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This is just after I hired on as a brakeman at CN. Wow have things changed. Thanks for the memories..high nosed GP9′s, white flags, spark arrestors. The good old days of railroading.
Same for me; hired april 1982, and laid off for a year before my training was over. Stone jobs to Milliken with 3 MLW’s; it was the high point of power variety at CN, and as I go through my slides now, there is fascination and frustration at the results. How did I not spend more time out here with a camera???
I hired on in June 81. I got laid off 3 times in the first 3 years but hung in there. I remember 718 to Milliken very well with those big MLW’s and the ore train to Hamilton with 5 GP40′s. I brought my camera to work (still do). I only regret not going out trackside to record more.
There was a better pool job than the ore train; maybe 415. I only did one 6 month stint on the main line, and so much of that was horrible spilt shift GO trains. The camera was in the car, and a lot of time was spent at the shop. Receiving control was a good pot too, but the sun was never quite in the right place.
I did not spend too much time in the yard as i preferred the mainline. 415? that was the Mac to Oshawa to the Don where the Sarnia crew took over. I hated the GO trains too..so boring.
415 the few times I worked it we changed at Mimico, but that was the route. Lots of power; lots of terminal time. Road spare board was not a fun place to be sure; calls for second half GO’s and 557 out of Mimico to Clarkson for the refinery. Oh to have been on the north end……….
LOL..never wanted to be on the north end. 35 yrs and still in the freight pool. I could go to VIA too but love those big freight trains
When I was on the road board, Toronto had the pool (730-731, 415-416, 718 (Milliken) road switchers), 431-436 (Fort Erie), and 392-393. Everything else was Belleville or Sarnia, and the north end had 470-471 to North Bay, and 337-338 to Winnipeg, and 221-217-219 hotshots wo Winnipeg. I assume there have been massive shifts……….
Toronto has no more regular freight trains manned by TO crews. All the trains you mentioned are all gone now. The last regular train we had was 339/338 to Buffalo. We lost that over 5 yrs ago.
I lost track of train numbers years ago. London, Sarnia, Fort Erie and Belleville now the bases?
All of the above except Ft Erie, that was closed as a destination over 15 yrs ago. Pt. Rob is the starting and ending point. road switchers move the traffic to buffalo now.
Train numbers all changed. 4 Extended runs Montreal?Toronto and extended runs on north end to Caperol