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May 1, 2012 Marked the 12th Anniversary of this
website.
December 1, 2012 Articles
CP Ships BCCS Added three photos (scroll to bottom) showing Vancouver wharves and three CP ships.
CPR Algoma District Sudbury locomotive and train gallery. Added P2 class 5455 at Chalk River shop track.
CPR Ontario District
Bruce Division Passenger service. Camp Borden Added interesting photo of Bog Road a forgotten station in Camp Borden. Scene set in World War Two with G3 2332 a passenger engine equipped to operate over NYC between Welland and Buffalo where it normally ran to. Where the train was actually headed to has been lost to time. The engine may have simply been what was available at John Street at the time.
CPR Subsidiaries Quebec Central added photo of G2 2556.
Photographs Trains
This interesting scene is marred by the fungus on the slide. Many of Jim Parker's old slides are likewise damaged and some are unusable. Others can be fixed a little by cropping or Photoshop reworking by my friend and associate David Bridge. I am making an exception and including this because of its interesting scene of activity. Just imagine it is autumn leaves falling. It works for me!
CPR Diesel (scroll down to CP Rail thumbnails)
Added two scenic views of time card freight powered
by a trio of FM diesels in familiar territory.
Locomotives CNR steam
Ten-Wheeler added 1322 in a nice branchline scene. Also, 1390. Consolidation added colour photo of 2816. Sure a lot different than CPR 2816! Also added 2530 ex GTR "devil's number". Mikado type added 3198 (rebuilt) also colour photos of 3209, 3225, 3315, 3503 and 3548. Santa Fe type added two builder's photos of 4315. Pacific type added colour photos of 5031, 5041, 5283, 5299, 5302, 5601 and 5607 in a neat three photo sequence, 5611. Mountain type added colour photos of 6027, 6077 preserved at Capreol and 6078. Northern type. Caption 6218 rewritten to indentify its location. It is always nice to hear from website visitors especially
when they provide information to identify a location etc. Six wheel switchers added a colour slide of 7312 back when it was just another 0-6-0. The shop switcher at Stratford went on to fame as Strasburg 31 hauling tourists in Pennsylvania. Also, 7492 added. .
Added this great branchline scene of Lindsay-Midland Motor Train as it was referred to in CNR public time tables not long before its discontinuance. Last runs of 603 and 604 were on Saturday October 25, 1958 with Pacific 5292, mail & express 7732 and coaches 5170 and 5196. 15832 had been transferred to relieve D-1 on the Hamilton-Georgetown-Allandale-Meaford run. Phone number on the truck door would become famous two years later for an entirely different reason!
CNR diesel demonstrators. New gallery with MLW 9077 and 9078 PA1 covered wagons; GM's lightweight Aerotrain and MLW RSD-17 3899 destined to become CP 8921. CNR old diesels. New gallery for MLW S-2
and S-4 yard switchers starting with 7985 and 8132. What is
interesting is that this is the same diesel! The two slides are
ten and one half years apart. It is likely Jim Parker did
not even realize this at the time he took second one. 8127 and 8136
in newer CN paint scheme. 8141 old paint. S-4's 8039, 8149 and 8152
CPR steam
G3 class 2400's added two views 2459 with new 800 series suburban coaches.
G5 class added a neat old photo of five brand new 1200's all lined up for the CP photographer. Royal Hudson added older photo of 2847 not yet a "Royal" engine. 4-6-0 Ten-wheeler D4
class added 424 435 and 492. D9
class added 573 oil-fired D10
class added 814.
A great old photograph from 1927 of 5766 on westbound Calgary-Vancouver passenger complete with large pilot plow needed for mountain winter conditions. V5 class added an old shot of unidentified 6600 heavy 0-8-0 at Fort William hump.
CPR Diesel CLC A & B units added 4065 and 4104. 4064 and 4065 were the original CLC built FM demonstrators. 4065 was saved by CP and following dispersal of its historical collection it went to the National Museum of Science & Technology in Ottawa where it remains off display and ignored. 4104 has been preserved in private hands and restored to operating condition although never operated. It recently moved from storage at CPR in Calgary to a proposed railway museum in Nelson, BC. GP7 added nearly-new 8410 part of first order for just three units. S3 added 6511
CP Rail S-3 added 6512 S-2 added 7081_B-102 and 7083_B-103 booster sets working all their lives in Fort William (Thunder Bay). H16-44 added 8609 with covered wagon 4105.
US Roads in Canada Added photo of CP 9113 Dayliner leading The Alouette not long after conventional equipment was replaced.
Shortline diesels Rail America added 4 more units to GEXR (177, 901, 3835 and 4001) all in different paint schemes from previous roads. BC Southern Ry of BC Railink. Added 1201 and 1204 ex CN GMD-1's also a mother-daughter GP9 pair121-135.
Rolling Stock CNR work service equipment. Added 60026 (ex 15832) Auxiliary Cable Car conversion.
CPR Boarding cars. Added old photos of converted heavyweight passenger cars in Princeton, BC
November 1, 2012 Articles CPR Ten-Year Locomotive Rebuild Program roster added link to new page for 8530/8203 pre-rebuild wrecked unit. CPR ships BC
Lake & River added three old photos (30 years ago) of SS
Sicamous as a stationary museum. Still existing.
CPR Ontario District London Division yard diesel gallery added HS-17 Goderich yard engine. Toronto Division downtown Toronto page (scroll to bottom) added another view of CNR Bathurst Street Yard. Trenton Division Passenger
history page added much better photo of AC Canyon View
ex CP Mountain View Lambton Yard history Expressway and Iron Highway photos added same photo as in Trenton Division article.
Shortlines Algoma Central
Rolling stock
page added several old photos of passenger and work equipment from
new contributor Jerry LaBoda. Steam locomotives. Added photos of 2-8-0's 34 and 37. Also, another photo of 2-10-2 50.
