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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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Just never know what you will find at Bayview
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A 1968 Ford Galaxie 500 coupe receives some TCL: replacement of a fouling spark plug
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Meanwhile GMD 1974 built GP40-2L(W) CN 9409 and GMD 1956 built GP9 CN 4476 power Extra 9409 West mixed freight through the turnouts.
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At Bayview, October 14 1978 Kodachrome by S.Danko
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Name:	sdfourty
Railway:	Canadian National
Date:	10/14/1978
Location:	Bayview
Province:	Ontario

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The westward view from the now removed Hopkins St overpass,
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VIA 64 powered by 1987 built GMD F40PH-2D #6421 traverse the mile 304 speed restriction on the North Main with the usual consist plus ex CP equipment on the tail end : two Budd baggage, a Manor and Skyline 504
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Operating on the north main due to the CN fiber optic cable train with TOP's for the south main and Oshawa south service track, powered by CN SD-40 #5084 ( the future #6007 ) and SD-40W #5339
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Today GO / MetroLinx double track main and buildings occupy the lands on the north side ( to the right ).
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At mile 304 CN Kingston subdivision, October 20, 1991 Kodachrome by S.Danko
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<a href="http://www.railpictures.ca/?attachment_id= 9626"> cable action </a>
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<a href="http://www.railpictures.ca/?attachment_id= 8659"> Hopkins action </a>
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sdfourty

Name:	sdfourty
Railway:	VIA Rail
Date:	10/20/1991
Location:	Whitby
Province:	Ontario

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R A P I D O
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335 miles
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scheduled five hours five minutes
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scheduled average speed: 65.9 m.p.h.
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three scheduled passenger stops: Guildwood, Kingston, Dorval
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Toronto Union to Montreal Central
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twice daily each direction
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Remarkable given the technologies at that time: including jointed rail shared with freight traffic, dozens of level crossings, 1940 era signaling, 1950 era radios, max 90 m.p.h. track speed....
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FP9A 6524, F7B 6618, FP9A 65xx in charge of VIA 62 , R A P I D O, approaching the Brimley Road crossing May 6 1979 Kodachrome by S.Danko
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Notable:
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<a href="http://www.railpictures.ca/?attachment_id= 7447"> faster than Rapido: image #7447 hmm... </a>
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noteworthy: The Sound: at full throttle you could hear those three GMD's for miles....
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Sunday Rapido: 8 coaches ( 76 seats each), 2 cafe bar lounge ( 2500 series 'snack & beverage' service seating for 44), one Dayniter car ( 52 seats), one Club Car ( 38 seats) handling the marker lights: yields * 698 revenue passenger seats
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Sunday service * hence the extra coaches – essentially the morning and afternoon train consists combined.
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* 698 seats in an aircraft would require 3.7 DC-8 passenger jets
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sdfourty

Name:	sdfourty
Railway:	VIA Rail
Date:	05/06/1979
Location:	Scarborough
Province:	Ontario

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The Junction.
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And those chaps with the lawn chair: Pull into the empty RBG parking lot ( in April few botanical types around ) on Plains Road and select a space beside the embankment.
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On a sunny, warm spring day with a wrist watch, camera, timetable and lawn chair and you were all set for a grand rail watching time !!
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Two of six MLW 1960 built RS-18m, the m for modified for high speed CN Tempo service and head end electrical generator equipped, easily handled the Tempo cars assigned to VIA 72
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At CN Bayview, April 28, 1979 Kodachrome by S.Danko
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Interesting: those RS-18m and Tempo cars were never in VIA's plans: the MLW's retired in 1984 ( owned by CN ) and the same year seventeen ( of the original 25 built for CN, 21 with VIA at 1984) Tempo cars were sold to the Ansco Investment Co. for the Ski Train. Ansco is owned by Philip Anschutz, and was ( as of 1984) the new owner of Rio Grande Industries which controlled the D&RGW.
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And history repeats: after the Ski Train ceased operation ( as a UP operated train since 1996 but owned by Ansco) those seventeen Tempo's were bought back by CN (in 2009) for the ACR Agawa Tour Train.
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More Interestingly: the original purchase agreement with Ansco included the sale to VIA of two (of three) remaining D&RGW's California Zephyr cars: D&RGW#1440 Silver Shop ( to VIA #519 ) and D&RGW #1145 Silver Sky ( to VIA #15519 Jasper Park (!)).
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sdfourty

