Recent content by Diesel John

Ghezzz...was that your son?

Your right Chris, 24/7 just waiting for us to go in the bush! and there not cheap

Re Hulchers... There from Ohio USA, but also have moved into the great white north, there on call for both CP & CN and anyone else that needs there expertise. It's quite a show when they roll in with all there equipment.

Spitfire I would agree that it's a Hydro test date and it's always followed by the air cocks to be blown daily to reduce condensation in the air system

Spitfire Your bringing back old memories of late night trips to Keating Yard back in the 80's and of course they were never on a warm night in the summer. Last time I was there was to get an old 4200 Alco running as it was starving for fuel. Your site look's great

Thank's guy's it's great to be 39 again, for the twelve time!

Cpr Store Fp9er Try the CPR website at www.cpr.ca Go to General Public then "store" You should be able to order a pin. John

Trainclown, it look's like everyone beat me to the punch, it is a derail all right, most derails are in the yards to protect shop tracks or tracks where people are working. That's there main purpose, to derail a locomotive before it runs you over. All Mechanical tracks in most yards that have...

60103 She'll just yard for the night at Toronto Yard, Scarborough. Arrive in at 23:15 on Dec.06th. Then depart Toronto at 11:30 Dec 7th and head north stopping at Alliston then Mactier at 15:45 for an Event. then continue all the way out west.

Grinder........

Spitfire No No! It was Toronto Yard, right behind our Diesel Shop looking south west. Like I said, we thought it was the Bloor Subway line until the reports came over the radio's. I was just a young mechanic, 25 years young with eyes like a hawk, now I type with one finger and look at the...

I remember that night, I was building trains in Toronto Yard, we looked over to the west and the whole sky was a glow, we had heard on the radio that evening there was a bomb scare at the subway and we has assumed the worst, Then the calls came over the radio's, what a night!

Chris Once the schedule for our Xmas Tain is in, I'll post for all to see.

OwenCPR Give me some time I'm digging, your right though, either a green goat or Green kid, it's bad ordered to Ogden.

That's some post Chris, looks like you had a great time..