Comments on: …..an era long gone ….. ( analogue ) Public passenger train schedule board, CP Rail Alliston Ontario Circa 1978 Alliston is a Flag Stop, nevertheless passenger service is daily. July 1978 at Alliston, Kodak Tri X negative by S. Danko http://www.railpictures.ca The BEST Canadian photos on the Internet, eh? Tue, 07 Apr 2026 19:27:32 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1 By: awmooney http://www.railpictures.ca/?attachment_id=39801#comment-36533 awmooney Mon, 23 Dec 2019 22:37:56 +0000 http://www.railpictures.ca/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/img224-2-1280x807.jpg#comment-36533 I'm wondering if Art Merrifield was the agent at the time. Nice guy. Love pictures like this. I’m wondering if Art Merrifield was the agent at the time. Nice guy.
Love pictures like this.

]]> By: DavidT http://www.railpictures.ca/?attachment_id=39801#comment-36532 DavidT Mon, 23 Dec 2019 22:08:42 +0000 http://www.railpictures.ca/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/img224-2-1280x807.jpg#comment-36532 We boarded the southbound Canadian at Alliston a year or so before this photo was taken. There was an agent at the time. As #12 got later and darkness fell, the agent replaced the flag with two lanterns: one green and one white. I had never experienced that personally before. We boarded the southbound Canadian at Alliston a year or so before this photo was taken. There was an agent at the time. As #12 got later and darkness fell, the agent replaced the flag with two lanterns: one green and one white. I had never experienced that personally before.

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