Comments on: CN Mikados 3228 and 3282 doublehead a stone train from the Kirkfield Quarries, crossing Highway 35 in Lindsay on the Midland Subdivision. July 1958. [Editors' note: The CN Midland Sub was formerly the old Midland Railway, originally the Port Hope Lindsay and Beaverton Railway line from Lindsay to Beaverton.] http://www.railpictures.ca The BEST Canadian photos on the Internet, eh? Thu, 07 May 2026 15:18:57 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1 By: PRR5406 http://www.railpictures.ca/?attachment_id=13189#comment-37803 PRR5406 Sun, 23 Feb 2020 18:30:54 +0000 http://www.railpictures.ca/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/CN-3228-3282-Kirkfield331_edited-despec2.jpg#comment-37803 How sweet is that? How sweet is that?

]]> By: lone56wolf http://www.railpictures.ca/?attachment_id=13189#comment-21707 lone56wolf Tue, 30 May 2017 05:03:42 +0000 http://www.railpictures.ca/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/CN-3228-3282-Kirkfield331_edited-despec2.jpg#comment-21707 Beautiful! If only.... The location doesn't look tight though. It may be crossing Hwy 46 were of Kirkfield. Though the angle is right, the crossing of that piece of road was in a light cut Beautiful! If only…. The location doesn’t look tight though. It may be crossing Hwy 46 were of Kirkfield. Though the angle is right, the crossing of that piece of road was in a light cut

]]> By: dhately http://www.railpictures.ca/?attachment_id=13189#comment-13059 dhately Sun, 31 Jan 2016 18:57:42 +0000 http://www.railpictures.ca/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/CN-3228-3282-Kirkfield331_edited-despec2.jpg#comment-13059 Great photo and an interesting variety of cars for the stone. Great photo and an interesting variety of cars for the stone.

]]> By: Stephen C. Host http://www.railpictures.ca/?attachment_id=13189#comment-12472 Stephen C. Host Sun, 03 Jan 2016 23:14:05 +0000 http://www.railpictures.ca/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/CN-3228-3282-Kirkfield331_edited-despec2.jpg#comment-12472 Switcher, use the 'contact' feature on Bill's profile (also found on this page beside his name) to send a request. Switcher, use the ‘contact’ feature on Bill’s profile (also found on this page beside his name) to send a request.

]]> By: switcher http://www.railpictures.ca/?attachment_id=13189#comment-12460 switcher Sun, 03 Jan 2016 17:56:43 +0000 http://www.railpictures.ca/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/CN-3228-3282-Kirkfield331_edited-despec2.jpg#comment-12460 Hi: Do you have a contact email for Bill Thomson? Hi:

Do you have a contact email for Bill Thomson?

]]> By: flange bender http://www.railpictures.ca/?attachment_id=13189#comment-8085 flange bender Sat, 17 Jan 2015 01:50:32 +0000 http://www.railpictures.ca/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/CN-3228-3282-Kirkfield331_edited-despec2.jpg#comment-8085 these were the good old days when I spent many hours watching steam engines and have not spent much time watching trains since diesels arrived. I am a steam buff through and through these were the good old days when I spent many hours watching steam engines and have not spent much time watching trains since diesels arrived. I am a steam buff through and through

]]> By: R.L.Kennedy http://www.railpictures.ca/?attachment_id=13189#comment-4835 R.L.Kennedy Sat, 08 Mar 2014 01:16:33 +0000 http://www.railpictures.ca/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/CN-3228-3282-Kirkfield331_edited-despec2.jpg#comment-4835 Looks like maybe a little extra smoke from the second engine for the photographer! Those hoppers and gons were filled from narrow gauge trains powered by steam dinky engines. Looks like maybe a little extra smoke from the second engine for the photographer! Those hoppers and gons were filled from narrow gauge trains powered by steam dinky engines.

]]> By: pierre fournier http://www.railpictures.ca/?attachment_id=13189#comment-4791 pierre fournier Sun, 02 Mar 2014 23:47:43 +0000 http://www.railpictures.ca/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/CN-3228-3282-Kirkfield331_edited-despec2.jpg#comment-4791 When I was 7-8 years old in the mid 50s,I used to sit and watched them all day long as they stopped for coal and water,in 1960,the coal tower became obso and they threw it down with the water tank,sad. When I was 7-8 years old in the mid 50s,I used to sit and watched them all day long as they stopped for coal and water,in 1960,the coal tower became obso and they threw it down with the water tank,sad.

]]> By: headtailgrep http://www.railpictures.ca/?attachment_id=13189#comment-4319 headtailgrep Sat, 25 Jan 2014 01:04:37 +0000 http://www.railpictures.ca/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/CN-3228-3282-Kirkfield331_edited-despec2.jpg#comment-4319 Wow. Awesome. Wow. Awesome.

]]> By: awmooney http://www.railpictures.ca/?attachment_id=13189#comment-4285 awmooney Thu, 23 Jan 2014 03:12:02 +0000 http://www.railpictures.ca/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/CN-3228-3282-Kirkfield331_edited-despec2.jpg#comment-4285 Looking at this image, it's not hard to see why so many steam buffs packed it in when diesel came along. Looking at this image, it’s not hard to see why so many steam buffs packed it in when diesel came along.

]]>