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Viewing Album:  Canadian Commuters
 
By:Tom Beckett
Dates:1/1/1980 - 12/26/2014
Album Info:Commuter trains in Canadian cities.
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Going away
Title:  Going away
Description:  A GO Transit train rolls away toward Hamilton
Photo Date:  8/16/1980  Upload Date: 12/29/2013 3:26:28 AM
Location:  Bayview Junction, ON
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Scenic,Signal,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  GOT 501(GP40TC) GOT 706(GP40-2LW)
Views:  606   Comments: 1
Commuter power
Title:  Commuter power
Description:  A GO Transit train for Hamilton passes Bayview with two units, both Canada only models. The lead unit is a GP40TC, some of which would eventually wind up on Amtrak.
Photo Date:  8/16/1980  Upload Date: 12/29/2013 3:26:27 AM
Location:  Bayview Junction, ON
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Scenic,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  GOT 501(GP40TC) GOT 706(GP40-2LW)
Views:  535   Comments: 0
GO cab unit
Title:  GO cab unit
Description:  GO Transit was using reconfigured F units for operating cabs on their trains in the late 70's/early 80's. One is seen here trailing a Hamilton train at Bayview.
Photo Date:  8/16/1980  Upload Date: 12/29/2013 3:26:20 AM
Location:  Bayview Jct, ON
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Scenic,Signal,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  GOT 902(NPCU)
Views:  369   Comments: 0
New generation
Title:  New generation
Description:  The "new" generation of streetcars was being introduced in Toronto in 1982. They are now called LRVs, which is a fancy name for "PCC car."
Photo Date:  8/20/1982  Upload Date: 1/16/2012 12:36:17 AM
Location:  Toronto, ON
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  RollingStock,Transit,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  TTC 4086(LRV)
Views:  216   Comments: 0
Classic streetcars
Title:  Classic streetcars
Description:  A Toronto Transit Commission PCC car meets its successor at Yonge St.
Photo Date:  8/20/1982  Upload Date: 1/16/2012 12:34:12 AM
Location:  Toronto, ON
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories: 
Locomotives:  TTC 4313(PCC)
Views:  223   Comments: 1
Commuter power
Title:  Commuter power
Description:  A GO Transit unit waits for departure at Union Station
Photo Date:  8/27/1982  Upload Date: 3/26/2013 1:08:31 AM
Location:  Toronto, ON
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Roster,Station,Passenger
Locomotives:  GOT 512(F40PH)
Views:  421   Comments: 0
PCC going away
Title:  PCC going away
Description:  A Toronto Transit Commission PCC passes on Yonge St
Photo Date:  8/27/1982  Upload Date: 3/24/2013 4:49:32 AM
Location:  Toronto, ON
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Transit,Action
Locomotives:  TTC 4404(PCC)
Views:  226   Comments: 0
Loading in the street
Title:  Loading in the street
Description:  A route 506 car loads in the street at Yonge St
Photo Date:  8/27/1982  Upload Date: 3/24/2013 4:51:42 AM
Location:  Toronto, ON
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Passenger,Action
Locomotives: 
Views:  143   Comments: 0
Double headed power
Title:  Double headed power
Description:  Pairs of electrics were typical on commuter trains. Heres an overhead view of two leading a train out of the Mont Royal tunnel at Portal Heights.
Photo Date:  8/26/1985  Upload Date: 10/9/2014 2:33:13 AM
Location:  Montreal, QC
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Tunnel,Station,Signal,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  CN 6711(Boxcab) CN 6712(Boxcab)
Views:  530   Comments: 0
Going back for more
Title:  Going back for more
Description:  The locomotive hauled trains would run out to Deux Montagnes, change ends and head back into the city for another outbound. Heres one crossing the diamond at Jct de Lest returning to Montreal.
Photo Date:  8/26/1985  Upload Date: 10/9/2014 2:37:14 AM
Location:  Montreal, QC
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  CN 6713(Boxcab) CN 6715(Boxcab)
Views:  543   Comments: 0
Returning for more
Title:  Returning for more
Description:  A motor hauled train deadheads back downtown for another outbound commuter run, seen at Portal Heights.
Photo Date:  8/26/1985  Upload Date: 10/9/2014 2:40:21 AM
Location:  Montreal, QC
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Tunnel,Station,Signal,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  CN 6715(Boxcab) CN 6713(Boxcab)
Views:  346   Comments: 0
Heavyweights.
Title:  Heavyweights.
Description:  The CN commuter train coaches were almost as classic as the power. Heres a going away view at Portal Heights.
