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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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Via train #9, powered by six month old F40PH-2 #6408 – F9B #66xx, rolls by CN Maple mile 18.3 Newmarket Subdivision. Via #9 was a daily 12:35 Toronto Union departure. <br> ( What's interesting: beside the Maple sign board reads ' North Bay 210 miles ' [via the Newmarket Subdivision]; note the VIA reflection on the commuter shelter window ; station train order board was operational at this time ; see image 8251 for #6408 twenty four years later....). <br> June 1987 negative by S.Danko. <br> More #6408: <br> <a href="http://www.railpictures.ca/?attachment_id=8251"> Coors Lite 6408 </a> <br> <br> more Maple: <br> <a href="http://www.railpictures.ca/?attachment_id=7285"> ex CP 4066 at Maple </a>
Name: sdfourty
Railway: VIA Rail
Date: 06/xx/1987
Location: Maple
Province: Ontario
Comments | 5 Favourites
With 9400 feet on the drawbar two Toasters ( 9840 – 8919 ) are in grilling form. <br> <br> Train #113 is at track speed into the sharp curve at Lovekin. <br> <br> March 5, 2013 image by S.Danko.
Name: sdfourty
Railway: Canadian Pacific
Date: 03/05/2013
Location: Lovekin
Province: Ontario
Comments | 2 Favourites
... A special place – The Rock ... GMD G8's #802-801 (with Caboose #6061) power Wednesday only Bonavista to Clarenville Terra Transport train #205 rolling through Princeton, The Rock. ... no other place like it ... August 4, 1982 Kodachrome by S.Danko. ... More Terra Transport: <br> <a href="http://www.railpictures.ca/?attachment_id=7438"> T T #232, Clarke's Beach </a> <br> <a href="http://www.railpictures.ca/?attachment_id=6808"> T T #206, Lockston </a> <br> <a href="http://www.railpictures.ca/?attachment_id=6608"> T T power for #204, Port-aux-Basques </a> <br> <a href="http://www.railpictures.ca/?attachment_id=8140"> T T #205, Lethbridge </a> <br> <a href="http://www.railpictures.ca/?attachment_id=7582"> T T #231, Carbonear </a> <br> sdfourty.
Name: sdfourty
Railway: Terra Transport
Date: 08/04/1982
Location: Princeton
Province: Newfoundland and …
Comments | 7 Favourites
Count them: five MLW M420W #2561 – 2570 – 2572 – 2565 – 2525 westbound near mile 304 Kingston Subdivision - the approach to Whitby. Note the open auto carrier cars – and this view is different today. The six to seven year old M420W's will be renumbered (in 1986 ) to the 3500 series and by the mid 1990's many would be sold to shortlines, but all in this image will be retired by CN before 1998. <br> June 11, 1983 Kodachrome by S.Danko. <br> More CN MLW: <br> <a href="http://www.railpictures.ca/?attachment_id=6790"> CN 2536 </a> <br> <a href="http://www.railpictures.ca/?attachment_id=6315"> yes this is a MLW </a> <br> <a href="http://www.railpictures.ca/?attachment_id=3100"> CN 2305 </a> <br> sdfourty
Name: sdfourty
Railway: Canadian National
Date: 06/11/1983
Location: Whitby
Province: Ontario
2 Comments | 9 Favourites
Nearly new ONR GP 38-2 (GMD November 1982) #1806 leads ten year old SD40-2 #1731 - #1730 (GMD March 1973) on a northbound ore train departing North Bay. <br> <br> March 22, 1983 negative by S.Danko. <br> <br> More at North Bay: <br> <br> <a href="http://www.railpictures.ca/?attachment_id=8056"> Via Rail #1 powered by ex CP Rail FP7-A #1424 </a> <br> <br> sdfourty
Name: sdfourty
Railway: Ontario Northland
Date: 05/22/1983
Location: North Bay
Province: Ontario
Comments | 2 Favourites
<br> CN Spadina. <br> <br> Bombardier parts shipment temporarily stored under the Spadina Avenue overpass. <br> <br> March 1983 Kodachrome by S.Danko.
