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Viewing Album:  Canadian cabooses
 
By:Tom Beckett
Dates:1/1/1980 - 10/13/2015
Album Info:Cabooses-also known as vans-on trains in Canada, which ran into the 1990's on many trains.
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CP 434034
Title:  CP 434034
Description:  A pair of wide vision vans brings up the rear of a CP train at Bayview Jct.
Photo Date:  8/15/1980  Upload Date: 12/29/2013 4:27:41 AM
Location:  Bayview Junction, ON
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Scenic,RollingStock,Action
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Views:  709   Comments: 1
CN van on a local
Title:  CN van on a local
Description:  In August 1985 I went to Montreal to catch the CN electrics on commuter trains. One of the good spots to go was Jct de Lest, out near Cote Vertu, where two lines crossed. The other line hosted a variety of traffic, including this local behind a pair of chop nose GP 9s-and with this car bringing up the rear. Check out the CP 40 foot box!!
Photo Date:  8/26/1985  Upload Date: 10/9/2014 2:02:22 AM
Location:  Montreal, QC
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  RollingStock,Action
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Views:  352   Comments: 0
CN van on the move
Title:  CN van on the move
Description:  This CN caboose was on the rear of a COFC train rolling through the west suburbs of Montreal.
Photo Date:  8/27/1985  Upload Date: 10/10/2014 2:38:21 AM
Location:  Dorval, QC
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  RollingStock,Signal,Action
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Views:  277   Comments: 0
Vans in the dead line
Title:  Vans in the dead line
Description:  This shot at CPs St Luc yard shows a line of retired vans. There were also VIA F units and some spreaders in the line.
Photo Date:  8/27/1985  Upload Date: 10/9/2014 2:03:55 AM
Location:  Montreal, QC
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Roster,Yard
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Views:  626   Comments: 0
Riding into the sunset
Title:  Riding into the sunset
Description:  This pair of CP vans trailed a westbound that had 7 Alcos for power. We see it rolling into the sun past the Dorval station at last light.
Photo Date:  8/26/1986  Upload Date: 12/10/2014 3:36:53 AM
Location:  Dorval, QC
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  RollingStock,Station,Action
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Views:  98   Comments: 0
CN van in the park
Title:  CN van in the park
Description:  An eastbound CN train on the Oakville Sub has this van tagging along as it passes through the Royal Botanical Garden. Check out the EL hopper ahead of the van!!
Photo Date:  12/30/1986  Upload Date: 12/27/2014 3:06:43 AM
Location:  Bayview Junction, ON
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  RollingStock,Action
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Views:  195   Comments: 0
Real catch
Title:  Real catch
Description:  CP had already absorbed Toronto Hamilton & Buffalo by this time, but there was still some TH&B equipment running around, such as this caboose I saw on a yard job in Hamilton.
Photo Date:  12/30/1986  Upload Date: 12/27/2014 3:11:34 AM
Location:  Hamilton, ON
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  RollingStock,Action
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Views:  242   Comments: 0
Rolling east
Title:  Rolling east
Description:  A CN locals caboose pulls away as it passes the grain bins. Check the billboard bin here!!
Photo Date:  6/19/1987  Upload Date: 5/4/2015 4:18:06 AM
Location:  Wyoming, ON
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  RollingStock,Action
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Views:  225   Comments: 0
Local van
Title:  Local van
Description:  This 7 car CN local had a van bringing up the markers at Bayview.
Photo Date:  6/19/1987  Upload Date: 5/3/2015 4:24:22 AM
Location:  Bayview Junction, ON
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  RollingStock,Action
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Views:  336   Comments: 0
Road van
Title:  Road van
Description:  Canadian road trains still got cabooses in the late 1980s, such as this one trailing 106 cars of train 555 at Bayview.