Photo Date:  8/26/1985  Upload Date: 10/8/2014 2:50:57 AM
Location:  Montreal PQ, QC
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  RollingStock,Passenger,Action
Locomotives: 
Views:  163   Comments: 0
Into daylight
Title:  Into daylight
Description:  A pair of motors lead a commuter train out of the tunnel and into Portal Heights station
Photo Date:  8/26/1985  Upload Date: 10/8/2014 2:54:41 AM
Location:  Montreal PQ, QC
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Station,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  CN 6715(Boxcab) CN 6713(Boxcab)
Views:  385   Comments: 1
Motors at stop
Title:  Motors at stop
Description:  A pair of CN electrics makes the stop at Portal Heights.
Photo Date:  8/26/1985  Upload Date: 10/8/2014 2:56:32 AM
Location:  Montreal PQ, QC
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Station,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  CN 6722(Boxcab) CN 6724(Boxcab)
Views:  459   Comments: 1
Reflection
Title:  Reflection
Description:  A late afternoon return run reflects the sun as it passes Cote Vertu on the way back downtown.
Photo Date:  8/26/1985  Upload Date: 10/9/2014 2:47:01 AM
Location:  Montreal, QC
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Station,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  CN 6724(Boxcab)
Views:  153   Comments: 0
Steeple cabs
Title:  Steeple cabs
Description:  The pair of steeple cab motors head across the diamond at Jct de Lest.
Photo Date:  8/26/1985  Upload Date: 10/9/2014 2:48:40 AM
Location:  Montreal, QC
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  CN 6725(Z-5-A) CN 6726(Z-5-A)
Views:  475   Comments: 0
Rolling away
Title:  Rolling away
Description:  A set of heavyweight coaches rolls out of Portal Heights.
Photo Date:  8/26/1985  Upload Date: 10/8/2014 2:57:52 AM
Location:  Montreal PQ, QC
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  RollingStock,Passenger,Action
Locomotives: 
Views:  211   Comments: 1
Steeplecabs
Title:  Steeplecabs
Description:  CN had some steeplecabs that were built in 1950, making them the babies of the fleet, the others having been built in the teens.
Photo Date:  8/26/1985  Upload Date: 10/8/2014 2:59:10 AM
Location:  Montreal PQ, QC
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Station,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  CN 6726(Z-5-A) CN 6725(Z-5-A)
Views:  570   Comments: 0
MUs
Title:  MUs
Description:  An MU train rolls toward the diamonds at Jct de Lest as it makes its way toward Montreial.
Photo Date:  8/26/1985  Upload Date: 10/9/2014 2:52:19 AM
Location:  Montreal, QC
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  CN 6739(Electric M.U.)
Views:  266   Comments: 1
Rolling out
Title:  Rolling out
Description:  An MU train rolls out of the tunnel and into the Portal Heights station
Photo Date:  8/26/1985  Upload Date: 10/9/2014 2:56:46 AM
Location:  Montreal, QC
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Tunnel,Station,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  CN 6730(Electric M.U.)
Views:  194   Comments: 0
Headed back to town
Title:  Headed back to town
Description:  An inbpund MU train enters the tunnel and will soon be back downtown for more commuters.
Photo Date:  8/26/1985  Upload Date: 10/9/2014 3:03:47 AM
Location:  Montreal, QC
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Tunnel,Station,Signal,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  CN 6735(Electric M.U.)
Views:  179   Comments: 0
Commuter train reaches daylight
Title:  Commuter train reaches daylight
Description:  A CN commuter train powered by a pair of ancient electric boxcabs exits the tunnel under Mont Royal at the Portal Heights station
Photo Date:  8/26/1985  Upload Date: 8/21/2011 9:35:59 PM
Location:  Montreal, QC
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Tunnel,Station,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  CN 6715(Boxcab) CN 6713(Boxcab)
Views:  517   Comments: 0
Banging the diamonds
Title:  Banging the diamonds
Description:  An inbound MU train rolls across the junction as a VIA trains electric cuts off on the connecting track in the distance.
Photo Date:  8/26/1985  Upload Date: 10/9/2014 3:10:56 AM
Location:  Montreal, QC
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Scenic,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  CN 6735(Electric M.U.) VIA 6530(FP9A)
Views:  262   Comments: 0
Nose to nose
Title:  Nose to nose
Description:  Not exactly. The MU train is on the line to downtown, while the VIA train is on the connector from the line out of Mont Royal tunnel to the line going east.
Photo Date:  8/26/1985  Upload Date: 10/9/2014 3:13:04 AM
Location:  Montreal, QC
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Scenic,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  VIA 6530(FP9A)
Views:  199   Comments: 0
Classic power
Title:  Classic power
Description:  CN was still using its electric locomotives on commuter trains to Deux Montagnes, and to assist VIA trains out of Montreal. Heres a commuter train at Cote Vertu with a pair of motors.
