by AMF, original number 5026 (GMD 1967)) and at the west end by BBD HR616 2111. The purpose of the rust buster trains (this one operated over all CN switches and tracks at Liverpool and Pickering Jct. And similarly at the GO Junction switches) is to remove rail rust built up over the nine day national rail stoppage in anticipation of the back to work order by the Canadian Government. Understand similar trains operated at other locations across the country (pix out there anyone?). At the same time this train operated the Canadian Parliament is conducting a Sunday session and debating the merits of the proposed Bill C 77 to end the nine day national rail strike. Bill C 77 passed later in the day March 26, 1995 and received Royal Acent same day. ( At the time the CNR was a Crown Corporation, later in this year the CNR will become a public corporation and CN stock will commence trading on public stock exchanges). Kodak Kodacolor II negative. Photographer S. Danko.

Name:	sdfourty
Railway:	Canadian National
Date:	26/03/1995
Location:	Pickering
Province:	Ontario

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A fury of sound: At track speed 5533's Hogger snags the train orders as the sound of the white flags snapping in the wind is drowned out by the whine of turbochargers and roar of 567, 251 and 244 motors. Pulling hard with SD-40 5533 is MLW M636 4717 and RS-3 8446 (and for an ALCO / MLW fan it is the 4717 and 8446 pushing 5533). Such is 70's railroading as CP Rail Extra 5533 West tops the Niagara Escarpment grade at Guelph Junction station on this spring 1978 Sunday morning. Kodak Kodachrome ASA64 Diapositive high resolution image. Photographer S. Danko.

Name:	sdfourty
Railway:	Canadian Pacific
Date:	05/15/1978
Location:	Guelph Jct.
Province:	Ontario

1 Comments | 4 Favourites

At track speed CP Rail Extra 5533 West's Conductor readies to grasp the train orders from the CP Rail Guelph Junction station Operator as the tailend Brakeman looks on from the van's cupola. Such is 70's railroading as CP Rail Extra 5533 West tops the Niagara Escarpment grade at Guelph Junction station on this spring 1978 Sunday morning. In the background an eastbound starts the descent off the Escarpment powered by three 8100's: SW1200RS. Such is 70's railroading. Kodak Kodachrome ASA64 Diapositive image. Photographer S. Danko.

Name:	sdfourty
Railway:	Canadian Pacific
Date:	05/15/1978
Location:	Guelph Jct.
Province:	Ontario

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Sharp staccato stack talk wakes the Saturday morning Sunnyside Ontario neighbourhood as the westbound expressway parade paces MLW built CNR Mountain type 6060 on August 23, 1980. The Upper Canada Railway Society car 13 Cape Race holds the markers on this train. At extreme left note the single level 100 series GO control cab car leading the approaching GO train on track 1 CN Oakville Sub. Perhaps viewers with detail knowledge of this train will be willing to share. Kodak Tri X pan b & w ASA 400 negative. Photographer S. Danko.

Name:	sdfourty
Railway:	Canadian National
Date:	08/23/1980
Location:	Sunnyside
Province:	Ontario

1 Comments | 12 Favourites

Name:	sdfourty
Railway:	Canadian National
Date:	08/23/1980
Location:	Sunnyside
Province:	Ontario

Comments | 6 Favourites

$F for Freight. The first two locomotive orders placed with the new GMD London plant was by the CPR: ten Cab Units: FP7A\'s (serial numbers A100 to A109) and four Switchers: SW8 (serials A110 to A113), the former delivered September and October 1950 as road numbers 4028 to 4037 and the latter 6700 to 6703 delivered November 1950. [(Note TH&B 71 serial number A117 was part of the fourth GMD order but the first delivery from GMD in August 1950). Source: Locomotives from London by Peter Cox]. Records indicate some of these F\'s either lacked a steam generator or had same removed, in any event the CPR assigned the ten units to Calgary as class DFA-15c hence primarily Freight. No doubt the DFA-15c\'s initiated the displacement of the T1 Selkirks ( 2-10-4 ) from the Laggan, Mountain and Shuswap Subdivisions. So here, some twenty seven years after delivery a spiffy looking and Freight only 4035 awaits next assignment at CP Agincourt, amid a flood of Multimark painted CP Rail power and under the gaze of the CPR script painted water tower. Behind 4035 is MLW M-636 # 4701. And at the far right is an 8100 series SW1200RS. F for Freight forever. ASA100 Kodak colour negative. Photographer S. Danko.$

Name:	sdfourty
Railway:	Canadian Pacific
Date:	06/01/1977
Location:	Agincourt
Province:	Ontario

