Caption: The long days of August helped make the Starlite a decent shot back in the day; as the train often did not
roll thru until the dinner hour or later. Here we see all-TH&B, 71, 401 and 77 Hamilton bound, passing a rail train on the line heading up the Dundas sub.
Twenty seven years earlier, in Aug 1950; the TH&B 71 was the very first locomotive ever constructed at the GMD plant in London, Ont. And two and a half years after this picture was taken, the GP7 would meet its demise in a violent truck-train collision in Pelham.
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And look at that, I posted an OSR pic right beside your TH&B pic. Now we can see the differences between the two.
OSR is definitely TH&B inspired but…. not the same:)