"Railroading gets in your blood." Boy, isn't that the truth! I never thought that I would be viewing old videos on KZread about railroading, now that I am no longer able to work.

@NormanSilv

2 ай бұрын

86 and still at it!

I rode on my dad's train in the caboose back in the late 40s and early 50s. He was a Soo Line freight brakeman, and I can remember him telling me that you could smell a hot box sometimes before you would see it smoking. A lot of memories come up watching something like this.

@rapman5791

Ай бұрын

You’ve got that right. As soon as some broad would walk by me, I’d get a whiff of her hotbox and boy oh boy, I’d just know she was ready to start smoking and I’d move away from her as soon as I could. It’s not for the faint of heart.

I’m going to start talking like this at work and hanging up on people after I make a statement. Wish me luck...

@JKramer328

8 ай бұрын

Just like all the spam callers? Good luck I blockthem and the numbers get sent to a database of scammers which are distribute red nationwide (worldwide even)

@Jleed989

12 күн бұрын

Doctors do it to nurses everyday

My grandfather retired from the CNR . As did a few of my uncles. They had some great stories. In the 20's, 30's, and 40's you packed a hell of a lunchbox. You never knew how long you could be gone. Especially in winter. Thanks for posting this gem of a video.

@chrisoconnell5143

3 ай бұрын

And as always safety first!!!

It's fascinating to see how railroads, like airlines, have evolved over half a century. It takes a crew of 5 to cover Train 406 like an old DC8 required a crew of 4 (sometimes 5). Now the biggest jumbo jets are run by 2 people - and I think that's all we'll find on the trains now too: The Engineer and the Conductor. Even the caboose is gone Great old film. Thanks for posting this, NFB.

@James_Knott

8 ай бұрын

"Now the biggest jumbo jets are run by 2 people - and I think that's all we'll find on the trains now too" That train that destroyed Lac Megantic had a single crew member. Just one guy for the entire train and that was part of the problem.

I love the wink he gives at 21:15 such an awesome gesture

Good to see these old “infomercials” since they have a lot of historical interest as well. Many forget how important transportation and distribution are to “modern” life. Thanks for posting this!

@sjmcn500

5 жыл бұрын

The National Film Board of Canada made films about cultural life in Canada -- it's not entirely wrong to call them a kind of infomercial for their time but they were considered documentaries before we even understood the modern concept of a documentary as being different from the traditional newsreel of the era. The NFB was based in Montreal and made most of it's films about Canada at the time from that hub so anything that was done frequently used Montreal as the centre of the story. It's certainly not an informercial by any contemporary sense but I understand why you would label it that way and, as I said, it's actually not inaccurate to do so as this film likely had some financial input from Canadian National, if not participation to make it. Railways at the time were contracting due to increased use of road trucking and they were attempting to 'rebrand' their usefulness.

Wonderful vintage film. Who, in all seriousness, gives this a thumbs down??? What, because it wasn't in color???

@AlexR2648

4 жыл бұрын

Canadian Pacific employees

@JohnSmith-dr9vl

4 жыл бұрын

4 July 02.Train 406 Canada. Rail System. From UK. (Full of corruption).Remarkable film. hard word maintaining the system and the public just dont care either way long as they get there. old US scenes are far more interesting than simililar situations in uk, incredible open spaces vast engines. on top of that is the US easy going and determined efforts. also the still existing backwoods attitude which exists throughout. a country of extremes. vast wealth and poverty stricken trailer dwellers.despite that I always (often) am at home with US folk so why am I here stead of there.Its an auditory country and UK is a visual one. How miserable is fate.Most Brits are fooled by the vast Film industry re US. They think every one lives in a huge luxury house. But they are wrong bout most things aint they. Incl politics.The amat radio group bill n friends 3.840 daily Dallas open the lid of US issues and they have stores of weapons. The downside is that that group only numbers about 7.After 15 years it should amount to 7 million.Just imagine the brits doin what they do. .Thank goodness you threw them out.One of their ststements is - Truth is now a hate crime. Same scams in uk.Are we and they the only carers. Awww just missed the sports programme. A world that has eveerything and, nothing.Most folks laugh at Keeton when in fact they ought to be crying. Dont tell them them that cos violence could be offered.

