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I do not know the frequency of CP transfers over the International Bridge to Buffalo in the late '80s; all I know is I rarely caught one. If I did, it was late day, and they were but a freight car or two, as was this image. Despite its' faded paint and generally tired look, this GP9u soldiered on until retirement some 24 years later, in 2012.
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Caption: I do not know the frequency of CP transfers over the International Bridge to Buffalo in the late '80s; all I know is I rarely caught one. If I did, it was late day, and they were but a freight car or two, as was this image. Despite its' faded paint and generally tired look, this GP9u soldiered on until retirement some 24 years later, in 2012.

Photographer:
A.W.Mooney [2138] (more) (contact)
Date: 08/30/1988 (search)
Railway: Canadian Pacific (search)
Reporting Marks: CP 1618 (search)
Train Symbol: transfer (search)
Subdivision/SNS: International Bridge (search)
City/Town: Fort Erie (search)
Province: Ontario (search)
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4 Comments
  1. Stephen C. Host
    August 10, 2016 at 10:56 pm

    This is very rare. Would this have been a TH&B job or how was this crewed? Perhaps using ex CR men.

  2. Stephen C. Host
    August 10, 2016 at 10:57 pm

    I’l also add I wouldn’t expect this to be a true TH&B train of the same lineage since freights never did go this far…. but this was 1 year after the integration of the TH&B so I may be very off base in invoking the sacred name. So my guess is a CP job out of Welland. Comments on how this operated highly appreciated from those in the know.

  3. Cdntrainphotog
    August 11, 2016 at 6:39 am

    Things were a lot more “laid-back” along the border then. It is hard to realize that the tight border security is now 15 years.

  4. awmooney
    August 11, 2016 at 7:03 am

    I agree, this is a Welland job. But it would be nice to know the history on it.
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