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What was probably a unique catch in the area at the time, Ontario Northland FP7 1521 sports the recently applied green and white "progressive" livery as she trails CN GP9 4577 on CN freight #467 heading through Oakville in July 1967. Only three F-units ever wore this new short-lived livery applied in 1966: FP7's 1502, 1517 and 1521, which only lasted half a dozen years on the units. Two other ONR units, S2 1200 and RS3 1311, also received this scheme and wore it until retirement.Reg Button photo, Dan Dell'Unto collection slide.* Geotagged location not exact.
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Caption: What was probably a unique catch in the area at the time, Ontario Northland FP7 1521 sports the recently applied green and white "progressive" livery as she trails CN GP9 4577 on CN freight #467 heading through Oakville in July 1967. Only three F-units ever wore this new short-lived livery applied in 1966: FP7's 1502, 1517 and 1521, which only lasted half a dozen years on the units. Two other ONR units, S2 1200 and RS3 1311, also received this scheme and wore it until retirement.

Reg Button photo, Dan Dell'Unto collection slide.

* Geotagged location not exact.

Photographer:
Reg Button photo, Dan Dell'Unto coll. [930] (more) (contact)
Date: Circa July 1967 (search)
Railway: Ontario Northland (search)
Reporting Marks: ONT 1521, CN 4577 (search)
Train Symbol: CN 467 (search)
Subdivision/SNS: Oakville - CN Oakville Sub (search)
City/Town: Oakville (search)
Province: Ontario (search)
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3 Comments
  1. Quite the pic. This paint scheme was one of those you either hated it or appreciated the fact it was so unusual. And certainly must have been a rare catch down in Southern Ontario. The autos interest me. The middle one looks like it could be a Fairlane, with that flag emblem and “289″ crest affixed over the side. Memories of my own, which I bought new in 1967 :o )

  2. ONR units were pretty regular in the mid 1960s. If they weren’t on the Dane ore loads and empties ( trains 449, 450) they were on just about anything else ( Ft Erie and Sarnia trains).

  3. Doing a bit of digging, 1521 did time later that year or the next as one of the units leased to GO Transit, when they borrowed some ONR equipment in 1967/68 to run as push-pull consists (usually an F-unit at each end bracketing 4-5 ONR coaches).

    Bruce suggests this shot could be at Burlington coming off the Halton Sub (rather than at Oakville), possibly a train #463 or #469.

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