@captainmorgan757

3 жыл бұрын

@@AlexR2648 good one!

@rapman5363

3 жыл бұрын

I never understood why someone is so concerned about the number of thumbs down a certain video gets. Who gives a shit.....if you like the video great!! Every video has some wanker whining about how many folks hit the thumbs down 👎.

@John-jz5yv

2 жыл бұрын

@@rapman5363 Who says "wanker" ?

Fascinating view of the era during transition from steam to diesel electric.

6,000 tons? Aw, how quaint ... a LITTLE train! Whoa, Fairbanks-Morse C-Liners at 23:25! Now THAT is rare footage!

@West_Kootenay_railfan

11 ай бұрын

I really like fairbanks morse.

@davidmackey344

Ай бұрын

And at 28:53 it immediately becomes an EMD F-unit,

@whiteknightcat

Ай бұрын

@@davidmackey344 😂

I viewed this video and I thought it was phenomenal, it’s the Canadien National Railway with a freight train that I plan on viewing several times over because the details of this video are spectacular. It also shows this train pulling into a siding to let a steam locomotive with passenger trains pass and shows a water spout, freight yards and their actions there. It also shows shops and changing of wheels and trucks. I give this video and the finder/producer an A+++++ Thank You for sharing

Really enjoyed that. Made me feel like a kid again.

@JohnSmith-dr9vl

4 жыл бұрын

4 July 02.Train 406 Canada. Rail System. From UK. (Full of corruption).Remarkable film. hard word maintaining the system and the public just dont care either way long as they get there. old US scenes are far more interesting than simililar situations in uk, incredible open spaces vast engines. on top of that is the US easy going and determined efforts. also the still existing backwoods attitude which exists throughout. a country of extremes. vast wealth and poverty stricken trailer dwellers.despite that I always (often) am at home with US folk so why am I here stead of there.Its an auditory country and UK is a visual one. How miserable is fate.Most Brits are fooled by the vast Film industry re US. They think every one lives in a huge luxury house. But they are wrong bout most things aint they. Incl politics.The amat radio group bill n friends 3.840 daily Dallas open the lid of US issues and they have stores of weapons. The downside is that that group only numbers about 7.After 15 years it should amount to 7 million.Just imagine the brits doin what they do. .Thank goodness you threw them out.One of their ststements is - Truth is now a hate crime. Same scams in uk.Are we and they the only carers. Awww just missed the sports programme. A world that has eveerything and, nothing.Most folks laugh at Keeton when in fact they ought to be crying. Dont tell them them that cos violence could be offered.

That’s a big big interlocking machine in Montreal. These are the days of Automatic Block System with Train Orders. CTC was in effect in small stretches.

Hey ,i'm realy happy that you finaly put that vidéo on line . This is a great and good souvenirs to see with family member that working at turcot yard at that time . I'm an vintage cnr and cp's trains of the 50's to 70's and this video clip is very cool . Thank's to you ONF .

Running those units long nose first :-)

Extremely well filmed look at action on the high iron - especially switching out cars in the yard and assembling a train. A very entertaining look at the life of a railroader.

Thank you so much for posting this. I like see the old Canadian National. I’m a crazy American that loves trains. Again thank you so much for posting this.

@sageosho9496

5 жыл бұрын

Christopher Clipper

@sageosho9496

5 жыл бұрын

did you ever go on a cross-country train trip. I did it was a blast. from Washington State to Michigan

@oldclip70

5 жыл бұрын

sage osho, I rode the California Zephyr from Chicago to Emeryville.

