6015 - Train 6 - Halifax Bound @ Antigonish, Nova Scotia - 1950's.Dad took this picture sometime during the transition from Steam to Diesel. My Dad was a steam purist and didn't take very many pictures of the start of the Diesel era. I may have in my collection 2 or 3 pictures of a diesel.
As stated earlier, Train 6 is Halifax bound. It was scheduled for a 1310 hrs departure. Being a train that stopped at almost every station along the line between Sydney and Halifax, the schedule was well padded to do this.
Train 6 ran with more Head End cars than revenue cars. It carried Express, Mail, and Baggage cars as well as coaches and a Buffet Parlor car.
6015 - Train 6 - Halifax Bound @ Stellarton, Nova Scotia - 1950's.Dad took this picture of Train 6 leaving Stellarton, Nova Scotia bound for Halifax. Train 6 if on time at Stellarton arrived at 1448 hrs and departed at 1458 hrs.
For Dad to take this picture of Train 6 leaving Stellarton, he would have hiked up the line to get it at speed in this dramatic picture.
The Chap who is watching Train 6 leave is looking for any sign of trouble coming out of the train. If he found nothing out of the ordinary, like a sticking brake shoe or some strange noise, he would give the High Ball to the Tail End Brakeman who would be at the end of the last car.
In this picture of the 6015, the "Smoke Deflectors" were removed by the Shop Forces, no doubt in Moncton, during one of the overhauls.
Canadian National experimented with different kind of Smoke Deflectors that would raise the smoke from the locomotive and not hinder the view of the Engineer. Needless to say the CNR never did find a sure fire way to have the smoke get in the Engineers sight and removed most Smoke Deflectors from most locomotives.
The 6015 as stated in an earlier post was from the first batch of "Mountain Type" of Locomotive built for the Canadian National. The 6015 belonged to the U-1-a class of 4-8-2, built new in August 1923. The 6015 was delivered from the Canadian Locomotive Company at Kingston, Ontario. Out of the entire batch from this class, 6000 to 6015, only the 6015 was preserved.
The 6015 was first donated to the CRHA (Canadian Railway Historical Association) at the Canadian Railway Museum in Delson Quebec, near Montreal. When Locomotive 6060 Class U-1-f (Montreal Locomotive Works) was removed from Static Display in Jasper in the 1980's, the 6015 took it's place in Jasper.
The 6015 today on Static Display in Jasper, Alberta.The 6015 today is on Static Display at the Canadian National Railways Station in Jasper Alberta. I found the picture at www.steamlocomotive.info. To visit the site and find many pictures of Steam Locomotives on display Visit Here.
Till the next time.
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"The Old Fart"
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I remember the whistle on the steam engines. They used to blow them as they came into town. My step-mother used them to tell time with.
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