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Extra 1087 West has just arrived from Havelock on November 9, 1959.

Inbound engines were left at the coal chutes when going off duty.

The next day's train to Havelock, leaving Lambton with another
D-10,
one that was to become famous, 1057!
Above three photos by Bob Shaw, CPR Retired.

G1 class 4-6-2 2224 backing onto its train after making a
lift from the yard in Perth
while working the Havelock-Smiths Falls Way Freight. Fall 1958. Bill Sanderson
Trenton Pick Up, eastbound at Agincourt, switching International Waxes. 9.30
a.m. January 7, 1959.
2662 is a G2 class 4-6-2 Pacific type. Photo by Bob Shaw

Extra 2206 West just west of Leaside with Automobile box cars (CP294893 next
to engine). These are 40 foot cars with
15 foot double doors, hundreds of which were just built in 1957, those with
white stripe on door indicates equipped with
Evans Auto Loader device which raised an automobile up towards the roof in
each end of car to doubledeck them.
This is likely the Trenton Pickup returning home, 2206 was the regular engine
on this assignment with engineer Alf Moore.
August 22, 1957 W. G. Carruthers

Last steam powered freight train leaves Lambton.

For more than 20 years, 815 was the yard engine at Peterboro.
When MLW delivered 6589 a new 660 HP diesel on July 19, 1957 it was sent to
Peterboro to replace the 815. Shown in 1960 at
Lambton shop track, in charge of a hostler, with contractor's employee about
to coal her up. Made her last run May 1st.1960 on the Tripleheader.
Dick George photo/Al Paterson Collection.