@sageosho9496

5 жыл бұрын

Christopher Clipper

@sageosho9496

5 жыл бұрын

Christopher Clipper where is Emeryville

Great informative video about the operation of the railroad in the 1950s

Now there’s no romance in those big box diesels

@rapman5791

Ай бұрын

You are absolutely right! It’s all business now. 🤷‍♂️

I was born in 74', but I'm a railfan who grew up in Lachine, close to where the Turcott yard was. A lot of scenes here are familiar to me... 4:48 is near Beaconsfield, QC, in the next cut, you can just make out the top of a stone culvert in the bottom of the frame at 4:59 (its still there today) this is along Hwy 20.... 5:57 is the intersection at 1st ave Lachine, QC. The restaurant next to the SKF truck is still there (now closed). If you look in the background, there is a FINA gas station that is also still there (its just a service garage now). That train line used to run all the way through Lachine but most of it was pulled up a few years after this film was made. 7:05

@JohnSmith-dr9vl

4 жыл бұрын

4 July 02.Train 406 Canada. Rail System. From UK. (Full of corruption).Remarkable film. hard word maintaining the system and the public just dont care either way long as they get there. old US scenes are far more interesting than simililar situations in uk, incredible open spaces vast engines. on top of that is the US easy going and determined efforts. also the still existing backwoods attitude which exists throughout. a country of extremes. vast wealth and poverty stricken trailer dwellers.despite that I always (often) am at home with US folk so why am I here stead of there.Its an auditory country and UK is a visual one. How miserable is fate.Most Brits are fooled by the vast Film industry re US. They think every one lives in a huge luxury house. But they are wrong bout most things aint they. Incl politics.The amat radio group bill n friends 3.840 daily Dallas open the lid of US issues and they have stores of weapons. The downside is that that group only numbers about 7.After 15 years it should amount to 7 million.Just imagine the brits doin what they do. .Thank goodness you threw them out.One of their ststements is - Truth is now a hate crime. Same scams in uk.Are we and they the only carers. Awww just missed the sports programme. A world that has eveerything and, nothing.Most folks laugh at Keeton when in fact they ought to be crying. Dont tell them them that cos violence could be offered.

@lregis68

3 жыл бұрын

Lance, yes the station at around 5:43 is in fact Cornwall, Ontario. And at 7:05, it is Dorion, Quebec. Going forward, the train is moving eastward and crossing the bridge over the Outaouais River and into Pincourt.

@daveyboy_

Жыл бұрын

5:57 yep . Those tracks musta been really busy back then , with the steel factory also

@Elliottblancher

Жыл бұрын

The Cornwall scene is my favorite one

The sounds of them diesels, goosebumps.

Then there’s atomic power that will almost be certain to figure one day, ahh the optimism about new fuels back then. I wonder what they would think if the knew those old Smokey diesels would be virtually unchanged in the 21st century? One of my favourite things of my time living in BC was the sonorous sound of the horns sounding in the dead of night echoing in the mountains. We don’t get that here in Austria!

@heronimousbrapson863

5 жыл бұрын

They have actually changed quite a bit since those days; perhaps in ways not readily seen. Modern diesels are quite a bit more fuel efficient than the ones used at that time.

@sjmcn500

5 жыл бұрын

I live in New Westminster and it's a major train depot heading into Vancouver -- I can report that the horns still sound day and night ; )

@johnstudd4245

3 жыл бұрын

@@heronimousbrapson863 Not only more fuel efficient but much less pollution, more pulling power with less locomotives and more effective tractive effort with computer controlled systems and AC current electric traction motors.

@CONCERTMANchicago

2 жыл бұрын

We are certainly transporting used atomic fuel cells to cave storage facilities. The ruskies and red Chinese have atomic powered steam electric.

@royburns651

4 ай бұрын

LIKE THOSE RS18S.DIDNT HAVE THOS IN THE US.

