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October 18, 2009

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Link	Description	Locations	Date	Photo Credit
Action Shots
Wreck Wreck Wreck Wreck Wreck Wreck Wreck Wreck Wreck Wreck Wreck Wreck Wreck Wreck	This series of shots shows the aftermath of an incident at Franz during the winter of 1964 involving the northbound passenger train and a southbound freight. Notice the "caboose" on the end of the passenger train; this is actually the AC's flanger #10120. The siding at Franz was later extended in 1966.	Franz	1964	Steve Dent
Freight Freight Freight Freight Freight Freight Freight Freight Freight Freight Freight Freight Freight Freight Freight Freight	Virtual railfanning! This long sequence of photos shows 4 of the ACR's 6 GP38-2s (consisted in sequential order: 205, 204, 203, 202) bringing a long train of pulpwood into Sault Ste. Marie.	Sault Ste. Marie	1995	Morgan Turney
Switcher Switcher Switcher	An ACR SW8 shunts cars of logs in Steelton yard.	Sault Ste. Marie	1995	Morgan Turney
Train No. 2 Train No. 2 Train No. 2	Several shots of the regular train making its trip south. The station platform shot is at Hawk Junction.		2001	Richard Schivley
Excursion Excursion Excursion Excursion Excursion	5 shots of a speeder excursion on the ACR. First 4 at the yard in Sault Ste. Marie, 5th shot is at Agawa Canyon Park.	Sault Ste. Marie	2002	Nick Masney
CN 5735	CN SD75i 5735 and a sister with the Agawa Canyon Tour train at Canyon. After the CN takeover of WC, the ACR F-units were taken out of service and CN engines used for pulling the passenger trains.	Canyon	2002	John Speakman
CN 9540	CN GP40-2L leads the regular ACR passenger train through Heyden.	Heyden	2003	Brian Switzer
CN 9541	CN GP40-2L with the southbound passenger train, #2 at Hawk Junction.	Hawk Junction	2003	Brian Switzer
Canyon Tour	The southbound Agawa Canyon Tour Train twists its way uphill from the canyon.	near Agawa Canyon	2004	Mark Becker
Passenger	The northbound passenger train, led by WC GP7L-m 1508 (ex-AC 170) slows for a flagstop.	Batchewana?	2004	Mark Becker
Passenger	The regular passenger train, led by FP9 1755 passes Mile 92 near Montreal Falls.	Mile 92	2004	Mark Becker
Passenger	Loading canoes into the baggage car at Batchewana.	Batchewana	2004	Mark Becker
Passenger	Northbound regular passenger train near Northland led by CN GP40-2L 9549.	Northland	2009	Brian Switzer
Tour Train	Southbound Agawa Canyon Tour Train. The Rio Grande painted equipment was used on the "Ski Train" in Denver, CO, and was purchased by CN early in 2009 for use on the Algoma Central.	Northland	2009	Brian Switzer
Tour Train Tour Train Tour Train	An 7-car (6 coaches, one diner) Agawa Canyon Tour Train returns to Sault Ste. Marie with CN 105 & 106.	Sault Ste. Marie	2009	Brian Switzer
Freight	Northbound freight switching at Hawk Junction yard.	Hawk Junction	2009	Brendan Frisina
Passenger	The southbound passenger train makes its station stop at Hawk Junction.	Hawk Junction	2009	Brendan Frisina
Tour Train Tour Train Tour Train Tour Train	An 8-car (7 coaches, one diner) Agawa Canyon Tour Train returns to Sault Ste. Marie.	Sault Ste. Marie	2009	Brendan Frisina
Structures & Locations
Sault Ste. Marie	The tour train has just returned to Sault Ste. Marie, and this view shows the current layout around the station. (Corner of station building is just barely visible at left.)	Sault Ste. Marie		Rob MacCleod
Sign Sign	Large advertisement sign post beside the station, both sides.	Sault Ste. Marie	2004	Chris vanderHeide
Station Station	This is the new Sault Ste Marie passenger station, constructed in the late 1960's. The first view shows the main entrance and waiting room side of the building. The track is just to the right of the spot from which the first photo was taken. The second view faces the baggage area of the station, and the track is in the background of the photo. Note at the far right, partially obscured by a corner of the Station Mall, the original ACR station and headquarters building. (This is now a bank)	Sault Ste. Marie	2000	Chris vanderHeide
