Comments on: On the E&N on Monday 1979-03-12, MLW S-3 CP 6572 had recently returned from Port Alberni to Victoria roundhouse for scheduled maintenance and was lined up for the 0600 Victoria yard job. A personal practice was to work the engine against full-set airbrakes to verify loading and to warm up the wheels for good braking, out from the turntable and back several times within the tenth of a mile of shoptrack, that on Monday mornings particularly desirable after a Sunday parked in the shop. Extensive idling at Port Alberni had accumulated quite a bit of carbon in the exhaust, and the heat from my load testing caused it to be emitted as a magnificent show of sparks, caught with a time exposure of several minutes. Note the as-built single note “honker” air horn, and above it a three-note added at Victoria for better sound projection operating in reverse over the many local crossings, and coincidentally, a more pleasant sound overall. http://www.railpictures.ca The BEST Canadian photos on the Internet, eh? Wed, 15 Apr 2026 14:22:50 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1 By: awmooney http://www.railpictures.ca/?attachment_id=58804#comment-67962 awmooney Mon, 13 Apr 2026 01:13:10 +0000 http://www.railpictures.ca/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/1979-03-12_CP6572-left-broadside-sparking-outside-roundhouse-in-Victoria_Ken-Perry_4800-dpi-1920x1257-pixels.jpeg#comment-67962 Just when you think you have seen everything !! Just when you think you have seen everything !!

]]> By: First954 http://www.railpictures.ca/?attachment_id=58804#comment-67961 First954 Sun, 12 Apr 2026 23:34:30 +0000 http://www.railpictures.ca/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/1979-03-12_CP6572-left-broadside-sparking-outside-roundhouse-in-Victoria_Ken-Perry_4800-dpi-1920x1257-pixels.jpeg#comment-67961 A spectacular night shot!!! Thanks for posting. A spectacular night shot!!! Thanks for posting.

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