Shortlines OSR power added photo of 1244 first of four SW1200RS units just bought from CPR. Also, Shuttlewagon mobile car mover with M420 646 at the shop.
Photographs Galleries Trains CNR steam Added photo of CNRA picnic train in steam era.
Steam locomotives CNR Moguls
added 86 one of several small 2-6-0's that lasted in southern Ontario
branchline service late in the steam era. Mikados added three more engines, 3503, 3547 and 3548. Also, one-only 3800 built by PSC with features intended to cope with bad water on the prairies. Scroll to very bottom. six-wheel switchers added 7307(2nd) ex GTR also 7372 and 7411 both ex CNoR. (London, Stratford and Ottawa). eight-wheel switchers added five more engines: 8302, 8352, 8384 and 8385. Also, 8421 one of six engines acquired used in 1947 from Buffalo Creek ("crick") a Buffalo, New York terminal railroad that dieselized with Alco HH and S-2's. US Subsidiaries added CV 203 builders photo. Click on link in caption of existing photo.
CPR H1 2800 split into two galleries to reduce size.
One for so-called Standard Hudsons
and one for Royal Hudsons.
Jubilee 4-4-4 added 2928 preserved at Delson. Scroll down to bottom. Don't have a shot of it in service but would like one. M4 class 2-8-0 added 3442 also at Crown Street. Decapod page added photo of 0-6-6-0 1955 the world's first articulated non-compound steam locomotive.
DAR added four old photos including 2629 assigned to DAR but still lettered for CPR. New contributor Jon Archibald.
US Roads in Canada Boston and Maine- CPR Pool (for passenger trains) added photo of two RDC's on The Alouette. Delaware and Hudson added photos of 602, 606 and 652 (4-6-2's) at the Glen (CPR) in Montreal. Scroll to very bottom. Diesels
CPR added four photos of heritage units 4106-1900-4107. Also, added CLC builder's plate for H16-44 8709.
CPR Diesels Separate galleries created for self-propelled
cars ("doodlebugs") CPR
RDC old colours and CP
Rail RDC.
ETR added two new scenes of trains of this independent shortline. QNS&L added
two new pages for locomotive leasing companies that had acquired
many old GP7/9 retired units.
Industrial locomotives Ontario
The above photo has been indentified as being taken
at the Peterborough plant not Davenport Works.
To find out where in Ontario this locomotive once was see What's New in this Gallery?
Quebec Added
IMTT_Quebec 321, a public bulk liquid terminal at the Port of Quebec.
New Brunswick Xstrata Zinc 506 SW9 nee TH&B 55.
Logging BC steam added colour photo of 2-6-2 M&B 1077 one of the last steam "lokies" it was preserved and for a time operated by the BC Government on their Museum Train, later used at Fort Steele Provincial Heritage Park. Also, CFP 112 2-6-2T.
BC diesel added one-of-a-kind diesel shay! CFP 98
Leasing companies. Canadian Bellequip
and Precision National two
galleries of former QNS&L units leased to CNR and CPR.
Facilities
CNR added two photos of Bathurst Street Yard (west end) including 8352 switching above.
Shortline facilities. SRY of BC Started with several photos of their diesel shop including this wheel truing machine with explanation of its operation.
Rolling Stock CPR snowplows added view of typical plow interior showing small stove. CPR cranes added self-propelled Ohio Crane. CPR did not have a lot of cranes from this very old crane company.
Private owned equipment. New page started for show trains, beginning with Royal American Shows carnival train. Shortlines Quebec ArcelorMittal added to bottom of diesel page brand new ore car delivered from Steel Car in Hamilton by TRUCK!
October 1, 2012 Articles CPR Algoma District Sudbury Division Gallery added photo of the high bridge at Parry Sound also, 8159 and 1271 in m.u. Before and after versions of SW1200RS.
CPR Ontario District
CPR London Division History
other Added link to new page showing Expressway Terminal
in Milton.
CPR Toronto Division Toronto Downtown page added two old views (scroll down) of Cabin D switchtender area and CNR Bathurst Street Yard.
CPR Trenton Division Port Mc.Nicoll Sub. Added three more photos of 3422 and replaced two others all freshly scanned from original negatives.
Shortlines Algoma Central Rolling stock page added coach 416, outside braced wooden box car 3192 and work car 10053. CANDO created new gallery for Imperial Oil refinery switching contract in Edmonton starting with seven slides. Ontario Southland power gallery added Canadian Railserve 8013 which became 506.
Photographs Galleries Locomotives Steam
CNR predecessors
Northern Ry. of Canada number 33 with a very short passenger
train at Meaford for some occasion?
CPR G1 class 2222 "four deuces" with Montreal suburban train.
CNR diesel Added
thumb for 44-tonners
and 70-tonners. and one-only
80-tonner number 74.
Plus, the piece de resistance one-of-a-kind demonstrator
3899 which later became none other than the famous Empress
of Agincourt CPR 8921!
Shortlines Quebec New gallery for Tshiuetin Rail Transportation which operates north end of the former QNS&L into Schefferville as well as all passenger service over the QNS&L. New contributor Larry Russell who also recently covered WLRS and Porlier. (below) New gallery for Western Labrador Rail Services a G&W Canada operation for LIM and Bloom Lake mining operations.
Industrial Alberta Due to the many recent additions this gallery has been rearranged in alphabetical order and divided into parts with separate galleries created for Dow Chemicals moved exisiting images and added many more over the years; and for Canadian Railserve, a small locomotive leaser. Links at top of main gallery page. Added four photos of Agrium units and two more of AltaSteel 80-tonner before and after equipped with remote control. Also, Camrose Pipe FOUR, CGTX 25-tonner and Edmonton Transit 2010 plus, three photos of Lafarge 50-tonner which has been at Clover Bar since bought new in 1956 by Canada Cement! Celanese Canada two CANX units and Imperial Oil two CANX units. New photos of Louis Dreyfus 2008 and 2009 replacing poorer ones. Added Nova Chemicals W-115 SW1500 and W117 Brookville MP1500D. On Track 4060. Williams Energy Services two units.
