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Canadian Pacific Railway Ottawa
7028 (Alco S-2 #73386 6/45) arriving at Ottawa West off
the M&O Sub. with Hull Transfer. C.1950
M-4 3528 with its replacement, 7088 a brand new MLW S-2 the first diesel in Ottawa. 2/21/1949 Canadian Pacific
7088 (MLW S-2 #75863 2/49) switching the River Yard at
Ottawa West. c.1950
Sperry car 123 looking for track defects, is about to cross
Carling Avenue (Highway 17) west of Britannia, and about to enter the
stiff Nepean grade. This was on August 8th, 1965, 2 years before track
abandonment of the Carleton Place Subdivision which was August 28th, 1967.
The right of way is now a bike path. Look at all those old cars! FINA
gas station in background.
Here is #76 engine 4224 the freight train from Ottawa West
to St. Luc via the M&O Subdivision heading south, on the Prescott
Subdivision. It is on a shoefly while the cut is being made for the new
Prescott/Ellwood Subdivision at Carling Avenue where you can see how far
southward they have progressed on the cut, and some sodding is occurring
on the east side of the cut. There is lots of water in the cut north of
Carling Avenue towards Young Street.
8124 part of original 31 unit order for SW1200RS. GMD
A1504 10/58 Ottawa West 1/23/1967 Bruce Chapman Ottawa Union Station and Ottawa (new) Station
E-8 1800 No.10 Sudbury-Montreal local train connecting
at Sudbury with Vancouver-Toronto No. 6.
1419-1422 No.1 The Canadian westbound from Montreal
to Sudbury. Track two Ottawa Union Station.
Number 1 The Canadian led by 1404_1903_1409 westbound on track 4 Ottawa Station. CNR cars at right are on track 5, a yard track. Note the white wagon used only for ice for air conditioning. Six 300 lbs. blocks would be loaded into underslung bunkers. Parlor cars took 18 blocks, almost 3 tons! No easy task. Further, it was common for two carmen to go through a car and a half of ice per 8 hour shift! Smaller ice, used for drinking water was handled by the "ice man".
FP9A CN 6537 on track 3 of the new Ottawa Station leading
what is likely westbound No. 1 Super Continental 5/1972
CN 8030 one of three regular units. (8030, 8031 and 8032)
S-4 1000 hp MLW 76445 1/1954
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