Caption: "It'll cut through snow as high as the headlight!" The CP Goderich wayfreight, ordered at Hamilton Chatham Street, generally saw various models of GMD and MLW road switchers assigned as power over the years, but during the harsh winter months an F-unit often made an appearance. Longtime wayfeight engineer Donald Broadbear regularly requested this power to cut through the heavy lake effect snowdrifts of Perth and Huron Counties. Here, the wayfreight switches cars at the Goderich Elevators before returning home to Hamilton. Note the Maitland River trestle in the distance, which the train will cross upon departing the yard.

Well known in railway circles for his knowledge of steam locomotives, Don Broadbear passed away earlier this week on February 21, 2023, weeks after his 92nd birthday. He and his father, Percy, owned the Pinafore Park Railway in St. Thomas where many got their start in railway preservation. Don was also a founder of the Port Stanley Terminal Railway, the Ontario Southland Railway, took on the task of restoring and operating Essex Terminal 0-6-0 number 9 as part of the Southern Ontario Locomotive Restoration Society (SOLRS/St. Thomas Central Railway), and later at the Waterloo Central Railway.

Don's obituary can be found here.

Rob Bondy Photo, Jacob Patterson Collection.