Throwback Thursday - Bringing Up the Rear.

Ontario Northland van number 122, photographed at Englehart, punctuates a train bound for North Bay on August 27, 1990.

By Peter Mumby.

Ontario Northland Railway continued using cabooses a little longer than many North American roads.  This photo of the tail end of a southbound freight was taken at Engelhart, the site of ONR's major classification yard, in August of 1990.  ONT 122 was a member of the most modern group of vans on the railway.  During the late 1970s these cars had been constructed by National Steel Car, with some final assembly at the ONR shops in North Bay.