CP 1201 steam engine (Wakefield-Ottawa) Summer 1985 at Bayview (#2 of 3)

See video #1 at: https://youtu.be/sNRr0OcC2b0
See video #3 at: https://youtu.be/T57X_0ZO0jM

My grandfather (Ted Sauve) was a life-long railroader, as was his Dad and grandfather, all out of the Ottawa West station on Bayswater (now the location of "Bayview Station" for the O-train). In the mid-1980s the 1201 steam engine would run from Ottawa to Wakefield, a short run for the nostalgia of the steam engine. My grandfather loved to go down to Bayswater by the new Transitway, and watch the 1201 come by off the Prince of Wales Bridge. In 1985, he borrowed a video camera from work, and naturally he wanted to videotape the 1201. So this is one of three different days he filmed the 1201. This was I think the first attempt he made, before he'd figured out the 'focus' feature :)

(Note: I am far from an expert at video transfer/editing/uploading, so I've done my best to get this from a VHS to my laptop, edited and then converted to mp4 for youtube!)

(For more local history in the west Ottawa area, please check out the Kitchissippi Museum at http://kitchissippimuseum.blogspot.com)

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