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Viewing Album:  Canadian mementos
 
By:TS _Illinois
Dates:6/11/1984 - 10/31/1988
Album Info:I have not had very many opportunities to venture north of the border - and that is really too bad as I have thoroughly enjoyed each visit. I do, however, have some mementos of these occasions in the photos here presented. You will note that a lot of these - probably most - are from a single day spent at Bayview Jct, Ontario in the summer or 84. Fair to say I particularly enjoyed that spot. It's enough to make a guy kind of like all things Canadian. So I hope you enjoy these pics - I think I'm gonna go have a beer and a pie.
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CN 3216 take 2
Title:  CN 3216 take 2
Description:  Hmm, didnt I already catch this one? Same train, differnt spot.
Photo Date:  6/11/1984  Upload Date: 11/18/2011 4:56:24 PM
Location:  Bayview Jct, ON
Author:  TS _Illinois
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  CN 3216(C424) CN 2021(C630M) CN 2315(M636)
Views:  1606   Comments: 0
CN 9624
Title:  CN 9624
Description:  Seargent strips and extra flags - whats not to like?
Photo Date:  6/11/1984  Upload Date: 11/18/2011 5:00:54 PM
Location:  Bayview Jct, ON
Author:  TS _Illinois
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  CN 9624(GP40-2LW) CN 4125(GP9RM) CN 3121(RS18)
Views:  991   Comments: 0
CN 3232
Title:  CN 3232
Description:  Saw several things at Bayview that Id never seen in person before: MLW locomotives, Alco PAs, extra flags, even RDCs. But all this black smoke - that kind of reminded of ICG back home.
Photo Date:  6/11/1984  Upload Date: 11/18/2011 5:24:13 PM
Location:  Bayview Jct, ON
Author:  TS _Illinois
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  CN 3232(C424)
Views:  727   Comments: 0
GOT 720
Title:  GOT 720
Description:  As evidenced by the deep shadows, this was quite late in the day. I had spent the entire day at Bayview Jct and only realized at this point that there was an actual view of a bay...(duh). I do not know what number train this was, but its a late commuter departing Hamilton for points east.
Photo Date:  6/11/1984  Upload Date: 11/18/2011 5:58:44 PM
Location:  Bayview Jct, ON
Author:  TS _Illinois
Categories:  Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  GOT 720(GP40)
Views:  463   Comments: 0
THB 77
Title:  THB 77
Description:  A woefully under exosed photo, but its not like I have a bunch of TH&B shots to pick and choose from. I recall this unit idling on a track immediately adjacent to a public park - no fence, no security, no sign of any railroad activity near it. And nobody messed with it. Things were definitely different railfanning in Canada.
Photo Date:  6/11/1984  Upload Date: 11/18/2011 6:10:27 PM
Location:  Hamilton, ON
Author:  TS _Illinois
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  THB 77(GP7)
Views:  495   Comments: 0
THB 76
Title:  THB 76
Description:  So Conrail had some run-through or trackage rights on the CN between Buffalo and Detroit. Makes sense - shortest rout would be through Ontario. The local guys thought it was cool catching Conrail blue at Bayview, but it kind of bummed me out - not what I wanted to see in Canada. But then I noticed this guy right in the middle of that blue lash-up...
Photo Date:  6/11/1984  Upload Date: 11/18/2011 8:37:21 PM
Location:  Bayview Jct, ON
Author:  TS _Illinois
Categories: 
Locomotives:  THB 76(GP7) CR 2792(U23B)
Views:  883   Comments: 0
VIA 6775
Title:  VIA 6775
Description:  So youd think that if I recorded the number of a passenger train, I would likely have jotted down the name of it as well. You would be wrong. I know this was train #83, but no clue what the name might be. So if anybody knows what name VIA #83 went by in the summer of 1984, lay it on me.
Photo Date:  6/11/1984  Upload Date: 11/18/2011 8:47:22 PM
Location:  Bayview Jct, ON
Author:  TS _Illinois
Categories:  Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  VIA 6775(FPA4)
Views:  416   Comments: 0
VIA RDCs
Title:  VIA RDCs
Description:  I had seen photos of RDCs before, but didnt know that VIA was still running them. Was kind of surprised when this train - #682 - came through the interchange.
