Re: [cpsig] April 1960 CPR 136, 815 & 1057 triple header.

  • From: PBowers <waiting@xxxxxxx>
  • To: cpsig@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
  • Date: Mon, 31 Jul 2006 15:41:41 -0400

I should mention, a LP record was put out on this trip called "Last of the Tripleheaders." There are also one or two videos out which covered some of the trip as well as other steam excursions.
Peter

At 03:04 PM 7/31/06, you wrote:

Check with Ray Kennedy.  He organized the trip.

At 12:24 PM 7/31/06, you wrote:

>Do any of you know where a sound or video tape, disc or whatever can
>be found of this amazing event?
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>I rode 136 from Lampton to John street before the very sombre gent
>with the black homberg had me ejected. Ratz!
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>Anyway, this was THE best steam excursion ever. Three antiques, still
>on the active roster and polished up pulling 12 car, most of them
>wooden, clelestory coaches, with 1,100+ souls aboard, out of Union
>Station Toronto, to Orangeville & back. The first car was a 'Grove'
>lightweight baggage with proper electrics for recording and the four
>doors open all-the-way.
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>Oodles of cameras and microphones.
>Surely some proof of that survived to remind us of the last
>'Official',Canadian Pacific magic moment of the era.
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>Stewart, who was 16(and fully awake) at the time.
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