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The Nederlands Transport Museum went out of business so the ex- Ontario Northland Trans-Europ Express trainset was recently moved from the NTM in North Holland to a site in Leek, Groningen.

Here it is being loaded onto a truck:

Passing through a roundabout:

 
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innsertnamehere said:
Amtrak visits union once a day for it's Maple Leaf service. Usually it follows the Lakeshore West line coming in from Niagara Falls, but because of the construction this weekend at the Humber River, utilized the Canpa Sub to go up to the Milton line like all Lakeshore West trains were doing.
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So from Campa the train would be backwards to Union Station?
 
Bordercollie said:
So from Campa the train would be backwards to Union Station?
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It an just go forwards. Though if a train were coming from Milton, it would have to come in backwards (or change directions twice). I'm not sure they ever do that for the Milton trains. I'd think if that ever was to happen (maybe 7 years from now :)), they'd simply end the run at Kipling GO instead.

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nfitz said:
It an just go forwards. Though if a train were coming from Milton, it would have to come in backwards (or change directions twice). I'm not sure they ever do that for the Milton trains. I'd think if that ever was to happen (maybe 7 years from now :)), they'd simply end the run at Kipling GO instead.

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What is occurring seven years from now?
 
nfitz said:
It an just go forwards. Though if a train were coming from Milton, it would have to come in backwards (or change directions twice). I'm not sure they ever do that for the Milton trains. I'd think if that ever was to happen (maybe 7 years from now :)), they'd simply end the run at Kipling GO instead.

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The only time Milton Line trains have used the Canpa sub was during the Idle No More protests. A group of protesters shut down the CPKC line east of Kipling right before PM rush hour, and Milton Line trains ran to just before Long Branch, reversed onto the Canpa Sub, then switched directions once they were on the CPKC line. Not ideal but very possible.
 
Some historic train watching here. First time I had seen a picture of a train using this diamond going northwest-southeast. Memories @crs1026?

Here we see a sequence of pics showing CP S3 6539 and train, northbound, crossing the CN Oakville Sub, just west of Strachan Avenue, on its way back to CP's Parkdale Yard, on October 1, 1984.
The diamonds and Parkdale Yard no longer exist, plus the area has been developed to the north (right-hand side of photo) with most of the industrial trackage removed.
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From the John Cowan's Classic Railfan Group

Steve Lucus commented:

This is a great photo for showing how trains running on any track could be routed to any track at Cabin E. Before CTC installation in 1967, this was very useful for routing trains between the Eastward/Westward Freight Tracks, the Eastward/Westward Passenger tracks, and Union Station, Bathurst St North Yard, the piggyback terminal, and the High Line to the east of here. The CTC installation at Dufferin, just west of the Dufferin St bridge, in the distance allowed the dispatcher more flexibility with GO trains, likewise able to use any track. If a train was not required to stop at Exhibition GO station, trains could use CTC Tracks 2 and 3.
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Allandale25 said:
Some historic train watching here. First time I had seen a picture of a train using this diamond going northwest-southeast. Memories @crs1026?
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Lol that cross track is of course of considerable historical significance as the first rail line in Toronto, dating from the Ontario Simcoe & Huron of the 1850's. The Great Western (CN) crossing is the "junior" line and dates from 1859. (I'm hoping that you are not thinking I have recollections from quite that far back lol.)

More recently, those images are a reflection of the enormous attrition of industry in the central city, and the almost total transition to trucking/intermodal. As late as the 1980s, both CP and CN operated very intensive local switching throughout the area. CP originated switchers at all of John Street, Parkdale, and Lambton.... virtually constant activity with both railways having extensive rights on each others' lines. The City's aerial photograph collection is a good resource to study just how many industrial rail sidings existed between 1950 and into the 90's.

That crossing saw multiple moves in each direction daily into that era. In that respect, the images of that CP switcher crossing the CN are pretty "just another day" for that era.... some of us might have yawned and not bothered to expend expensive slide film. I'm glad somebody did !
(The archivist photographer's wisdom - shoot the mundane stuff always, it won't always be there)

The track configuration and manual interlocking tower, Toronto's last, stayed pretty close to the steam era until the 1980s, when the Bathurst flyover and GO yard was constructed, along with track and signalling changes between Cabin E, Fort York, and Bathurst St to expedite the growing GO network and the opening of VIA's TMC.

Also of note off in the distance is the Conklin Bros spur, which housed several interesting office cars which Conklin used as office and entertainment space adjacent to Exhibition GO.

- Paul
 
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