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This certainly is a great historical capture.
NICE image !!
Good stuff!
A great capture…look forward to more
Many thanks for this photo. I model this area, so shots like this are a wonderful resource.
Thanks Eric !
If there is something in particular you want from that area let me know, I grew up in that area and have lots more.
Another great photo….! Wow.
More photos of this area would be great. I was up there in the early 90′s so I saw most things before the rails were pulled up on the Port sub. A lot of people have helped out with photos and information over the years.
The hogger who was retiring was Norm Schroeder. He frequently snuck me up into the cab of #2 at West Toronto for rides to Union Station and then over to John Street. The West Toronto afternoon operator was Clare Schoester, who had hired on with Norm as a brakeman. He said he regretted not following Norm’s advice to transfer with him to engine service because he was later involved in a switching accident at Parkdale Yard that cost him his left arm and almost his left leg. Both wonderful gentlemen whose like we’ll not see again.
I took a B&W shot of #2 with Norm’s farewell banner up near Woodbridge, but it’s nice to have this much better colour shot. Thanks for sharing it!
Make that #12. I’m surprised Norm’s farewell run banner applied by his co-workers is marked as #2. It looks as if we’ve all made the same mistake.