This takes me back. Judging from the mix of steam and diesel, the cars on the roads and the mention of satellites, I'd put this film in the late 50s. Some of the names on the cars, such as BA (an oil company that became Gulf and then part of Petro Canada), B&O and others are long gone. The freight cars are also much larger these days. Roller bearings have replaced friction bearings and the hot boxes they caused. I used to work for CN Telecommunications for several years, but in the mid 70s, I was a relief tech, based in Capreol, Ontario and worked on the communications equipment then in use. There was one scene where train orders were passed to the crew. Those were written on thin yellow paper, called "flimsies". In several scenes, the crew would check their pocket watches. They were not allowed to set their watch, but had to take them to a specified jeweler for cleaning and adjustment. By my time, those pocket watches were pretty much gone. My work would take me into the dispatchers office and the car load centres. Back then, I'd work on the dispatcher's phone, train to wayside radio system and a computer network called TRACS, which managed the train consists, among other things. In my work, I frequently rode trains, often freights, to get to my work locations along the main line between Capreol and Armstrong, though I also worked elsewhere around the province. Railroading is certainly a different way of life!

@bobjohnson205

5 ай бұрын

We were allowed to 'set' our watch if there was a variation of more than 15 seconds from the correct time but had to make a note of that on the train register.

@James_Knott

5 ай бұрын

@@bobjohnson205 I wonder what they do these days, with extremely accurate time sources, such as the cell phone network and GPS, so readily available.

@bobjohnson205

5 ай бұрын

@@James_Knott I can tell you that most of the rules/regs regarding watches, etc. are long gone...

Man what a complex job!!

My cousin was a “gandy dancer” on the Great Northern and as the freights rolled by he and the rest of the crew would inspect the truck journals for “hot boxes.” These were the days before railroads converted rolling stock to roller bearings.

@25mfd

2 жыл бұрын

and even today rail employees are required to inspect passing trains

@smwca123

Жыл бұрын

And lineside hotbox/dragging equipment detectors. Radio was just then coming into widespread use.

Nice vintage film for gen 1Deisels!

Thought he ran through that switch at 10:55, then I saw the SS Spring Switch sign.

At the time this film was made my father was Locomotive Foreman in Brockville. At the time a division point west of Montreal, now closed. Steam had to be changed or serviced here, diesel could be "runthrough". The line between Cornwall and Cardinal was relocated during the construction of the St. Lawrence Seaway and if this was made in winter of 1958 (judging be the supervisor's 1958 Chevrolet) this would have been the last year for steam in Eastern Canada. Turcotte is now a shopping center.

@jeanlaplante5972

Жыл бұрын

Turcot isnt a shopping center, its a highway exchange between the 15 and the 20. I live one mile from there.

“That’ll be fine” as he stares longingly at the pair of legs visible at the top of the frame at 8:30. Apparently the “numerous practical advantages” and “few privileges” include being allowed to post pinups in the caboose.

great vid, thanks for posting

I Love Trains too ~

The music sounds like the train is on its way to a gang rumble lol

@bradjames6748

Жыл бұрын

They were.....with CPR

@bobjohnson205

5 ай бұрын

Sounds like a tornado/hurricane to me! lol

This is back when passengers were treated with respect onboard trains and they had priority. Now, shipments of freight go through while passengers wait for the track to clear. It's ridiculous.

such a cool film. Seeing familiar places in times past.

i bet the engrs in the vid were HAPPY to be running diesels rather than steam

Back when Men were needed to run a railroad.

@michlo3393

8 ай бұрын

🙄

@bobjohnson205

5 ай бұрын

Back when the men were steel and the cars were wood!

This is one of the last video showing steam engines at work

And speaking of trains,I still renember that this channel have posted one video called getaway(i think),I really would like if this channel would make more of that kid of videos

Seems to be a good bit of license taken with location sequence and direction of film train(ex: with CPR train on far side, both must be westward trains). Ignoring that, as a not unusual case of taking liberties for effect, it gives an excellent picture of the era.

Looks like the guy in the caboose is "enjoying" a rough ride. Anyone have first-hand experience with that?

@James_Knott

8 ай бұрын

Yep. I used to be a technician with CN Telecommunications and, back in the mid 70s, often rode freights in Northern Ontario. On one trip, I was traveling overnight between Foleyet and Capreol Ontario. I was riding in the caboose and trying to sleep on a bench. I was tossed off a few times by the motion.

@bobjohnson205

5 ай бұрын

Me! Years of experience on the caboose as a brakeman and conductor.

