West Chester 4230 Slide

One of my eBay searches turned up this interesting slide. It depicts West Chester #4230 in fresh paint. This was NBEC 4230, originally CP 4230 built in 1965. The old girl looks brand new in this paint, even though she's 45 years old.

I shot 4230 in Miramichi in 2002:
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NBEC 4230 was commonly seen in Miramichi in the early 2000s.

West Chester apparently also painted ex-CP 1803, by this slide.

NOTE: I wrote over the slide image to "ruin" it. I hate when people "borrow" my images and use them without attribution. If you want the image, go buy the slide.

Wanting

I would love to bid on this 1883-1884 Intercolonial Timetable. But $94 is too rich for my blood. As you may know, I collect timetables, train orders, and so forth and I'd love to have that in my collection. Maybe next time! when I win the lottery

For today, I'll go to the Halifax Train Show and buy cheaper, newer timetables. ;)

Steam Engine Photo

Here's an old photo, something I purchased on eBay a while ago. CN 2637 is shown in the dead line in Moncton, NB in August 1959.

CP Steam Engines from Ebay

I received my first slides from the John MacIntosh sale on Ebay. Here they are for your viewing pleasure. Click on them to see the large version.

First, CP 1097 in the Fredericton yard.

Unfortunately this one is blurry. I levelled the photo and did my best to sharpen it but there is only so much one can do.

The next one is better quality, featuring the CPR train leaving the CN mainline at Norton to go to Chipman on August 5, 1958.


Now a question on this one... is it CP 136 or 144 pulling the train? The engine number is too small to read, except that it is 3 digits.

Canadian Government Railways waybill

I recently won a Canadian Government Railways (CGR) waybill from December 18, 1926. The waybill is for a snowplow to be transported from Stanley to Doaktown.


I love stuff like this!