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Viewing Album:  Canadian Pacific in Canada
 
By:Tom Beckett
Dates:1/1/1980 - 1/31/2012
Album Info:CP trains running north of the border
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CP 5913
Title:  CP 5913
Description:  The SD40-2's are spanking new in this shot, and the red really stands out against the haze on this train returning to Toronto after swapping cars at Hamilton. Canadian roads still used flags and class lights during this period, a nice touch that really added to any photo.
Photo Date:  8/15/1980  Upload Date: 12/29/2013 4:34:53 AM
Location:  Bayview Junction, ON
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Scenic,Signal,Action
Locomotives:  CP 5913(SD40-2) CP 5912(SD40-2)
Views:  597   Comments: 1
Surprise
Title:  Surprise
Description:  I was shooting the CN trains coming out of the Mont Royal tunnel, just below and behind me, when I heard the crossing gates for the CP line overhead start to ring. I ran and was able to get this going away shot of a westbound behind a pair of 6 axle MLWs.
Photo Date:  8/26/1985  Upload Date: 10/9/2014 1:43:57 AM
Location:  Montreal, QC
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  CP 4741(M636) CP 4553(M630)
Views:  463   Comments: 0
On the way out
Title:  On the way out
Description:  A CP FP 9 sits with other former CP Fs painted for VIA at St Luc yard. It was a surprise to find one still painted CP. All the photos at St Luc were taken with CP's permission and a photo release.
Photo Date:  8/27/1985  Upload Date: 10/9/2014 1:37:36 AM
Location:  Montreal, QC
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Roster,Yard
Locomotives:  CP 1407(FP9A) VIA 1416(FP7A) VIA 1405(FP9A)
Views:  1045   Comments: 0
Local
Title:  Local
Description:  A local working at St Luc yard has a pair of rebuilt GP 7s. CP ran these units for many years-some turned up in Binghamton after the D&H take over, and were still running when I moved away in 2006
Photo Date:  8/27/1985  Upload Date: 10/10/2014 3:15:14 AM
Location:  Montreal, QC
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Yard,Action
Locomotives:  CP 1548(GP9u) CP 1508(GP7u)
Views:  233   Comments: 0
GP7 rebuilds
Title:  GP7 rebuilds
Description:  The opposite side of the GP 7 rebuilds working at St Luc.
Photo Date:  8/27/1985  Upload Date: 10/10/2014 3:17:26 AM
Location:  Montreal, QC
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Yard,Action
Locomotives:  CP 1548(GP9u) CP 1508(GP7u)
Views:  310   Comments: 0
Old and not so old
Title:  Old and not so old
Description:  A pair of RS 18s, the near one a rebuild, the far unit an original, sit at the engine house at St Luc
Photo Date:  8/27/1985  Upload Date: 10/10/2014 3:18:57 AM
Location:  Montreal, QC
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Roster,Yard
Locomotives:  CP 1812(RS18u) CP 8736(RS18)
Views:  560   Comments: 0
C 424
Title:  C 424
Description:  Alco design units were just everywhere at St Luc, such as this C 424
Photo Date:  8/27/1985  Upload Date: 10/10/2014 3:20:02 AM
Location:  Montreal, QC
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Roster,Yard
Locomotives:  CP 4206(C424)
Views:  219   Comments: 0
Lined up and ready
Title:  Lined up and ready
Description:  A set of MLWs sits outside the St Luc enginehouse ready for their next assignment.
Photo Date:  8/27/1985  Upload Date: 10/10/2014 3:22:14 AM
Location:  Montreal, QC
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Roster,Yard
Locomotives:  CP 4224(C424) CP 4210(C424) CP 4228(C424) CP 4227(C424)
Views:  686   Comments: 0
Clean
Title:  Clean
Description:  In 1985, CP was still repainting its MLWs, such as this clean C 424 at St Luc
Photo Date:  8/27/1985  Upload Date: 10/10/2014 3:23:49 AM
Location:  Montreal, QC
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Roster,Yard
Locomotives:  CP 4227(C424) CP 4228(C424)
Views:  536   Comments: 0
Sand tower
Title:  Sand tower
Description:  The line up at the sand tower is all Alco. Waht a power set!!
