Comments on: View From the Drivers’ Seat: This is how it looked out the engineers window of the old CP RS-3 8459 on a nice warm day back in June of 1979. The switcher was based in Woodstock back at that time, and it still sported what was once a beautiful tuscan & grey, but now tattered, oily and dull. Born in 1954, this unit ‘passed away’ sometime around 1982. It is nice that the station still survives.

By: MrDan

MrDan — Sat, 30 Nov 2013 08:57:52 +0000

Classic!

By: awmooney

awmooney — Sat, 30 Nov 2013 01:41:05 +0000

M&M…thanks for compliments. Must add it is now hard to believe we drove cars like those pictured. All of ‘em ‘boats’.
It is sad that a scene like this activity around the station is already a thing of the past.

By: Mike Lockwood

Mike Lockwood — Fri, 29 Nov 2013 18:12:29 +0000

Train order signal, station operator, railroaders that don’t look like highway construction flagmen, and a classic vantage point for the photographer (both the view and the power). A bit of a role reversal here… shot of the folks on the ground from the cab. Love it!

By: Marcus Stevens

Marcus Stevens — Fri, 29 Nov 2013 17:11:00 +0000

Great shot!