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VIA Rail train #5   Super Continental   is minutes out of Union, first stop is  CN St. Clair West


  North of Parkdale, January 26, 1980 Kodachrome by S.Danko


  Notable: that painted nose on GMD FP9A #6519 appears to be a quick attempt to erase the noodle.


  Third car is an ex CP Chateau in crew dormitory service


  Shocking:


  The  VIA Super Continental  disappeared from VIA timetables effective November 15, 1981, replaced by daily (un-named) service:


		sleeper equipped trains #7 & #8  Capreol – Winnipeg;  


		coach trains #109 & #110  Winnipeg – Regina – Saskatoon;


		Budd car trains #681 & #682  Saskatoon – Edmonton;


		the  sleeper equipped   Skeena   trains #9 & #10  Edmonton – Jasper – Prince Rupert 


		and VIA service on CN between Winnipeg and Saskatoon? And Jasper and Kamloops? You were on your own !


  sdfourty
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Caption:

VIA Rail train #5 Super Continental is minutes out of Union, first stop is CN St. Clair West

North of Parkdale, January 26, 1980 Kodachrome by S.Danko

Notable: that painted nose on GMD FP9A #6519 appears to be a quick attempt to erase the noodle.

Third car is an ex CP Chateau in crew dormitory service

Shocking:

The VIA Super Continental disappeared from VIA timetables effective November 15, 1981, replaced by daily (un-named) service:

sleeper equipped trains #7 & #8 Capreol – Winnipeg;

coach trains #109 & #110 Winnipeg – Regina – Saskatoon;

Budd car trains #681 & #682 Saskatoon – Edmonton;

the sleeper equipped Skeena trains #9 & #10 Edmonton – Jasper – Prince Rupert

and VIA service on CN between Winnipeg and Saskatoon? And Jasper and Kamloops? You were on your own !

sdfourty

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Date: 01/26/1980 (search)
Railway: VIA Rail (search)
Reporting Marks: VIA #6519 (search)
Train Symbol: VIA Rail #5 (search)
Subdivision/SNS: Newmarket Sub (search)
City/Town: Parkdale (search)
Province: Ontario (search)
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2 Comments
  1. Excellent shot! The building on the left at Dundas & Lansdowne used to be home to National Cash Register in the 60′s, but by the time of this photo was probably home to grocery chain Knob Hill Farms (who took over a number of vacated industrial buildings in the Toronto area and turned them into grocery stores or what they called “food terminals”). It later became a No Frills, I think about 1/3 of the building survives now. Odd siding arrangement here, I think one of those was a service track and lead to a small storage yard east of Lansdowne.

  2. Thank you for sharing this gem. Parkdale makes an honourary appearance in this classic STC video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eAzNkDLRCao

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