Photo Date:  6/11/1984  Upload Date: 11/18/2011 9:00:25 PM
Location:  Bayview Jct, ON
Author:  TS _Illinois
Categories:  Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  VIA 6225(RDC2)
Views:  462   Comments: 0
VIA 6787
Title:  VIA 6787
Description:  Hey, I know the number AND the name of this one. This is train #70, The Trillium -- have no idea where its going, though.
Photo Date:  6/11/1984  Upload Date: 11/18/2011 9:05:58 PM
Location:  Bayview Jct, ON
Author:  TS _Illinois
Categories:  Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  VIA 6787(FPA4)
Views:  502   Comments: 0
CN 2544
Title:  CN 2544
Description:  OK, this one is not IN Canada, but you know All Things Canadian... Anyway, funny how cool we thought these wide-vision cabs were back in the 80s - CN was pretty much the only road that had them. Oh, the irony! Now that you hardly ever see anything else anywhere, my opinion of them is considerably altered...
Photo Date:  6/12/1984  Upload Date: 11/18/2011 4:35:55 PM
Location:  Saint Albans, VT
Author:  TS _Illinois
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  CN 2544(M420W)
Views:  619   Comments: 2
VIA 6787 Day 2
Title:  VIA 6787 Day 2
Description:  I did not record the name or number of this train - making its station stop here in Belleville, ON - but I suspect it might be The Trillium. That is the same locomotive that I caught on The Trillium the day before at Bayview Jct...
Photo Date:  6/12/1984  Upload Date: 11/21/2011 11:01:32 PM
Location:  Belleville, ON
Author:  TS _Illinois
Categories:  Station,Passenger
Locomotives:  VIA 6787(FPA4)
Views:  475   Comments: 0
CP 5500
Title:  CP 5500
Description:  Yeah, this is not in Canada either, but I wanted to post this photo just because it is such a stark contrast to the eventual fate of this unit. Just pull up the database photos for CP 5500, youll see what I mean.
Photo Date:  12/16/1985  Upload Date: 11/18/2011 5:41:19 PM
Location:  Bensenville, IL
Author:  TS _Illinois
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  CP 5500(SD40)
Views:  1099   Comments: 0
VIA 6428
Title:  VIA 6428
Description:  The eastbound Canadian makes its station stop at Field, BC on a frosty October morning.
Photo Date:  10/25/1988  Upload Date: 4/12/2011 1:46:52 PM
Location:  Field, BC
Author:  TS _Illinois
Categories:  Passenger
Locomotives:  VIA 6428(F40PH-2)
Views:  410   Comments: 0
CP 5953
Title:  CP 5953
Description:  I love snow in October! I distinctly remember the local folks referring to his as flurries. It was a quick hit and melted away pretty fast, but fun while it lasted...
Photo Date:  10/26/1988  Upload Date: 11/18/2011 5:49:48 PM
Location:  Banff, AB
Author:  TS _Illinois
Categories:  Winter,Action
Locomotives:  CP 5953(SD40-2)
Views:  390   Comments: 0
VIA 6425
Title:  VIA 6425
Description:  The Canadian arrives at its station stop in Banff the day after I stepped off the same train at the same station.
Photo Date:  10/26/1988  Upload Date: 11/18/2011 8:53:10 PM
Location:  Banff, AB
Author:  TS _Illinois
Categories:  Station,Passenger
Locomotives:  VIA 6425(F40PH-2)
Views:  454   Comments: 0
CN 5243
Title:  CN 5243
Description:  Framed kind of funny, but hey, Im from Illinois, I was diggin the mountain view more than the train.
Photo Date:  10/28/1988  Upload Date: 11/18/2011 5:33:23 PM
Location:  Jasper, AB
Author:  TS _Illinois
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  CN 5243(SD40-2W) CN 5420(SD50F)
Views:  709   Comments: 1
CP 3035
Title:  CP 3035
Description:  CP at Banff, ALB
Photo Date:  10/29/1988  Upload Date: 4/3/2011 10:53:15 PM
Location:  Banff, AB
Author:  TS _Illinois
Categories:  Action
Locomotives: 
Views:  642   Comments: 1

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