Name: sdfourty
Railway: Builder/Manufactur…
Date: 03/xx/1983
Location: Toronto
Province: Ontario
Comments | 2 Favourites
A rare 1978 sight indeed: A – B – A lash up of CP Rail F units on a passenger train – common each summer on The Canadian up to 1970 - except this is not a CP Rail train ! <br>Effective October 29, 1978 Via ceased service on the CP Rail Mactier Subdivision and re-routed the transcon service onto the CN Newmarket Subdivision south of Washago. <br>Today, the CN Operator at the Barrie station has set the station signal board at stop for the newly re-routed VIA Rail train #2 powered by ex CP Rail F units 1432 – 4477 – 14xx .<br><br>November 1978. Kodachrome by S. Danko.<br><brmore at CN Barrie: <a href="http://www.railpictures.ca/?attachment_id=8528"> ex CP Rail Brock Manor at the ex GTR station </a><br><a href="http://www.railpictures.ca/?attachment_id=8558"> ex CP Rail Park Dome at the ex GTR station </a>sdfourty.
Name: sdfourty
Railway: VIA Rail
Date: 11/xx/1978
Location: Barrie
Province: Ontario
5 Comments | 21 Favourites
The local observers are bemused by the appearance of a CP train at the CN Barrie station: After the station stop, one two hundred fiftieths of a second is insufficient to freeze frame the acceleration provided by the aging ex CP Rail F units ( 1432 – 4477 – 14xx ) pulling the newly re-routed VIA Rail train #2. <br>Effective October 29, 1978 Via Rail ceased service on the CP Rail Mactier Subdivision and re-routed the transcon service onto the CN ( at CN Boyne – from CP Reynolds ) Bala Subdivision (north of Washago) and onto the CN Newmarket Subdivision south of Washago.<br>(What's interesting: note the station signal board controlled by the station operator)<br>November 1978. Kodachrome by S. Danko.<br>more at Barrie: <a href="http://www.railpictures.ca/?attachment_id=8528"> ex CP Rail Brock Manor at the ex GTR station </a><br>sdfourty.
Name: sdfourty
Railway: VIA Rail
Date: 11/xx/1978
Location: Barrie
Province: Ontario
Comments | 8 Favourites
An ex G.T.R. asset meets an ex C.P.R. asset on what is today an ex rail line. <br><br>Via Rail train #2 is at CN Newmarket Subdivision mile 63.0<br><br>Ex CP Rail sleeping car Brock Manor gets acquainted with the 1905 G.T.R. built Allandale station – renamed Barrie station by the C.N.R. <br><br>November 1978 Kodachrome by S. Danko.
Name: sdfourty
Railway: VIA Rail
Date: 11/xx/1978
Location: Barrie
Province: Ontario
2 Comments | 9 Favourites
Bombardier built Nacionales de Mexico M424W #9526, part of order #6114 for 53 units including 9527, 9532 and 9533 (& others) in this March 1981 shipment. This sharp red-black-yellow paint scheme did not last, most units repainted two tone blue. Anyone know if some N de M M424's operational today? <br> More N de M : <br> <br> <a href="http://www.railpictures.ca/?attachment_id=8489"> Builders' plate </a> <br> <a href="http://www.railpictures.ca/?attachment_id=8486"> Builders' service bulletin plate </a> <br> <a href="http://www.railpictures.ca/?attachment_id=7817"> #9549 June '81 image by Ron Bouwhuis' </a> <br> CN Mac Yard. March 22, 1981, Kodachrome by S. Danko.