Photo Date:  6/19/1987  Upload Date: 5/3/2015 4:25:49 AM
Location:  Bayview Junction, ON
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  RollingStock,Action
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Views:  302   Comments: 0
Headed west
Title:  Headed west
Description:  This international service-see the stencil below the cupola-caboose was trailing a westbound just out of Taschereau
Photo Date:  9/5/1987  Upload Date: 5/25/2015 1:21:50 AM
Location:  La Prairie, QC
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  RollingStock,Action
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Views:  202   Comments: 0
Waiting out the holiday
Title:  Waiting out the holiday
Description:  This GP 9-caboose set was idle over the Labour Day weekend, and will be back at it on Tuesday. That is one clean van!!
Photo Date:  9/5/1987  Upload Date: 5/25/2015 1:22:47 AM
Location:  La Prairie, QC
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Roster,RollingStock,Yard
Locomotives:  CN 4409(GP9)
Views:  591   Comments: 0
Trailing east
Title:  Trailing east
Description:  This eastbound has a single caboose as it makes the last leg into Taschereau yard, passing the station at Dorval.
Photo Date:  9/6/1987  Upload Date: 5/26/2015 3:45:38 AM
Location:  Dorval, QC
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  RollingStock,Action
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Views:  244   Comments: 0
Triple play
Title:  Triple play
Description:  This westbound CN train had three cabooses. Guess they needed them in Toronto.
Photo Date:  9/6/1987  Upload Date: 5/26/2015 3:48:17 AM
Location:  Dorval, QC
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  RollingStock,Action
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Views:  312   Comments: 0
Another eastbound car
Title:  Another eastbound car
Description:  This van was also eastbound, soon to complete its run.
Photo Date:  9/6/1987  Upload Date: 5/26/2015 3:49:58 AM
Location:  Dorval, QC
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  RollingStock,Action
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Views:  182   Comments: 0
Double shot
Title:  Double shot
Description:  This eastbound had a pair of vans trailing, the first of two trains with two cabooses Id see on CP that day.
Photo Date:  9/6/1987  Upload Date: 5/26/2015 3:53:01 AM
Location:  Dorval, QC
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  RollingStock,Action
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Views:  289   Comments: 0
Long train and a van
Title:  Long train and a van
Description:  A single caboose brings up the rear of train 500 on its last lap into St Luc.
Photo Date:  9/6/1987  Upload Date: 5/26/2015 3:55:37 AM
Location:  Dorval, QC
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  RollingStock,Action
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Views:  246   Comments: 0
Another double
Title:  Another double
Description:  Another train, westbound this time, trails a pair of vans at Dorval.
Photo Date:  9/6/1987  Upload Date: 5/26/2015 3:57:25 AM
Location:  Dorval, QC
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  RollingStock,Action
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Views:  203   Comments: 0
Rolling into twilight
Title:  Rolling into twilight
Description:  A westbound CN freight rolls into the setting sun with the usual van in tow.
Photo Date:  6/13/1989  Upload Date: 10/13/2015 2:54:17 AM
Location:  Cornwall, ON
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Scenic,RollingStock,Action
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Views:  190   Comments: 0
Rolling for home
Title:  Rolling for home
Description:  This van is trailing an eastbound, and headed for the terminal in Montreal.
Photo Date:  6/14/1989  Upload Date: 10/21/2015 3:40:20 AM
Location:  Beaconsfield, QC
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  RollingStock,Station,Action
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Views:  205   Comments: 0
Double duty
Title:  Double duty
Description:  This eastbound has a pair of cabooses headed for Taschereau
Photo Date:  6/14/1989  Upload Date: 10/19/2015 4:11:58 AM
Location:  Dorval, QC
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  RollingStock,Station,Action
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Views:  67   Comments: 0
Getting out of town
Title:  Getting out of town
Description:  This van trails a westbound as it heads out of the Montreal area. An STCUM FP 7 is partly visible over on the CP, at right.
