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Saturday May 11, 1963 CNR 6167 Excursion
On Saturday May 11, 1963, CNR 6167 pulled an excursion
from Toronto to Cobourg, stopping in Oshawa to allow the passengers to attend
a track removal ceremony on the Oshawa Railway. In Don McQueen's notes, he
mentions that the consist was actually a mixed freight and that the freight cars
were dropped off at Oshawa upon the trains arrival and that on the return from Cobourg, excursionists attended the Oshawa
Railway's ‘Railway Day’
parade and ceremony to mark the last train on King Street and
the start of track removal from King St. in downtown Oshawa.Don Driscoll provided me with a copy of the flyer for this trip as well as a number of photos he had taken that day. Don tells me that he was living in the Montreal area at the time and took the overnight train from Montreal to Toronto on May 10, just in time to take the excursion and then took the overnight back to Montreal after the excursion. He also sent me a copy of his sleeping car ticket for the return trip to Montreal, which at the time cost $3.20 for an Upper Berth. A young Dave Spiegelman also rode this trip (and coincidently shows up in on of Don's photos) and provided addition details on the trip. He tells me that there were two runpasts made, one in each direction and that one of the runpasts was carried out near the Rouge River bridge. He also added that the excursionists were bused from the Oshawa Station to the King St ceremony via transit buses.
CN Steam Excursion
See special celebrations in Oshawa featuring transportation past, present and
future.... Parade with floats . Display of railway equipment... Model of
electronic marshalling yard .. Track removal ceremony. ... Return bus transfer
at Oshawa between station and downtown will be provided compliments of General
Motors and Oshawa Public Utilities Commission. Here's your chance to enjoy an
exciting day's excursion behind 6167, CN's famous steam locomotive, the very
last "steamer" in this
area. We're arranging run-pasts so you'll have an opportunity to record this
giant of the rails on film.
CN Cafeteria Car: light
lunches and beverages available at moderate rates. A memorable day for the whole
family and don't forget to bring your camera!to Cobourg and Special Celebrations in Oshawa Saturday, May 11th
Routing
The following series of photos were sent to me by Don Driscoll.
6167 On a run-past
6167 On a run-past
6167 On a run-past
Engineer reading flyer for excursion
CNR 6167 on the wye at Cobourg.
The train at Danforth.
Part of the ceremony in Oshawa
OR 400 Electric on display in Oshawa
Don Driscoll's sleeping car ticket for the trip back to Montreal on the CPR. The cost of an Upper Berth was $3.20
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