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<blockquote data-quote="LE BARON" data-source="post: 161402" data-attributes="member: 3515"><p>Was scared shitless going by the old steamers in for repair at the Farnham yards. They had seven tracks in the shop that could take two locos each. It was at the beginning of the diesel era. Took out a diesel that had been repaired on to the turntable and then out to the main yard tracks.</p><p>My father was chief clerk in the yard so I went there in the summer (mid fifties) and watched the steamers coming in from Montreal. The trains were broken up in Farnham to go over the mountains in to the US so lots of activity. The Farnham repair shops were transferred to Montreal (Angus shops) in the fifties or early sixties as well as the cripple track (wagon repair tracks).</p><p>Almost got thrown out of the Angus shops once when I said that the diesels replaced the steamers because they were more powerful. Got an earful that the steamers were a lot stronger - just needed more manpower.</p><p>Great times seeing the streamer locos leaving the station spinning the wheels on the initial stroke.</p><p>Old memories that our kids or now grankids will never see, unless they go to a museum.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="LE BARON, post: 161402, member: 3515"] Was scared shitless going by the old steamers in for repair at the Farnham yards. They had seven tracks in the shop that could take two locos each. It was at the beginning of the diesel era. Took out a diesel that had been repaired on to the turntable and then out to the main yard tracks. My father was chief clerk in the yard so I went there in the summer (mid fifties) and watched the steamers coming in from Montreal. The trains were broken up in Farnham to go over the mountains in to the US so lots of activity. The Farnham repair shops were transferred to Montreal (Angus shops) in the fifties or early sixties as well as the cripple track (wagon repair tracks). Almost got thrown out of the Angus shops once when I said that the diesels replaced the steamers because they were more powerful. Got an earful that the steamers were a lot stronger - just needed more manpower. Great times seeing the streamer locos leaving the station spinning the wheels on the initial stroke. Old memories that our kids or now grankids will never see, unless they go to a museum. [/QUOTE]
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