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Running north on Ritson Road, mile 1.9 of the Oshawa Railway, SW1200RS 1366 and 1339 run the red light at Bond Street as they approach the General Motors North Plant.  Unfortunately, I didn't note the date I shot the photo, but the rails were removed in 1988.
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Caption: Running north on Ritson Road, mile 1.9 of the Oshawa Railway, SW1200RS 1366 and 1339 run the red light at Bond Street as they approach the General Motors North Plant. Unfortunately, I didn't note the date I shot the photo, but the rails were removed in 1998.

Photographer:
Tony Bock [72] (more) (contact)
Date: 1995 (search)
Railway: Canadian National (search)
Reporting Marks: CN 1366/1339 (search)
Train Symbol: Not Provided
Subdivision/SNS: Oshawa Railway (search)
City/Town: Oshawa (search)
Province: Ontario (search)
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9 Comments
  1. Now, this is an image, a long string of boxes coming down the middle of the road. With 2 1300′s. Cool.

  2. Thats wild!!! As far as a date goes, the sun angle sure looks like July. :o )
    Really impressive train for street running.
    Thanks for posting.

  3. It’s so hard for me to believe this was just a stone’s throw from where I live. Virtually every trace of that spur, or the Oshawa Railway in general, are gone now. It happened so fast you can still see the old Hillcroft Street Shops and a bridge over the 401 on Google Earth’s historical imagery, which only goes back about 15 years or so. Great photo!

  4. Fantastic shot! Does anyone have photos of the street running on Simcoe south of Bloor?

  5. Very cool!

  6. Curious what kind of motive power would be found on a line like this? (other than what’s pictured)

  7. There seems to be quite a few photos of the Oshawa Railway when it was still electrified, pre 1964, but very few in the diesel years. I did find this 1986 photo, https://www.railpictures.net/photo/710177/

    Stephen, this is from the 1990 Employee Time Table, perhaps it will help…

    EQUIPMENT RESTRICTIONS
    Due to curvature and possibility of pilots striking roadway only specific units in locomotive groups B, C2 and D2 and specific units in locomotive groups C1 and D1 (except 4000-4116, 4700-4810 and 9100-9198) are permitted with special authority. Cars exceeding 52 feet 6 inches must not be handled on industrial tracks without special authority, except that 60 foot cars may be handled on tracks N25, ’15 and N47 of General Motors north plant.

  8. Thanks for the link!

  9. This is a great photo.

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