Photo Date:  6/14/1989  Upload Date: 10/21/2015 3:42:12 AM
Location:  Dorval, QC
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  RollingStock,Station,Action
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Views:  169   Comments: 0
393s van
Title:  393s van
Description:  The van on train 393 rolls west at Dorval
Photo Date:  6/14/1989  Upload Date: 10/19/2015 4:13:11 AM
Location:  Dorval, QC
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  RollingStock,Station,Action
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Views:  127   Comments: 0
Road van
Title:  Road van
Description:  This van trailed a long eastbound.
Photo Date:  6/14/1989  Upload Date: 10/21/2015 3:49:57 AM
Location:  Beaconsfield, QC
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  RollingStock,Station,Action
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Views:  173   Comments: 0
Local van
Title:  Local van
Description:  This short local also had a van, like all Canadian train of the time.
Photo Date:  6/14/1989  Upload Date: 10/21/2015 3:46:05 AM
Location:  Dorval, QC
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  RollingStock,Station,Action
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Views:  176   Comments: 0
Trailing eastbound
Title:  Trailing eastbound
Description:  An eastbound CN train headed for Taschereau has this typical car bringing up ther rear.
Photo Date:  6/15/1989  Upload Date: 10/13/2015 2:22:49 AM
Location:  Dorval, QC
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  RollingStock,Action
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Views:  158   Comments: 0
Montreal bound
Title:  Montreal bound
Description:  This wide vision van with a big rear window rolls east toward the port behind 87 cars of COFC.
Photo Date:  6/15/1989  Upload Date: 10/26/2015 4:53:58 AM
Location:  Dorval, QC
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  RollingStock,Action
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Views:  230   Comments: 0
Past the station
Title:  Past the station
Description:  A CN van rolls past the Dorval station. The action here could get busy, since both VIA and CN trains used this line.
Photo Date:  6/15/1989  Upload Date: 10/13/2015 2:28:50 AM
Location:  Dorval, QC
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  RollingStock,Station,Action
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Views:  134   Comments: 0
CP action
Title:  CP action
Description:  A CP van rolls under the signals east of the Dorval station.
Photo Date:  6/15/1989  Upload Date: 10/13/2015 2:34:08 AM
Location:  Dorval, QC
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  RollingStock,Signal,Action
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Views:  124   Comments: 0
Trailing the containers
Title:  Trailing the containers
Description:  This eastbound COFC train has the standard CP van taking up the rear.
Photo Date:  6/15/1989  Upload Date: 10/23/2015 3:53:35 AM
Location:  Dorval, QC
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  RollingStock,Action
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Views:  130   Comments: 0
Eastbound van and a classic
Title:  Eastbound van and a classic
Description:  An eastbound rolls toward St Luc with the usual van, and a fallen flag boxcar just ahead, though now with new reporting marks. Dont see many Y&S cars anymore.
Photo Date:  6/15/1989  Upload Date: 10/13/2015 2:41:23 AM
Location:  Dorval, QC
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  RollingStock,Action
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Views:  266   Comments: 0
COFC too
Title:  COFC too
Description:  Every train had a van, even the intermodals. Train 501 rolls west with the usual van to punctuate the rear end.
Photo Date:  6/15/1989  Upload Date: 10/13/2015 2:44:31 AM
Location:  Dorval, QC
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  RollingStock,Action
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Views:  192   Comments: 3
Close to home
Title:  Close to home
Description:  This CP van is working on a St Luc based local, and will stay close to Montreal today.
Photo Date:  6/15/1989  Upload Date: 10/26/2015 4:57:37 AM
Location:  Dorval, QC
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  RollingStock,Signal,Action
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Views:  92   Comments: 0
Local van
Title:  Local van
Description:  A CP van brings up the rear of this local as it heads back to St Luc.
Photo Date:  6/15/1989  Upload Date: 10/23/2015 3:58:04 AM
Location:  Dorval, QC
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  RollingStock,Action
Locomotives:  CP 4211(C424)
Views:  236   Comments: 0
Wide vision
Title:  Wide vision
Description:  A wide vision van carries the markers on this 102 car westbound.
