Mister Nutbar, I love the photos of the older locos - all kinds of stuff!
Makes me sad that I was not a railfan back in the 60s and 70s when I could have gotten a ton of pics of SP, SSW, and ATSF geeps and what have ya.
Ed,
The photo you posted of CN 3519, she's one of the M420R's on the SRNJ roster.
I agree with Gary nice selection of motive power.
Bruce
Ah, the childhood memories! A boy and a bike... plenty of adventures there. And you had steam engines thrown in.... what a combination!
With me being a geep fan, there's plenty here in your thread to keep me interested! I also like the CN red cab/black and white diagonal stripe paint scheme.
Gary S Wrote:Ah, the childhood memories! A boy and a bike... plenty of adventures there. And you had steam engines thrown in.... what a combination!
I think that's Mr Nutbar there in the picture on the cover of
Ian Wilson's excellent book
Steam at Allandale.
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I can remember doing the same thing when I lived next to the CPR tracks in Orangeville (although this was the 80s at this point). I crossed the yard on Townline Road up to 4 times a day going to school and back. I remember seeing all the old buildings although I don't recall the roundhouse - it may have gone by then. The snowplow and other MOW equipment used to sit in a siding all summer. I never worked up the courage to climb any of it, and only walked the tracks once...! Of course, none of this was recorded, and now everything is gone. The station is the only surviving building, and it was moved downtown to become a restaurant.
Andrew
Thanks Mister Nutbar! Now those are the ones from my teen and early adulthood years.
cn nutbar Wrote:Hello again---it appears parts of Canada have a new season in addition to spring,summer,autumn and winter---it's called "sprinter"---just when you think spring has arrived,winter has a nasty surprise in the form of 20 cm. of snow---
Sr Nutbar:
One who lives in Canada must be prepared for the last snowfall of winter on June 30 ...
and the first snowfall of winter on July 1.
cn nutbar Wrote:Here's some present day shots showing some old and newer motive power
Well, that's all the diesels. Where's the old motive power?