Train 406

[Ed Kapuscinski]

Cool video I watched from the Canadian NFB about operations.

[btrain]

Those NFB films are dangerous to watch. Seeing stuff like “Train 406” or “End of the Line”, which gives North America steam’s most fitting epitaph, really pulls the curtain back for a nice view of how railroading was in the era of 40’ box cars and streamliners. The films are a whole lot easier to take in compared to the corny Ho-ra-ra private enterprise blather that US trade films had at the time.

My personal favorite is “Station Master,” which is great portrait of the human side of railroading in a small town. Oh to live that way, life would be nothing but a peach.

[lock4244]

Those NFB films are dangerous to watch. Seeing stuff like “Train 406” or “End of the Line”, which gives North America steam’s most fitting epitaph, really pulls the curtain back for a nice view of how railroading was in the era of 40’ box cars and streamliners. The films are a whole lot easier to take in compared to the corny Ho-ra-ra private enterprise blather that US trade films had at the time.

My personal favorite is “Station Master,” which is great portrait of the human side of railroading in a small town. Oh to live that way, life would be nothing but a peach.

Lots of change at Finch. The NYC is long gone, all railroad structures are gone, and the double track on CP's Windchester Sub is now history (although Finch is the location of the west switch of a long siding). That double track was pulled only in the past few years, it was in tact when I was in Finch in 2017 shooting CP's F units.

[lock4244]

Cool video I watched from the Canadian NFB about operations.

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The fun part is that 406 still runs daily, albeit wearing number 306 now, between Mac Yard (Toronto) and Halifax. The initial scene of 406 with two CFA16-4's bracketing a GP9 is far, far more interesting than the 1+1+0 Gevo's it gets now.