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Running late this December morning, TF2 approaches the Vinemount siding as it crests the Niagara Escarpment behind CR 2887, 3642, and 8071. (Units are former Penn Central U30B, Reading GP35, and Penn Central GP38-2.)
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Caption: Running late this December morning, TF2 approaches the Vinemount siding as it crests the Niagara Escarpment behind CR 2887, 3642, and 8071. (Units are former Penn Central U30B, Reading GP35, and Penn Central GP38-2.)

Photographer:
unknown, John Eull collection [439] (more) (contact)
Date: 12/10/1978 (search)
Railway: Toronto Hamilton and Buffalo (search)
Reporting Marks: CR 2887 (search)
Train Symbol: TF2 (search)
Subdivision/SNS: Vinemount (search)
City/Town: Vinemount (search)
Province: Ontario (search)
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9 Comments
  1. awmooney
    May 13, 2026 at 6:22 am

    Sure looks like a McArthur image. And nice.

  2. Jacob Patterson
    May 13, 2026 at 7:25 am

    Would those gondolas with crates be from Tillsonburg? Have seen shots of similar traffic returning to Woodstock on the Port Burwell Sub local.

  3. awmooney
    May 13, 2026 at 2:10 pm

    Jacob, without actually knowing the answer to your query, it makes me get to thinking; ‘is there any other company that shipped in crates thru this time frame’?

  4. Jacob Patterson
    May 13, 2026 at 5:22 pm

    Found a few photos of the CPR Cobourg Turn in this time period with them… unsure of origin.

  5. Jakob Mueller
    May 14, 2026 at 9:18 pm

    This is the best shot of this train yet!

    I also have a slide without a name of this exact train, taken from (I assume) the Greenhill reservoir. There was also speculation when I posted it that Bill McArthur was responsible:
    https://www.railpictures.ca/?attachment_id=45321

    Would it have been possible in to chase this from that site to the Vinemount vantage point? It looks like some walking had to be involved, and Greenhill Avenue hadn’t been built yet.

    These two shots are definitely the same train, but if the date on Mr. Danko’s slide is correct, this power set stayed together for a while and came to Toronto at least one other time:
    https://www.railpictures.ca/upload/ah-the-early-days-of-conrail-ex-whatever-were-common-on-the-ex-nyc-water-level-route-through-that-fan-hot-spot-of-silver-creek-n-y-no-surprise-when-the-can-opener-cr-logo

  6. MrDan
    May 15, 2026 at 10:20 am

    To complicate things, Reg Button also shot this train going through Clifton Hill/Niagara Falls (Linda Button posted the image on Facebook), so more than a few people were out for it.

  7. Ian Malenfant-Picard
    May 15, 2026 at 1:27 pm

    That’s a great one! I love the old U Boats!

  8. Stephen C. Host
    May 18, 2026 at 8:09 pm

    This must have been one of the first runs of Conrail paint in the area, since a bunch of fans were out or fresh conrail paint was interesting at the time.

    Jakob nice work on putting it all together. I love it when folks tie everything on the site in a nice web.

  9. sdfourty
    May 19, 2026 at 4:21 pm

    Very nice.
    And different era, gives us all an idea what it was like at Silver Creek…interesting times that…
    sdfourty
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