ONR F7a handles the Northlander in Canada north woods, 9/17/1993

[JayJr2007]

Amazing footage!

[Paul2981]

nice to see how nicely the F fits together with the B unit APU

[canadiantimberwolf1]

That was also when it was that Swedish loco...

[canadiantimberwolf1]

I remember riding in the cab of the O.N.R Northlander back in the 80's.I rode from barie too North bay and then North Bay all the way down too about a mile from the Union station and then had too get back into the car when we caught a red for a north bound C.N.Went up on the west side of Lake Simcoe and returned on the eastern side through Pefferlaw.I will never forget that trip.

[TheMrBlinx]

One engine, five cars. Pretty wasteful.

[fordtaurus93]

Very cool video.

[YorkDurhamRail]

I miss seeing fa units around. Great Video!

[clusterfak]

The best train in the world!

[trainguyONR]

Great stuff, I was only a year old when this was taken

[TheRoge43]

I've taken that train so many times from Cochrane to Toronto.

[1jackdk]

Nice ride, but the ruffest riding coaches I ever road in. I had trouble drinking my beer, and could only pour a 1/2 glass at a time. Thanks for watching. Jack

[NinjaKid725]

i dont get it wat is the point

[ONRrailfan]

2002 is still in existance she is sitting in the OVR yards in North Bay

[northlander30]

Hey Jack great vid! The ONR owns or owned 22 FP7a. The only F7's rostered are the ex Milwaukee Road F7 b units. The majority of the b units were converted in the ONR shops in North Bay to axillary power units or (apu) or as some like to call them electrical generator units or egu lol. There are no surviving FP7's left. 3 were converted to cat power and renumbered 2000-2002. 2001 and 2002 were sold to scrap last spring. The only remaining FP7 is Northlander 1986 (1501 originally)

[Tom8201]

What about 2000? Shame they scrapped the F's instead of donating them to museums.

[northlander30]

I just learned that the last surviving Northlander TEE set with 1501 was also scrapped this summer. So there are no surviving FP7's on the ONR's roster today. The last remaining FP7au (cat powered) was donated to the city of North Bay for static display purposes and will reside where the Northlander was just removed from at the old CP station on Oak St.

[B52Stratofortress1]

@northlander30 the northlander is still at oak st

[northlander30]

@B52Stratofortress1 It is still there? It was supposed to be gone to the junk pile last year. See this is what railfanning the ONR once a year does to you. You believe all the talk you hear! Interesting! I hadn't realized 2002 was still around, I thought it too went to the bone yard with 2000 and 2001

[B52Stratofortress1]

@northlander30 yes, i know. 2002 is in bad shape but exists. All boarded up and covered in graffiti. But the northlander is in much worse shape. Both are in my new video.

[northlander30]

A follow up on ONR FP7 1986 nee 1501, it too has now been scrapped!

[B52Stratofortress1]

@northlander30 FP7au 2002 still exists.

[robmasterman]

Another Jack masterpiece, superb footage and a sheer joy....5* Bob

[northlanderdude]

NICE 5*****'s WOW ! :-D XD ! ! ! ! !

ONR's best locomotive paint scheme EVER for both F7a's and GP38-2's

nice catch on 1808 - my girl :-D

the tail car at the end of the video, not completely rebuilt - do you know what coach that is ?

[undolipodium4427]

bueno el video con vaganes de pasajeros *****

[iusetano]

Excellent Video*****. Awesome shot on the curve.

[ONRrailfan]

hey hey from my neck of the woods Great video Jack! 5*****

[1jackdk]

You are SO lucky. That area between NorthBay and Cochran is really beautiful. I could find no problem living there. Take care. Jack

[bagelboi66]

Beautiful footage as always, and I learned of a passenger line I'd never heard of before.

[trainguyONR]

wow jack this video is very impressive. amazing footage and great camera work

[1jackdk]

Thanks, considering that was my huge VHS camera that shock on the tripod when you wanted to work the voom. Just neat seeing this older stuff. Thanks for watching.

[gp40mc]

Awesome vid I especially liked the last scene coming around the curve. I rated it 4 stars but I meant to put 5.