Canadian Railroads > Halifax Station in February '74

The w/b Ocean is ready to depart Halifax while a Grain Train waits to follow on the adjacent track.

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In the Coach Yard....Edson trails the equipment for that evenings w/b Scotian to Montreal. In the late '60s it probably would have been a Skyview like Gaspe here bringing up the markers on the Scotian......but it's now out of service and awaiting disposal.



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 04/09/20 09:58 by ghCBNS.

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What a passenger train operation the CN had. Thanks for continuing to share these.

Thanks for posting. Halifax has been one of my favourite destinations since my first trip in 1971. When was the train-shed torn down? I had a long gap between trips to Halifax and was surprised on my first trip since VIA took over from CN to see it had been demolished.



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 04/09/20 14:44 by DrawingroomA.

That "grain train" intrigues me.  Brand new Trudeau hoppers, and the GP38-2W was only a few months old too.  Could this have been a PR demo rather than a real train?  There was a track in the station (Platform 1?) for express shipments.  I remember seeing boxcars under the train shed on the few trips that I took in that time frame, but surely grain wasn't unloaded there?  The actual grain elevator track was almost a mile west of the station.

GTD

I never new that there was a car called "Gaspe'
You have made my day !!! :):):)
Thank you for sharing !!! :):):)

ghCBNS Wrote:
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> In the Coach Yard....Edson trails the equipment
> for that evenings w/b Scotian to Montreal. In the
> late '60s it probably would have been a Skyview
> like Gaspe here bringing up the markers on the
> Scotian......but it's now out of service and
> awaiting disposal.