Thursday, January 26, 2012














I found this classic late 1950's era black and white photo at My Link page Fallen Flags.Org, located to the right of Your computer screen at www.rr-fallenflags.org

The photo wich is dated for March 31st, 1958.

Photographer Dennis Schmidt, captured this classic and proboubly recently dieselized Grand Trunk Western Railroad passenger train, at the South Bend Indiana train station.

During this period, the GTW was in the process of a late dieselization of their motive power fleet. The GTW was one of the last railroads in North America, to operate steam locomotives in daily revenue service until 1961. The GTW EMD GP 9 roadswitcher locomotives viewed on the head end of this passenger train, were painted in the olive green, black and gold colors of the parent railroad company Canadian National.

The Grand Trunk Western, was a United States subsidiary of the Canadian National Railroad.

Thanks.
Eddie K.

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