Ah another Greg McDonnell fan, great book too, love his appreciation of the 40' boxcars, another good one is Passing Trains, the Ten-Hundred Territory being my fav, as a GMD-1 fan, Signatures In Steel is the first one i read from Transcona Libby, and it is a superb book, and check out my GMD-1 1600 A1A trucked diesel tattoo, my tribute to the good Canadian National before Hunter Harrison came along
Hey Tom that book is a personal favourite of mine,I've a signed copy in fact. Greg is one heck of a writer and photographer,and one heck of a good person. We've had him do book signings at the museum a few times. Of possible intrest to you and Lars he has a new book out called Lakeboats ,some real nice pictures and stories of the lake feighters .
Here's todays pic.
A shot of Via's ill omened P42 911 just outside of Paris west on it's way into Brantford then onto Toronto.
Rob
G'day!
Really a fine looking loco with that VIA Rail smoothside consist . . . luv it! Thanx, Rob!!
Another from the bar . . . .
Book Description: Each new railway book by writer-photographer Greg McDonnell is cause for celebration in the North American railfan community. Rites of Passage, a look at over three decades of transition and changes along Canada's rail lines, is his most personal book to date. "For what it's worth," McDonnell writes in his introductory essay, "what follows on these pages is personal, a collection of images and essays drawn from a 35-year effort to capture and chronicle the magic of Canadian railroading, an effort that began with a young boy pointing a borrowed Brownie at a pair of olive-green GMD1's looming out of the early morning fog in Kitchener and quickly grew to be a lifetime avocation, if not a vocation." Rites of Passage is vintage McDonnell, a sensual feast of boiler steam and diesel smoke, high iron and midnight runs across the prairies, wistful memories and critical analysis.
<from: amazon.com>
Enjoy!
Tom
Hey Tom, great book it has lots of good RDC and FPA4 pictures. Oh yeah the text and the rest of the book ain't bad either.here's today's humble offering.
Another FPA4 at Bayview
A nice string of RDC-1s in VIA Rail livery . . . always perks me up to see 'em! Thanx, Rob!
Here's a book from my modest collection of hard covers . . . .
VIA Rail - Color History Series
Book DescriptionGo VIA Rail and see Canada: Here is Canada's national railway, covering 14,000 kilometers of track from the Atlantic to the Pacific, and from the Great Lakes to Hudson Bay. This illustrated history tells the story of how, starting in the early 1970s, VIA Rail became a separate Crown corporation, once and for all relieving the old Canadian National and Canadian Pacific railways of their beleaguered passenger operations. It is a story rich in history-and marked with failures and misfortunes right up to our day, when a need for convenient, fuel-efficient mass transportation holds out hope for a renaissance. Archival and modern photography, route maps, and print ads help detail the history of VIA Rail's motive power and passenger cars from the likes of General Motors, Bombardier, Montreal Locomotive Works, and Budd Company, as well such passenger trains as The Canadian, The Atlantic, The Ocean, and The Super Continental. Chris Greenlaw also explains all of the political machinations that have inevitably shaped the railroad, and delves into its connection with Amtrak via The Maple Leaf.
I don't know Tom how would you know that <grin> Here's mine for Superbowl Sunday.
More RDC's at Burlington West Ontario
Appearances by Lars - Rob 'n our friend near Winnipeg helps to keep this Thread moving along . . . .
Wonderful Budd RDCs in VIA Rail livery from your Grandpa's collection, Rob! That's an RDC-2 in the lead with an RDC-1 behind. RDC-2 was an 85 ft (26 m) Railway Post Office and passenger coach configuration seating 71 passengers. The RDC-1 was an 85 ft (26 m) all-passenger coach seating 88 passengers. <geesh> How would I know that, eh <grin>
Mine for this Super Bowl Sunday . . .
BC Rail RDC1 BC-15 (http://www.budd-rdc.org)
Nice postah from Mr lars here's another late day add in from moi.
An RDc at Bayview for dabossman nother one from gramps collection
Ahoy Cap'n Tom!
Been quite a bit of activity here since my last visit . . . good to see the guys from Da BAH supporting this thread . . . Don't know how many times I've urged you to shut 'er down, but then we all get the urge to drop something off - and here we are, still perkin'!
Mine for this Saturday before the Super Bowl!
Until the next time!
Lars
Hey nice postah boss
here's a Saturday shot again from the museum. The Lowel mass historic trolley line.
enjoy
All sorts of good stuff from CM3 Shane 'n Rob - love those FPA4s . . .
Here's a poster to enjoy on this Friday . . .
Pennsylvania RR - New York
See ya!
