Comments on: The time is 18:26, and CN 69 has just arrived at Dorval. P204 is the tail-end power car for 69′s Montreal to Toronto 3 hour 59 minute run. As 69 takes on passengers at its only westbound stop, the locomotive engineer on CN Extra 4595 East notches out the throttle for the final few miles to CN’s Taschereau Yard.

By: PRR5406

PRR5406 — Thu, 10 Sep 2020 15:01:53 +0000

Geep is the correct CN color scheme.

By: CNSD60F

CNSD60F — Sun, 05 Jun 2016 18:25:12 +0000

Does anyone know if this geep is still in service? As a gp9rm of course

By: harricottbay

harricottbay — Thu, 02 Jun 2016 18:08:06 +0000

What an amazing and iconic shot Steve, not to mention the striking contrast of the green & gold geep with the space-age Turbo! All 47 of the 900 series NF110/210 as well as the 6 G8′s were delivered to Newfoundland in that original paint scheme from 1952-1960 but by the time of your visit in 1988 all, as you would have observed, had been repainted up to an additional 3 more. Thanks for posting! Any chance of some of your scenes from the rock making an appearance? Sincerely, Ken Pieroway

By: CNSD60F

CNSD60F — Thu, 21 Apr 2016 00:20:00 +0000

I have never been to Dorval or anywhere in Quebec for that matter, but this photo is very interesting to me! and talk about perfect timing. Since we now know what Dorval looked like back in the day, I would like to see other stations in the CN era such as Brampton and Georgetown

By: kgmontreal

kgmontreal — Fri, 13 Mar 2015 11:46:02 +0000

Sorry to nitpick but in 1969 CN’s hump yard in Montreal was called Montreal Yard. The name Taschereau Yard only came into use decades later.

By: mberry

mberry — Tue, 02 Dec 2014 01:03:21 +0000

More please!

By: pierre fournier

pierre fournier — Tue, 02 Dec 2014 00:46:37 +0000

Beautiful souvenir…
Passengers were due in the main shop at 3½-4 years,(c700,000 miles),a freight racked up the same mileage in about 10 years,.

By: awmooney

awmooney — Mon, 01 Dec 2014 17:58:23 +0000

Oh Boy!!! Talk about railroad history!!!

By: MrDan

MrDan — Mon, 01 Dec 2014 16:06:16 +0000

Beauty! It’s nice that some of those ol’ green and yellow unit lasted into the 70′s. CN seemed a bit slower repainting its freight power than passenger power.

By: Peter Newman

Peter Newman — Mon, 01 Dec 2014 15:09:32 +0000

Wow… fantastic image, Steve!