Photo Date:  8/27/1985  Upload Date: 10/10/2014 3:25:13 AM
Location:  Montreal, QC
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Roster,Yard
Locomotives:  CP 4503(C630M) CP 8032(RS23) CP 4719(M636) CP 4728(M636)
Views:  796   Comments: 0
Nose on
Title:  Nose on
Description:  Head on shot of a C 630. This shot was impossible in the US at this time.
Photo Date:  8/27/1985  Upload Date: 10/10/2014 3:26:25 AM
Location:  Montreal, QC
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Roster,Yard
Locomotives:  CP 4510(M630)
Views:  215   Comments: 0
Signs,signs, everywhere theres signs
Title:  Signs,signs, everywhere theres signs
Description:  A set of MLWs sits by the sign for St Luc yard.
Photo Date:  8/27/1985  Upload Date: 10/10/2014 3:28:48 AM
Location:  Montreal, QC
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Roster,Yard
Locomotives:  CP 4510(M630) CP 4735(M636)
Views:  441   Comments: 0
Headed for St John
Title:  Headed for St John
Description:  An eastbound COFC train is ready to go east at St Luc
Photo Date:  8/27/1985  Upload Date: 10/10/2014 3:31:58 AM
Location:  Montreal, QC
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Yard,Action
Locomotives:  CP 4571(M630) CP 4573(M630)
Views:  565   Comments: 0
Alcos galore
Title:  Alcos galore
Description:  A long set of Alco design units on the service tracks. The RS 23 in the consist won't hold them back. They rode on type B trucks and could run 65 MPH.
Photo Date:  8/27/1985  Upload Date: 10/10/2014 3:33:30 AM
Location:  Montreal, QC
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Roster,Yard
Locomotives:  CP 4728(M636) CP 4719(M636) CP 8032(RS23) CP 4503(C630M)
Views:  700   Comments: 0
Clean unit
Title:  Clean unit
Description:  Amid all the dirty, hard working units, this M 636 was a refreshing sight.
Photo Date:  8/27/1985  Upload Date: 10/10/2014 3:35:08 AM
Location:  Montreal, QC
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Roster,Yard
Locomotives:  CP 4735(M636) CP 4715(M636)
Views:  449   Comments: 0
Ancient switchers
Title:  Ancient switchers
Description:  There were quite a few end cab MLWs at the yard, such as these on the dead line.
Photo Date:  8/27/1985  Upload Date: 10/10/2014 3:37:02 AM
Location:  Montreal, QC
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Roster,Yard
Locomotives:  CP 6529(S3) CP 6612(S10)
Views:  454   Comments: 0
Classic scheme
Title:  Classic scheme
Description:  This MLW switcher was still in its original CP garb.
Photo Date:  8/27/1985  Upload Date: 10/10/2014 3:39:14 AM
Location:  Montreal, QC
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Roster,Yard
Locomotives:  CP 6538(S3) CP 6500(S3)
Views:  469   Comments: 0
Unlikely consist
Title:  Unlikely consist
Description:  This S type is mated with untis it will likely never see the road with.
Photo Date:  8/27/1985  Upload Date: 10/10/2014 3:40:23 AM
Location:  Montreal, QC
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Roster,Yard
Locomotives:  CP 7052(S2) CR 7812(GP38) VIA 1403(FP7A)
Views:  532   Comments: 0
S type
Title:  S type
Description:  Another of the S type switchers at St Luc. There were many.
Photo Date:  8/27/1985  Upload Date: 10/10/2014 3:43:15 AM
Location:  Montreal, QC
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Roster,Yard
Locomotives:  CP 7057(S2)
Views:  225   Comments: 0
Alco switcher
Title:  Alco switcher
Description:  These units were becoming rare by the time I shot this one at the Westmount station.
Photo Date:  8/27/1985  Upload Date: 10/9/2014 1:46:13 AM
Location:  Westmount, QC
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Roster,Station
Locomotives:  CP 7062(S2)
Views:  266   Comments: 0
Canada only
Title:  Canada only
Description:  An RS 32 at St Luc. These were sold only in Canada, but some would turn up on the D&H in the 90s, including this one.
Photo Date:  8/27/1985  Upload Date: 10/10/2014 3:45:27 AM
Location:  Montreal, QC
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Roster,Yard
Locomotives:  CP 8032(RS23)
Views:  317   Comments: 0
Foreign power
Title:  Foreign power
Description:  In this case, really foreign. One thing I had to get used to in Canada was the idea the US goods were imported, though I could never get wrapped around the idea of Budweiser being an import beer. A couple of Conrail imports are at the engine terminal, and will go back to New York state later that night.
