Comments on: Big M’s on a van hop. Hard to imagine that it was a disappointing sight at the time http://www.railpictures.ca The BEST Canadian photos on the Internet, eh? Tue, 07 Apr 2026 03:46:21 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1 By: Dave Brook http://www.railpictures.ca/?attachment_id=53374#comment-59377 Dave Brook Thu, 30 Nov 2023 03:13:30 +0000 http://www.railpictures.ca/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/cp4734-copy.jpg#comment-59377 My sentiments exactly...but I'd like to bring todays camera :) My sentiments exactly…but I’d like to bring todays camera :)

]]> By: RonaldB http://www.railpictures.ca/?attachment_id=53374#comment-59370 RonaldB Wed, 29 Nov 2023 17:16:18 +0000 http://www.railpictures.ca/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/cp4734-copy.jpg#comment-59370 This is probably a London bound train, although it is not displaying white flags as an extra. There were two morning schedules, 903 & 937 & the dispatcher may have run this job on one of those. London bound van hops from Toronto yard in that era were either an acid train or the "OOD". Both of those were lifted at Lambton Yard. David, when it comes to a "disappointing sight at the time", I feel the same way now about my railway career back then. In this era of DPUs, & a gazillion GE locos..What I'd give to go back to the days of vans,van hops, snowplows et al, if only for a day. This is probably a London bound train, although it is not displaying white flags as an extra. There were two morning schedules, 903 & 937 & the dispatcher may have run this job on one of those. London bound van hops from Toronto yard in that era were either an acid train or the “OOD”. Both of those were lifted at Lambton Yard. David, when it comes to a “disappointing sight at the time”, I feel the same way now about my railway career back then. In this era of DPUs, & a gazillion GE locos..What I’d give to go back to the days of vans,van hops, snowplows et al, if only for a day.

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