@rapman5791

Ай бұрын

@@James_KnottYep, you’ve seen it all Jimmy boy!

The Canadian rail lines must have been in better condition in those days. That's a high speed for heavy freight and likely the reason why Canada did better when there was a abundance of well maintained rail going everywhere. A time when passenger trains had a right-of-way over freight and people with a vested interest in this country going forward. Better times for Canada for sure.

My parents took the CN across Canada. It took about 5 days. My stepmom was a Canadian.

Is This From The 1950's. Yes Or No Love This Flim

@CNGP9

Жыл бұрын

1958

@smwca123

Жыл бұрын

@@CNGP9 The year of the Chevy the superintendent drove.

Love those gp7s and gp9s

Long hood forward. Nice!🚂🚂🚂🇨🇦🙋

Pretty astonishing view at history! Imagine the government making a video like this today though, the screams for perceived misuse use of tax dollars would be deafening. Lol!

There's another good NFB documentary on the elk valley and CPR coal country in British Columbia I cant remember the title

There was a system of PRE-BLOCKING,on freights,so the cars,going to sundry destinations were put into a block,so the local switchers,could make,one or two moves,and assemble,or disassemble a train,rather quickly! Then the local yard would break down the block for distribution! The reverse was true on outbound cars! All systematically set up,and there was method in the madness! In hump yards there,also was a similar system,done by the trackage,in the yard[s],and destinations assigned! Anyway,a short version of a complex subject! Thank you for the attention! Thank you 😇 😊!

Great video, really enjoyed it! I was confused that the train had geeps up front in one scene, then it was RS-18s, then back to geeps. Did the film makers think railfans wouldn't notice the difference?

@rapman5791

Ай бұрын

Yes, they did. Railfans around the world aren’t too bright.

Notice the spring switch at 10:50

Litterbug at 13:04!

LOL, They can’t make up their mind as to what power is on the train. One minute they’ve got Fairbanks & Morse, then they show EMD’s, then back.to the Fairbanks, then Alco’s.

Ah the smell of diesel on a cold day......

Fantastic footage. 28:16

Fun to watch them kick the cars in the yard. Something that is longer allowed given the danger in having cars freewheel....was hard on equipment too if the crews misjudged and put too much energy behind the "kick"....

@heronimousbrapson863

5 жыл бұрын

But they still hump cars in large yards, don't they?

@rvninnorthcarolina3377

5 жыл бұрын

@@heronimousbrapson863 I think Humptracks are still a thing and these usually have retarders that stop the cars so it is considered reasonably safe . Kicking the cars used to happen in many yards and it was a skill of the engineer and crew to not over shoot where they needed the car to stop...that became a no no sometime in the 60's I believe.

@smwca123

Жыл бұрын

@@rvninnorthcarolina3377 The Montreal Yard with hump opened under that name in 1961, and was renamed Taschereau Yard probably circa 1975 (the same time its Toronto counterpart became MacMillan Yard). The hump was closed in the late 1990s and the yard repurposed for intermodal traffic.

@bobjohnson205

5 ай бұрын

@@rvninnorthcarolina3377 We were still 'kicking' cars in the 2000s where I worked.

That's gotta be the best players in Toronto or Montreal producing the soundtrack. Peter Appleyard on vibes I bet...

What did the Train 406 By Charles E. Israel video character gang discuss with each other from 0:00 to 28:54?

Better times, this is authentic Canada.

@bradjames6748

Жыл бұрын

Yeah, no goddamned cell phones

Interesting view of the switch points at 10:52 showing them closed and the engine proceeding through. They must have been spring loaded to allow this and I am not sure I have ever seen points like this on the railroads I am familiar with.

@The_DuMont_Network

9 ай бұрын

Yes, they were common, allowing trains to leave sidings without having to stop and restore the switch. Usually just called a "spring switch".

@James_Knott

8 ай бұрын

Yes. Spring switches were often used on sidings.

@bobjohnson205

5 ай бұрын

CN used them quite often for sidings and yard tracks,

@6:05 SKF bearings !! Wow... same logo too.

