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Long live the Multi-mark ! Ah.....Summer North of Superior.....when track occupancies ( blocks ) limit daylight train operations....where any operating train is a celebration...and when the ubiquitous Chessie units were a staple on CP Rail. Chris Wilson's 2012 shot at Neys Provincial Park reminded me of this.... At Neys Provincial Park, standing on a gravel bar at the mouth of the Little Pic River – the viaduct is just around the corner – an eastbound CP Rail ( a division of Canadian Pacific Limited ) powered by a GMD – MLW – GMD – EMD (SD40 – C424 – SD40 – GP40 ) combo crawls along the rock face near mile 81 Heron Bay Subdivision. June 25 1985 Kodachrome by S. Danko. What's interesting: Provincial campground near by, so you can try to sleep while clearly hearing the daylight less operations ! Look closely, the Rock Fall and Slide Detectors (fence) is visible behind the train. Chessie: the shortest lived class 1 freight paint scheme? ( 1972 to 1986 ). More: Little Pic River at Neys Provincial Park: the lookout track level bridge to bridge river level 2014 view sdfourty
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Caption: Long live the Multi-mark !

Ah.....Summer North of Superior.....when track occupancies ( blocks ) limit daylight train operations....where any operating train is a celebration...and when the ubiquitous Chessie units were a staple on CP Rail.

Chris Wilson's 2012 shot at Neys Provincial Park reminded me of this....

At Neys Provincial Park, standing on a gravel bar at the mouth of the Little Pic River – the viaduct is just around the corner – an eastbound CP Rail ( a division of Canadian Pacific Limited ) powered by a GMD – MLW – GMD – EMD (SD40 – C424 – SD40 – GP40 ) combo crawls along the rock face near mile 81 Heron Bay Subdivision.

June 25 1985 Kodachrome by S. Danko.

What's interesting:

Provincial campground near by, so you can try to sleep while clearly hearing the daylight less operations !

Look closely, the Rock Fall and Slide Detectors (fence) is visible behind the train.

Chessie: the shortest lived class 1 freight paint scheme? ( 1972 to 1986 ).

More: Little Pic River at Neys Provincial Park:

the lookout

track level

bridge to bridge

river level

2014 view

sdfourty

Photographer:
sdfourty [672] (more) (contact)
Date: 06/25/1985 (search)
Railway: Canadian Pacific (search)
Reporting Marks: CP Rail extra east (search)
Train Symbol: CP Rail extra east (search)
Subdivision/SNS: mile 81 Heron Bay Sub (search)
City/Town: Middleton (search)
Province: Ontario (search)
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One Comment
  1. awmooney
    January 12, 2014 at 8:13 pm

    Little bit off the map eh, Lad? :o )
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