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For D&H fans, this is about as exciting as it gets in Ontario. I was profoundly shocked to see on a nice warm afternoon in late October a pair of 'lightning stripes' roll off the International Bridge at Fort Erie. And doubly so when they proceeded to take the old 'Dunnville' line (gone now) which curved west along the south side of the CN shop area. This photo shows a mini-conference as I guess they wanted to make sure they knew what the procedure was, as this was a very rare move. I had never seen it before nor since. The transfer pulled down the Dunnville Sub in order to back the train around the Wye and into the yard for reasons I never did find out. Normally the transfers run directly into the yard, drop their train and then reverse up the next track to pick up traffic to take back to the States.  Not today. And a pair of old smokey 1961 era RS-11s!!!! This D&H fan from way back was in a state of advanced dribbling and drooling, I can tell you that!!!  For the record, power is D&H 5009 and 5005.
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Caption: For D&H fans, this is about as exciting as it gets in Ontario. I was profoundly shocked to see on a nice warm afternoon in late October a pair of 'lightning stripes' roll off the International Bridge at Fort Erie. And doubly so when they proceeded to take the old 'Dunnville' line (gone now) which curved west along the south side of the CN shop area. This photo shows a mini-conference as I guess they wanted to make sure they knew what the procedure was, as this was a very rare move. I had never seen it before nor since. The transfer pulled down the Dunnville Sub in order to back the train around the Wye and into the yard for reasons I never did find out. Normally the transfers run directly into the yard, drop their train and then reverse up the next track to pick up traffic to take back to the States. Not today. And a pair of old smokey 1961 era RS-11s!!!! This D&H fan from way back was in a state of advanced dribbling and drooling, I can tell you that!!! For the record, power is D&H 5009 and 5005.

Photographer:
A.W.Mooney [2137] (more) (contact)
Date: 10/21/1985 (search)
Railway: Delaware and Hudson (search)
Reporting Marks: D&H 5009 (search)
Train Symbol: transfer (search)
Subdivision/SNS: Fort Erie Wye (search)
City/Town: Fort Erie (search)
Province: Ontario (search)
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4 Comments
  1. And to think i’ve never actually seen a train use this line at all, and here’s a photo of a D&H on it. Your photos always amaze me lol

  2. Thanks Docta. Sometimes when I look thru photos in the den here I wonder when I had found the time to go to work. :o )

  3. Saved you a trip to Pennsylvania.
    You must’ve been in your Glory.

  4. Not for long….. witness the D&H foamfest that is still occurring in Ontario in May 2016… oh Mooney, you had to leave the country eh :)

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