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    CP Derailment near Renfrew Ont.

    Your right Chris, 24/7 just waiting for us to go in the bush! and there not cheap
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    CP Derailment near Renfrew Ont.

    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.
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    ID help needed

    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
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    My new website

    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
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    Diesel John it`s your Birthday

    Thank's guy's it's great to be 39 again, for the twelve time!
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    Canadian Pacific`s Holiday Train 2004 ride.

    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
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    Unknown Track Device

    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...
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    Christmas Train leaving CP Yards on.........

    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.
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    Brain Teaser / Diversion

    Grinder........
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    Mississauga Derailment - 25 years on

    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...
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    Mississauga Derailment - 25 years on

    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!
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    Christmas Train I think 2001

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

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

    That's some post Chris, looks like you had a great time..
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    "Once upon a Train"

    Get Ready And hang on, it's being a while since I pulled a throttle, just as they were building steam someone yelled "Oh my god" look up the hill, there had to be fifty......
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    She's back......

    OwenCPR As I'm in Toronto Ontario I don't have much info. If you go to our Website www.cpr.ca you'll find some more information. Hope you get a chance to see her,I rode her last year it was like being in an old movie.
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    "Once upon a Train"

    Low and behold, once the train had come to a full stop they all jumped out, here lying in the ditch to which they thought was a COW! was 2 Gaugers in a "Cow Suit" with a sign advertising "Farm Fresh Chickens For Sale" Old Dingus in his drunken state,leaned over and said "you idiot's" Ya! could...
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    "Once upon a Train"

    When all of a sudden....they turned around and there was "Old Dingus" dancing on top of the Tender, bottle in one hand and playing the spoons in the other...Looking at each other with a smile as they came around the turn, and it was only then... when Mr.Pinkerton leaned out the cab and...
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    What does this sign mean

    Danraitz Work's for me!, Mine was a guess