This is On Track Railway Services RCM (rail car mover) 4060. Said to be a 40-tonner. What is its make and identity?
Saskatchewan Added old slide of Potasco 70-tonner derelict and en route to Andrew Merrilees (D) in Montreal.
Ontario See What's New in this Gallery? Includes the above scene featuring the un-numbered 25-tonner.
Quebec Added two interesting port operations both on the isolated North Shore. Porlier Express MP-100 at Pointe Noire and SOPOR 4998 at Baie-Comeau. Newfoundland and Labrador New gallery started with automated electric Carol Mine Railway in northern Labrador.
Steam industrial all other provinces. Quebec added two photos (scroll way down) of Normetal steam engines that once operated on their 12 mile long non-common carrier railway in northwest Quebec. Both were ex T&NO.
Rolling stock CPR freight. Added 143247 plug door 40 foot box with hatches for grain loading.
Private owned equipment Added nice old colour photo of DOW Chemical typical size tank car in 1950's. Plus, a much more modern all-door box car, a design made especially to load lumber, this one belonging to CANFOR. Also, a covered hopper for Atlantic Sugar in New Toronto. Plus, an old wooden tank car used by Reinhart Vinegars.
September 1, 2012 ARTICLES Old Time Trains is pleased to welcome a new author
Herb MacDonald whose feature article
CPR Bruce Division Passenger service added 1920's view of 2204 with the "steamboat" at Port.
CPR London Division station gallery added great old
photo of Galt with old style
train order board. Galt & Goderich History page (scroll way down) added two photos of 6275 at rest on the shop track.
CPR Trenton Division (Georgian Bay & Seaboard) Port Mc.Nicoll Sub. upgraded many old photographs with new scans made direct from original negatives. Added more old photos of 3422 a favourite engine of mine.
CPR Toronto Division Wharf page added three aerial photos of East Wharf including Redpath Sugar refinery, Dominion Malting, Victory Mills and Ashbridges Bay beyond. King Street shed added two photos of John Street level crossing with old crossing shanty.
CPR Lambton Yard Locomotive Dept. road power gallery added 2228 typically used as Assist engine.
CPR Miscellaneous Intermodal Pioneer GMD Portager container flats replaced three old poor quality print scans with new scans from negatives.
VIDEOS Promotional movie for GM Train of Tomorrow passenger train that toured the USA and Canada 1947-1949.
PHOTOGRAPHS Trains CPR steam Riding The Dominion in 1951 a photo essay by Ron Bearman retired CPR Operator.
CPR old diesel added another old CPR Public Relations Department black and white 8x10. The Pig train out of Montreal for John Street in downtown Toronto hauled by two new MLW RS-18's the latest road diesels built 5/1957.
Locomotives CPR steam K1 class
3100 added old photo at the Glen taken of the roof of the house
in 1947. Five more engines show.
R2 class Decapods added great old photo of 1950 when built as an 0-6-6-0. Another old photo of 1950 equipped with a unique shutter on the headlight used to dim the oil lamp. Note too (link) the one-of-kind 1955 non-articulated.
CNR US subsidiaries
added a very interesting old photo of CV 230 in Ottawa! Why was
it there? Read all about it! DAR added two colour slides of 2209 making time over the CNR with a lengthy passenger train and another sitting next to a mixed train hauled by one of the new 8100 diesels. These were after introducton of two RDC's normally used as single cars. Heavy traffic required use of conventional equipment. GO Transit added photo of 600 the very first GO diesel. QNS&L added
photo of 218 brand new at GMD London in paint scheme by Dave Page
of QNS&L.
Shortlines Lakeland & Waterways added RLK 4201
Industrial Locomotives Fred Clark has provided dozens of colour slides he has taken over the years. Here is the beginning of them. Alberta Due to the many recent additions this gallery has been rearranged in alphabetical order and separate galleries created for Dow Chemicals moved exisiting images and added many more over the years; and for Canadian Railserve, a small locomotive leaser. Links at top of main gallery page. Added four photos of Agrium units and two more of
AltaSteel 80-tonner before and after equipped with remote control.
Also, CGTX 25-tonner and three photos of Lafarge 50-tonner which
has been at Clover Bar since bought new in 1956 by Canada Cement!
New photos of Louis Dreyfus 2008 and 2009 replacing poorer ones.
Added Nova Chemicals W-115 SW1500 and W117 Brookville MP1500D. Williams
Energy Services two uints. Ontario See What's New in this Gallery? Added two old units at long-gone Sidbec Dosco in Montreal. Little 35-ton CLC-Whitcomb and GE 80-tonner. Added three photos of Trenton Works GE 45 tonners
2701 and 2702.
Logging railways.
Quebec Gulf Pulp & Paper added two rare old photos of steam engines including one that appears to have been built in England by Birkenhead. New contributor Kevin Griffin. Special thanks to Conrad Steeves and Don Mc.Queen for history of GP&P 20.
Rolling stock CNR vans added 76473 in BC back in 1938 and 77832 in Rouses Point, NY.
CNR School-On-Wheels new gallery started with 15089 preserved in Clinton,ON. Part of a once unique school method whereby the classroom came to the children! CPR passenger equipment added an old CPR Passenger Dept. photograph showing the downtown Vancouver area where two brand new stainless steel cars, a Park observation dome car and a Chateau sleeping car, are on public display to show people what was about to be offered to travellers on its coming flagship cross-Canada train The Canadian. CPR Cranes page added 414330 the last steam crane and boom car 402107 now at WCRA in Squamish. US Roads in Canada.
New gallery started for CASO with three colour photos of freight
equipment.