Photo Date:  8/27/1985  Upload Date: 10/10/2014 3:48:50 AM
Location:  Montreal, QC
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Roster,Yard
Locomotives:  CR 1920(B23-7) CR 1921(B23-7)
Views:  227   Comments: 0
New old power
Title:  New old power
Description:  CP was fond of picking up second hand power, a trait that would follow them into the D&H era, when they would pick up SD40s from the likes of NS, GATX, and KCS. In 1985, it was the Quebec North Shore and Labrador, one of whose recently acquired units is at St Luc
Photo Date:  8/27/1985  Upload Date: 10/10/2014 3:52:14 AM
Location:  Montreal, QC
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Roster,Yard
Locomotives:  QNSL 209(SD40)
Views:  324   Comments: 0
Alcos west
Title:  Alcos west
Description:  This westbound just before sunset had SEVEN Alcos for power. It was the perfect end to the perfect day.
Photo Date:  8/26/1986  Upload Date: 12/10/2014 3:23:51 AM
Location:  Dorval, QC
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Signal,Action
Locomotives:  CP 4212(C424) CP 4215(C424) CP 4240(C424) CP 4720(M636) CP 4503(C630M) CP 4707(M636) CP 4561(M630)
Views:  1213   Comments: 2
501 west
Title:  501 west
Description:  Intermodal train 501 rolls west behind a trio of the many SD 40s on CPs roster. All freights on CP were run as extra trains, and flew white flags, as this one is doing. The VIA Dorval station is at far right on the CN.
Photo Date:  8/26/1986  Upload Date: 12/10/2014 3:28:43 AM
Location:  Dorval, QC
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  CP 5774(SD40-2) CP 5407(SD40)
Views:  312   Comments: 0
Still a few of these around
Title:  Still a few of these around
Description:  CP had taken complete ownership of the TH&B by this time-Conrail was the other owner, going back to NYC days-so it was a pleasant surprise to find these in Toronto.
Photo Date:  12/28/1986  Upload Date: 12/26/2014 4:45:45 AM
Location:  Toronto, ON
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Roster,Yard
Locomotives:  THB 77(GP7) THB 76(GP7)
Views:  442   Comments: 0
Local near Union Station
Title:  Local near Union Station
Description:  A local behind a rebuilt geep works a cut of intermodal near Toronto Union Station on a dreary Monday.
Photo Date:  12/29/1986  Upload Date: 12/27/2014 3:30:37 AM
Location:  Toronto, ON
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Yard,Action
Locomotives:  CP 1619(GP9u)
Views:  127   Comments: 0
Working the yard
Title:  Working the yard
Description:  This TH&B switcher was working at Hamilton
Photo Date:  12/30/1986  Upload Date: 12/27/2014 3:36:50 AM
Location:  Hamilton, ON
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Yard,Action
Locomotives:  THB 56(SW9)
Views:  289   Comments: 0
CP on CN
Title:  CP on CN
Description:  CP had trackage rights on CN in the Hamilton area. One of those trains, this one with 60 cars of oil, is heading for Hamilton behind a really clean SD 40, though Id have gladly traded for one of the Alco behind.
Photo Date:  6/19/1987  Upload Date: 5/4/2015 4:41:28 AM
Location:  Bayview, ON
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Signal,Action
Locomotives:  CP 5535(SD40) CP 4562(M630) CP 4565(M630) CP 4235(C424)
Views:  871   Comments: 0
Going away shot
Title:  Going away shot
Description:  The CP train rolling through Bayview seen as it pulls away. Three Alcos, a typical day in Canada at the time.
Photo Date:  6/19/1987  Upload Date: 5/4/2015 4:43:03 AM
Location:  Bayview, ON
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  CP 5535(SD40) CP 4562(M630) CP 4565(M630) CP 4235(C424)
Views:  396   Comments: 0
Across the field
Title:  Across the field
Description:  An no hope of a chase. This 501 train behind a trio of SD 40s was moving way too fast to go after it on local roads.