Name:	sdfourty
Railway:	VIA Rail
Date:	04/28/1979
Location:	Bayview
Province:	Ontario

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At track speed a High Green at Newtonville for daily except Saturday #652, aka 'Ontarian'
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Scheduling allowed daily trains #651 ex Sun, #652 ex Sat, #655 ex Sat and #656 ex Sat, between Union and Kingston, to be handled by one set of Budd Cars for two round trips daily except as noted.
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A Nikkor 200mm F4 view from the bee bridge ( Nichols Road) of the Newtonville crossover May 13, 1979 Kodachrome by S.Danko
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Notable: seems to me that the Budd Company built rail diesel cars likely were the most fuel efficient heavy rail equipment ever created, capable of carrying ninety seated passengers and crew at up to ninety miles per hour: a Budd Car's fuel consumption measured in miles per gallon verses other heavy rail transport fuel usage being measured in gallons per mile.
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Noteworthy: sometime in the nineties the wooden bee bridge was reportedly damaged by a CN freight car's shifted load.
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Notable: The smoke stack denotes the location of the uncompleted Ontario Hydro Wesleyville power generation plant. The plan was have the fuel oil delivered by tanker train – the siding tracks remained in place for quite some time. Throughout the decades the plant building and grounds have been used for film shoots and for fire fighter training.
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sdfourty

Name:	sdfourty
Railway:	VIA Rail
Date:	05/13/1979
Location:	Clarington
Province:	Ontario

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The eastward view from the now removed Hopkins St overpass,
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ex CP equipment: Skyline 504, a Manor, two Budd baggage on the tail end of VIA 64 powered by 1987 built GMD F40PH-2D #6421 traverse the mile 304 speed restriction on the North Main.
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Meanwhile the CN fiber optic cable train has TOP's for the south main and Oshawa south service track, powered by CN SD-40 #5084 ( the future #6007 ) and SD-40W #5339
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Today GO / MetroLinx double track main and buildings occupy the land to the left (north).
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At mile 304 CN Kingston subdivision, October 20, 1991 Kodachrome by S.Danko
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<a href="http://www.railpictures.ca/?attachment_id= 9626"> cable action </a>
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<a href="http://www.railpictures.ca/?attachment_id= 8659"> Hopkins action </a>
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sdfourty

Name:	sdfourty
Railway:	VIA Rail
Date:	10/20/1991
Location:	Whitby
Province:	Ontario

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L&PS L2, an April 1915 GE build, had several owners including the London Public Library Board, the Toronto & York Division of the CRHA then relocated by a private owner to Brampton and today is at the Halton County Museum
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At CN Harbour Yard, near Bathurst Street, October 16, 1983 Kodachrome by S.Danko
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Noteworthy: L&PS L1 is preserved at the Elgin County Railway Museum in St. Thomas.

Name:	sdfourty
Railway:	London and Port St…
Date:	10/16/1983
Location:	Toronto
Province:	Ontario