Name: sdfourty
Railway: Builder/Manufactur…
Date: 03/22/1981
Location: Concord
Province: Ontario
1 Comments | 4 Favourites
Builders' plate mounted on the frame of a NdeM M424W (#9526?). <br> <a href="http://www.railpictures.ca/?attachment_id=8486"> See the Builders' service bulletin plate </a> <br> Anyone know if some of the original 53 M424W's ordered by NdeM are operational today? <br> CN Mac Yard. <br> March 22, 1981, Kodachrome by S. Danko.
Name: sdfourty
Railway: Builder/Manufactur…
Date: 03/22/1981
Location: Concord
Province: Ontario
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</a> Excuser moi francais ... err ... espagnol... </a> </a> Builders' service bulletin plate mounted on the frame of NdeM M424 #9526. </a> </a> CN Mac Yard. </a> </a> March 22, 1981, </a> </a> Kodachrome by S. Danko.
Name: sdfourty
Railway: Builder/Manufactur…
Date: 03/22/1981
Location: Concord
Province: Ontario
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The CN Boyne – CP Rail Reynolds (mile 19.9 Parry Sound Sub) interchange commenced daily use by Via on October 29, 1978. ( I believe the interchange was put in place to accommodate Via ). The northbound Via transcon ( westbound in Via's timetable ) train operated CN track from Toronto to Boyne ( Bala Sub mile 146.1 ) then interchanged to CP Rail. At that time to get onto CP the northbound Via train had to back up from CN ( the CN switchpoints faced north, until sometime after 1985 ) onto the CP. Today Via operates the all CN route, except where CN-CP Shared Asset zones exist. In this series of three images ( in all images # 9 is on CN track ) – under thundering Muskoka skies, then in a deluge ( our campsite thoroughly soaked at the nearby Oastler Lake Provincial Park ) - August 10, 1985 Via Rail train # 9, powered by FP9A # 6505 and F9B units #6632 – 6613 see <a href="http://www.railpictures.ca/?attachment_id=8405"> 6505 on Via # 9 at CN Boyne </a> pulls slowly through CN Boyne and through the south switch South Parry siding then reverses see <a href="http://www.railpictures.ca/?attachment_id=8404"> Via # 9 Glacier Park at CN Boyne </a> to the interchange switchstand where the tail end Brakeman ( riding dry in Glacier Park ) exchange the interchange switchstand key with the Trainman – then gets caught in the downpour. Aug.10,1985 Kodak negatives by S.Danko. <br> <br> What's interesting: please also see Arnold Mooney's CN Boyne image taken one week later – August 17, 1985 – train #10 with 6505 – 6632 – 6622. <br> <a href="http://www.railpictures.ca/?attachment_id=6819"> Via # 10 at CN Boyne August 17 1985 </a> <br> <br> Most interesting: you must try camping overnight – at least once at Oastler Lake P.P., a mere 200 yards from the CN - CP mainlines – including grade crossings – even the camper's guide states “ note railway tracks near the Park are used frequently “ . Even so, there are always camp sites available early each morning as sleepless campers leave ! sdfourty.
