Comments on: CN 9500 wears the markers for Canadian National Train #3, the Super Continental, at Maple, Ontario on Saturday July 3, 1974. http://www.railpictures.ca The BEST Canadian photos on the Internet, eh? Fri, 08 May 2026 15:44:09 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1 By: dhaisell http://www.railpictures.ca/?attachment_id=56059#comment-63925 dhaisell Sat, 15 Mar 2025 01:46:12 +0000 http://www.railpictures.ca/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/CN-9500-Train-3-Maple-ON-July-13-1974-Don-Jaworski.jpg#comment-63925 Disappointing that this service didn't last. It seems like a no-brainer. Disappointing that this service didn’t last. It seems like a no-brainer.

]]> By: Stephen C. Host http://www.railpictures.ca/?attachment_id=56059#comment-63734 Stephen C. Host Thu, 20 Feb 2025 20:57:20 +0000 http://www.railpictures.ca/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/CN-9500-Train-3-Maple-ON-July-13-1974-Don-Jaworski.jpg#comment-63734 So this was the auto train... before the auto train.... So this was the auto train… before the auto train….

]]> By: Noe http://www.railpictures.ca/?attachment_id=56059#comment-63721 Noe Thu, 20 Feb 2025 16:27:35 +0000 http://www.railpictures.ca/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/CN-9500-Train-3-Maple-ON-July-13-1974-Don-Jaworski.jpg#comment-63721 In 1995, I was able to photograph one sitting in the S yard at MacMillan Yard prior to it being scrapped. It was the only one I had ever seen. In 1995, I was able to photograph one sitting in the S yard at MacMillan Yard prior to it being scrapped. It was the only one I had ever seen.

]]> By: Steamer http://www.railpictures.ca/?attachment_id=56059#comment-63687 Steamer Mon, 17 Feb 2025 04:38:48 +0000 http://www.railpictures.ca/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/CN-9500-Train-3-Maple-ON-July-13-1974-Don-Jaworski.jpg#comment-63687 If you look at it long and hard enough the outline of the auto's will pop out at you near the front as a double decker auto rack. If you look at it long and hard enough the outline of the auto’s will pop out at you near the front as a double decker auto rack.

]]> By: Todd Steinman http://www.railpictures.ca/?attachment_id=56059#comment-63686 Todd Steinman Mon, 17 Feb 2025 03:09:26 +0000 http://www.railpictures.ca/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/CN-9500-Train-3-Maple-ON-July-13-1974-Don-Jaworski.jpg#comment-63686 Wow....this scene sure has changed over 50 years since this photo was taken. Great photo....of a modern era gone by! Wow….this scene sure has changed over 50 years since this photo was taken. Great photo….of a modern era gone by!

]]> By: First954 http://www.railpictures.ca/?attachment_id=56059#comment-63685 First954 Sun, 16 Feb 2025 18:19:51 +0000 http://www.railpictures.ca/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/CN-9500-Train-3-Maple-ON-July-13-1974-Don-Jaworski.jpg#comment-63685 Thanks Jakob, you beat me to the punch. I believe the service started summer/fall of 1969 and ended in 1976 as there is no mention of this service in the April 24, 1977 passenger timetable. The ability to ship your personal automobile by freight train may have lasted a few years longer. Thanks everyone for your comments. Thanks Jakob, you beat me to the punch. I believe the service started summer/fall of 1969 and ended in 1976 as there is no mention of this service in the April 24, 1977 passenger timetable. The ability to ship your personal automobile by freight train may have lasted a few years longer.
Thanks everyone for your comments.

]]> By: pierre fournier http://www.railpictures.ca/?attachment_id=56059#comment-63684 pierre fournier Sun, 16 Feb 2025 17:51:14 +0000 http://www.railpictures.ca/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/CN-9500-Train-3-Maple-ON-July-13-1974-Don-Jaworski.jpg#comment-63684 I remember those cars so painted at PSC in 1969. I remember those cars so painted at PSC in 1969.

]]> By: Jakob Mueller http://www.railpictures.ca/?attachment_id=56059#comment-63683 Jakob Mueller Sun, 16 Feb 2025 17:28:35 +0000 http://www.railpictures.ca/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/CN-9500-Train-3-Maple-ON-July-13-1974-Don-Jaworski.jpg#comment-63683 This was the "Auto-With-You" service, where you could travel with your car on the Super Continental between most of the major cities on the route. It basically made the Super an auto train with more flexibility in destinations. It was available until at least 1978. Car-Go-Rail, where you could ship your personal vehicle to different cities around the country (on a freight train, you travel separately) was available longer - I knew someone who shipped his car from Edmonton to Halifax every summer into the early 1990s. This was the “Auto-With-You” service, where you could travel with your car on the Super Continental between most of the major cities on the route. It basically made the Super an auto train with more flexibility in destinations. It was available until at least 1978.

Car-Go-Rail, where you could ship your personal vehicle to different cities around the country (on a freight train, you travel separately) was available longer – I knew someone who shipped his car from Edmonton to Halifax every summer into the early 1990s.

]]> By: Stephen C. Host http://www.railpictures.ca/?attachment_id=56059#comment-63682 Stephen C. Host Sun, 16 Feb 2025 16:26:17 +0000 http://www.railpictures.ca/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/CN-9500-Train-3-Maple-ON-July-13-1974-Don-Jaworski.jpg#comment-63682 What was this car used for? What was this car used for?

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