Comments on: I still remember this day vividly. For a Victoria Day weekend, it was stifling hot around North Bay. In the high 80s (F), and with all the rock and pavement near the Shop, it felt like 100. Still, I am so glad I at least made a quick trek up onto the Main St overpass and captured this image at the ONR diesel facility. CN 5019 and 5054 moving around, I am guessing to get into position to take a train south to Toronto; but the fact there are four F units out front of the shop certainly indicates the age of this image. I wish I had recorded the unit numbers……oh well………. It is worth mentioning that this sub-standard photo is the results of the cropping of an old Instamatic square slide, besides being tired by time this camera certainly wasn’t the best equipment to make a trip to North Bay with, but it was better than nothing.

By: Extra 1014

Extra 1014 — Sat, 14 Jan 2017 18:46:33 +0000

Boy! Do I like the paint scheme the ONR used on their F-units. For that matter, all their units looked good in that paint. Thanks for posting this one Arnold. I like the time you took this picture. I was busy in switchman/brakeman classes to start work in June. By 1976, on the hot summer afternoon shifts, I would show up in just my cut offs, gloves and work boots. Nobody coming out and saying “you’re a little underdressed”. Yes, things were somewhat more laid back then. I’m also happy to report that during my time there, no one was getting hurt because of it. You just needed a shower when got home

By: Stephen C. Host

Stephen C. Host — Sat, 14 Jan 2017 16:24:04 +0000

Is that a feller walking around the yard with no shirt?? Oh to have been a photographer in these days