Comments on: Came upon this in my collection the other day…. B&O GP40-2 #4296 leads 2 Chessie GP30 sisters on the eastbound R320 as it passes the old NYC depot in Comber, Ontario in the early Fall of 1988.

By: Chessie5730

Chessie5730 — Wed, 22 Mar 2017 00:22:01 +0000

Pretty sad how much it degraded over time eh Steve….

By: Stephen C. Host

Stephen C. Host — Tue, 21 Mar 2017 21:51:36 +0000

Frig Geoff this is a close time machine match eh http://www.railpictures.ca/?attachment_id=6456

By: Chessie5730

Chessie5730 — Wed, 07 May 2014 17:48:26 +0000

Steve,

The crossover used to be further east than in your shot. I have prints of CN 382 on the ground on the old crossover, just haven’t scanned them yet. I think it was relocated to allow a train to get from the Leamington branch to the passing siding. Near the end the w/b would setoff the empty Insulated Boxes on the pass and the Leamington local could then go across the main to lift them. Before, 381/383 would have to pull them through the cross over and shove them back toward the old Tile Yard track (bush track). Crossover took a lot of abuse from 6 axle Alcos and EMD’s!!

By: awmooney

awmooney — Wed, 07 May 2014 14:22:37 +0000

Really like this image. Nothing like a station to compliment a moving freight train. This is a winner, Geoff.

By: headtailgrep

headtailgrep — Wed, 07 May 2014 12:39:16 +0000

Nice shot.

By: headtailgrep

headtailgrep — Wed, 07 May 2014 12:38:58 +0000

Ha – and my photo from 2005 comes up on the suggested photos and is nearly the same.. I thought that crossover was much older than it was – clearly not there in 1988.