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"2 cars Starlight"...."1 car Starlight"....."ease er up Starlight" . CP's Starlight - the 70's Toronto - Hamilton turn periodically lifted CP 520XXX series 89' container flats at Obico. I have no idea where they were destined...there was no container on/off facility on the TH&B...but engineer Smokey Anderson - hand on the throttle...stoagie in the other hand...carefully makes the joint. In a few minutes....the train will call the CN for permission to proceed down to Canpa for the short run to Hamilton.
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Caption: "2 cars Starlight"...."1 car Starlight"....."ease er up Starlight" . CP's Starlight - the 70's Toronto - Hamilton turn periodically lifted CP 520XXX series 89' container flats at Obico. I have no idea where they were destined...there was no container on/off facility on the TH&B...but engineer Smokey Anderson - hand on the throttle...stoagie in the other hand...carefully makes the joint. In a few minutes....the train will call the CN for permission to proceed down to Canpa for the short run to Hamilton.

Photographer:
Greg Roach [69] (more) (contact)
Date: December 10 1978 (search)
Railway: Canadian Pacific (search)
Reporting Marks: CP Starlight (search)
Train Symbol: Starlight (search)
Subdivision/SNS: Canpa Sub - Obico (search)
City/Town: Etobicoke (search)
Province: Ontario (search)
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3 Comments
  1. Stephen C. Host
    January 18, 2016 at 8:57 pm

    A well done portrait of the man at work. Nicely done.

  2. snake
    January 19, 2016 at 9:44 am

    Thanks Steve…I think the cigar in the one hand adds a dimension of the reality of what is was like.

  3. Hosick
    January 1, 2021 at 4:15 pm

    Frank used to tell us TH&B (Toronto Hamilton Buffalo) really stood for To Hell and Back.
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