Lost among my early slides was this classic image.

I’d admit that from a photographic perspective this isn’t one of my better photos. However, from an operations view point I captured a window in history.

In August of 1986, I photographed this Canadian Pacific extra freight working the yard at Brownville, Maine.

In 1986, CPR was still using the old Timetable and Train Order rules, where extra trains were required to display white flags (by day) and white class lights ( by night)—both are displayed here. Other elements of classic steam era railroading include the searchlight automatic block signals, the water tank, and track speeders (in the distance on left) for maintenance and inspection.

The MLW diesels were a bonus.

Exposed on Kodachrome 64.

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