Station Station Detail Detail Detail	Sault Ste. Marie passenger station. First two detail photos are signs on either side of main entrance doors on the south side of the building.	Sault Ste. Marie	2004	Chris vanderHeide
Waiting Room	Here is the interior of the Sault Ste Marie station, showing the waiting room. The ticket desk is visible in the photo, and the hall in the background leads to the washrooms. Off to the right is a gift shop.	Sault Ste. Marie	2000	Chris vanderHeide
Baggage Room Sign	This sign appears beside the door to the baggage room in ACR stations. This sign gives a sampling of some of the items the baggage handlers on trains 1&2 can expect.	Sault Ste. Marie	2000	Chris vanderHeide
Parking Sign	Sign on Gore St. directing tourists to parking for the tour train. (Looking north.)	Sault Ste. Marie	2004	Chris vanderHeide
Gore St.	Gore St. crossing. (Looking south.)	Sault Ste. Marie	2004	Chris vanderHeide
Engine Facilities	View of the Steelton shops facilities, looking towards the east. Left to right: main freight sorting yard, scale track, caboose storage track, sanding tower & engine house leads. Main building behind the cabooses and sand tower is the enginehouse, the roundhouse is actually enclosed inside the building. Building in background far right is the car shops. Top of diesel fuel tanks can be seen behind the cabooses.	Sault Ste. Marie	c1990s	Morgan Turney
Steelton Yard Steelton Yard	Steelton yard, showing WC era steel and paper traffic.	Sault Ste. Marie	2000	Chris vanderHeide
Sanding Tower Sanding Tower Sanding Tower Sanding Tower	Sand tower and diesel fueling stands at the Steelton servicing facilities.	Sault Ste. Marie	c1990s	Morgan Turney
New Sand Tower	New sanding tower installed by WC, built from an old covered hopper elevated on a massive steel frame.	Sault Ste. Marie	2002	Nick Masney
Engine Tracks	Engine servicing tracks in front of the enginhouse. Note the concrete foundations from the old sanding tower.	Sault Ste. Marie	2002	Nick Masney
Enginehouse Enginehouse Enginehouse Enginehouse Enginehouse Enginehouse	Interior views of the Steelton enginehouse.	Sault Ste. Marie	1992	Morgan Turney
Repair Shop Repair Shop Repair Shop Repair Shop Repair Shop Repair Shop Repair Shop Repair Shop	Interior views of the heavy repair shop, attached to the rear of the steelton roundhouse. Several engines can be seen in for servicing.	Sault Ste. Marie	1992	Morgan Turney
Enginehouse	Interior view of the Steelton (Sault Ste. Marie) enginhouse.	Sault Ste. Marie	1995	Daniel S. Dawdy
Enginehouse Enginehouse Enginehouse Detail Detail Detail Inspection Pit Inspection Pit Backshop	More interior views of the ACR enginehouse.	Sault Ste. Marie	2002	Nick Masney
Enginehouse	Main entrance doors to turntable and enginehouse.	Sault Ste. Marie	2002	Nick Masney
Enginehouse Enginehouse Enginehouse Enginehouse Enginehouse	Starting with the main entry doors to the turntables and moving around the builing clockwise. The second two photos show the new car repair tracks that run straight through the enginehouse. The large car shops building is now unused and vacant. The large extension off the rear of the building is the heavy repair shop.	Sault Ste. Marie	2004	Chris vanderHeide
Enginehouse Enginehouse	New car repair tracks running through north side of enginehouse.	Sault Ste. Marie	2002	Nick Masney
Car Shop	This shot shows the area behind the car shops, with several gons for repair/storage/scrap. Today the car shop building is empty and this area is used as a log loading area. Note log loading activity to far left.	Sault Ste. Marie	2000	Chris vanderHeide
Car Shop Car Shop Car Shop	Interior of the old car shop building. This building is now vacant. Light car repairs are done on two new tracks running through the engine facility.	Sault Ste. Marie	2002	Nick Masney
Boxcar Shed	Ex-ONT OCS boxcar, now off its trucks and used as a storage shed within the service facilities at the Sault.	Sault Ste. Marie	2002	Nick Masney
Yard Office	This small building is at the east end of the yard behind the enginehouse and MOW storage tracks. It looks to be some sort of small office building.	Steelton	2002	Ed Borus
