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Doing every bit of the allowed Maximum Track Speed of 80 mph, CN Northern 6167 makes a dramatic "run for the hill" as she approaches with a westbound Excursion. So much has changed since 1963. 6167 resides in Guelph, Port Union station is long gone, the Oshawa Sub is now the Kingston Sub, ABS signals are now CTC, and the GO Rouge Hill station would be just to the tail-end of 6167's train now.
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Caption: Doing every bit of the allowed Maximum Track Speed of 80 mph, CN Northern 6167 makes a dramatic "run for the hill" as she approaches with a westbound Excursion. So much has changed since 1963. 6167 resides in Guelph, Port Union station is long gone, the Oshawa Sub is now the Kingston Sub, ABS signals are now CTC, and the GO Rouge Hill station would be just to the tail-end of 6167's train now.

Photographer:
Steve Bradley [85] (more) (contact)
Date: 5/11/1963 (search)
Railway: Canadian National (search)
Reporting Marks: CN 6167 (search)
Train Symbol: Pass Extra 6167 West (search)
Subdivision/SNS: Oshawa Sub (search)
City/Town: Port Union (search)
Province: Ontario (search)
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6 Comments
  1. awmooney
    August 15, 2018 at 4:37 pm

    Now thats a treat!!! Great action shot.

  2. runeight
    August 15, 2018 at 5:26 pm

    Thanks !! So often I’ve admired your shots, and probably like you, have often said –
    ” oh to have had digital back then ” !!

  3. Paul O'Shell
    August 16, 2018 at 9:10 am

    Hey Arnold! Check out that yellow enamel sign on the end of the station!

  4. PRR5406
    August 16, 2018 at 10:49 am

    She should go back into the shops for refurbishing and operation. Great shot of hot steam!

  5. awmooney
    August 16, 2018 at 11:39 am

    Hey, Paul!!! Yeah, bright and shiny. I see something very familiar about that sign. Thanks!!! :o )

  6. railwayguy
    April 12, 2021 at 8:00 pm

    Wonderful, Steve ! A decade earlier, it could easily be an extra section of the morning pool train from Montreal. So nice to see a working order board and those typical CN 3-aspect ABS signals. Look at that white smoke lying back over the train, no cross wind today, and judging from the colour of that exhaust, the fireman is firing her beautifully – must be a steam era guy ! Am I ever glad as a teenager to have hung around Port Union station ! for posting, John
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