Name: sdfourty
Railway: VIA Rail
Date: 08/10/1985
Location: CN Boyne
Province: Ontario
Comments | 2 Favourites
The CN Boyne – CP Rail Reynolds (mile 19.9 Parry Sound Sub) interchange commenced daily use by Via on October 29, 1978. ( I believe the interchange was put in place to accommodate Via ). The northbound Via transcon ( westbound in Via's timetable ) train operated CN track from Toronto to Boyne (Bala Sub mile 146.1 ) then interchanged to CP Rail. At that time to get onto CP the northbound Via train had to back up from CN ( the CN switchpoints faced north, until sometime after 1985 ) onto the CP. Today Via operates the all CN route, except where CN-CP Shared Asset zones exist. In this series of three images ( in all images #9 is on CN track ) – under thundering Muskoka skies – then in a deluge ( our campsite thoroughly soaked at the nearby Oastler Lake Provincial Park ), August 10, 1985 Via Rail train # 9, powered by FP9A # 6505 and F9B units #6632 – 6613, pulls slowly through CN Boyne and through the south switch South Parry siding then reverses ( see <a href="http://www.railpictures.ca/?attachment_id=8404"> Via # 9 Glacier Park at CN Boyne </a> ) to the interchange switchstand where the tail end Brakeman ( riding dry in Glacier Park ) exchange the interchange switchstand key with the Trainman – then gets caught in the downpour. August 10, 1985 Kodak negatives by S.Danko. <br> <br> What's interesting: please also see Arnold Mooney's CN Boyne image taken one week later – August 17, 1985 – train #10 with 6505 – 6632 – 6622. <br> <a href="http://www.railpictures.ca/?attachment_id=6819"> Via # 10 at CN Boyne August 17 1985 </a> <br> <br> Most interesting: you must try camping overnight – at least once at Oastler Lake P.P., a mere 200 yards from the CN - CP mainlines – including grade crossings – even the camper's guide states “ note railway tracks near the Park are used frequently “ . Even so, there are always camp sites available early each morning as sleepless campers leave ! sdfourty.
Name: sdfourty
Railway: VIA Rail
Date: 08/10/1985
Location: CN Boyne
Province: Ontario
1 Comments | 6 Favourites
The CN Boyne – CP Rail Reynolds (mile 19.9 Parry Sound Sub) interchange commenced daily use by Via on October 29, 1978. ( I believe the interchange was put in place to accommodate Via ). The northbound Via transcon (westbound in Via's timetable) train operated CN track from Toronto to Boyne (Bala Sub mile 146.1 ) then interchanged to CP Rail. At that time to get onto CP the northbound Via train had to back up from CN ( the CN switchpoints faced north, until sometime after 1985 ) onto the CP. Today Via operates the all CN route, except where CN-CP Shared Asset zones exist. In this series of three images ( in all images #9 is on CN track ) – under thundering Muskoka skies, then in a deluge ( our campsite thoroughly soaked at the nearby Oastler Lake Provincial Park ), August 10, 1985 Via Rail train # 9, powered by FP9A # 6505 and F9B units #6632 – 6613, pulls slowly through CN Boyne and through the south switch South Parry siding then reverses to the interchange switchstand where the tail end Brakeman ( riding dry in Glacier Park ) exchange the interchange switchstand key with the Trainman – then gets caught in the downpour. August 10, 1985 Kodak negatives by S.Danko. <br> <br> What's interesting: please also see Arnold Mooney's CN Boyne image taken one week later – August 17, 1985 – train #10 with 6505 – 6632 – 6622. <br> <a href="http://www.railpictures.ca/?attachment_id=6819"> Via # 10 at CN Boyne August 17 1985 </a> <br> <br> Most interesting: you must try camping overnight – at least once at Oastler Lake P.P., a mere 200 yards from the CN - CP mainlines – including grade crossings – even the camper's guide states “ note railway tracks near the Park are used frequently “ . Even so, there are always camp sites available early each morning as sleepless campers leave ! sdfourty.
Name: sdfourty
Railway: VIA Rail
Date: 08/10/1985
Location: CN Boyne
Province: Ontario
Comments | 3 Favourites
M for Magnificent. Under load, the ALCO design MLW M series are pure music to the ALCO fan ear. CP Rail Extra 4568 west powered by two M630 units 4568 - 4565 working the Galt Subdivison westbound Campbellville (mile 37.8) grade. April 1980 Kodachrome by S. Danko. More Magnificent M units: <br> <a href="http://www.railpictures.ca/?attachment_id=2098"> two west at Leaside </a> <br> <a href="http://www.railpictures.ca/?attachment_id=1864"> trio departing Agincourt east </a> <br> <a href="http://www.railpictures.ca/?attachment_id=1863"> trio departing Agincourt east </a> <br> <a href="http://www.railpictures.ca/?attachment_id=1759"> more departing Agincourt east </a> <br> sdfourty.