Sault Multimodal Terminal	This distribution terminal was constructed recently in the Sault (sometime between 2004-7) just south of the CN/HCRY (former AC/CP) interchange yard and is served by a spur from the CN yard. This shot shows the street side of the building.	Sault Ste. Marie	2008	Neil Thompson
Wellington St: South Side South Side South Side North Side North Side Underpass supports	Wellington St. underpass, underneath north end ladder of Steelton Yard.	Sault Ste. Marie	2004	Chris vanderHeide
Conmee Ave. Drain	Conmee Ave. grade crossing and drainage ditch.	Sault Ste. Marie	2004	Chris vanderHeide
Second Line Looking South	Second Line grade crossing.	Sault Ste. Marie	2004	Chris vanderHeide
Bridge Bridge	A bridge over the highway just north of town, with lettering advertising the railway's tour trains.	Sault Ste. Marie	2008	Neil Thompson
Trout Lake	A passenger waiting shelter at a camp at Trout Lake (Mile 57).	Trout Lake	2008	Neil Thompson
Montreal Falls	The bridge and dam at Montreal Falls as portrayed on the front cover of the 1989-1990 Souvenir Guide handed out to passengers on the Agawa Canyon Tour train. This is a popular angle that is used for much of the railway's advertising.	Montreal Falls		Discovery House Museum Collection (Sarnia, ON)
Trestle	This spectacular bridge crosses over a power dam, which was actually built after the bridge, poured directly around the legs of the bridge.	Montreal Falls	2000	Chris vanderHeide
Trestle	Here is a view taken out of the back of the passenger car on the end of the southbound regular Hearst train, showing the bridge during winter. The frozen lake above the dam is visible at right.	Montreal Falls	2001	Richard Schivley
Trestle	Here we can see the Agawa Canyon Tour Train crossing the Montreal Falls trestle, lead by two CN GP40-2W's. Following the engines is the private car Agawa in its new WC maroon and gold colours.	Montreal Falls	2002	Ed Borus
Trestle	Looking downriver at the dam and trestle.	Montreal Falls	2004	Mark Becker
Trestle		Montreal Falls	2004	Mark Becker
Generating Station	Downriver view showing generating station and penstocks.	Montreal Falls	1992	Nell vanderHeide
Generating Station	This is the generating station below the dam at Montreal Falls. The dam at this location was built right underneath the bridge.	Montreal Falls	2000	Chris vanderHeide
Montreal Falls	Another view of the power house and the valley below the dam.	Montreal Falls	2002	John Speakman
Hubert	This is one of the ACR's standard design section bunkhouses that that spaced along the line. This one is located just north of Montreal Falls.	Hubert	2001	Richard Schivley
Hubert	Hubert section house, now a private camp.	Hubert	2001	Kris Roenigk
Hubert	Hubert section house, now a private camp. Note the ties remaining in the ground for the removed siding.	Hubert	2004	Mark Becker
Frater	Passengers wait to board the ACR passenger train at Frater.	Frater	1976	Sean Trofin
Frater	The station building at Frater.	Frater	1983	Sean Trofin
Frater	The tour train passes through Frater.	Frater	1983	Sean Trofin
Agawa Canyon	Overhead view of the park from the lookout platform halfway up the canyon wall.	Agawa Canyon	70's-80's	Daniel S. Dawdy
Speeder Shed	Track worker's speeder shed, on the west side of the tracks at Canyon	Agawa Canyon	2000	Chris vanderHeide
Speeder Shed	Speeder in front of the speeder shed at Canyon.	Agawa Canyon	2002	Nick Masney
Souvenir Car Souvenir Car	Two views of the souvenir car at Canyon.	Agawa Canyon	2000	Chris vanderHeide
Souvenir Car	Detail of the underframe of the car.	Agawa Canyon	2000	Chris vanderHeide
Souvenir Car	Interior of the Souvenir Car.	Agawa Canyon	2000	Chris vanderHeide
Souvenir Car	This view faces north and shows the washroom building and the souvenir car, which was built from ACR diner #502	Agawa Canyon	2000	Chris vanderHeide
Washroom Building	This view shows the back of the washroom building at the canyon park. It is located just north of the souvenir car, which is to the left of this photo.	Agawa Canyon	2000	Chris vanderHeide
Bunkhouse1 Bunkhouse2	This building is located right next to the Agawa Canyon station building. Two views show opposite sides of the building.	Agawa Canyon	2000	Chris vanderHeide
Section House Section House	The former section house serves as the park ranger's station at the park. Two views show the front and back, respectively, of the building.	Agawa Canyon	2000	Chris vanderHeide
