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Caption: A transfer from the Port of Montreal arrives at MonTerm, on the site of CN's old Turcot Yard (which was the major yard in Montreal until Montreal Yard--now known as Taschereau Yard--opened in September 1961). Turcot subsequently became a piggyback and container terminal until September 2002 when intermodal operations where moved to the newly constructed Montreal Intermodal Terminal at the reconfigured Taschereau Yard (the hump having been shut down). Today, Turcot continues to act as a crew change point for through trains bypassing Taschereau. Back to that transfer with GP9s 4424 and 4416--note that the latter unit has some GP7 battery box louvres and still has an "oil can" headlight, which early GP9s were delivered with. And, for those of you who have always wondered where the "Dofasco steel containers" went after leaving Hamilton, the Montreal unloading facility is in the background (hence the placement of the container flats at the rear/west end of Hamilton-Montreal train 252).
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Wow! Interesting that Cottrell at left didn’t have tracks outside like they did in a later photo of yours.