Comments on: Back in the day when Canadian Pacific shared the switching of the Ford plant in Oakville their SW1200RS units mingled freely as seen here.

By: Marcus Stevens

Marcus Stevens — Sun, 03 Jan 2021 16:38:51 +0000

I miss those days. wish I got a few more photos. Thanks for sharing.

By: ngineered4u

ngineered4u — Tue, 29 Mar 2016 16:20:29 +0000

Hey Stephen, I am not sure the exact date that CP stopped switching the plant in Oakville. I just looked up an old arbitration case and it was dated 1995. I qualified in 1988 and remember using CP power to switch, so I can olny assume the CP operations stopped in the late 90′s?

By: Stephen C. Host

Stephen C. Host — Tue, 29 Mar 2016 14:09:55 +0000

Thanks for sharing. This is one memory I have as a kid driving by on the QEW ….. seeing the copious amounts of CN/CP switchers on the shop track.

When did CP stop switching the Ford plant?

By: ngineered4u

ngineered4u — Mon, 28 Mar 2016 21:22:15 +0000

Ahhh great memories!

By: BradKetchen

BradKetchen — Mon, 28 Mar 2016 12:26:47 +0000

http://www.rrpicturearchives.net/showPicture.aspx?id=2862621
Similar but better than my attempt back in the day.

By: ngineered4u

ngineered4u — Mon, 28 Mar 2016 03:33:47 +0000

Actua;;y what was cool about working at Oakville before CN took over the whole operation was that whenever we showed up for work we took whatever power was first up on the shoptrack. It did not matter who’s power was used to switch.

By: lostshoeranch

lostshoeranch — Mon, 28 Mar 2016 02:34:59 +0000

Those were some of the good ol’ days for Oakville. There was also the CPR Ford Turn that came in the evenings to Oakville yard from Agincourt. It was a busy place back in the 80′s- earlly 90′s. The action was non-stop.

By: Eric May

Eric May — Sun, 27 Mar 2016 23:59:12 +0000

Although they are the same model, the CP units have longer exhaust stacks.

By: dhately

dhately — Sun, 27 Mar 2016 15:32:15 +0000

CP and CN units together: always a rare event