Comments on: Fifty-four years ago this morning, on Sunday, January 1, 1967, two specially painted FP9s left the shop track at CPR’s Ottawa West yard to begin a cross-Canada tour. They would lead a Centennial Train that contained various exhibits celebrating the centennial of a confederation of Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, Quebec and Ontario as the new Canada. Canada has subsequently prospered and grown from coast to coast to coast. A caravan of Dodge powered tractor-trailers toured Newfoundland and communities remote from rail lines. The federal government borrowed Canadian Pacific FP9 1411 and Canadian National FP9 6509 for the year-long trans-Canada trip. The lead unit, CPR 1411, became the 1867 and sported Robert Swanson’s specially designed horn that played the first few bars of O Canada. May we all celebrate the coming year in the spirit of that departure all those decades ago. http://www.railpictures.ca The BEST Canadian photos on the Internet, eh? Thu, 07 May 2026 18:15:44 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1 By: sdfourty http://www.railpictures.ca/?attachment_id=43854#comment-47870 sdfourty Thu, 19 Aug 2021 20:35:10 +0000 http://www.railpictures.ca/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/17791s-CT-1867-1967-OTTAWA-WEST-ON-1967-01-01-©-2020-BILL-LINLEY.jpg#comment-47870 Very neat. The livery scheme is well done. Note the roof top hardware - CPR / CNR differences. Note the 'OH Can-a-da' special air chime horn, mounted on the CPR unit. Heard that daily at noon, walking home for lunch from my East York school, for almost a full week while the train was parked at CPR Leaside. sdfourty Very neat. The livery scheme is well done. Note the roof top hardware – CPR / CNR differences. Note the ‘OH Can-a-da’ special air chime horn, mounted on the CPR unit. Heard that daily at noon, walking home for lunch from my East York school, for almost a full week while the train was parked at CPR Leaside.
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]]> By: Stephen C. Host http://www.railpictures.ca/?attachment_id=43854#comment-44087 Stephen C. Host Sun, 03 Jan 2021 02:18:42 +0000 http://www.railpictures.ca/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/17791s-CT-1867-1967-OTTAWA-WEST-ON-1967-01-01-©-2020-BILL-LINLEY.jpg#comment-44087 I recently met a feller in Sarnia by the name of Chesley (Chess) Maidment. He hails from Newfoundland but moved to Sarnia a long time ago. He worked on this train for many of the months of its year long journey as a labourer and said it was an amazing job. Told me many stories too. Unreal that it lasted a full year..!!! I recently met a feller in Sarnia by the name of Chesley (Chess) Maidment. He hails from Newfoundland but moved to Sarnia a long time ago.

He worked on this train for many of the months of its year long journey as a labourer and said it was an amazing job. Told me many stories too. Unreal that it lasted a full year..!!!

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