Canadian Railroads > Memories - 1974/1980

Thankfully I have been blessed with many great memories from Canadian vacations in the 1970's and 1980's. Here are three images from these trips.
Image one: CP 8721 rests outside the diesel shop in Nelson, British Columbia on 08/01/1974. On the hill is Peebles Motor Inn where I had a room. I could walk out on my balcony and observe action at the diesel facility and in the yard.
Image two: CP 8004 sits in the engine facility at Nanaimo, British Columbia.
Image three: Here is a shot around the CN Spadina Yard engine facility turntable in Toronto, Ontario on 06/19/1980. Earlier CN 6060 was being broken in for a run on the weekend. She was running a few hundred feet back and forth, and fellow railfan Paul Woodring and I were both given a cab ride. That certainly was the highlight of the trip!
Bob



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Those are great photos.  I think you'd find a current visit to Nelson very disappointing.  Not to mention that CP is ripping out the yard in Cranbrook, if I understand correctly.

KG

Regarding #3, those were the days you could walk down the stairs from the Spadina overpass, head into the foreman's office, and sign a release, and then photograph whatever was in the facility!!!!

And as the photo shows, there was usually a wide variety of equipment, EMD and MLW, passenger and freight units, and on occasion steam



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