Facilities CPR added aerial view of Golden, BC where a major facility was built to repair unit coal trains. Previously, this was a very small local yard. Its remote location on the mainline was convenient to maintain unit trains originating in southern BC. Other unit trains are also maintained here including potash also bound for export at Vancouver. New contributor Kevin Dunk.
August 1, 2012 ARTICLES CPR London Division passenger service added a colour photo of a Jubilee on The Bullet crossing Humber River at Lambton. Gallery 3 colour steam added two interesting photos of assist engine 2233 at Galt. CPR Toronto Division Parkdale
history added 1222 stopping with what appears to be a train
from Owen Sound. CPR Trenton Division new page for photos of Expressway trains.
Steam gallery added photo of 2224 at Sharbot Lake.
CPR Lambton Yard
added a great old photo of the east end of West Toronto Yard that
shows the famous Heintzman
Shortlines Algoma Central Locomotives added photo of 104 last of five 63 inch drivered Ten-Wheelers.
General
Toronto's Independent Bus Lines. West York added photo of 34 and 10 two old Ford Transit buses. These buses went past our home just north of Lambton roundhouse. Known as the nickle bus (as opposed to the TTC) even after fares were raised. Chuck was a regular driver who would let a certain little boy flush the fare box for passengers. He also stopped right in front of our home one time when we came home loaded down with groceries from shopping in the Junction. Try that on the TTC!
The Junction
and Its Railways added a very old undated (c.1880's) photograph
that would give modern-day risk management people an instant heart
attack! Toronto Suburban Railway added some interesting old photos of the former TSR power station converted 1919 into a theatre. Scroll down to West End theatre. PHOTOGRAPHS Trains
CNR steam added a very interesting old photo of what is thought to be one of the famous silk trains. Seldom photographed these almost-secret trains of very valuable raw silk imported from the Orient operated on a priority that saw everything else take the siding including on one occasion a royal train! CNR old diesel added another photo of F3 9000 in 1953. CPR old diesel Added old colour photo of Bruce Chapman hooping up train orders at Stittville.
Interurban and Street Railways Radial Railways in Ontario CW&LE rare old photo of short-lived and long-gone local interurban freight train. Locomotives
BC Rail RDC's added
two scenic views of trains plus one of the new TU motor cars that
provide service in remote area.
CNR predecessor roads
Great Western added rare old photo of 0-4-4T rebuilt from provincial
(broad) gauge 4-4-0. CNR old diesel F3 added 9003.
CPR steam
Ottawa Terminal
added six photos of passenger G5's 1219, 1261, 1267; G3 2459, 2467
and Royal Hudson 2828. CPR diesel
Added photo of a gathering of Alco's in from out-of-town to St.Luc
on the weekend for servicing. Link to 4069 at WCRA added two photos of 4069 when leased to BC Rail to replace 2860. Also, B unit 4459. New gallery for gas-electric cars starting with 9003, 9005 and 9008 plus link to older cars including battery-electric 9002, trailer 9002 also gas cars 9004 and 9007. CPR Ottawa old diesel Added old colour photo of Sperry car on the Carleton Place Sub. just two years before abandonment and one of construction work on what would eventually become the O Train right-of-way.
TH&B steam added 0-6-0 47 in '47.
Shortlines Alberta
Lakeland & Waterways added GEXR 4001 ex CWRL 3708 still in L&W
paint scheme at Goderich. Nova Scotia CB&CNS added four photos of big MLW power.
Industrial Ontario see What's New in This Gallery? Saskatchewan
Added two SD's for Potash Corp. mine in Rocanville. Pretty big power
for industrial use. New contributors Quebec Port of Montreal. added slug 2007 and a rear view of 8405 clearly showing POM logo made up of a stylized ship above the letter M from new contributor Michael Berry. Also, RPRX 1004 newest genset. Note different style cab compared to POM 1001 genset. Units were at the annual Harbour Symphonies event in Old Montreal.
Steam
Quebec added rare old photo of Quebec North Shore Paper 86 a
small 0-4-0 at Point Noire in 1905. Electric railways NS&T added old photo of city car 322 enroute to the popular Lakeside amusement park and beach in Port Dalhousie.
Rolling stock CN work equipment. Added old photo of snow melter 55702 at work in Trucot yard 1952.
Business Cars: Added two photos of two different British Columbia's. One is an 1890 wooden car and the other a more modern steel car built in 1928. Both cars have long been preserved in BC. These cars and many other business cars were renamed or renumbered a number of times of the years. CPR piggyback and container cars. Added new section (scroll down) for various types of early container cars.
CPR service equipment added an old steam generator car. One-of-a-kind for work service. Likely used to thaw culverts.
Private ownership new page for freight
equipment added SKPX 625461 covered hopper of Saskatchewan Grain
Car.
Facilities CPR added old photo of Moose Jaw yard.
Added CPR M620 make, model and year unknown. Possibly at Prince Albert, SK (Scroll way down.)
Tourist railways
Prairie Dog Central Added old photo of Winnipeg Hydro 3 at GWWD before creation of PDC.
July 1, 2012 "Dominion Day" in years gone by.
Articles
CPR Trenton Division Steam gallery added two photos of 5142 on the Havelock way freight a great old photo of a spotless 1262 looking not long out of Angus. Georgian Bay & Seaboard added old 1913 magazine article about doubling Port Mc.Nicoll elevator capacity.
Shortlines Algoma Central rolling stock added two photos of old work car 10059 preserved in US. New contributor Steven Langsford Roberval & Saguenay added two photos of new bulkhead flats especially for heavy aluminum ingots. Scroll to very bottom.
General Junction and Its Railways scroll down to Industry and Business for new links to Canada Wire Mattress, Heintzman & Co. and new image Dodge Wood Split Pulley, also new linkWhippet automobile dealer.
Interurban and Street Railways Radial railways in Ontario Metropolitan Div. T&YR added two old station photos Newmarket and Queensville in 1923. Scroll bottom
Added links to old movies including The Miracle of
a Locomotive about the building of CPR 3101 4-8-4.
