Canadian Railroads > Don't you hate it when....

I'm going through my slides, editing, labelling and adding the information to my database.  I'm in 1987 now and came upon this great shot, ruined (in my opinion) by an open cab door.  

The train formerly was No.340 now operating as Extra 3515 East was sitting at Stellarton, NS when friend Bill Linley & I arrived on a cold, damp winter day back on February 7th, 1987.  The train was waiting for VIA Train No.605 and a yard job to clear.  This gave us time to shot a few action photos in Stellarton by the station which included the tailend of No.344. Next we headed east to the planned photo spot at Merigomish, NS.  It was here where we first saw the headend of No.340, consisting of 5 MLW M-420(W)s. (lightened & renumbered from the 2500 hundred series to the 3500 hundreds)  The door on the nose open, ahh!!!

Photo1: Extra 3515 East. Merigomish, NS  56.3 Hopewell sub.  Feb 7, 1987

Photo 2: Extra 3515 East. Marshy Hope, NS  69.0 Hopewell sub.  Feb 7, 1987 

Photo 3: Extra 3515 East. Glen Bard, NS  72.5 Hopewell sub.  Door closed : )

Gerry Gaugl
Ottawa ON
Edit:mileages & narrowing location thanks to help from Geoff Doane.



Edited 2 time(s). Last edit at 01/10/25 09:36 by moonliter.

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"Open door Policy"....  Must have created extra draft in the cab, wonder why it was not closed ??
Doug

There must have been a good reason for that door to be open. The temperature of that air combined with the wind caused by the moving locomotive must have been brutal for the crew.
Bob

And in the middle of winter too! What were they thinking?

An open door on the "Comfort Cabs" is just such a gaping hole, while an open door on a standard cab can be barely noticeable.

BTW, if you're labeling slides, the name of that third location in Glen Bard.  James River is the siding a few miles farther east.

Those mileages you have listed seem to be for the sidings.  Merigomish is probably right because there was a siding there at the time, and the rails are barely visible in the snow beside the train.  For the Marshy Hope image, mile post 69 is in the middle of that S-curve the train is in.  The siding itself is still a mile or so ahead of the train.  The Glen Bard shot is somewhere between MP 72 and 73.  

GTD

cn6218 Wrote:
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> BTW, if you're labeling slides, the name of that
> third location in Glen Bard.  James River is the
> siding a few miles farther east.
> Those mileages you have listed seem to be for the
> sidings.

Thank-you for your correction, always nice to hear comments from those who know the area as well as you do.  It was hard labeling slides in the old days, it would be sometimes two months before I would get home send the film to Kodak, have them return mail the processed film back.  Being a "tourist" to the area I would have to rely on an older CNR ETTs for locations. Using the ETT my system would function like this, " this photo is somewhere after Mertgomish and before Marshy Hope", then apply the closest siding mileage to the slide. Glen Bard is not listed (72.0 - 73.0) in the ETT of April 1957 or 1949 ETTs so I was relying on a Nova Scotia road map, my sloppily written notes as well as my imagined photographic memory! LOL
Labelling images has become easier today with the aid of Google maps, photoshop systems and other aids however the volume of photos to label has increased exponentially!

Thanks again
Gerry Gaugl
Ottawa ON
 

moonliter Wrote:
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> I'm going through my slides, editing, labelling
> and adding the information to my database.  I'm
> in 1987 now and came upon this great shot, ruined
> (in my opinion) by an open cab door.  

Yeah, not my preference either, and I raised a question about it (with photos) back a few years ago in this thread:

https://www.trainorders.com/discussion/read.php?11,4792923,4792923#msg-4792923

BTW, nice series of shots, even with the open door. Don't hesitate to post, as looking back it doesn't bother me as much...

JG

Great shots, but I do agree with you about the open nose door. I hated it then, I hate seeing it in retrospect on some of my slides. Maybe the cab heater was stuck on 'High' for a while?
Fred

feclark Wrote:
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> Great shots, but I do agree with you about the
> open nose door. I hated it then, I hate seeing it
> in retrospect on some of my slides. Maybe the cab
> heater was stuck on 'High' for a while?
> Fred

Or the toilet in the nose was especially ripe.

I feel your pain. #2 is a gem otherwise.