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A pair of Duluth, Missabe & Iron Range Railway SD9's, 169 & 149, handle a westbound freight on the new "bypass" portion of CN's Halton Sub at Halwest in March 1966. Of note, trailing behind the power is a Canada Southern (CASO) lettered triple hopper. The Halton and York Sub trackage between Halwest and Pickering was constructed on the suburban outskirts of Toronto in the early-mid 1960's (completed 1965) to divert freight traffic around the top end of city, freeing up track time downtown to allow GO Transit train service to commence on the Oakville/Kingston Sub rail corridors in 1967.
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Caption: A pair of Duluth, Missabe & Iron Range Railway SD9's, 169 & 149, handle a westbound freight on the new "bypass" portion of CN's Halton Sub at Halwest in March 1966. Of note, trailing behind the power is a Canada Southern (CASO) lettered triple hopper.

The Halton and York Sub trackage between Halwest and Pickering was constructed on the suburban outskirts of Toronto in the early-mid 1960's (completed 1965) to divert freight traffic around the top end of city, freeing up track time downtown to allow GO Transit train service to commence on the Oakville/Kingston Sub rail corridors in 1967.

Photographer:
Bill Thomson [715] (more) (contact)
Date: 03/00/1966 (search)
Railway: Canadian National (search)
Reporting Marks: DM&IR 169, 149 (search)
Train Symbol: Not Provided
Subdivision/SNS: Halwest - CN Halton Sub (search)
City/Town: Brampton (search)
Province: Ontario (search)
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3 Comments
  1. pierre fournier
    June 26, 2016 at 7:34 am

    I remember seeing these 2 on the CN Drummond sub in 1969 or 70.

  2. Stephen C. Host
    June 28, 2016 at 4:31 pm

    My goodness…..

    A nice catch!

  3. homerjay84
    January 3, 2021 at 8:25 pm

    Love the CASO hoppers!
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