Caption: CP RDC-4 9200 and an RDC-3 head up the TH&B Budd run from Buffalo to Toronto, seen taking on passengers at Fort Erie station after crossing the border from the US into Canada. In the background, some industrial markers of nearby Buffalo can be seen across the Niagara River. CP only had three RDC-4 (baggage/RPO) cars, and photos suggest 9200 saw the most use on this train (9250/51 spent most of their time on the Sudbury-White River runs).

According to timetables from that era, this would be Penn Central train #371, scheduled to be at Fort Erie a little after 5pm, and due into Toronto just before 8pm. This train actually had three(!) different train numbers on the schedule: it was PC #371 from PC's Buffalo Terminal to Welland, TH&B #371 from Welland to Hamilton, and CP #322 from Hamilton to Toronto. The eastbound train had a similar numbering scheme (CP 321/TH&B 376/PC 376). The TH&B Budds would continue into the VIA era until being discontinued in 1981, just prior to Amtrak's Maple Leaf service starting up.

Harold E. Brouse photo, Dan Dell'Unto collection slide.