tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-372955869775302424.post2026606089103921424..comments2024-03-26T22:06:26.337-04:00Comments on Trackside Treasure: A Day at Portage la Prairie, 1982Erichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11822288099043790296noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-372955869775302424.post-60650935041964974152012-09-02T22:56:46.504-04:002012-09-02T22:56:46.504-04:00Dear Eric, boy did I ever mess up. Mr I-Spy here ...Dear Eric, boy did I ever mess up. Mr I-Spy here reporting in with an update from yesterday, and an error. The CP colors on the stored Fs at Calgary and Via 1414-1965-1423 at Aylth were taken on Aug 12 NOT 13 1983 with the silver coffin views as well, both intact and damaged. The view of the GMD SW1200rs CP 8100 at the VIA-CP Calgary station tracks was shot on Aug 11 1983. Acc is the key to a good book becoming a GREAT book. CP 6513 was the Portage yard loco until 1981, then retired and sent to Weston for a stuffed-and-mount in Dinsdale Park in the Wheat City. CP 6569 was of interest as it had a way-side cold weather unit called a KIP-HOT START or KIPP, anyway instead of an oil watchman heater, elec was used in Portage, maybe the only unit with this feature. Maybe Bruce Chapman knows for sure. From the Labor day or Labour day scene here in I-Spy land as always, take care Eric form me.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-372955869775302424.post-90547840460357148532012-09-01T23:12:03.461-04:002012-09-01T23:12:03.461-04:00Dear Eric, from Mr I-Spy from Wpg. As told by our...Dear Eric, from Mr I-Spy from Wpg. As told by our conversation, caught the Via no 1 at Port Jct with CFL dead-head train and what a sight. Passed at 12.16 CDT and shot the train. The photos of P-la-P of 1982 of of most interest, as I shot alot of stuff from 1980-pres in the Port area. CP s-3 6569 was the CP unit for Campbell Soup and the McCain FF plant. Wish to report that all pix at Calgary -Ayl of Via Fs and the RDCs are from AUG 13 1983. VIA 1405-06-07-13-14-23-32 and 1965 and 6146 and 6127 all shot on the same day. Date of CP 8100 at the station will have to checked if you need the date.Thats all for now...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-372955869775302424.post-91920027643528250562011-05-10T15:37:53.441-04:002011-05-10T15:37:53.441-04:00True Tyler, but I still hear such questions about ...True Tyler, but I still hear such questions about "What are you going to do with..." <br /><br />Seriously though, digital would have been great for capturing detail, especially after travelling 1,500-miles from Kingston to Portage to railfan, like I did in '82. <br /><br />EricErichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11822288099043790296noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-372955869775302424.post-87609931791540429152011-05-10T11:51:54.860-04:002011-05-10T11:51:54.860-04:00Yes, I think during my one visit to Portage with m...Yes, I think during my one visit to Portage with my DSLR I took nearly as many photographs as all of my previous visits combined! A lot easier to capture all of the station details and everything else surrounding the tracks digitally than it was back when anything more than one shot of each passing train would prompt a "What are you going to do with all these pictures?" from my parents as they listened to film and dollar signs winding away in the camera.Tylerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11277724015328862338noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-372955869775302424.post-67323657237188772522011-05-09T10:35:32.860-04:002011-05-09T10:35:32.860-04:00Thanks Tyler, you're right, Portage was a diff...Thanks Tyler, you're right, Portage was a different place then. <br /><br />Just imagine if I'd had a digital camera, I would've been snapping like crazy...those stored reefers, every switching move, every car on the Canadian. What you're seeing in these posts is pre-photography editing in action.<br /><br />EricErichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11822288099043790296noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-372955869775302424.post-39916034898805877242011-05-09T09:38:30.213-04:002011-05-09T09:38:30.213-04:00Fantastic! Those were the days...Fantastic! Those were the days...Tylerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11277724015328862338noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-372955869775302424.post-1243729500785574682011-05-08T17:56:29.631-04:002011-05-08T17:56:29.631-04:00Thanks for your kind comments, Elijah. Notice the...Thanks for your kind comments, Elijah. Notice the redundancy among the first-gen CP power, just in case. Rest assured, I have lots of days of Portage railfanning that I will be posting in future, from various years, including Black Widows, of course. And yes, I got to toot the horn in the cab of 6507.<br /><br />EricErichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11822288099043790296noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-372955869775302424.post-33734412201040277792011-05-08T00:49:01.442-04:002011-05-08T00:49:01.442-04:00Marvelous! Marvelous! They still powered hotshot t...Marvelous! Marvelous! They still powered hotshot trains with first generation power on the CP! CN SD40s of most every sort, and a one unit wonder hauled by a geep. Another great post, Mr Gagnon! Confidentially, 1982 is the year I am most interested in. Thank you very much.Zartok-35https://www.blogger.com/profile/00449976580118722879noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-372955869775302424.post-6196004940416144352011-05-07T22:46:58.883-04:002011-05-07T22:46:58.883-04:00Will do, Ian. Bear in mind I didn't even take...Will do, Ian. Bear in mind I didn't even take a photo of some of the trains that were passing me by that day.<br /><br />Selective compression is a must for modelling those 120-car empty CP grain drags, though.<br /><br />Thanks for your comment,<br />EricErichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11822288099043790296noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-372955869775302424.post-84363583970123929922011-05-07T22:30:13.643-04:002011-05-07T22:30:13.643-04:00Oh, wow...drool. This is more great stuff to add t...Oh, wow...drool. This is more great stuff to add to idea file for my model of PLaP.<br /><br />Keep it coming!!<br /><br />Ian LisakowskiLord Darth McIanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08618993277348770756noreply@blogger.com