Comments | 8 Favourites

$Over the years VIA Rail attempted several transcontinental train combinations, all with cost savings in mind. The first major change occurred after the late summer 1978 take over of CP Rail passenger service. Via initially settled on the ex CP Rail The Canadian equipment to operate on CP track to/from Montreal through Sudbury, Calgary, Banff to Vancouver and the ex CN Super Continental equipment to operate on CN to/from Toronto via Capreol, Sioux Lookout, Edmonton, Jasper to Vancouver. So witness here the passenger equipment transition to the arrangement as described above: a late and rather under powered Via CP train #12 coming off the Galt Subdivision ( the Mactier Subdivision ends at West Toronto) at Cabin D ( west of Bathurst Street) with CP Rail power (8529 -8423; a GP9 – RS10 ) and (ex CN) Super Continental equipment – all fourteen cars! Presumably this equipment operated on CP through from Winnipeg, the closest CP-CN passenger interchange location. Perhaps CP Rail\'s input on this avoided placing the ex CP passenger 1400 series locomotives ( FP7A / 9 A\'s) to pull the ex CN equipment on CP! And yes that is the on time – 8:35 p.m. Union arrival time - Buffalo Budds Via CP Rail train # 322 ( RDC-3\'s #9023 and 9024) being held for the four plus hour late #12. The time of this negative exposure is 8:30 p.m. on Sunday June 17 (Fathers Day) *:30 PM, the available light was very poor and add to that this is Kodak TriX 400 ASA pan film – hence please accept (excuse if you will) this unique full frame, low contrast and somewhat grainy exposure (the latter the train is the longer you wait!). It would be some six plus years before Toronto would see the ex CPR Budd equipment again. Kodak Tri X Pan b&w negative film. Photographer S.Danko.$

Name:	sdfourty
Railway:	Canadian Pacific
Date:	06/17/1979
Location:	Cabin D, Toronto
Province:	Ontario

8 Comments | 29 Favourites

$Cab Units: CN – ONR equally shared motive power assignment on the jointly operated trains #98 and 99, the overnight Northland. So every other day the CN Spadina Motive Power Shop hosted ONR units as they awaited the return trip on #99 the overnight Toronto to Cochrane – Kapuskasing daily train. So on this late winter 1977 Sunday Morning ONR FP7-A\'s 1501 and 1518 await this evening\'s Northland departure. Kodak Plus X ASA125 negative. Photographer S. Danko.$

Name:	sdfourty
Railway:	Canadian National
Date:	02/01/1977
Location:	CN Spadina: Toront…
Province:	Ontario

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Cab Units! GMD FP9A, Via CN # 6514, in CN stripes, is at track speed with the morning Rapido Via CN train # 63 on the approach to the Danforth crossovers. Power and consist typical for non peak travel time (Saturday morning departure), typical consist: baggage, Club Car (first class), Cafe coach and four coaches. While waiting for 63 please see the two Go Trains with 700 and 901 respectively leading (prior supplied images). June 1977 ASA100 Kodak colour negative. Photographer S. Danko.

Name:	sdfourty
Railway:	Canadian National
Date:	06/01/1977
Location:	Scarborough
Province:	Ontario

Comments | 4 Favourites

The Loram rail grinder at work CP Belleville Subdivision mile 190.8, Lovekin Ontario. June 2, 2011 image by S.Danko.

Name:	sdfourty
Railway:	Canadian Pacific
Date:	06/02/2011
Location:	Lovekin
Province:	Ontario

1 Comments | 2 Favourites

The Loram rail grinding train is busy - and dousing embers - at CP Lovekin. June 2 2011. Image by S.Danko

Name:	sdfourty
Railway:	Canadian Pacific
Date:	06/02/2011
Location:	Clarington
Province:	Ontario

Comments | 4 Favourites

CP Rail 5710 south is hustling at track speed as the head end crew member grabs the train orders hooped by the CP Rail Bolton station operator. Love those stripes! September 1977 ASA100 Kodak colour negative. Photographer S. Danko.

Name:	sdfourty
Railway:	Canadian Pacific
Date:	09/01/1977
Location:	Bolton, Ontario
Province:	Ontario

1 Comments | 5 Favourites

The original CPR 8576, MLW RS-10s in CPR script livery, is the shop switcher on this sunny autumn 1977 Sunday at CP Rail Agincourt. A true multi-purpose locomotive this steam generator equipped unit also saw periodic use on the Sudbury – Toronto CP trains 11 and 12. ASA100 Kodak colour negative. Photographer S. Danko.

Name:	sdfourty
Railway:	Canadian Pacific
Date:	09/01/1977
Location:	Agincourt
Province:	Ontario

2 Comments | 8 Favourites

Seventies super power MLW M636 2319 is coasting downgrade on the York Sub to Liverpool on the regularly eastbound scheduled Oshawa train with power and mixed freight for the Oshawa yard. Power includes MLW M-420W 35xx (or could be a BBD HR412W); two GP9RM 703x-70xx and two SW's on this cool April 1989 Sunday. Kodak Plus X Pan b&w negative film, ASA125. Photographer S.Danko.

Name:	sdfourty
Railway:	Canadian National
Date:	04/01/1989
Location:	Pickering
Province:	Ontario

2 Comments | 6 Favourites

CP Rail Extra 5531 East (white flags), assisted by MLW M636 4711, approaching the Leaside Village Station Restaurant in this 1978 negative. (Yes, this a trailing shot – exception requested – the approaching shot is severely backlight, in any event thought you may be interested.....). ASA100 Kodak colour negative. Photographer S. Danko.

Name:	sdfourty
Railway:	Canadian Pacific
Date:	10/01/1978
Location:	Leaside
Province:	Ontario

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