PHOTOGRAPH GALLERIES Trains CNR old diesel added old colour slide of GP9 4131 with solid train of empty wooden 40 foot grain boxes. CPR old diesel added nice old colour shot of HS-11 believed to be in Portage La Prairie. Look at that old box car! Locomotives CNR steam added another photo of 6015 on display in Jasper replacing 6060 which CNR reclaimed for excursion service. CNR steam US subsidiaries added nine photos of GTW engines Pacifics 5031, 5046; Northerns 6306, 6310, 6311, 6320 and 6322. Also, 0-8-0 8322 CNR diesel added GP9
4392 in newer red and black with white stripe paint. Compare
it to 4495. Which do you prefer? CNR self-propelled cars added another photo of 15817 with a coach. Also, 15823. CPR steam Jubilee added two old snapshots of 2920 in Outlook, Saskatchewan. New contributor Jim Biss. ten-wheeler
added 492 which was NOT the last D4 on display at Exporail. CPR diesel
added photo of 8246 in new CP red with golden beaver emblem. Also,
St.L&H 8212. Scroll way down.
ONR steam added colour photo of 4-6-0 101 at Cochrane.
Shortlines steam BC added Vancouver Harbour Commissioners Terminal. Courtesy of John Picur.
Shortlines diesel Saskatchewan added CEFX 1504 GP15D enroute to Stewart Southern. New contributor G. Gerard. Manitoba added two old photos of HBRY SW8 2512 prior owners West Pullman & Southern 45 and Georgia Woodlands. New contributor Will Martin
Ontario ETR added recent photo of 104 and 108. Rare to see two units on an ETR train. Quebec added photo of Shawinigan Falls Terminal shop. Long-time small electric line was eventually dieselized and finally absorbed. Owned 50/50 by CNR and CPR for many years.
Industrial Ontario see What's New in This Gallery?
Dealers etc. Diesel Electric Service in Sudbury added photo of 206 ex CN GMD1. 2nd or 3rd use of this number!
Street Railways Guelph Radial an old street railway not to be confused with the Toronto Suburban from West Toronto.
June 1, 2012 Articles CPR Algoma District Sudbury Division locomotive gallery added 8171 the last SW1200RS. These were the most versatile small road units on the CPR very capable locomotives. Unfortunately, almost all are now gone. CPR Ontario District London Division A large number of photographs added throughout. Many are not the greatest quality but none the less worth including even though the full captions and credits of many have been lost. Most appear to be the 1950's. London Division
added another view of Windsor ferry docks, this time with 1624 switching.
Scroll down to link.
Smiths Falls Division
Steam locomotive gallery added old colour photo of G1 2230 one of eight 2200's assigned to Smiths Falls around that time.
Smiths Falls roundhouse added an unusual shot of a covered wagon on the table looking out from inside the house.
Toronto Division
Shortlines Algoma Central rolling stock gallery added wooden van 9512.
General
Sudbury Area Mining Railways INCO replaced poor quality image of ex GTW 4438 with a better quality scan.
Photographs Trains CNR old diesels added photo of F7A 9179 on Plow Extra at Stratford. One of a few covered wagons with specially modified roof air intake for snow plow service in Southwestern Ontario.
CNR RDC new gallery with three old colour slides showing old colour scheme plus one out of service RDC-4 relocated here.
CPR old diesels
RDC 9055 in a very scenic photograph on Vancouver Island. New contributor
Bob Loat.
Locomotives BC Rail added RS-18
612 and just acquired O&W 9956 one of eight SD40-2 units from
the fictitious Oneida & Western.
CNR steam added some more Northerns 6158, 6180, 6212 and 6259. Six-wheel switchers added 7353 ex CGR. CNR steam US subsidiaries Central Vermont added five colour photos of various 2-8-0's. CNR early diesels
added three old photos of original 9000 9001 including with armoured
version for World War Two. CNR old diesels added a colour scene of various units on the shop tracks at Spadina in 1976. CNR self-propelled cars added 15837 (scroll way down) the only colour photo in this gallery.
CPR steam CPR steam at Drake
Street added two real old prints of 2548 and 2700 and reverse
of the prints to show the common way film was developed and prints
made through your local drug store a method that continued into
the late 20th century. CPR Ottawa West and Ottawa Terminal new gallery of steam adding D4 433 and 471 plus grouping various images together with a few images moved from Ottawa West gallery, inclusion of two images already in Ten-Wheeler gallery D4 page. CPR old diesel
created new page for SW1200RS
and started with 8168. Also, moved 7404 from main gallery page
to new thumbnail for SW9's
Added of MLW FA1 covered
wagon including large version for clairity of details. New page for old Ottawa diesels grouping existing photos of 7028 and first Ottawa yard diesel 7088 with steam engine it was replacing. Adding 8124 and E-8 1800 with Sudbury-Montreal local No.10 that connected with No. 6 from Vancouver taken on a sunny Saturday in August 1958 by new contributor Ian Taylor newly arrived from England. Also, 1419-1422 with No. 1 The Canadian at old Ottawa Union and CNR 6537 with their No.1 the Super Continental at new Ottawa Station. Plus, CN 8030 S-4 yard switcher. Ottawa West steam added 2859, the last Royal Hudson except for the final five built as oil-fired for BC service.
Great photo line-up 4-6-2 2552 4-6-0's 999 544 and 32. 4-4-0 25 Also added interesting photo of two DAR engines in the CNR's Halifax shop where they were normally serviced.
Shortlines NAR diesel added an interesting photo showing NAR CNR and CPR diesels all sitting together at the shop. This due to NAR 50/50 ownership by CNR and CPR. CNR traditionally operated this line since it connected with CNR with CPR taking a secondary role. Steam years had NAR owned locomotives including many acquired by the merger that created CNR and new ones ordered plus a few secondhand from CPR or leased/loaned.
