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Northern Gentleman

            Carefully looking at his switch list, Algoma Central conductor "Justin.C" is just about to lift 12 loaded pulpwood cars from track H760 at Mead.

That would be the first time I met Justin and I had quite the interesting talk with him. Hired in 2006 out of Sault Ste.Marie to work on the ACR, Justin held a job either out of the SOO or Hawk-Jct up until 2015, when CN started cutting jobs and when the federal government cut the funding for the Sault Ste.Marie-Hearst passenger train. It’s gone pretty downhill ever since. "It used to be a busy little shortline, now it's just a shadow of its former self". With just over 15 years of service, Justin now has to work out of Hornepayne as he holds nothing permanent on the ACR anymore. He is however, a "protected" ACR man, meaning that when there is someone on vacation or sick on the ACR, he has no choice but to take the call, as per the Algoma Central collective agreement. This will all come to an end soon once Watco takes over the operations. Justin is a true gentleman and one of the last few guys you'll meet out there that actually takes the time to chat with you and doesn't mind having his picture taken. Thanks for your patience bud.

I thought I'd give you a bit of backstory before publishing the next Agawa Canyon Tour Train pictures, as you're gonna see more of him over the next couple of weeks. 

Mead, ON
July 14th, 2021.

Taken in: Canada / Ontario / Mead (show map)

Taken on: July 14, 2021

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Sets appears in: • 2021 • Nord de l'Ontario more » • Tracks of the Black Bear • Canadian National Railway • Rails « less

Groups appears in: • Railroads • Algoma Central Railway more » • Pentax K3 II • Railroaders (North America) « less

Camera: RICOH IMAGING COMPANY, LTD. PENTAX K-3 II, f/5.6, 1/2500 sec, 21mm (=31mm), ISO 200 (more info) (hide info)

Camera:	RICOH IMAGING COMPANY, LTD. PENTAX K-3 II
Lens:	smc PENTAX-DA 18-135mm F3.5-5.6 ED AL[IF] DC WR
Aperture:	f/5.6
Exposure Time:	1/2500 sec
Focal Length:	21mm (35mm equivalent: 31mm)
ISO:	200
Exposure Bias:	-1.7 EV
Flash:	Off, Did not fire
Exposure Program:	Manual
Exposure Mode:	Manual
Metering Mode:	Center-weighted average
White Balance:	Auto
Contrast:	High
Saturation:	Low
Sharpness:	Hard
Color Space:	sRGB
Software:	Adobe Lightroom 4.3 (Macintosh)
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