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Acadia Coal 43 acq. 5/1962 (ex CNR 43) GE 70-ton #30623 5/1950

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Fundy Gypsum
(formerly, Canadian Gypsum)

Originally opended 1924. Parent company United States Gypsum
idled operation in January and permanently closed it November 2011.

647 (Acq. 1985 ex US Gypsum 10, Oakfield, NY) GE 45-ton 30484 12/1949.
Train of empties near Mantua. July 22,2005. David Othen

#NIL ex 14 (acq.11/1980 ex Canadian Arsenals 2) GE #32123 12/1953
Note: Later numbered 646.

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National Gypsum Canada Ltd.

National Gypsum Canada Ltd. 2, 45-ton GE 32332 11/1955 Enroute Milford, NS. Bud Laws collection.

Note: Part of two unit order inc. number 1 GE 32331 11/1955 enroute to Wright's Cove, NS

Hunslet #9266 7/1986

502 (nee National Gypsum) GE #32332 1/1955

505 ex National Gypsum 5, ex Appalachian Power 2, nee American Electric Power GE #37613 3/1971

506 (acq. 9/2000 ex North Star Steel 6 Monroe MI, ex Pittsburgh & Ohio Valley 6, nee Canton 44)
SW900 900 HP EMD #21905 6/1956

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507 ex 509, (ex CASCO 9, ex CN 7162) SW8 800 HP GMD A192 3/1951

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Sysco (Sydney Steel Corporation)

2 65-ton GE 28656 3/1947

9 (nee DOSCO DE-9) 80-ton GE #31032 11/1951

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Trenton Works Ltd.

Formerly, Trenton Car Works, nee Eastern Car

Plant closed May 4, 2007 by Greenbrier Industries, Oregon and work transferred to Mexico.

Trenton Works 2701 nee Eastern Car 3. 45-ton GE 29880 6/1948 Trenton August 17, 2004 Fred Clark

Closeup of 2701 and 2702 (below) shows extended drawbar for sharp curves. Trenton August 17, 2004 Fred Clark

 

2702 (nee Eastern Car 4) 45-ton GE #32242 7/1954 Trenton, NS

 

 

Trenton Works 2706 50-ton GE #29209 1/1948 May 10,2007 Steve Arnot
Likely ex DOSCO 6, nee Acadia Coal 6 Drummond Colliery
Note: Greenbrier had just closed the plant on May 4th.

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Wallace Quarries, (sandstone) Wallace, NS.

#NIL Plymouth 6 cyl. Buda gas engine JLB 20-ton 4691 5/1943

Ex Canadian Dredge and Dock, (ferry terminal construction), Cape Tormentine, NB.
nee US Corp of Engineers, Waterways, AB.

Bill Linley 7/1976

Preserved at Museum of Industry, Stellarton, NS

Relocated 2022 Middleton Railway Museum, Middleton, NS.

 

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