You can hear them talk if you listen......

Anyone who has ever heard the angry staccato exhaust of a mighty "steamer" belching smoke and steam as it laboured on a grade; felt their mournful whistle moan in the distance, or a fast passenger locomotive screaming at a road crossing, can never forget those unmistakable sights and sounds.....

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February 27, 2010

Kodachrome Images











Back in the 1950's the slide film of choice by most knowledgeable photographers was Kodachrome - either 25 or 64 as well as Ektachrome. My father used both. Photos number 2 and 3 (from the top ) show 6043, preserved outdoors on display at Assiniboine Park in Winnipeg. It was the last regularly scheduled passenger steam engine in Canada from The Pas to Winnipeg on April 25, 1960.

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