Photo Date:  8/27/1985  Upload Date: 10/8/2014 2:49:07 AM
Location:  Montreal PQ, QC
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Station,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  CN 6713(Boxcab) CN 6715(Boxcab)
Views:  382   Comments: 0
Out of the sun
Title:  Out of the sun
Description:  A set of MU cars rolls toward Deux Montagnes in the morning, coming out of the sun as it heads west.
Photo Date:  8/27/1985  Upload Date: 10/8/2014 3:02:52 AM
Location:  Montreal PQ, QC
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Station,Signal,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  CN 6734(Electric M.U.)
Views:  343   Comments: 0
MUs
Title:  MUs
Description:  CN also had a fleet of MU cars on the Deux Montragnes line. Not as well known as the famous electric locomotives, they provided the backbone of the commuter service most of the day. Note the order board set to deliver train orders.
Photo Date:  8/27/1985  Upload Date: 10/8/2014 3:06:54 AM
Location:  Deux Montagnes, QC
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Station,Signal,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  CN 6739(Electric M.U.)
Views:  297   Comments: 0
Rolling to town
Title:  Rolling to town
Description:  A set of MU cars rolls toward Montreal at Vertu.
Photo Date:  8/27/1985  Upload Date: 10/8/2014 3:07:50 AM
Location:  Deux Montagnes, QC
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Station,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  CN 6743(Electric M.U.)
Views:  258   Comments: 0
CN electrics
Title:  CN electrics
Description:  CN electrics head toward Deux Montagnes with a commuter train at Jct de lEst
Photo Date:  8/27/1985  Upload Date: 7/20/2011 2:25:59 AM
Location:  Montreal, QC
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  CN 6713(Boxcab) CN 6715(Boxcab)
Views:  398   Comments: 0
CP commuter
Title:  CP commuter
Description:  The CN electrics got the attention, but CP also hosted commuter trains on its line to Dorion, west of Montreal. One of the best places to see them was out at Dorval, where the CP and CN ran side by side for miles. Heres a mid day train for Dorion arriving in push mode at Dorval.
Photo Date:  8/27/1985  Upload Date: 10/9/2014 2:18:46 AM
Location:  Montreal, QC
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Station,Signal,Passenger,Action
Locomotives: 
Views:  213   Comments: 0
Commuter meet
Title:  Commuter meet
Description:  A pair of CN electric MU trains meet at Vertu on the Deux Montagnes line. Theres quite a crowd on the way to work this morning.
Photo Date:  8/26/1986  Upload Date: 12/9/2014 2:01:43 AM
Location:  Montreal PQ, QC
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Station,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  CN 6741(Electric M.U.) CN 6743(Electric M.U.)
Views:  226   Comments: 0
Rush hour begins
Title:  Rush hour begins
Description:  The first of the evening rush trains arrives at Dorval behind an ex CP FP 7 and with a train of conventional coaches.
Photo Date:  8/26/1986  Upload Date: 12/10/2014 1:55:34 PM
Location:  Dorval, QC
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Signal,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  STCUM 1301(FP7A)
Views:  206   Comments: 0
Mid day commuter
Title:  Mid day commuter
Description:  A mid day train rolls under the signals at Dorval on its way back to Montreal.
Photo Date:  8/26/1986  Upload Date: 12/9/2014 3:14:43 AM
Location:  Dorval, QC
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Station,Signal,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  STCUM 1302(FP7A)
Views:  271   Comments: 3
Pushing west
Title:  Pushing west
Description:  A westbound train pushes toward Dorion at the Beaconfield station
Photo Date:  8/26/1986  Upload Date: 12/9/2014 3:19:45 AM
Location:  Dorval, QC
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Station,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  STCUM 1302(FP7A)
Views:  270   Comments: 1
Station silhouette
Title:  Station silhouette
Description:  The ancient(1890) station at Dorval is silhouetted with FP 7 1303 as it pushes a commuter train toward Dorion.
Photo Date:  8/26/1986  Upload Date: 12/10/2014 2:02:02 PM
Location:  Dorval, QC
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Station,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  STCUM 1303(FP7A)
Views:  158   Comments: 0
Pushing home
Title:  Pushing home
Description:  A rush hour bilevel train arrives at Dorval with FP 7 1303 in push mode.
Photo Date:  8/26/1986  Upload Date: 12/10/2014 2:03:30 PM
Location:  Dorval, QC
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  STCUM 1303(FP7A)
Views:  131   Comments: 0
Long train
Title:  Long train
Description:  A rush hour train with an 8 car train arrives at Dorval. The mid day trains ran with 4 car train, so this looks like long haul!!
Photo Date:  8/26/1986  Upload Date: 12/10/2014 2:05:29 PM
Location:  Dorval, QC
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  STCUM 1304(FP7A)
Views:  217   Comments: 0
Last one
Title:  Last one
Description:  STCUM has six FP7s in CP commuter service. We see 1306 arriving at Dorval, and now have seen the entire fleet today.
