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One of CP's "Acid Trains" rolls through Guelph Junction heading westbound past the station (note the station train order board signals behind the train), lead by SD40-2 5788 with white extra flags and class lights illuminated, followed by M630 4508 trailing.
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Caption: One of CP's "Acid Trains" rolls through Guelph Junction heading westbound past the station (note the station train order board signals behind the train), lead by SD40-2 5788 with white extra flags and class lights illuminated, followed by M630 4508 trailing.

Photographer:
Bill Thomson [715] (more) (contact)
Date: April 1985 (search)
Railway: Canadian Pacific (search)
Reporting Marks: CP 5788, 4508 (search)
Train Symbol: Not Provided
Subdivision/SNS: Guelph Junction - CP Galt Sub (search)
City/Town: Campbellville (search)
Province: Ontario (search)
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3 Comments
  1. Stephen C. Host
    May 15, 2019 at 8:28 am

    What’s the construction going on at left?

  2. RonaldB
    April 12, 2020 at 12:08 am

    Stephen, The only thing I can think of is one of the buildings beside the GO storage tracks. It’s too early in 1985 for OSR & the GO service started in 1981.

  3. RonaldB
    April 12, 2020 at 12:15 am

    The acid trains were a good ‘gig’ for London East Pool crews in Toronto. We ran as a van hop from Toronto Yard over to Lambton & lifted the train there. This one is a 36 car train based on power. Two ‘big’ units or any combo of 3 four axles (excluding SW1200s) were rated at 5100 tons. We did sometimes have a 54 car train but it required either 2 big & a four axle or 4 four axles because of its weight. These trains had a few different destinations. The 54 car trains were handed over to C&O at Chatham and the 36 car trains went to Windsor for connections with other roads.
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