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In this view from the railfan's walkbridge (as we call it)CN's #382 is smoking up pretty good, this due to overheating sticky overheating brakes, I assume, as it is a long downhill grade from Copetown to Bayview. A 'smokey train' was once common here, before roller bearings became common in the 1970s, and hotbox detectors came into existence. Power on this train: CN 5336, GT 6204, NRE(National Railway Equipment) 886 and CN 9410.
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Caption: In this view from the railfan's walkbridge (as we call it)CN's #382 is smoking up pretty good, this due to overheating sticky overheating brakes, I assume, as it is a long downhill grade from Copetown to Bayview. A 'smokey train' was once common here, before roller bearings became common in the 1970s, and hotbox detectors came into existence. Power on this train: CN 5336, GT 6204, NRE(National Railway Equipment) 886 and CN 9410.

Photographer:
A.W.Mooney [2136] (more) (contact)
Date: 05/18/1993 (search)
Railway: Canadian National (search)
Reporting Marks: CN5336 (search)
Train Symbol: #382 (search)
Subdivision/SNS: CN Oakville Sub (search)
City/Town: Bayview Jct. (search)
Province: Ontario (search)
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11 Comments
  1. ngineered4u
    March 23, 2017 at 8:59 pm

    Not from overheating sticking brakes, but just regular power braking which was common in the early 90′s. These days its all dynamic braking and as you can see from this shot only the lead unit has DB.

  2. Dave Brook
    March 24, 2017 at 6:39 am

    Shots like this are why railroads need to go back to using brakes coming down the hill; it’s way more dramatic. No, I know it’s not going to happen, but am a little surprised and impressed that dynamics can hold that much tonnage back.

  3. mberry
    March 24, 2017 at 9:51 am

    Sharp, looks like it was taken yesterday!

  4. DoctaPinklaces
    March 27, 2017 at 10:59 pm

    The quality of this photo is top notch. That lashup is also pretty fine

  5. awmooney
    March 28, 2017 at 8:10 am

    Thanks, Docta. This says something for film. This scan was NOT from a slide, but rather a negative.

  6. Peter Newman
    March 31, 2017 at 1:02 am

    Very nice, Arnold!

  7. Stephen C. Host
    February 4, 2020 at 6:11 pm

    Gold star for insane quality and sharpness :)

  8. awmooney
    February 4, 2020 at 6:15 pm

    Hah, thanks. That is medium format quality for you when there is enough light for proper settings. Its 100ISO. I usually use 400 because the chances of blur increase greatly with the size of the neg.

  9. Stephen C. Host
    February 4, 2020 at 7:55 pm

    Please link me the other shots you’ve posted with this glorious film..

    I bet this is as good or better than my camera.. and it can be SHARP… like this.. zoom in.. I can read stickers on the locomotive.. of course, in gloomy weather it can be a challenge to get it sharp.

  10. awmooney
    February 4, 2020 at 9:11 pm

    Well, I can say a Dundas shot, taken the same day; #28793, was a nice one that complimented the soft spring season.

  11. Stephen C. Host
    February 5, 2020 at 8:45 am

    http://www.railpictures.ca/?attachment_id=28793
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