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Rare mileage indeed !
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Unusual VIA J train #64 and #42 rolls by at a sedate 40 mph and into the Rouge River Valley passing under the CPR Belleville Subdivision.
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Forty five years into the VIA era and November 27, 2021 the first regularly schedule passenger trains on the CN York Subdivision....( granted from time to time an occasional emergency detour may have transpired).... two day all weekend detours due to major maintenance on the Rouge River bridge mile 316 Kingston Subdivision initiated by Metrolinx ( GO Transit) .
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And from those who rode: Sean Marshall wrote in Canadian Passenger Rail group ISO November 27:
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“ ... [#64] joined with Train 42 and separated at Oshawa Station. Trains 64/42 went up the Bala, with 42 leading – passengers with forward-facing seats sat backwards to Doncaster. [VIA] took the south to west connecting track, with Train 42 over Bayview Avenue. After a few minutes, we reversed direction with Train 64 leading. Apart from the 40 minute delay due to the detour, there were no incidents to note.... ”
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and Doug Bardeau of London wrote (same source) November 27:
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“on the same train as Sean (possibly in the same car - 4), from Union to Oshawa. Here is the consist:
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6415 F40PH-3*
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3474 LRC Club*
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3318 LRC Coach*
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3333 LRC Coach*
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3303 LRC Coach*
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3304 LRC Coach*
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6431 F40PH-3**
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3465 LRC Club**
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3339 LRC Coach**
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3335 LRC Coach**
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3305 LRC Coach**
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904 P42DC**
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Consist faced west on track 8 with 64 boarding from gate 16 and 42 boarding from gate 17. Train ran backward up Bala subdivision.”
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In the Rouge River valley lands at mile 6.5 CN York Subdivision, witnessed by Cobourg fans John & Ethan, Bob G, & Moi at 12:32 November 27, 2021 digital by S.Danko.
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Noteworthy: from a photography viewpoint this is a challenging location, the overcast day allowed this mid day southeastward facing image.
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sdfourty

Name:	sdfourty
Railway:	VIA Rail
Date:	11/27/2021
Location:	Scarborough
Province:	Ontario

2 Comments | 14 Favourites

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The ONR Northlander: Daily except Saturday, Toronto Union to Cochrane Ontario 482 miles
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A challenging photographic situation, at CN Gravenhurst September 24, 1986 Kodachrome by S.Danko.
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Noteworthy:
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To support passenger service restoration, do write to your local MPP.
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sdfourty

Name:	S.Danko
Railway:	Ontario Northland
Date:	09/23/1986
Location:	Gravenhurst
Province:	Ontario

2 Comments | 11 Favourites

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Welcome Home CN 3023 …. the future ' THE J ' finds the owner's rails...
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GE 2015 built CN 3023 model ET44AC, serial 63462 is in tow on the NS transfer,
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Powered by EMD 2005 rebuilt GP38-2 NS #5665 and GE 2004 built Dash 9-44CW NS #9887.
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In the rain at Fort Erie September 15, 2015 digital by S.Danko
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<a href="http://www.railpictures.ca/?attachment_id= 43674"> pre THE J </a>
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sdfourty

Name:	sdfourty
Railway:	Norfolk Southern
Date:	09/15/2015
Location:	Fort Erie
Province:	Ontario

Comments | 7 Favourites

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EMD 1951 built GP7 #378 ( ex Soo 378, nee MStP&SSM 378)
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and remanufactured 1986 GP9u CP Rail #1614 * ( ex CP Rail 1959 built GP9 #8823 ) on loan to to OSR,
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power an OSR transfer hauling a string of trilevels loaded with 2010 Chevrolet Equinoxes....
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at Beachville Ontario, June 16, 2010 FujiFilm Superia negative by S.Danko
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* CP Rail #1614 retired March 2012 and traded in to EMD (one of many GP9u) for the GP20C-ECO 2200 series units

Name:	sdfourty
Railway:	Ontario Southland
Date:	06/16/2010
Location:	Beachville
Province:	Ontario

1 Comments | 9 Favourites

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All it takes is two pairs of Whiting MA 35 ton portable electric jacks.....
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...to lift MLW 1959 built S-13 OSR #502 ( nee PGE 1002 ) for a truck change out....
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…. and an inspection of 502's King Pin: B end shown
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At OSR Salford shop, June 14, 2017 digital by S.Danko
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(important: proper PPE and prior permission worn/obtained )
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Name:	sdfourty
Railway:	Ontario Southland
Date:	06/17/2017
Location:	Salford
Province:	Ontario