Name: sdfourty
Railway: Canadian Pacific
Date: 04/xx/1980
Location: Campbellville
Province: Ontario
1 Comments | 6 Favourites
The B.C. Government Tourism Board's “ Discover British Columbia Tour “ arrives at the Toronto Depot 16:30 hours. (note the One Yonge Street, Toronto Star building at the extreme right background and in the right middle ground is the CPR coachyard). April 11, 1978. Kodachrome by S.Danko. More mainline live steam in action: <br> <a href="http://www.railpictures.ca/?attachment_id=6480"> xCPR 1201 near Wakefield </a> <br> <a href="http://www.railpictures.ca/?attachment_id=7412"> CPR 2860 at Cherry Street </a> <br> <a href="http://www.railpictures.ca/?attachment_id=2581"> CN 6060 at Sunnyside </a> <br> <a href="http://www.railpictures.ca/?attachment_id=6315"> CN 6060 at Washago </a> <br> <a href="http://www.railpictures.ca/?attachment_id=1966"> CN 6060 near Trent River Drawbridge </a> <br> sdfourty.
Name: sdfourty
Railway: Toronto Terminals …
Date: 04/11/1978
Location: Toronto
Province: Ontario
Comments | 5 Favourites
VIA #57 is powered by the Coors Light #6408 on the approach to CN Newtonville. Image by S.Danko.
Name: sdfourty
Railway: VIA Rail
Date: 05/11/2011
Location: Northumberland Cou…
Province: Ontario
Comments | 1 Favourites
Simply the best. Introduced by the CPR in 1955. “ The Canadian ” , a World Class train. And for a while CP Rail continued that tradition ..... shown in the final year.....1978 ........then the Via'ized version.....well, you know the history. August 1978 was an interesting time: the Chateau sleeper in front of the Skyline Dome is in coach service due to extra passenger demand generated by an air traffic disruption. GMD built CP Rail FP9A #1406 – #1414 powers CP Rail train #11 on the approach to Palgrave August 26, 1978. Kodachrome by S.Danko. <br> More: C P Rail “ The Canadian ” <br> <a href="http://www.railpictures.ca/?attachment_id=6411"> #12 approach Humber </a> <br> <a href="http://www.railpictures.ca/?attachment_id=6410"> #12 Park car </a> <br> <a href="http://www.railpictures.ca/?attachment_id=2165"> #11 at Bathurst St </a> <br> <a href="http://www.railpictures.ca/?attachment_id=1666"> #11 at Bolton </a> <br> <a href="http://www.railpictures.ca/?attachment_id=1667"> #11 at Bolton </a>
Name: sdfourty
Railway: Canadian Pacific
Date: 08/29/1978
Location: approach Palgrave
Province: Ontario
2 Comments | 23 Favourites
Eight plus years have passed, not expected to be repeated soon, so enjoy the view....major 2012 changes at the CPR Board of Directors - generated by the New York activist shareholder William Ackman (who effectively controls 14.2% of the CPR shares) - has re-focussed CPR management on improving shareholder value..... Nostalgia not on CPR management's agenda for the foreseeable future. ( Although thankfully the Christmas (Holiday) Trains did operate in 2012 ). CPR Hudson 2816 makes a low profile arrival at Tapscott (Agincourt) pulling in through the connecting track route on a sunny late afternoon June 2004. Fuji film negative by S.Danko. <br> More live steam, CPR Hudsons: <br> <a href="http://www.railpictures.ca/?attachment_id=7412"> at Cherry Street </a> <br> <a href="http://www.railpictures.ca/?attachment_id=5724"> at Streetsville </a> <br> sdfourty.
Name: sdfourty
Railway: Canadian Pacific
Date: 06/xx/2004
Location: Agincourt
Province: Ontario
Comments | 4 Favourites
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