Comments on: As CP Extra 5610 North sits in the siding at Rutter, Ontario, VIA’s southbound Canadian, probably # 10 at the time (my VIA/CP time tables and memory elude me at this time) flies by on the main line. Notice the conductor (brakeman) hiding in the bushes to give the passenger train its roll-by. This track was ABS territory at the time. It was really unusual(to me) to see the freight waiting in the siding looking at a Clear (green) signal; only to have it turn to red (stop) when the passenger train entered the block. Then about 10-12 minutes later the Canadian appears. As soon as it cleared, the signal turned green and the freight proceeded. Power on the Canadian was 6553 and 6653. http://www.railpictures.ca The BEST Canadian photos on the Internet, eh? Fri, 08 May 2026 19:03:30 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1 By: awmooney http://www.railpictures.ca/?attachment_id=39568#comment-36015 awmooney Wed, 27 Nov 2019 16:05:59 +0000 http://www.railpictures.ca/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/VIA-6553-6653-CP-5610-Rutter-ON-June-7-1986-Don-Jaworski-Copy.jpg#comment-36015 This looks suspiciously like the same location where the engineer (or conductor?) walked up to the switch and had a heart attack. I keep thinking it was the engineer, early evening back on June 22, 2003 as steam #2816 was returning west. This crossed my mind seeing this photo as I gave up the chase at Rutter, on account darkness. This looks suspiciously like the same location where the engineer (or conductor?) walked up to the switch and had a heart attack. I keep thinking it was the engineer, early evening back on June 22, 2003 as steam #2816 was returning west.
This crossed my mind seeing this photo as I gave up the chase at Rutter, on account darkness.

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