Trackside Treasure

CN's scrap-tie car fleet of nine years ago was profiled an earlier post. In March, 2012 I'd found polyglot CC, AC, SSAM and other CN-predecessor road cars at the Kingston team track. Two springs earlier, on May 3, 2010 I'd noted another group of cars...

CN 8810 and 2663 shepherd the key train at 30 mph
More photos. Less Text. Wednesday, while heading west for a pizza pick-up, Toronto-Montreal CN No 376 could be seen in the distance, descending into Collins Bay. Here is a pop-up post of the train. I desperately try to find some interesting freight cars...

During my short morning layover before heading west on VIA's Super Continental on June 12, 1980, I walked over from Toronto Union Station to take in the sights and sounds of scintillating Spadina Shops. The trip west and the trip east.
Equipment I observed: GO 907-1007-1068-9559-1093-9969-9366-702, 706, 506, 904; CN Tempo 3152-3154, 8519N, 8518, 8517, 8232N, 8236, 8514, 8516N, 3117N, 4574-3649-3115, 4016, 4017; cabooses 79715, 79491, 79613; VIA 6541-6621-6529, 6771, 6625, 6637, 67...

Having travelled west aboard VIA No 3, my trip home to Kingston on June 22 started bright and early! Boarding an eight minute-late VIA No 4 at 0703 in Portage la Prairie, I was soon ensconced in roomette 11 of ex-CN 8-4-4 E-series sleeper Eldorado, designated...