Photo Date:  8/26/1986  Upload Date: 12/10/2014 2:06:43 PM
Location:  Dorval, QC
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  STCUM 1306(FP7A)
Views:  337   Comments: 1
Westbound on the CP
Title:  Westbound on the CP
Description:  A cab car leads this train from Montreal to Dorion at the Beaconfield station
Photo Date:  8/26/1986  Upload Date: 12/9/2014 3:00:45 AM
Location:  Montreal, QC
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Station,Passenger,Action
Locomotives: 
Views:  137   Comments: 0
Commuters on the CP
Title:  Commuters on the CP
Description:  VIA trains ran on the CN, but there was local service on CP. One of their mid day trains approaches Dorval with a cab car leading.
Photo Date:  8/26/1986  Upload Date: 12/9/2014 3:02:54 AM
Location:  Dorval, QC
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Passenger,Action
Locomotives: 
Views:  179   Comments: 0
Cab leading
Title:  Cab leading
Description:  A cab car leads this westbound CP commuter train at Dorval.
Photo Date:  8/26/1986  Upload Date: 12/10/2014 3:59:59 AM
Location:  Dorval, QC
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Signal,Passenger,Action
Locomotives: 
Views:  144   Comments: 0
GO cab car
Title:  GO cab car
Description:  My dad got married for the second time in Toronto in late December 1986, so I had some time to catch the action there. As is all too common, the days I'm able to go somewhere I never go, the weather is awful, with a heavy overcast darkening the skies on a day daylight even on a good day is late in coming. A cab car leads this train of distinctive bi levels into Toronto Union Station,
Photo Date:  12/29/1986  Upload Date: 12/26/2014 3:22:50 AM
Location:  Toronto, ON
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Station,Passenger,Action
Locomotives: 
Views:  322   Comments: 0
Old style
Title:  Old style
Description:  Actually not so old, but the GP40TCs were by that time the oldest units on the roster, as the F 40s had arrived. This one is pushing a set of equally classic Hawker Siddely cars at Union Station.
Photo Date:  12/29/1986  Upload Date: 12/26/2014 3:27:01 AM
Location:  Toronto, ON
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Station,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  GOT 507(GP40TC)
Views:  542   Comments: 0
Across the tracks
Title:  Across the tracks
Description:  A train from the eastern suburbs has arrived at Union Station as seen from the other side of the very wide right of way.
Photo Date:  12/29/1986  Upload Date: 12/26/2014 3:29:18 AM
Location:  Toronto, ON
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Station,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  GOT 511(F40PH)
Views:  309   Comments: 0
Just arrived
Title:  Just arrived
Description:  A train from the eastern suburbs has arrived, pushed into town by an F 40. The classic Royal York hotel dominates the background.
Photo Date:  12/29/1986  Upload Date: 12/26/2014 3:34:26 AM
Location:  Toronto, ON
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Station,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  GOT 514(F40PH)
Views:  386   Comments: 0
Power leading
Title:  Power leading
Description:  A GP 40TC leads a train into Union Station. Some trains pushed in, others pulled. I dont recall now if there was any rationality to why this was so.
Photo Date:  12/29/1986  Upload Date: 12/26/2014 3:40:39 AM
Location:  Toronto, ON
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Station,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  GOT 706(GP40-2LW)
Views:  217   Comments: 0
Arriving
Title:  Arriving
Description:  An inbound train has arrived from the west.
Photo Date:  12/29/1986  Upload Date: 12/26/2014 3:42:30 AM
Location:  Toronto, ON
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Station,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  GOT 707(GP40-2LW)
Views:  180   Comments: 0
Wide view
Title:  Wide view
Description:  A wide view of the scene shows an inbound train approaching the station, and at the far edge of the photo, a tower, a vanishing feature even in Canada.
Photo Date:  12/29/1986  Upload Date: 12/26/2014 3:44:21 AM
Location:  Toronto, ON
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Station,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  GOT 711(GP40-2LW)
Views:  363   Comments: 2
Long train coming in
Title:  Long train coming in
Description:  A long commuter train arrives from the east.
Photo Date:  12/29/1986  Upload Date: 12/26/2014 3:45:34 AM
Location:  Toronto, ON
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Station,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  GOT 722(GP40)
Views:  202   Comments: 0
Double headed
Title:  Double headed
Description:  This train coming in from the east has a pair of units, including an F7B. Dont recall now if the F unit was powered, or was supplying HEP for the train.
Photo Date:  12/29/1986  Upload Date: 12/26/2014 3:47:46 AM
Location:  Toronto, ON
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Station,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  GOT 723(GP40) GOT 802(F7B)
Views:  644   Comments: 0

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