Comments on: Westbound PC BM7 pulls into the St Thomas yard for a crew change October 1974, CPR credit Valley Railway is just to the photographers left. Whistle post is for the CPR Talbot Street crossing and the Wabash Transfer Mile Board used by the OSR today. http://www.railpictures.ca The BEST Canadian photos on the Internet, eh? Fri, 08 May 2026 02:57:22 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1 By: Stephen C. Host http://www.railpictures.ca/?attachment_id=38699#comment-56298 Stephen C. Host Fri, 10 Mar 2023 20:42:01 +0000 http://www.railpictures.ca/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/Penn-Central-BM7-Wabash-1-10.74-Rev.jpg#comment-56298 The "Wabash transfer" is east of the diamond of the CNR/Wabash - when would the Wabash/N&W/NS last have used it for interchange to the CPR or vice versa? Would the Wabash have interchanged with the MCRR/NYC/PC/CR in St. Thomas and if so where? Where would both US roads have interchanged to each other if at all? Similarly, it would seem to me the Wabash (and successors) and C&O (and successors) may have also interchanged in Canada, but probably points like Chatham, Walkerville... all that I can think of where they came close enough. I don't imagine they'd interchange in St. Thomas as it would be a two railway move to do so. The “Wabash transfer” is east of the diamond of the CNR/Wabash – when would the Wabash/N&W/NS last have used it for interchange to the CPR or vice versa?

Would the Wabash have interchanged with the MCRR/NYC/PC/CR in St. Thomas and if so where? Where would both US roads have interchanged to each other if at all?

Similarly, it would seem to me the Wabash (and successors) and C&O (and successors) may have also interchanged in Canada, but probably points like Chatham, Walkerville… all that I can think of where they came close enough. I don’t imagine they’d interchange in St. Thomas as it would be a two railway move to do so.

]]> By: RonaldB http://www.railpictures.ca/?attachment_id=38699#comment-56285 RonaldB Thu, 09 Mar 2023 18:01:51 +0000 http://www.railpictures.ca/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/Penn-Central-BM7-Wabash-1-10.74-Rev.jpg#comment-56285 Another great photo Larry. I started on CP in 1973 and many remnants of much earlier times were still in place at that time. The Wabash Transfer mileboard is one such relic. Until the late 70s or early 80s, the CPR employee timetable included instructions for crews returning to CP tracks after having set off in the PC Yard on the south side. The instruction included the wording "movements against the current of traffic from BX tower to the Credit Main must be protected ...etc.." That reference was roughly 100 years old at the time. Another great photo Larry. I started on CP in 1973 and many remnants of much earlier times were still in place at that time. The Wabash Transfer mileboard is one such relic. Until the late 70s or early 80s, the CPR employee timetable included instructions for crews returning to CP tracks after having set off in the PC Yard on the south side.
The instruction included the wording “movements against the current of traffic from BX tower to the Credit Main must be protected …etc..” That reference was roughly 100 years old at the time.

]]> By: mercer http://www.railpictures.ca/?attachment_id=38699#comment-34731 mercer Fri, 30 Aug 2019 15:23:29 +0000 http://www.railpictures.ca/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/Penn-Central-BM7-Wabash-1-10.74-Rev.jpg#comment-34731 Looks like snow. This is east of the station and the big shops, near Fairview - railroad location BALL. Looks like snow.
This is east of the station and the big shops, near Fairview – railroad location BALL.

]]> By: hoggerdoug http://www.railpictures.ca/?attachment_id=38699#comment-34716 hoggerdoug Wed, 28 Aug 2019 21:39:58 +0000 http://www.railpictures.ca/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/Penn-Central-BM7-Wabash-1-10.74-Rev.jpg#comment-34716 What is the white stuff on the front of the unit?? Can't be snow, the trees are still green. I can't quite place where this was in St. Thomas. What is the white stuff on the front of the unit?? Can’t be snow, the trees are still green. I can’t quite place where this was in St. Thomas.

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