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With the head end captured in a previous post, http://www.railpictures.ca/?attachment_id=50588 here is the tale end of the same westbound N&W freight scooting along the Cayuga Sub. through Jarvis ON in the summer of 1976.  Caboose NW 557774 is carrying the markers today. Just like the headend crew, one of the tail end crew members stands on the rear platform ready to acknowledge any of us that might be out in my parents back yard. The west backtrack switch, the restricted clearance sign for the elevated freight shed platform at the mill, & the pole line wires are clearly visible along the right-of-way. The wheelbarrow and garden tools by the well tilled garden belong to my dad, a.k.a. the CN Roadmaster stationed in Jarvis at the time. My parents house was less than a hundred feet from the Cayuga Sub. which, unknown to us at the time, was a treasure trove of railroad action waiting to be photographed. That worn path up the side of the hill now leads to a much larger trail where the Cayuga Sub. once was. Norfolk & Western is no more. The Cayuga Sub. is no more. And the garden is no more. :-( My how things change!
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Caption: With the head end captured in a previous post, http://www.railpictures.ca/?attachment_id=50588 here is the tale end of the same westbound N&W freight scooting along the Cayuga Sub. through Jarvis ON in the summer of 1976. Caboose NW 557774 is carrying the markers today. Just like the headend crew, one of the tail end crew members stands on the rear platform ready to acknowledge any of us that might be out in my parents back yard. The west backtrack switch, the restricted clearance sign for the elevated freight shed platform at the mill, & the pole line wires are clearly visible along the right-of-way. The wheelbarrow and garden tools by the well tilled garden belong to my dad, a.k.a. the CN Roadmaster stationed in Jarvis at the time. My parents house was less than a hundred feet from the Cayuga Sub. which, unknown to us at the time, was a treasure trove of railroad action waiting to be photographed. That worn path up the side of the hill now leads to a much larger trail where the Cayuga Sub. once was. Norfolk & Western is no more. The Cayuga Sub. is no more. And the garden is no more. :-( My how things change!

Photographer:
Paul O'Shell [406] (more) (contact)
Date: July 1976 (search)
Railway: Norfolk and Western (search)
Reporting Marks: NW 557774 (search)
Train Symbol: NW (search)
Subdivision/SNS: Jarvis, Cayuga Sub., Mile 62.9 (search)
City/Town: Jarvis (search)
Province: Ontario (search)
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  1. Great memories and a great piece of history. From 1969 until the last train operated through Jarvis the N&W crews came to rely on the wayside inspection at Jarvis. It was a couple of shorts on the whistle and a wave from the headend crew, the tail-end crew would be in the cupola or on the rear platform looking for the “All Ok” wave and respond with their acknowledgement and appreciation.

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