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Autumn Steam
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Forty two + autumns' have elapsed
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UCRS charter at the Atherley Narrows September 29, 1979 Kodachrome by S.Danko
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The Trent Canal Drawbridge, Mile 88.4 CN Newmarket Subdivision, is immediately to the left just out of the image.
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The Drawbridge:
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<a href="http://www.railpictures.ca/?attachment_id= 6218"> VIA </a>
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<a href="http://www.railpictures.ca/?attachment_id= 44247"> ONR </a>
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The Steam:
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<a href="http://www.railpictures.ca/?attachment_id= 6315"> road switcher duty </a>
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sdfourty

Name:	sdfourty
Railway:	Canadian National
Date:	09/29/1979
Location:	Atherley
Province:	Ontario

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Eastbound (southward) CP Rail extra powered by a MLW M636 and three Chessie geeps....
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...on the Seguin River trestle ….
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... captured from beside the former OA&PS drawbridge – about 3.0 km from the CPR - now (as of capture date) the CN Depot Harbour spur mile 4.9, aka the Rose Point Road swing bridge ( today aka Wasausking swing bridge),
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With a Nikkor 200mm f4 lens, July 22, 1984 Kodachrome by S.Danko
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some have the whole bridge in the shot:
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<a href="http://www.railpictures.ca/?attachment_id= 39216"> Ryan </a>
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<a href="http://www.railpictures.ca/?attachment_id= 6170"> AWM </a>
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noteworthy
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Thursday, June 17 1908 edition of the North Star Parry Sound newspaper: "Although the hour was late, or rather early (at) 1:30 a.m. about five lucky people were on the platform Monday morning when the first CPR train over the new line from Toronto to Winnipeg pulled into the station at Parry Sound"
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….. 1:30 a.m. !........ five fans at the CPR station ! ….... Frothies' in 1908 !......... yes !
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Details Details:
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Engineering:
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Metal 7 Panel Rivet-Connected Pratt Deck Truss,
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Fixed and Approach Spans: Metal 12 Panel Rivet-Connected Warren Deck Truss,
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The trestle is 1,695 feet (517 m) long; 105 feet (32 m) high; the main span length 165 Feet (50.3 Meters).
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And I have yet to get a pic of the whole trestle !
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sdfourty

Name:	sdfourty
Railway:	Canadian Pacific
Date:	07/22/1984
Location:	Parry Sound
Province:	Ontario

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Budd 1949 built sleeper-buffet lounge -observation ex CPR Seaview; exx NYC 10560 Babbling Brook is Cartier #847 and 'named' Casse.
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Possibly the 847 was assigned to incident investigation: Casse = damage, loss, breakage.
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And may explain why 847 was in 'ready' mode that 1981 day.
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At Port Cartier, June 7, 1981 Kodachrome by S.Danko
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<a href="http://www.railpictures.ca/?attachment_id= 44744"> Brook series history </a>
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<a href="http://www.railpictures.ca/?attachment_id= 46737"> B B at TMC </a>
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sdfourty

Name:	sdfourty
Railway:	Cartier
Date:	06/07/1981
Location:	Port Cartier
Province:	Quebec

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Following Via CN train #98, Northland – due into Union at 08:00 – a CN transfer, Extra 9547, for Oakville rolls through the Don Valley,
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powered by GMD 1976 built GP40-2(W) #9647 and three GP9's: GMD 1956 built GP9 #4575, GMD 1967 built GP9 #4102, and sister #4523, with empty bi level auto rack CN#710218 first up in the moderately sized consist.
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At mile 6 Bala Subdivision, 7:50 a.m. April 23, 1977 Kodachrome by S.Danko ( with John Baker on the right)
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Question, for those in the know: the GP40W appears to be sans dynamic brakes, the Geep 9's are equipped with dynamics: do non dynamic brake units have a controller to allow the engine man to operate other dynamic equipped units in the MU lashup?
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First capture of that day:
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<a href="http://www.railpictures.ca/?attachment_id= 7278"> classic FP7-A's </a>
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sdfourty