Section House	The former section house at Canyon.	Agawa Canyon	2002	Nick Masney
Agawa Canyon	Looking northward near the section house.	Agawa Canyon	2004	Mark Becker
Agawa Canyon	This overhead view shows the north end of the park, with the old section house just visible at the edge. Notice the speeder display, and in the bottom left corner, note the picnic table made out of an old freight car truck.	Agawa Canyon	2000	Chris vanderHeide
Handcar/Speeder Display	This small display of historical railway inspection vehicles is permanently installed at Agawa Canyon Park. Note also the benches nearby made from old freight car wheels. Also nearby, but not in this photograph, is a picnic table made from an old freight car truck.	Agawa Canyon	2000	Chris vanderHeide
Agawa Canyon Agawa Canyon	Two views of Train No. 2, led by GP7 160, coming into Canyon Park from the north. You can see the towering canyon walls closing in behind the train.	Agawa Canyon	1983	Sean Trofin
Agawa Canyon	At the north end of the park, the canyon walls close in to a distance of barely 50' at its narrowest. This view shows the north end of the canyon in mid-winter. Taken from the rear of the southbound Hearst-Sault Ste. Marie train.	Agawa Canyon	2001	Richard Schivley
Siding	A conductor throws south siding switch at Eton to allow the regular passenger train take the siding for a meet.	Eton	2001	Richard Schivley
Truss Bridge Truss Bridge	Two shots of a truss bridge right near a siding switch. The location is probably North Siding Switch Eton.	Eton	2001	Richard Schivley
Station Station	Passenger station at Hawk Juction. First view looks north, second photo looks south.	Hawk Junction	2002	Kris Roenigk
Station: View facing SE View facing SW View facing NW View facing NE	Photos showing all sides of the station. Dimensions of the station are 36'x24' for the central 2-story section, and 20'x24' for each wing, for a total footprint of 24x76'. View facing SE 2002, all others 1996. The only noticeable difference between 1996 and 2002, are a pair of large lights and an associated electrical box.	Hawk Junction	2002	Blair Smith
Station	Passenger station at Hawk Juction.	Hawk Junction	2009	Brendan Frisina
Sand/Fuel Facilities	Sand and fuel serving facilities at Hawk Junction. Sand tower, sand house, fuel stand and small shed. The enginehouse can be seen in the background. Diesel fuel tanks are not visible in the photo, would be off to the right.	Hawk Junction	1996	Blair Smith
Sand House	Sand storage and drying house.	Hawk Junction	1996	Blair Smith
Enginehouse	This three track diesel shed is the current enginehouse at Hawk Juction. In the steam days the enginehouse had six stalls and looked much like a standard roundhouse that had been straightened out to use switches instead of a turntable. The original steam roundhouse appears to have been a dark grey coloured wooden structure.	Hawk Junction	1996, 2002	Kris Roenigk
Enginehouse	Engines parked in front of the enginehouse at Hawk Junction.	Hawk Junction	1994	Daniel S. Dawdy
Enginehouse: South Side East Side North Side West Side	Views of all four sides of the Hawk Junction enginehouse. Dimensions of this building are 144'x72'/	Hawk Junction	1996	Blair Smith
Workshop: View From NE View From SW	Hawk Junction workshop. Located inside the wye, next to the car repair track. This building was demolished in 2002. Dimensions are 24'x60'.	Hawk Junction	1996	Blair Smith
Big Bear Hotel		Hawk Junction	2001	Richard Schivley
Franz Franz Franz Franz Franz	Several photos taken at the diamond at Franz during the winter. At Franz, the ACR meets the Canadian Pacific Railroad at a diamond. The concrete structure in photos 1 and 3 is the foundational remains of the CPR water tank that once stood at Franz. The station, removed in 1992, stood in the centre of photo 4, to the left in photo 5. Photo 3 looks east along the CPR line. For more information about the station at Franz, see The Franz Swing	Franz	1994	Daniel S. Dawdy