Logging railways in BC diesel gallery added three photos of tiny Plymouth. Plus, an old speeder unique to BC logging railways. Logging railways in BC steam gallery added several photos of locomotives on displayed at the Forest Discovery Centre in Duncan, VI and Mac Millan & Bloedel 1044 one of the last working steam engines on Vancouver Island. New contributor Graham Harrison. Also, former Comox Logging & Railway 2-8-2 11 (said to be the last steam engine) also an old.log car both on display. Scroll down to see earlier photos of same engines some in operation.
Industrial BC Neptune Terminals added SW1500 802 and slug 806 sold to NREX and on their way to them. These units were in poor condition inside (wiring etc.) and out (paint) due to constant exposure to salt water spray. Ontario See What's New in This Gallery? Quebec: New page for Port of Montreal diesels (linked from main Quebec gallery) Add National Harbours Board D-6 old MLW S-3.
Facilities CPR added photo of Nelson, BC shop track where all CLC-FM diesels were assigned and photo of an overall view of Winnipeg shops with S-4 7117 in foreground. Also, two pages from The Railroad Gazette, June 1904 showing diagrams of new Winnipeg yard and shops.
Stations Smiths Falls added 1999 photo after CP moved out and first day stopping at new VIA Smiths Falls station.
May 1, 2012 Our 12th Year! Articles CPR Bruce Division Passenger service added photo of Number 11 engine 4083 The Canadian passing underneath Bathurst Street bridge in the TTR. Also, Steamboat page added colour shot of FP7A 1403 sitting at Port. CPR London Division Goderich branch added interesting old colour photo of P1 5118 leaving TH&B Aberdeen bound for Guelph Junction and Quebec Street. Special thanks to Dave Stowe and Lance Brown for indentifing the location and train i.d.
Quebec Central added old black & white photo of Ten-Wheeler 42 one of the pre-CPR steam engines.
Newfoundland's railways
CNR Newfoundland rolling
stock added great old black and white photo of open platform
car,
Photographs Trains
CNR steam For decades thousands of people used trains to reach Grand Beach from Winnipeg. CNR diesels added old colour slide of A-B-B units with a Pool train on CPR in Montreal West. Also, matched pair of first F7A & B units 9028 and 9029 (numbered even/odd) recently repainted in new CN black & white stripes with red nose. CPR diesels added old photo of FA-2 4043 in A-B-B-A consist pulling a freight train past the station in downtown Calgary. Also, old black and white photo of Alco FA1's 4003 and 4004 likely taken in 1949 when new. Added nice old colour photo of 1801 undated in original paint scheme at Westmount. Also, added photo (scroll down to bottom CP Rail section) of fictional AM Road diesels in the 1976 thriller-comedy movie Silver Streak. I happened upon some of the filming at Union Station while walking through there to John Street and noticed the lead unit in the scene was displaying red markers instead of unlit classification lights. (You can see this in the wreck scene where the diesel crashed through the wall into the waiting room. Actually, it was a truck mockup!) I thought of asking the director if he had a railway technical advisor and if so, ask him if he saw anything wrong with the scene. If he said no, fire him! But, I was in a hurry and didn't bother. Maybe I could have made some money as an "expert" advisor, or at least got a movie pass! Locomotives
CNR steam 0-8-0's added 8384. CNR steam US Subsidiaries added Central Vermont 4-8-2 603 and 2-10-4's 705, 708 and 709. CNR diesel new page for F3A units 9000 moved to here added 9005.
CPR steam Ottawa West gallery added 472 on Waltham freight passing Ottawa West station. CPR steam G5 1202
Western Lines engine (grey smokebox).
CNR diesels GMD1 1000 old colour slide on Vancouver Island. CNR diesels added (scroll down below thumbnails) a rare of photo of near-new CV 7919 the second Alco diesel on CNR. CPR diesels added 7404 on Western Lines one of only six SW9's. Alco/MLW FA-and FB covered wagons. added 4400 in block lettering. GMD A&B units added F9B 4477 freshly painted, likely 7/1971. Alco S-2 switchers added 1949 photo of 7015 first of the second order of Alco yard diesels in the second ("smiley") paint scheme. Train Master added old black & white photo of 8900 in original paint scheme but now short hood forward.
GO Transit added 9801 one of the original order for 8 GP40TC's especially made by GMD for Toronto Commuter service. QNS&L added interesting old article from Iron Ore Company of Canada magazine showing GP7 100 under repair.
Shortlines BC Hydro
added SW900RS 901 these 900 HP units were unique to BCH.
Industrial BC new page for Canexus, originally Hooker Chemical. 1986 to 2007 Andy Cassidy did monthly maintenance of their units. Ontario see What's New in This Gallery? Saskatchewan added PCS 35100 ex NYC 9606 SW8. Potash Corporation of Saskatchewan's huge potash mine at Rocanville is served by both CN and CPR each with their own 10 mile long spur. New contributor Cal Murray
Interurban Railways L&PS added nice old colour photo of L4 one of two rare export model G12 diesels sold for domestic use.
Rolling stock BC Rail new gallery for passenger equipment starting with three photos of their RDC Budd Cars. CNR freight equipment added 412668 old 36 foot wooden box car. CPR vans added (scroll down) two old vans 7168 and 7322 in yellow CP Rail Multimark paint scheme. By this time wood vans got a covering of plywood sheeting over the tongue and groove during overhauls. It was supposed to be a cheaper method since tongue and groove is expensive and labour intensive to repair during the normal seven year overhaul. However, water got in behind the plywood and increased rot! So much for that idea! ETR added photo of two vans both numbered 54! This was a replacement of an old caboose with a newer secondhand one. New contributor Tim Vermande www.vermande.us Private owners. Created new page for freight cars beginning with SKPX 625461 Saskatchewan Grain Car Corp. in great paint scheme. New contributor Fred Goethel.