Photo Date:  6/16/1989  Upload Date: 10/23/2015 3:47:21 AM
Location:  Dorval, QC
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  RollingStock,Station,Action
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Views:  312   Comments: 0
Handing up orders
Title:  Handing up orders
Description:  A practice that has almost completely become obsolete today, in 1989 was still a standard practice on the Canadian roads. The op at Dorval has just handed up train orders to the rear end crew of train 393.
Photo Date:  6/16/1989  Upload Date: 10/23/2015 3:51:25 AM
Location:  Dorval, QC
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  RollingStock,Station,Action
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Views:  116   Comments: 0
Trailing the racks
Title:  Trailing the racks
Description:  This van was bringing up the rear of an auto rack train, looking somewhat worse for wear.
Photo Date:  9/30/1989  Upload Date: 11/29/2015 4:35:10 AM
Location:  Dorion, QC
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  RollingStock,Action
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Views:  195   Comments: 0
Going away
Title:  Going away
Description:  A van on a westbound rolls away from the camera as it heads for Toronto. How about those open auto racks??
Photo Date:  9/30/1989  Upload Date: 11/29/2015 4:40:04 AM
Location:  Dorion, QC
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Scenic,RollingStock,Bridge,Action
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Views:  167   Comments: 0
Battered but rolling
Title:  Battered but rolling
Description:  This van looks much worse for wear, needing a good repainting. Its still serviceable, rolling along behind an eastbound.
Photo Date:  9/30/1989  Upload Date: 11/29/2015 4:47:53 AM
Location:  Beaurepaire, QC
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  RollingStock,Action
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Views:  150   Comments: 0
Could use some paint
Title:  Could use some paint
Description:  By this time, even though cabooses were still in common use in Canada, it was becoming apparent their days were numbered. As a result, they were not getting a whole lot of loving care, and quite a few needed a touch up on their paint. Heres one that could use some refreshing, taking up the rear of an eastbound.
Photo Date:  9/30/1989  Upload Date: 11/29/2015 4:44:21 AM
Location:  Dorion, QC
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  RollingStock,Bridge,Action
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Views:  129   Comments: 0
Boxes and a van
Title:  Boxes and a van
Description:  This CP van trails a COFC train, a sight youd not likely see in the US at this time.
Photo Date:  9/30/1989  Upload Date: 11/29/2015 4:49:17 AM
Location:  Dorion, QC
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Scenic,RollingStock,Bridge,Action
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Views:  170   Comments: 0
Van on the bridge
Title:  Van on the bridge
Description:  The van on this westbound rolls into Dorion as the train makes its way toward Toronto
Photo Date:  9/30/1989  Upload Date: 11/29/2015 4:54:06 AM
Location:  Dorion, QC
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Scenic,RollingStock,Bridge,Action
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Views:  150   Comments: 0
Trailing to Halifax
Title:  Trailing to Halifax
Description:  This van was on the rear of an eastbound COFC train, headed for the port in Halifax.
Photo Date:  10/1/1989  Upload Date: 12/1/2015 4:48:22 AM
Location:  Moncton, NB
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  RollingStock,Action
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Views:  390   Comments: 0
Trailing west
Title:  Trailing west
Description:  This van was on the rear of a westbound passing the Moncton station.
Photo Date:  10/1/1989  Upload Date: 12/1/2015 4:50:44 AM
Location:  Moncton, NB
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  RollingStock,Action
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Views:  150   Comments: 0
Double duty
Title:  Double duty
Description:  This eastbound was passing on the CP as we were getting back to the car at Dorval. CP seemed to get an imbalance of vans. We saw quite a few trains with two, and some with three.
Photo Date:  10/2/1989  Upload Date: 12/1/2015 4:53:02 AM
Location:  Dorval, QC
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  RollingStock,Station,Action
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Views:  188   Comments: 0

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