Afternoon folks.hey shane yes I suppose the winters wouldn't have been all that different.Amazing howmany trains still ply the old Brockville Smithville area's. coarse today's renditions with P42's and LRC or "Ren" aren't nearly as pretty. Glad you liked the shot of teh museum's beer car 2424 since you mentioned FPA4's here's one from the gramps collection. A Via FPA4 at bayview jct, still a bid raifan spot.
Good Morning.
We went to Smiths Falls because "it was there." Good place to see a fair amount of trains. BTW, growing up where I did, snow and cold was just part of the daily round - never really thought too much about it. Also spent a lot of time at Brockville in the winter as well. There was a place for some interesting passenger activity with FPA4s, etc.
Enjoyed the RS3 (of course) and the TTc car pictures.
work safe
Evening folks , love that RS Tom it's just a cats caboose smith Falls good gawd gertie why in the name of anything would you go there in winter ,<grin>great story though Now lets see my piece for the day here.
A pleasant evening at the Museum !
rob
Yeah, that first step could be a loooooooong one, if not careful in the snow! <grin> Good to see you 'n Rob still at it . . .
Mine for this snowy day in mid-continent USA where this beauty once roamed . . .
Missouri Pacific (MoPac) #4502. Built by Alco in 1955. Model RS-3. 1,600 hp.
Good afternoon All
Inside turntable. IIRC, SP had one in a snowshed. Anyway, it's probably to keep it from filling up with snow. Reminds me of one time when I was at Smiths Falls. I stopped at the yard office (abt. 3:00 a.m.) to le them know I was there and would be taking pictures. (Try and do that now!) It was (what else) cold and snowy. YM told me to be careful where I walked as the turntable was "a little snowed in." IOW, they really were not too sure where solid ground ended and the pit began.
Hi Tom, Lars and Rob,
Just popped in for a "nosey" at all the great pics "over here". Top notch by any standards!!
Rob. See we posted around the same time over at the "Bar"
See ya, Allan
Good evening again guys.Nice to see the place alive with new material Nice book covah from Lars and a couple goodies from Winterpeg as well. Nice MTC unit to give me that flick as well bossman. Here's the nightside shot from me.
A rareity an internal roundhouse turntable at the ACR's main Sault Ste Marie shops,still in use today.
Time passes quickly, they say, when having fun! Where has it all gone
I see we've had a spate of activity 'round here since my last - good to see Rob - Lars - Curt 'n Shane on board . . .
Here's another for our friend in Ontario . . .
MTC #1959 built by CCF in 1928.
<pesonal foto taken at ExpoRail, Saint-Constant, QC, Canada>
That looks like a CNR CLC CFA-16-4, never seen one runnin, i was still in God's mind when those were runnin
I used to see these units run all over Winnipeg on spur lines, now you see mostly GP9u's
Another common sight for me in the 80's on lighter CPR branches was the 40' grain boxes, which are all retired or used for storage on some short lines. (This was taken on a hill close to CPR's West side of Transcona Yard which CEMR owns the East half, the yard was built in 1889
Visits from Rob 'n Shane since my last . . . good to see 'em here. Fine pix from you 'n Rob!
Here's one to flick trolleyMAN's switch . . .
Morning all , yup shane I loved the old ACR paint scheme , dissapeared under WC's banner in 1994 and CN's in 2004 The WC rebuilt all the GP7's and 9's that were left to 'chopnosers' then promptly sold them off to shortlines. their Gp 38's and SD40's all stayed on the WC roster,then CN purged them again mostly to the rebuilders or shortline markets.ere's this mornings we'll keep with the ACR theme.
One of the ACR's two Sw8 switchers
Good Morning - 'Twas truly at the end of GP7 construction. Like the DL&W inspired color scheme as well.
Hey Tom nice shot of that little MTC beauty Here's one for this evening.
The last ACR GP7 bought number 152 also the last GP7 built by GMDD or EMD. Was rolled out in 1958.Shot's from the 1980's
Another fine streetcar from our friend up in Ontario!
MTC #350 built by Brownell in 1892 and was the first electric car to operate in Montreal (Sep 21, 1892).
<personal foto taken at ExpoRail, Saint-Constant, QC, Canada.>
Hello gents , monday again . However great shots of a WP book and the N&W drumheads all good stuff on this happy little thread. here's Monday's bit from me.
Hamilton street railways 506 one of the 40 500 series streetcars bought in the late 20's destined to be the last cars to run on the HSR in the mid 50's. The museum has the lone survivour 521 waiting to be brought back to life. THese cars were built by National Steel Car ( NSC ) of Hamilton Ontario better known for their rail car building which continues today.
Mine for this day . . .
Some drumheads of the N&W:
Great stuff continuing ovAH on this formerly lonely thread . . .
Here's mine for this Monday . . .
See ya at the bAH!
Here's another classic from grampa's pile o pics. another true classic this is a shot of the CPR's one off RSD17 , more reagally refered to as the Empress of Agincourt.
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