Facilities CNR added colour photo of PSC diesel shop and old black and white photo of Windsor roundhouse soon to be demolished.
CPR added
three old views of Brandon including the yard office (above) and
roundhouse. Also, some old views of Pentiction, BC roundhouse
and an aerial view of Victoria roundhouse and shops. Added two photos of Webbwood roundhouse on the Algoma
Division in Summer of 1980.
Stations
CPR Quebec (scroll down) added two old black and white photos Montreal West and Windsor Station at track level.
April 2, 2012 No April Fool Here! Articles CPR Bruce Division Passenger service added photo of TH&B 372 hauled by NYC E8's.
Passenger Service. A major revamp of this page with most images enlarged from 640 pixels to 760 the new standard for OTT.
Added two interesting photos (scroll down) of passenger trains including Number 21 engines 8468 and 8474 being switched from tail end. Thanks to Bob McLarty for description of regular switching move.
Added text concerning Jubilees and lightweight trains Toronto-Windsor/Detroit and elsewhere on CPR. Photo of 2103 lightweight streamlined coach and 6630 one-of-a-kind parlor car built for this train. . Branch Passenger service Added another old black and white photograph of gas-electric 9007 on the Goderich Sub. at Elmira during World War Two. (Scroll down to the bottom).
Photographs Galleries:
Trains: CPR diesel
added interesting night time photograph of 1421 on The Canadian
showing off its roof mounted searchlight added to entertain passengers
at night especially in the Rockies. US Roads in Canada. D&H added photo of Alco PA2 19 and two photos of two different CP yard engines switching D&H equipment supposedly on the same day. Also, scroll down to see old colour slide of RS-3 4012 with an REA Express reefer. Wabash added photo of a meet between three covered wagons led by Wab 725 and CNR RS-18 3875. The Wabash blue and white a nice contrast to the CNR green and gold. Locomotives BCOL added S-13 1002 (scroll down) Now OSR 502 New contributor Charles Stookey CPR steam added another photo of 2815. This is another old 8x10 from Steve Morris' collection of old CPR photographs. Rather than crop off the border I have left it to show that it is an old print.
CPR old diesel
MLW FA/FB units added two
brand new units (4008-4404) first CPR covered wagons built by MLW.
New paint scheme slightly different from earlier ALCO's. Sad looking
4072 FP7A in suburban service.
S-3's 6538 still in original
paint scheme when scrapped and 6593. QNS&L steam added colour photo of Ten-Wheeler 1112. Nicely restored. Location unknown, possibly at docks? TH&B steam added
photo of C&NW 2801 one of 12 built by the Brooks plant of ALCO
after which the patterns were sent to MLW. TH&B had been waiting
since before the C&NW engines were built since neither MLW or
ALCO had patterns for US Roads in Canada D&H added 1949 time table.
Industrial BC added Eurocan Pulp & Paper 943 ex BC Hydro GE 70-tonner.
Electric Canadian National
Niagara
St.Catharines & Toronto after too long of a break we finally
have a big addition of great old (1940's-50's) colour photos of
one of the most famous and the last electric interurban railway
in Canada. Locos 14, 15 and 17 plus passenger cars 63, 83, and wood
car 132. Enjoy!
Facilities CPR added three photos of track scales at Smiths Falls. Old style with four rail setup. New contributor Rich Stewart.
Rolling stock CNR cabooses added old black and white photograph of 76033 at Lindsay during World War Two. CPR rolling stock added Rule Car 59 after retired in Vancouver. Initially preserved it deteroriated to the pointe it was scrapped. New contributor Jim Booth. CPR Freight equipment created new gallery of piggyback flat cars loaded with trailers. CPR Plows added old photo of huge steam rotary 400811.
March 1, 2012
Articles CPR London Division added old black and white photograph from 1946 of Richmond Street station.
CPR Toronto Division John Street Gallery of steam and diesel locomotives added a scene of contrasts. Old Alco S-2 yard diesel pulling three old vans. All will soon no longer be needed. In contrast is CN Tower a modern well-known tourist attraction. CPR Toronto Yard Loco Gallery 1 added photo of 7401 in CP Rail Multimark paint scheme. Compare it to the next photo of the same diesel in Tuscan and Grey paint scheme with Script lettering. Which looks better? Need I ask?
Shortlines Thurlow added very old photo of cement plant at Point Anne new contributor David Pershick.
Photographs
Trains CPR old diesel
gallery added two old black and white photos of the brand new
stainless steel train The Canadian. US Roads in Canada added NYC 1000 ALCO FA-1 (scroll down) in Montreal. NYC gallery in Ontario added old colour slide of a pair of E8A units handling TH&B 372 through morning Toronto-Buffalo passenger train for New York City. Wabash Created new gallery starting with a meet between a Wabash freight and a CNR freight at Canfield Junction. The Wabash and its successor Norfolk & Western and Norfolk Southern operated exclusively on trackage rights over the CNR between Windsor and Fort Erie. NS finally gave up this perpetual right in 2011 due primarily to loss of most traffic. A fleet of 22 GMD F7A units lasted until late years and one (1189) is preserved and operated in Monticello, IL while another (671) is preserved in Bellevue, Ohio.
Delaware & Hudson added three old black and white photos (scroll down) of RS-3's on passenger at Montreal West. Sometimes the only thing you have are old snapshots in poor condition however, the rarity makes it worthwhile using them. New contributor Wayne Koch. Also added two newer colour photos of Adirondack passenger train from new contributor James Gillin. Locomotives CNR steam added two photos of Northern 6153. An old black and white action shot of her racing through Grimsby with a short passenger train in 1948 long before it became notable for its late year excursion use. A recent sharp digital image displayed inside at Exporail. CPR diesels
added one-of-a-kind 7000 the first diesel locomotive and (scroll
to bottom). Scroll back up to see CP Rail paint scheme 6712 SW900
and a group of similarly painted units sitting in front of St.Luc
roundhouse. CPR steam added
interesting old Ektachrome photograph of Royal Hudson 2840
posing with the Royal York Hotel in the background. This
was for the front cover of a CPR travel brochure promoting across
Canada travel to foreign tourists.
