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The number on the back of 6051 reminds me of some of my earliest conversions ... at about age 10 or 11.
David
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Perth & Exeter Railway Company
Esquesing & Chinguacousy Radial Railway
In model railroading, there are between six and two hundred ways of performing a given task.
Most modellers can get two of them to work.
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Autumn,my favourite season.With the cooler nights lately,the trees are beginning to show their autumn splendor.Down at the Kinnear Yard,a couple of CP GP38-2's wait for their next assignment
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Great pictures Ed. Is this gal static? She looks to be ready to fire up and run. I love the fall pictures and I can once again enjoy the fall. Fall was the worst time of the year for me from 1984 until 2011. Now I too can enjoy the leaves.
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What a difference a day makes.Yesterday,Kinnear Yard was filled with 50 year old Geeps,this morning I spotted one of CP's latest diesels---ES44AC 8917.Maybe I'm showing my age but I have to admit I like the older diesels better (even if they're not steam
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Ed I too enjoy the first generation diesels, but I guess we have to go with the Flow. It isn't every day we get to see an old Geep or a covered wagon. I miss the e's F's, and G'eeps. The heritage units all proof that great paint jobs could make it less boring for us as fans, but I haven't shipped any freight by rail personally for 7 years, so what I think doesn't pay the bills.
Your fall colors are great.
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Thanks Charlie.Thanks to my cousin Warren Holmes who lives in The Woodlands Texas,I have finally acquired a couple of pictures of my father when he was working on the Canadian National Railway.These photos are from Warren's deceased parents family album and were taken in 1956 at the Stuart St. yard in Hamilton.My aunt and uncle (Warren's parents) lived in Beeton Ontario and would often visit my family in Hamilton---I'm assuming it was my uncle who actually took the pictures during their visits---for a train lover these pictures are priceless
The final shot shows my brother Danny (on the right) and Warren's brother Butch in the cab of 0-18-A switcher 7431
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Looks like you had another great day. Great pictures.
Charlie
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