Steam loco operation

[doctorwayne]

The loco shown below was retired in 1959, and put on display in a park in Alberta. In the early '70s, CN restored her for excursion service, but she also ran in regular revenue service, covering the Toronto to Niagara Falls morning passenger runs and afternoon returns on Wednesdays and Saturdays during the summer months. These trains were normally handled by RDCs. She was finally retired from this service in 1980.

Here she is on an excursion trip though Dundas, Ontario in the mid-'70s:


And being serviced near Niagara Falls, Ontario, in the days of the regular service, during the layover:






On the return trip, I recall standing in the baggage car as it "hunted" side-to-side at about 60mph, my eyes moist as she blew for the many crossings - for me, there's no more evocative sound when remembering days long past:



Here's a LINK with some more info.

Wayne