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Typical Sunday afternoon....the Fans gather... and a typical westbound mixed freight powered by two SD40-2's sandwiching two M636's ( 4706, 47??), and a RS-18 trailing.... CP Rail 5738 west is about to knock down the 'new' signal 2063-2 At Leaside, September 30, 1984 Kodachrome by S.Danko Interesting: that is the 'new' cross over ( westbound: south track to north track), with the new signal masts, all installed at the time the welded was rail laid down, when the ribbon rail was installed the original CPR Leaside centre passenger platform was removed, That platform on the near right was the location of the VIA kiosk that was removed after the Havelock Budd Car final run September 6, 1982. The Havelock Budd returned on June 3, 1985 and canceled January 1990. The fencing was installed at the time the Leaside Village Station Restaurant opened (1975), and after the restaurant closed (1983) the Leaside station was converted to the CP Rail Customer Service Centre for a short time. In 2009 the property was purchased by Metrolinx ( including the Don Branch) and today the building is vacant. sdfourty
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Typical Sunday afternoon....the Fans gather...

and a typical westbound mixed freight powered by two SD40-2's sandwiching two M636's ( 4706, 47??), and a RS-18 trailing....

CP Rail 5738 west is about to knock down the 'new' signal 2063-2

At Leaside, September 30, 1984 Kodachrome by S.Danko

Interesting:

that is the 'new' cross over ( westbound: south track to north track), with the new signal masts, all installed at the time the welded was rail laid down,

when the ribbon rail was installed the original CPR Leaside centre passenger platform was removed,

That platform on the near right was the location of the VIA kiosk that was removed after the Havelock Budd Car final run September 6, 1982. The Havelock Budd returned on June 3, 1985 and canceled January 1990.

The fencing was installed at the time the Leaside Village Station Restaurant opened (1975), and after the restaurant closed (1983) the Leaside station was converted to the CP Rail Customer Service Centre for a short time. In 2009 the property was purchased by Metrolinx ( including the Don Branch) and today the building is vacant.

sdfourty

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Date: 09/30/1984 (search)
Railway: Canadian Pacific (search)
Reporting Marks: CP 5738 (search)
Train Symbol: CP 5738 west (search)
Subdivision/SNS: mile 206.3 Belleville Sub (search)
City/Town: Leaside (search)
Province: Ontario (search)
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2 Comments
  1. bruce
    June 6, 2021 at 12:45 pm

    Would that be the late George Roe in the black coat? Also is that the x Morgan mobile ex Danilo mobile facing us backwards Maybe I was there?

  2. sdfourty
    December 28, 2021 at 10:41 pm

    Oh my, from left, George Roe, Dave Smith, is that you Bruce?, Dave Morgan (he bought my 77 Impala), unknown. George may have been the taxi passenger – although there was another chap who cabbed it from time to time….sdfourty
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