tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-372955869775302424.post5566154068026211465..comments2024-03-18T11:06:59.301-04:00Comments on Trackside Treasure: Black & White VIA PhotographyErichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11822288099043790296noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-372955869775302424.post-24927612708046729842018-11-26T22:48:16.871-05:002018-11-26T22:48:16.871-05:00Thanks for that additional information, Mark!
Eric...Thanks for that additional information, Mark!<br />EricErichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11822288099043790296noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-372955869775302424.post-75466610525610641482018-11-26T22:32:59.009-05:002018-11-26T22:32:59.009-05:00The CP winterization hatches contained shutters th...The CP winterization hatches contained shutters that closed over the #1 fan when the engine was cold, redirecting the exhaust heat into the engine room to warm it. When the engine warmed up enough, a thermostat opened the shutters, allowing the fan to exhaust normally.Mark Waltonnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-372955869775302424.post-14283363481506620252012-10-22T23:14:38.159-04:002012-10-22T23:14:38.159-04:00Dear Eric, Im back...three days of rain and gloom ...Dear Eric, Im back...three days of rain and gloom in the USA. Train show in ST Pauil and Fargo were quite good, but the photo ops poor to why-did-I bring-the-camera. Hope to have the book in my hands asap, hope the finished product is up to your level of high hopes. I_spy reopt from Diamond MB for Oct 22 is the following---Via 6410-6405 with 13 cars with YOHO Pk. Am working with a fellow on a SOO book, as awell as another fellow in Saskatoon looking for photos of EMS cars and trucks of the past. Well thats the news from WPG>Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-372955869775302424.post-33272885320114038322012-10-06T20:03:23.355-04:002012-10-06T20:03:23.355-04:00Dear VIA feind Eric, the ON farewell is a story of...Dear VIA feind Eric, the ON farewell is a story of our day and age, in a world of change things are at fast pace to loose what we had today, gone tommorow. Saw the ON Tee set at Union in Aug 1984. I-Spy reports from Diamond with No 1...6456-6429 with 20 cars with Banff pk at the markers. Also on note...at Rosser on the CP Carbeery Sub-Oct o6 at 1600 hrs,CP 6005 east had the following loco consist..6005,9710,9107,9120,9131,9101,9117,9623. Eight units but 2 units were active, 6005 and 9623. Please pass this on to Bruce Chapman as of interest. Thats its from WINTER-PEG on Oct 06. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-372955869775302424.post-87360008349521317402012-09-30T21:35:56.462-04:002012-09-30T21:35:56.462-04:00Hi Brian,
Great to hear from you at the end of th...Hi Brian,<br /><br />Great to hear from you at the end of this post which shares part of your photo collection with the wwworld.<br /><br />I did hear from the printer today, and photos from your collection look good on paper as well as they do in cyberspace.<br /><br />I am tempted to start a blog poll to see how many would vote to get you online. Perhaps I could get people to donate to one of those internet funds-startup sites...'Buy Brian a Mac' or something, and you could get a computer setup for free. <br /><br />Believe me, when it happens and you're posting photos online, you will be very, very busy...<br /><br />Thanks for your comments,<br />EricErichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11822288099043790296noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-372955869775302424.post-64007353677900214442012-09-30T21:08:51.216-04:002012-09-30T21:08:51.216-04:00Well I have returned to the scene. Pt 2. Call me...Well I have returned to the scene. Pt 2. Call me via landline on mon or tues for an update. Still think the blog looks so cool with the feature of the b and w photos. Can not wait to enter the world of cyber-space land to circulate the achieves on the www. in Winnipeg, Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-372955869775302424.post-24180802542655575342012-09-29T23:52:48.765-04:002012-09-29T23:52:48.765-04:00Dear Eric, well quite a surprise to my photos as a...Dear Eric, well quite a surprise to my photos as a tribute to me on the blog. I am pleased that you find them so interesting as I shot and recorded on film a time and place local to me. I did photograph in VIA mecca, Spadina, shooting RDCs and FPA4s as wellas GO Mimico or Willowbrook in 1984 taking in the Fs and GP40s and F40Ph. As you well know, the local scene becomes stale, and we all strive to look farther a field. In 1982 to witness the Toronto tramp herself at Agincourt-CP 8921 and again in 1984 and 86 before she got the RS18 chop nose treatment, an encounter that I will have on film. I would like to give credit where it is due, Mr David Finney of Via said to me in Oct 29-30 of 1978, take all the photos you can as I dont think this outfit has five years. How wrong he was, as a former CP man, and being a lean and mean opperation as the CN was not, David could not understand the Government way things, waste. I was pleased th photo graph the early days of VIA as a method of documenting history, maybe a short lived one at that. Again I am pleased to share my stuff with you for the book, and with Jason Shron of RAPIDO in help to create the best for his company and us fans and HO scalers. I-spy to inform, Sept 29 at DIAMOND Via no 1---6435-6420 with 22 cars with Tremblant Pk at the markers, or drumhead. Please call, hope that you, Eric, heard from the printer. Update wanted.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-372955869775302424.post-15246427166068972242012-09-29T15:43:24.440-04:002012-09-29T15:43:24.440-04:00Thanks for your comment, A. I agree, Brian's ...Thanks for your comment, A. I agree, Brian's photos remind me a lot of my layover railfanning. He spent a l-o-t of time around those depot tracks, and has the photos to prove it. There really were some very interesting trains inhabiting those tracks!<br /><br />I feel fortunate to have been able to see such photos and to be able to share them with others. <br /><br />EricErichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11822288099043790296noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-372955869775302424.post-43440158568682983142012-09-29T12:46:21.758-04:002012-09-29T12:46:21.758-04:00Beautiful photos! They bring back memories of gett...Beautiful photos! They bring back memories of getting on and off trains in Winnipeg Union Station back in the mid/late 80s! Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com