Comments on: After waiting to cross just east of the diamond, Canadian Pacific H1a 2804 (a “standard” 4-6-4 Hudson built in 1929) displays an impressive amount of smoke she gets her 50-car freight underway out of London, heading eastbound on the Galt Sub crossing the diamond at Mile 111.7 with CN’s Dundas Sub. The train is leaving the city from the east end of town, photographed from First Street crossing nearby. Original photographer unknown (duplicate slide), Dan Dell’Unto collection slide. http://www.railpictures.ca The BEST Canadian photos on the Internet, eh? Fri, 12 Jun 2026 04:40:09 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1 By: sanderson http://www.railpictures.ca/?attachment_id=50821#comment-55408 sanderson Thu, 12 Jan 2023 18:16:30 +0000 http://www.railpictures.ca/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/CPR-2804-50-car-freight-near-London-ON-07-21-1957-vA-docu0005es-copyr.jpg#comment-55408 I really enjoy this picture. My dad grew up just north of here on Rushland Avenue and like me, enjoyed watching trains and got me into this hobby. Sadly he's gone now, but did share a few stories of walking down First Street to watch steam locomotives go by. From timetables posted online, it looks like there were 5 passenger trains each way on the CP Galt Sub and 4 each way on the CN Thorndale Sub (including a 03:55 option for the early risers!) I suspect that diamond got a lot more usage back then than now! I really enjoy this picture. My dad grew up just north of here on Rushland Avenue and like me, enjoyed watching trains and got me into this hobby. Sadly he’s gone now, but did share a few stories of walking down First Street to watch steam locomotives go by.

From timetables posted online, it looks like there were 5 passenger trains each way on the CP Galt Sub and 4 each way on the CN Thorndale Sub (including a 03:55 option for the early risers!) I suspect that diamond got a lot more usage back then than now!

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