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And we did see those little switchers so often we wished for something better. Now, alas, where have they all gone??……..
Neat photo! All the branchlines are gone, and they’re too small for modern Class 1′s, that’s why they were ultimately phased out by CN & CP Arnold
Some interesting variations on these “pups”: 8141 sports an extra stack for the watchman’s heater installed in the hood, and 8151 sports the seasonally-applied snowshields on the front handrails.
The use of three “pups” suggests that this is the east pickup out of London, usually run as train No.50.
The dimensional sheet steel on the flatcars might well have been lifted at Guelph Jct, because back in those days..trains between Hamilton and Toronto ran over the CN joint section, but dimensional loads had to be routed via Guelph Jct.
They were usually lifted off the south side from Hamilton 1 or Hamilton 5 tracks. That is because the Aberdeen Turn usually hauled them to Guelph Jct. and set them off on his way to London. Naturally, he left them in the most convenient place for him to set them out.
The white extra flags the unit is flying are unusual for an eastobound from London..most time they were run using a timtable schedule, which might involve green flags,if more than one train was run using that train number.
Whatever way they were run, regular train or extra, the signals if any were carried right through to Toronto Yard.
In my other comments on this photo, I thought it might be No 50 out of London, but upon reflection it’s probably the “London Pickup”if this train is westbound. The power off No. 50 often turned back at Toronto Yard on the pickup upon arrival of No. 50.