Photo Date:  6/19/1987  Upload Date: 5/4/2015 4:45:52 AM
Location:  Hyde Park, ON
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Scenic,Action
Locomotives: 
Views:  223   Comments: 0
CP at Bayview
Title:  CP at Bayview
Description:  Westbound CP train passes through Bayview Jct on CN trackage rights
Photo Date:  6/19/1987  Upload Date: 6/19/2011 2:09:00 AM
Location:  Hamilton West, ON
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Scenic,Signal,Action
Locomotives:  CP 5535(SD40) CP 4562(M630) CP 4564(M630) CP 4234(C424)
Views:  640   Comments: 0
Last days
Title:  Last days
Description:  The station at Dorval was down to its last days in 1987. Already 100 years old, it would be torn down and replaced by a modern platform in a year or two. Here we see train 937 rolling past behind a clean SD 40.
Photo Date:  9/6/1987  Upload Date: 5/26/2015 4:08:09 AM
Location:  Dorval, QC
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Scenic,Station,Action
Locomotives:  CP 5514(SD40) CP 5726(SD40-2) BO 3717(GP40) CP 8760(RS18) CP 1813(RS18u)
Views:  738   Comments: 0
Eastbound and Alcos
Title:  Eastbound and Alcos
Description:  This eastbound had an SD 40 leading, but three 6 axle MLWs in the consist for its 106 cars. Eastern Canada was Alco paradise in this time, long after the US class 1s had shed them from their rosters. Note the white flags, denoting an extra train. All CP freights ran as extras, and all flew the correct flags. This was another practice that was a lost art in the US.
Photo Date:  9/6/1987  Upload Date: 5/26/2015 4:12:00 AM
Location:  Dorval, QC
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Signal,Action
Locomotives:  CP 5538(SD40) CP 4550(M630) CP 5564(SD40) CP 4705(M636) CP 4509(M630)
Views:  758   Comments: 0
Railrunner
Title:  Railrunner
Description:  CP had instituted a set of trains, now up to four daily, it called the Railrunners. They came from Vancouver, then via SOO through Chicago and the ex C&O across Michigan, back onto CP to Montreal. Heres one of them, train 500, behind a pair of SOO units as it makes its entry into the Montreal area, passing the 100 year old Dorval station with 70 cars of containers.
Photo Date:  9/6/1987  Upload Date: 5/26/2015 4:14:54 AM
Location:  Dorval, QC
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Station,Action
Locomotives:  SOO 6623(SD40-2) SOO 6621(SD40-2)
Views:  485   Comments: 0
Local with good power
Title:  Local with good power
Description:  There were many RS 18us on the roster in this period, and they worked in all kinds of service, though mostly on locals. Heres one doing exactly that, rolling five cars through Dorval station.
Photo Date:  6/14/1989  Upload Date: 10/21/2015 2:27:10 AM
Location:  Dorval, QC
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Station,Action
Locomotives:  CP 1815(RS18u)
Views:  208   Comments: 0
Alco west
Title:  Alco west
Description:  Both major Canadian roads were using Alco design diesels long after they were gone in the US. Seeing them in the lead was common, such as this 85 car westbound at Dorval.
Photo Date:  6/14/1989  Upload Date: 10/19/2015 4:22:57 AM
Location:  Dorval, QC
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  CP 4709(M636) CP 5524(SD40) CP 5612(SD40-2)
Views:  1181   Comments: 0
Alco sandwich
Title:  Alco sandwich
Description:  A pair of SD40s has an M636 in between as it passes Dorval en route to St Luc.
Photo Date:  6/14/1989  Upload Date: 10/19/2015 4:25:41 AM
Location:  Dorval, QC
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  CP 5528(SD40) CP 4704(M636) CP 5506(SD40)
Views:  394   Comments: 0
Big freight
Title:  Big freight
Description:  A long eastbound rolls through Beaconsfield behind four SD 40s. For as many SDs as CP had, it was unusual to see a train with no Alcos.
Photo Date:  6/14/1989  Upload Date: 10/21/2015 2:29:33 AM
Location:  Beaconsfield, QC
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Station,Action
Locomotives:  CP 5732(SD40-2) CP 6041(SD40-2) CP 5932(SD40-2)
Views:  571   Comments: 0
SOO power west
Title:  SOO power west
Description:  Train 501 rolls 72 cars of COFC west toward Windsor and Chicago behind the usual SOO unit and a pair of CP SD40s.