Name:	sdfourty
Railway:	Canadian National
Date:	04/28/1977
Location:	Thorncliffe
Province:	Ontario

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VIA Rail train #4 Super Continental accelerates from CN Washago and the Junction with the Bala Subdivision into the Newmarket Subdivision 75 m.p.h. zone,
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Operating a couple hours off the advertised 16:40 departure, next passenger stop: Orillia, after the Trent drawbridge and Junction with the CN Midland Subdivision
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Just south of CN Washago, on the Newmarket Subdivision September 29, 1979 Kodachrome by S.Danko
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<a href="http://www.railpictures.ca/?attachment_id= 6218 "> drawbridge ( image #6218 ! ) </a>
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Name:	sdfourty
Railway:	VIA Rail
Date:	09/29/1979
Location:	Washago
Province:	Ontario

1 Comments | 21 Favourites

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Clear board at CN Maple.
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ex CP Rail 4066 regular 1978 assignment was the Toronto section of VIA Canadian.
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At CN Maple ( now Metrolinx GO Maple) VIA train #1 captured with a 28mm Nikkor lens, November 4 1978 Kodachrome by S.Danko
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Noteworthy
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CP Rail FP7-A 4066 was renumbered ( and re-geared from 65 mph to 89 mph and back) several times: to 1422 in 1954; back to 4066 in 1966; to Via 1422 in Feb. 79; to Via 6566 in May 1980. February 1986: VIA 6566 was destroyed at CN Hinton, Alberta. For 4066 in CP Rail service circa 1977 see pic id=1666.
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Interesting
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Upon the VIA takeover of CP Rail (non commuter) passenger service, VIA removed CP Rail #11 & #12 from the CP Rail Mactier Subdivision October 1978 and the new VIA #1 & #2 The Canadian operated exclusively out of Toronto on the CN Newmarket Subdivision to CN Boyne on the Bala Subdivision mile 146 (Parry Sound), then onto CP Rail at Reynolds.
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(Concurrently the Super Continental operated exclusively out of Montreal – note the Super C's Toronto connection was at North Bay: ONR Northander trains #121 and #122 ! ).
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Then June 1979 VIA flipped the routings: Super C to/from Toronto only and The Canadian to/from Montreal only.
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sdfourty

Name:	sdfourty
Railway:	VIA Rail
Date:	11/04/1978
Location:	Maple
Province:	Ontario

1 Comments | 11 Favourites

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a Track Foremans' lament: “ Well Sam, where shall we start ? …...”
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Nothwithstanding the GT slogan....at CN Beachville, February 18, 1984 Kodachrome by S.Danko
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Noteworthy:
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February 14, 1984: A 25 car CN train derailed four miles west of Woodstock ( Beachville) causing $1 million damage. Half mile track torn up, propane tankers included in consist. Heavy rains blamed for weakening the track bed. Reportedly every spring new remnants of the derailment can be seen along the Beachville Thames River Trail – pushed up by the winter frost.
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<a href="http://www.railpictures.ca/?attachment_id= 46091 "> first train through </a>
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sdfourty

Name:	sdfourty
Railway:	Canadian National
Date:	02/18/1984
Location:	Beachville
Province:	Ontario

Comments | 15 Favourites

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One of those grimy winter days, felt like a gray cloud descending on the landscape.....
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Then CP Rail Extra 4718 West lifts spirits rolling into view with two B & O geeps: 4807 and 48xx.
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At CP Rail Coakley, February 18, 1984 Kodachrome by S.Danko
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Name:	sdfourty
Railway:	Canadian Pacific
Date:	02/18/1984
Location:	Woodstock
Province:	Ontario

2 Comments | 20 Favourites

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