Right below it is an interesting photograph (above)
looking down on engines at an unknown location. Also, old photo of 5993 4-6-4T tank engine with Montreal suburban train. V Class 0-8-0 added 6940 in a WWII photo equipped with special headlight for use in foggy weather conditions in Vancouver. A large box on the pilot had an unknown purpose. Possibly held a wooden case of fusees used by yardmen giving signals for switching in the fog. There were in fact 5 minute fusees with a wooden handle that burned green for this purpose. CPR Ottawa West new gallery featuring a large quantity of old colour photographs taken during the last years of steam in the summer of 1958 and winter of 1959. It concludes with the demolition of all of these facilities.
Ontario Industrial see: What's New in This Gallery? Ontario steam industrial added an old dinky engine at Century Coal in Port Dover. No date or data except built by Davenport.
Rolling Stock
Freight equipment CPR added photo of an old logging flat a sight seen on Vancouver Island and a bulkhead flat with finished lumber being exported to the US. Facilities CPR Glen added three old photos including nearby Westmount station which was used by CPR, D&H and NYC passenger trains. The dates in 1940 and 41 are all recorded on reverse of prints yet one wonders about the different dates especially the two distant views from what appears to be the same location panning across the scene. In any event not a significant difference.
February 1, 2012 Articles CPR CPR Bruce Division Passenger added two views of the "Buffalo" at Oakville now a VIA train but both RDC's still in CP Rail paint. (scroll down to bottom of page).
Shortlines Algoma Central added two photos to Rolling Stock page. Work car 10665 a converted caboose and 503 old cafe car.
Stories
Andy Cassidy has more
interesting stories about CPR Drake Street including the above
visitor. Also, check out his ride!
Photographs Galleries
Trains CNR steam added a nice colour photo showing some famous Massey-Harris farm machines loaded on flat cars. This was back in The Good Old Days. No, not the steam era (which it was) rather, the days when things were manufactured in Canada! CPR old diesel added old black & white photo of 4059 about to leave Alyth Yard with empty stock cars months before it was regeared for The Canadian soon to be inaugurated. I don't usually include links to other sites in captions but made an exception here to tell the story of Pat Burns, a famous Canadian. Thanks to Doug Phillips for detailed description and also to Ron Visockis for digitally restoring the old image. Also, scenic view of The Allouette eastbound from Ottawa near Vaudreuil, a mini-streamliner with a Skyline Scenic Dome and hauled by a MLW covered wagon. Another pair of similar trains were The Rideau, both were shortly discontinued. By this time the CPR didn't even bother waiting for the next change of public time table to cut off passenger trains. Locomotives CNR US lines,
steam. Central Vermont added builders photo of 4-8-2 602. Note
coal pusher on tender. This power operated device pushed the rear
plate upward to bring coal closer to fireman on these hand-fired
engines. Engines this size were really too big to be hand fired.
CPR 5000 P1 2-8-2's were also built with this device. It was not
all that successful and the engines were later equipped with mechanical
stokers. One of the problems with the piston was it would get stuck
in forward position likely due to fine coal getting in it. The CPR
at Lambton would spot the tender under the roundhouse door and jack
it back down. Sometimes they jacked up the doorway instead! Many
doors were damaged this way and fixed up while another was chosen
to use until it too broke! Logging BC
diesels added an old colour image of an old BCFP Whitcomb with
unfinished paint job on Vancouver Island. Industrial steam BC added rare Heisler at Pacific Coast Terminal. Normally used on logging railways, as was this one originally, there were not all that common in Canada. Climax was another rare type. Shay geared engines were the most common logging "lokey". Ontario Industrial see: What's New in This Gallery?
Rolling Stock CPR Freight equipment new gallery for modern era equipment. Includes old steel cars from steam era repainted in newer scheme of CP Rail. For steam-era freight equipment see original gallery.
Scale test car CPR service (work) equipment new galleries added and older photos rearranged to group different equipment. As follows: Boarding cars etc. OCS cars Plows etc. Vans CPR vans
(Scroll down to van gallery)
added two early modernized vans (scroll down) 434000 and 434108.
Kermit Geary Jr. travels a lot however, unlike most rail photographers he goes by rail. On a Sperry car!
January 1, 2012 Happy New Year! New price $38 for Sentimental Journey LP record now
includes shipping. See What's New? 2011
STORIES
Andy Cassidy is back again with more interesting stories about CPR Drake Street roundhouse in Vancouver.
See how an old steam crane came into use to repair SD40's.
PHOTOGRAPHS Galleries Locomotives
CNR Early diesels. Added caption details to two photos of first CNR road diesel 9000. Who is this man? Answered. US Roads in Canada
created new gallery with short history of Detroit
River Tunnel Company. Shortlines ETR diesels added several photos 102, 104, 105, 107 (ex GMD 113) and 108. Including new contributor Brian Woodruff courtesy of Mike Woodruff. GWWD added RS-23 200 ex DEVCO nee Sydney & Louisburg one of three bought new by S&L and other than three new units for Texas Gulf Sulphur's Kidd Creek Mine railway, the only RS-23's other than CPR's 34 units. 202 acquired later. 201 went to SFP&P for their Smoky Falls non-common carrier woods line. This locomotive was acquired last year by OSR and only recently moved to Salford. It needs a of work but it is expected to return to service. It is just a matter of finding time to do the work! Huron Central (part of Genesee & Wyoming Canada Inc, formerly Genesee Rail One) started new gallery with GP9 204 one of the original units reassigned from Buffalo & Pittsburg by parent G&W.
Stations CPR Quebec Page 3 added colour photos of Palais station as well as CP Hotel Chateau Frontenac.
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