Photo Date:  6/14/1989  Upload Date: 10/19/2015 4:31:20 AM
Location:  Dorval, QC
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Station,Action
Locomotives:  SOO 6614(SD40-2) CP 5505(SD40) CP 5532(SD40)
Views:  328   Comments: 0
Alco local
Title:  Alco local
Description:  CP still had a sizeable fleet of C424s in service, along with the RS 18s. One of the Centuries hurries east to St Luc at the end of its day.
Photo Date:  6/15/1989  Upload Date: 10/22/2015 3:58:15 AM
Location:  Dorval, QC
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Signal,Action
Locomotives:  CP 4211(C424)
Views:  222   Comments: 0
Alco local
Title:  Alco local
Description:  Besides the RS 18s, there was also a sizeable fleet of C424s, which split their time between road and local service. This one is staying close to home today, working an eight car local through Dorval.
Photo Date:  6/15/1989  Upload Date: 10/26/2015 4:37:37 AM
Location:  Dorval, QC
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  CP 4211(C424)
Views:  249   Comments: 0
Alcos and commuters
Title:  Alcos and commuters
Description:  A westbound auto and intermodal train meets a Montreal bound commuter train on the CP just east of Dorval. Alcos were on everything.
Photo Date:  6/15/1989  Upload Date: 10/13/2015 3:22:56 AM
Location:  Dorval, QC
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Signal,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  CP 4702(M636) CP 4722(M636)
Views:  361   Comments: 0
Big Ms west
Title:  Big Ms west
Description:  Three six axle Alcos lead this 80 car westbound under the signals at Dorval.
Photo Date:  6/15/1989  Upload Date: 10/26/2015 4:44:32 AM
Location:  Dorval, QC
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Signal,Action
Locomotives:  CP 4703(M636) CP 4553(M630) CP 4563(M630)
Views:  847   Comments: 0
Containers and Alcos
Title:  Containers and Alcos
Description:  An M636, with an assist from an M 630 and an SD 40 leads a COFC train east. Model railroaders will cringe at the empty flats right behind the power.
Photo Date:  6/15/1989  Upload Date: 10/22/2015 4:02:08 AM
Location:  Dorval, QC
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Signal,Action
Locomotives:  CP 4720(M636) CP 4567(M630) CP 5552(SD40)
Views:  360   Comments: 0
Heading to port
Title:  Heading to port
Description:  A COFC train rolls east heading for the port in Montreal, behind three of the hordes of CPs SD 40s.
Photo Date:  6/15/1989  Upload Date: 10/13/2015 3:28:45 AM
Location:  Dorval, QC
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Signal,Action
Locomotives:  CP 5576(SD40-2) CP 5569(SD40-2) CP 4737(M636)
Views:  491   Comments: 0
Three and three
Title:  Three and three
Description:  This 115 car westbound has split the power, three SD 40s leading three big Alcos as it heads through Dorval. In a few years, I'd see most of these units on the D&H.
Photo Date:  6/15/1989  Upload Date: 10/26/2015 4:47:05 AM
Location:  Dorval, QC
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  CP 5717(SD40-2) CP 5559(SD40) CP 5678(SD40-2) CP 4716(M636) CP 4730(M636) CP 4561(M630)
Views:  892   Comments: 0
500 rolls east
Title:  500 rolls east
Description:  CP instituted train 500 as a through train between SOO in Chicago and Montreal. It was notable for keeping the SOO power all the way through, and thus was easy to spot. We see it rolling through Dorval, almost to the end of the trip.
Photo Date:  6/15/1989  Upload Date: 10/13/2015 3:36:01 AM
Location:  Dorval, QC
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Signal,Action
Locomotives:  SOO 6619(SD40-2) CP 5563(SD40) CP 5554(SD40)
Views:  375   Comments: 0
Thats what were here for
Title:  Thats what were here for
Description:  An RS 18u smokes like, well, an Alco, as it works at Delson.
Photo Date:  6/16/1989  Upload Date: 10/21/2015 2:52:38 AM
Location:  Delson, QC
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  CP 1837(RS18u)
Views:  312   Comments: 1
Ready to go
Title:  Ready to go
Description:  This RS 18 has completed its work at Delson and is ready to go south.
Photo Date:  6/16/1989  Upload Date: 10/26/2015 4:33:42 AM
Location:  Delson, QC
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  CP 1837(RS18u)
Views:  263   Comments: 0

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