Always wondered what a wheel set weighed (One Axle set). 18:24 Almost a ton.

new sub

Im in favor of atomic powered trains. Id like to see a train arrive before it leaves!

Every guy in these videos looks like he is 80 years old.

Looking at the older engineers they would have began their career with steam locomotives

@bobjohnson205

5 ай бұрын

Hand-fired steam locomotives - long before self-stokers or oil!

2:44 Apparently, the Assistant Terminal Superintendent ticked somebody off and had to beg for a desk in the back of the Maintenance of Way & Engineering office. Hopefully he was able to befriend the Roadmaster and learn something about rail, ties, drainage, and bridges.

Man riding the footboard now disallowed.

@bobjohnson205

5 ай бұрын

And rightly so! Extremely unsafe! Something I NEVER did!

@rapman5791

Ай бұрын

Can’t have any fun anymore. ☹️

@ruffian2952

Ай бұрын

@@bobjohnson205 When I began my time railroading there were positions termed "footboard yardmasters." Did not sit in a yard office but worked outside where the action occured.

West of Boul.de Boucherville in St. Bruno, the 116 crosses the train tracks and I believe the cameraman was standing on that overpass looking west at 27:44. Crossing the highway, he then faced east towards St. Basile. You can vaguely make out Mt. St. Hilaire in the distance. It didn't look so different as a kid in the 80's nor even today, if Streetview is anything to go by.

@Hot80s

Жыл бұрын

I forgot to mention that the overpass that the cameraman sitting on well if you go across to the other side, it’s like a mini patio made of concrete and in 1981 I took a bicycle trip from longueuil to mont st hilaire and ate my lunch on the edge of that tunnel facing the mountain what enjoy it was to be a boy back in the day

@jimhall2002

Жыл бұрын

@@Hot80s That's a very long way for anyone. 40 miles return? But yes, I wouldn't trade the time or place for anything. I'm sure you'd agree. Cheers!

Excellent document of a long gone past. But be careful with audio part. Sound of a Geep while showing an MLW RS18 can be confusing to those not knowing. But sxicher with 539 is pure joy to ear. Turcot yard gone In background Lachine canal, ancestor of St-Lawrence seaway that replaced it had CN track on north shore, served Canadian Car & Foundry shop that builted so many cars to CN and CP. Building still there with paint name still readable. Track is gone. On south shore of canal CP track gone. Lasalle coke plant at 13:01 served by CP can be seen. Everything gone except transfer crane that is preserved for historical value penfing restauration. Large bucket was used to unload ship. Ore was dumped on crane platform in narrow gage wagon, passing over Norman street the went in the plant.

They actually did aquire turbojet trains. It ran on the Toronto to Montreal line, as a passenger train, from 1968 to 1982, with periods of a few years pulled from service due to mechanical issues. What killed it was: although on paper it could deliver passengers faster than by air, in practice it had to slow at the 240 level grade crossings, and share the line with slower freights. I wonder how they overlooked that to begin with.

@James_Knott

8 ай бұрын

I haven't noticed many atomic trains though. ;-)

Interesting how in those days passenger trains got priority over freights, as they should. Why should a short passenger train wait for 15 minutes when a freight needs to wait for 3 minutes?

What an idea back then, atomic friggin trains. Imagine that, it would reduce pollution a lot, but if you're an engineer, you also need to be able to operate a small nuclear power plant.

The passenger trains had priority back then. Then Via took it over

Is This The Canadian National Railway Yes Or No

@w9x7cv3vg6

Жыл бұрын

i cant believe that u guys have a hard time seeing names on everything geeeeesh

@drgwdrgw

Жыл бұрын

No, this was Canadian National Railways which was a Crown corporation. Todays CN is Canadian National Railway; it has been that way since its IPO in 1995 thus becoming a publicly traded corporation.

too bad the turbo jet engine and the atom powered trains never took got going, ....lol...but we still have reefers so thats cool

@w9x7cv3vg6

Жыл бұрын

a turbo jet up top on the front unit..would be a massive power source to use

>Canada c. 1960 >looks like United States c. 1930 that's about right

Those were the days,( at 5:15 - 5:20) a three man crew in the loco cab. The engineer, the head end brake man, and I am assuming, the fireman. Back in the caboose , the rear end brakeman and the conductor. By the 1980's the brake men and fireman were eliminated. Now it is just the engineer and conductor in the loco, with no caboose. The crew reductions needed to be made, with modern systems and diesel locomotives they just were not needed. But the unions sure put up a stink!. But that's typical, no wonder people accused the railroads of "featherbedding".

