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Before the days of VIA and before the days of CP and CN pooling their resources, this all-CP 'Canadian" from Sudbury to Toronto is seen running southward over the Parry Sound trestle on a rather dull afternoon. Photo is from the fire station tower.
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Caption: Before the days of VIA and before the days of CP and CN pooling their resources, this all-CP 'Canadian" from Sudbury to Toronto is seen running southward over the Parry Sound trestle on a rather dull afternoon. Photo is from the fire station tower.

Photographer:
A.W.Mooney [2134] (more) (contact)
Date: 06/25/1977 (search)
Railway: Canadian Pacific (search)
Reporting Marks: CP 1404 (search)
Train Symbol: #2 (search)
Subdivision/SNS: CP Parry Sound Sub. (search)
City/Town: Parry Sound (search)
Province: Ontario (search)
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4 Comments
  1. DavidT
    September 2, 2018 at 11:34 am

    Thanks for reminding me how short The Canadian was for most of the year. After 1972, CP ran the Toronto-Sudbury Park car only from mid-June to mid-Sept. and about two weeks near Christmas. This summer consist had only one and a half coaches and two sleepers. There were six Toronto sleepers on the train even in May a few years before.

  2. awmooney
    September 2, 2018 at 2:56 pm

    Interesting. When I think of passengers going ‘downhill’ I think of how the Algoma Tourist Train would have 5 locomotives and 25 coaches in the height of fall. Now? No idea, but it is a lot smaller.

  3. Stephen C. Host
    September 4, 2018 at 9:31 am

    Oh my very nice.

  4. Dave Brook
    August 26, 2020 at 7:57 am

    Another timeless shot Arnold!!
    I had 4 GP9′s and 20 coaches on the Algoma run in August 1977……but how do we persuade CN and CP to reverse the directional running every year…just to switch things up? :)

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