Franz Franz Franz	The truck in the first two photos is parked where the Franz station once stood. These photos show the newer CP Rail structures that now stand at Franz. First photo looks south, notice in the background the motor car shed, seen in several other photos below. Second and third photos look west and provide good view of the CPR interchange.	Franz		Colin Churcher
Franz: Looking East Looking West Looking North	Several more views at Franz. Looking East and West at the CPR tracks shows the interchange. Looking North shows a good view of all the buildings along the siding at Franz. (The diamond is north of the siding.) For orientation, see the yellow motor car shed and signal in the background. These two structures can be seen from the other direction in the first photo from Colin Churcher above.	Franz	August 2002	Blair Smith
Franz: Looking East Looking South Looking West Looking North		Franz	2003	David K. Despot
Franz Franz	More structure views at Franz. Both looking south. First shows old and new section houses on east side of tracks, second photo shows another bunkhosue and older unused building on west side of tracks.	Franz		Kris Roenigk
Section House Section House	Two views of the old section house at Franz. The windows are boarded up and it does not appear to be in use.	Franz	Aug. 2002	Blair Smith
Bunk House	Newer Bunkhouse at Franz.	Franz	Aug. 2002	Blair Smith
Bunk house	Another view of the same bunkhouse.	Franz		Kris Roenigk
Schoolhouse	An old, abandoned building at Franz. I'm told this is the former schoolhouse, when there was actually a town at Franz.	Franz	Aug. 2002	Blair Smith
Schoolhouse	Another view of the same structure.	Franz		Kris Roenigk
Motorcar Shed	Motor car shed at Franz.	Franz	Aug. 2002	Blair Smith
Motorcar Shed	Another view of the shed, facing south. This photo also shows a propane tank and a 40' container used as a storage shed.	Franz		Kris Roenigk
Mosher	Mosher station. (Mile 217.3) Mosher was for many years the location of a logging operation run by Newaygo Forest Products. From 1974-1985 Newaygo also operated a sawmill at Mead (mile 275.3)	Mosher		Kris Roenigk
Mosher	Several abandoned buildings at Mosher.	Mosher		Kris Roenigk
Tourist Outfitters	Tourist Outfitters shop at Oba.	Oba	2001	Richard Schivley
Wyborn Wyborn	Two views of Wyborn (mile 294.1, just south of Hearst Junction) showing a massive pile of pulpwood logs.	Wyborn		Kris Roenigk
Wyborn	Shed at Wyborn. Pulpwood loading track in background.	Wyborn		Kris Roenigk
Hearst	Dramatic night view of passenger train at Hearst, lit up by flash bulbs and enveloped in steam.	Hearst	1993	Daniel S. Dawdy
Trackside Details
Derail	Derail and derail sign.			Chris vanderHeide
Flanger Sign	Flanger sign, to indicate flanger operator to lift the flanger blade to clear crossings, switches, etc.			Chris vanderHeide
Switch Stands	Pair of switch stands on a industrial siding in Sault Ste. Marie.			Chris vanderHeide
Baggage Sign	Baggage sign, which appears on the side of all ACR stations. This gives a good idea of the type of baggage regularly carried by AC trains 1 & 2.			Chris vanderHeide
Wheel Stops	Wheel Stops.	Sault Ste. Marie	2004	Chris VanderHeide
End Track Sign	End of track sign.	Sault Ste. Marie	2004	Chris VanderHeide
One-mile Marker	This scenic winter shot inlcudes one of the markers that tells crews (and passengers) that a station or siding is coming up in the next mile. This one is near Agawa, roughly halfway between Canyon and Hawk Junction	1 mile from Agawa	2001	Richard Schivley
Speed Limit Sign	Speed limit sign. Passenger on top, freight bottom.	Oba		Kris Roenigk
Track Bumper	The current "end of track" (or beginning of track) at Sault Ste. Marie.	Sault Ste. Marie	2008	Neil Thompson
Other
ONT 1800 & 1801	Ontario Northland (ON Rail) GP38-2 1800 and 1801 at Hearst, ON, junction point between the ACR and ONR.	Hearst	2001	Richard Schivley
CN 5621	CN SD70i is looking a little unhappy after splitting a switch in the Hawk Junction yard.	Hawk Junction	2002	Blair Smith
Road Crane	The very large road crane brought in to re-rail CN 5621.	Hawk Junction	2002	Blair Smith
Wrecked Cars	A wrecked box car and tank car at the Steelton shops yard. Note the age of the tank cars design. Probably an old OCS water tanker left to rot.	Sault Ste. Marie	2002	Nick Masney

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