@snoboi92

3 жыл бұрын

Brakemen still are around but its just the jr guy that gets called as the brakemen and even than that's only if there is alot of work to be done and its called very rarely. Most trains out there are 2 man crews. Ive yet to see or hear of a fire man, those were phased out many years ago.

@sharonfieber6458

2 жыл бұрын

Everyone working before rearend brakeman was dropped called A pool. Everyone hired after was called B pool. When caboose was removed from freight everyone called C pool. Engineers side everyone with steam experience is called "hog head." Everyone promoted to engineer afterwards is called ESB (engine service brakeman).

@smwca123

Жыл бұрын

@@snoboi92 The title was eventually changed to "trainman".

@James_Knott

8 ай бұрын

Yep, those firemen were really busy on diesels. 🙂 I frequently rode diesels in the mid 70s. By then there was just the engineer and brakeman in the engine. BTW, years ago, before air brakes, brakemen had a a really dangerous job. They had to hop between cars and run along the roofs, when the train was in motion!

@bobjohnson205

5 ай бұрын

@@sharonfieber6458 Where I worked we called them 'extra stupid brakemen'! lol

Ahh, the Montteal of my yoot. When people spoke English.

SS or Spring Switch at 10:55

great history. I wonder who may colourise this?

@RDnAC

Жыл бұрын

Nooooooo

Go Steam power go into history 🙁

Why is 406, a scheduled train, coming out of Montreal carrying white extra flags?

@w9x7cv3vg6

Жыл бұрын

i will ask a former cnr enginner about this…stay tuned…he probably picked up this train back in the 60s …in Moncton for its trip to hfx..

@w9x7cv3vg6

Жыл бұрын

the two flags were to indicate that this was a secondary train , a xtra cause of more cars maybe over a limit for one set of engines or whatever..i got this from a former engineer that took the train to and from moncton to hfx since 1965..

@thomasklimchuk441

Жыл бұрын

Train 406 was an extra train that was not authorized by a timetable schedule.Only regular trains are authorized by a timetable schedules and are listed in the timetable A train that has a timetable schedule cannot depart ahead of its leaving time At a station where its time is shown

Freight trains deferring to passenger trains!!!

Passenger trains have priority over freight??? When did that change? 😅

@25mfd

4 ай бұрын

right after the national highway system was built.

the two white flags were to indicate a secondary train,or extra…..probably having too many cars for the first 406.. i got this from a engineer who was on that 406,405 going to and from..Moncton to Halifax since 1965,retired for 20 yrs…

@thomasklimchuk441

Жыл бұрын

All extra trains displayed white flags or white classification lights, even 406 Even though 406 was regular schedule train It was still an extra that was not authorized by the timetable schedule.This train 406 still had to respect yard limits

@James_Knott

8 ай бұрын

When I was with CN, in the 70s, almost every freight was an extra. The only scheduled freights I remember were the mixed freight/passenger trains in remote areas.

No welded rail.....

@w9x7cv3vg6

Жыл бұрын

theres never welded rail !

I didn't see those refers .

@cooterhazzardbhogg8236

5 жыл бұрын

Reefers

7:00 & 7:31 & 8:00 Please tell me they didn’t just dub a car horn in for a true diesel whistle here?! 🤮

At 17min37sec should have been applied by norfolk in east palestine....

Back when Canada was butch. 😂

from 15:17 till 15:23 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 cant blame them for saying such things tho... they knew so little about it at the time 😄😂 still a great film and AMAZING piece of History! 😁😃