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I was going through my photos the other day when I found this gem in the rough - after all, by this point it had been about 10 years already that the railways stopped using their vans. Computer technology had come of age so to speak in the way of a little box that put these icons out to pasture. Here, in the yard at Brantford, van 79482 sits neglected and vandalised. I wonder if kids will ever be as excited as I once was to wait and see the caboose at the end of a long freight?
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Caption: I was going through my photos the other day when I found this gem in the rough - after all, by this point it had been about 10 years already that the railways stopped using their vans. Computer technology had come of age so to speak in the way of a little box that put these icons out to pasture.
Here, in the yard at Brantford, van 79482 sits neglected and vandalised.
I wonder if kids will ever be as excited as I once was to wait and see the caboose at the end of a long freight?

Photographer:
Todd Steinman [272] (more) (contact)
Date: 03/26/2005 (search)
Railway: Canadian National (search)
Reporting Marks: CN 79482 (search)
Train Symbol: N/A (search)
Subdivision/SNS: CN Dundas Subdivision (search)
City/Town: Brantford (search)
Province: Ontario (search)
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6 Comments
  1. Jacob Patterson
    May 3, 2016 at 6:20 pm

    Cool. Sad to see it in such disrepair. What’s that conical covering on the end of the truck below the number?

  2. Eric May
    May 3, 2016 at 8:04 pm

    The conical item is a takeoff for an axle generator. The driveshaft has been removed.

  3. Taylorover9001
    May 3, 2016 at 10:26 pm

    I know I love seeing the caboose on the BNSF Manitoba, and I’m 16!

  4. RLK2211
    May 4, 2016 at 3:40 pm

    I believe this CN van lives on in St.Jacobs, on the Waterloo Central

  5. ngineered4u
    May 4, 2016 at 6:16 pm

    I was driving on Hwy24 today and just near Cambridge there is an old CN van like this one being used as an ice cream shop. It badly needs a paint job but still nice to see one of these old vans around.

  6. TMike
    April 23, 2023 at 1:32 pm

    This van is now owned by Waterloo Central Railway. It has had modification to carry passengers- more seats,windows ect. All cleaned up and looks good
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