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Havelock to Toronto Sunday only train 383 is seen passing Burketon Ontario 40 years ago, on July 25, 1976. This was a popular way to travel from Peterboro to Toronto and a great convenience to people in Havelock and other small communities on the line. VIA maintained it until the infamous cuts of January 1990. Proposals to restore the service failed and are more unlikely now with the completion of highway 407 coming soon. In the photo, the station has been replaced with a shelter and the train is accelerating as there are no passengers at the flag stop.
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Caption: Havelock to Toronto Sunday only train 383 is seen passing Burketon Ontario 40 years ago, on July 25, 1976. This was a popular way to travel from Peterboro to Toronto and a great convenience to people in Havelock and other small communities on the line. VIA maintained it until the infamous cuts of January 1990. Proposals to restore the service failed and are more unlikely now with the completion of highway 407 coming soon. In the photo, the station has been replaced with a shelter and the train is accelerating as there are no passengers at the flag stop.

Photographer:
Doug Hately [65] (more) (contact)
Date: 07/25/1976 (search)
Railway: Canadian Pacific (search)
Reporting Marks: CP 9063 (search)
Train Symbol: No. 383 (search)
Subdivision/SNS: Havelock (search)
City/Town: Burketon (search)
Province: Ontario (search)
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5 Comments
  1. Eric May
    July 22, 2016 at 8:54 pm

    Nice. Thanks for sharing. I rode this train many times, first as a kid with my parents and later in college.

  2. Peter Newman
    July 22, 2016 at 9:49 pm

    Echoing Eric’s comments, this image brings back a flood of memories.

    Thank you, Mr. Hately, for posting here on RPca – your collection is appreciated and enjoyed!

  3. Dave Brook
    July 23, 2016 at 9:34 pm

    Best Budd paint scheme ever.

  4. awmooney
    July 24, 2016 at 3:45 pm

    Nice “flag-stop’. No windows. If I remember correctly, it didn’t have a door either. Great place to have to wait out in the winter.

  5. Eric May
    July 24, 2016 at 4:32 pm

    My Mother was one of the few people to actually use this stop to visit her parents in Bowmanville.
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