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What's New in this Gallery?

November 2009 Added 1966 photo of Andrew Merrilees yard at West Toronto showing units for sale including SLSF 70-tonner and DL&W SW1.

October 2009 Sarnia added three photos of units at VIP 1511 and 1007 also LDS 0179. Also, Algoma Steel added colour photo of 51.

May 2009 Final days of Marathon Pulp. After more than half of a century, it is all over.

February 2009 New unit CANX 8701 (nee QNS&L) of switching contractor Savage (formerly Canac) at Marathon Pulp.

October 2008 Added Lake Erie Works 459 returning from a rebuild in the US from new contributor Robert Smith. Also, photo of it as SELX 6092 (ex Stelco 92), moving through Attica, New York on NS a year earlier enroute to rebuild from new contributor Dan Embt.

September 2008 Added Terrace Bay Pulp M-19923. First photos I have seen of this unit which has been at the former Kimberly-Clark mill for 20 years! Its remote location in Northern Ontario and being industrial accounts for the lack of interest by railfans.

August 2008 Added VIP inc. a warehousing and rail car storage facility in Sarnia along with another shot of Esso Chemical 7920 plus in Hamilton added Stelco SW900 92 shown at Fort Erie going to unknown point. It returned as Lake Erie Works 459 by which time Stelco had been acquired by U.S. Steel. New contributor Don Janes.

May 2008 Canada Crushed Stone added motor 10.

April 2008 Acton Limestone Quarries new entry started with ex Lehigh Valley 44-tonner from new contributor John Vincent.

October 2007 Algoma Steel had two unique 87 1/2 ton narrow gauge (36") industrial locomotives one of which is now on the Durango & Silverton Narrow Gauge tourist railroad in Colorado. "Big" narrow gauge diesels are hard to come by in North America, most are on the White Pass hauling tourists, so this was a good find for them to use switching in the yard to cut down on smoke complaints.

June 2007 St.Mary's Cement a very old photo of Plymouth dinky in quarry. Also, another of large steam shovel.

May 2007 CVRD Inco a new name for an old company in Port Colborne as well as a new photo of an old locomotive un-numbered 50-tonner from new contributor Colleen Mills. James River Marathon added 17-102 ex CP 7024 Alco S-2. Also, CGE Peterborough Works No.1 23-tonner. Algoma Steel in "The Sault" 80-tonner 34 and 115-tonner 61. and in Windsor Zalev Bros. 1 GE 45-tonner.

April 2007 Algoma Steel 50 still at work after more than half a century of hard service. New contributor Tim Gobeil.
St.Marys Paper (once Abitibi) also in The Soo since 1911 has a history added. Casco added an old 1950's colour photo of Jersey Central Alco RS-3 in passenger service from new contributor John Dziobko. CIL in Cornwall new listing shows a dinky.

October 1, 2006 Amherstburg: Hearn added link to ETR 101. Blenheim: W G Thompson added ex GWWD 101 relocated to Kent Bridge elevator by new contributor Peter Mumby. Sarnia Lambton Diesel Service added their Car Mover.

September 1, 2006 London: GMD Added two recent views of ex TH&B 57 at the Electro Motive plant in Mc.Cook, IL.
Hamilton: Case (formerly International Harvester) a recent view of ex Trillium 308 now, NY&LE 308 out of service.

August 1, 2006 Added an old colour photo from the collection of Joseph Testagrose of Des Moines & Central Iowa 600 a secondhand GE 70-tonner that went on to have an interesting Canadian history after its acquisition by Andrew Merrilees (D) including on the Canmore Mines non-common carrier railway in Alberta. Also, brand new photo of Cargill 1217 in Thunder Bay.

July 1, 2006 Smooth Rock Falls added to Tembec switching contractor Canac unit 1518 by Mike Robin.

June 1, 2006 Welland added to Atlas Steel page an old image of one of their two ex US Army Whitcomb 65-tonners.

April 11, 2006 Hamilton added to Dofasco roster their only Alco's two second-hand Nickle Plate S-4's and only SW1200 a new GMD unit number 14 (there was no 13). Another photo their last Whitcomb 65-tonner at the end of its use.

March 1, 2006 Sarnia area added: Esso Chemical 7920; Novacor 40 getting its prime mover overhauled; Royal Polymers 8620 formerly a Lambton Diesel lease unit and 0178 a "new" leaser unit acquired by Lambton Diesel from Andrew Merrilees Ltd. (Dealer) All from Shaun Hinz.

February 1, 2006 Dofasco added photo of 414 Dofasco's only SW1200, both it and ladle 638 at Platinum Car Co.

December 1, 2005 Dofasco added colour photo of 12 in 1969, 416 (ex Mc.Kinnon) recently repainted by Railcare, a contract shop in Hamilton; also their latest acquistion, 410 a well-travelled SW8 overhauled by Rail Trusts Equipment, a small contract shop in Florida.

November 1, 2005 Babcox & Wilcox finally sprung for some paint for their tiny Plymouth. Gerry Ferns
Central Soya (old Victory Mills) in Toronto, 45-tonner was once Tonawanda Iron 2 Doug Kroll
Around the Niagara Frontier from Paul Duncan (Niagara Rails), Thorold South, Abitibi-Consolidated added two units; and one of former Donahue; Dana car mover, two images. Port Colborne, Maple Leaf Milling 45-tonner. Welland; Shaw Pipe Protection and Welland Pipe switching moves are depicted in a number of scenes.

October 1, 2005 added two units to Andrew Merrilees (Dealer) IREX 5 SW1 ex EL/DL&W and FDDMS 411 70-tonner.

August 1, 2005 added a great aerial view of the Steel Car in Hamilton recently taken by railfan student pilot David Graham.

July 1, 2005 An old Pettibone car mover at Korex (old Lever Bros.) soap plant in downtown Toronto, next to Keating Yard.

June 1, 2005 Marathon Pulp Inc. added a series of four new images by Chris Wilson of switching contractor at work showing this large plant. Cooksville Brick & Tile an old gas mechical unit, long-gone.

May 1, 2005 Novacor Chemical 902 a spare unit for a number of plants in Sarnia area.

March 1, 2005 LASCO Whitby add PGE 556 c.1955 in Lilloette, BC from The Sirman Collection this is presently STCR 10. Siemens-Westinghouse in Hamilton, a recent view of the same old Westinghouse CLC unit from new contributor Michael Taylor. GMDH-3 275 once used by Mc.Kinnon Industries, preserved in Michigan.

February 1, 2005 Barry's Bay: J.P.Conway once had a tiny Vulcan Iron Works dinky. Port Maitland IMC had a unique Davenport 0-4-0M inherited from Sherbrooke Metallurgical and once at General Motor's Frigidaire plant in Scarborough. Scenic shortline type view of CASCO train on the 2 mile run between Cardinal and the CNR mainline comes the Late Dave More, one of many photographs just acquired from his estate.

December 31, 2004 Colour images of RS-3 units similar to CASCO 1548 before and after re-engine with EMD prime mover. These from new contributors Geo. Hamlin and Andy Koenigsberg. Un-identified GE 23-tonner at CLN Industries (D) back in 1998. Kimberley-Clark MLW S-3 6546 ex CPR. Two old black and white scans of Spruce Falls Power and Paper GE 70-tonners 106 and 107. Wendell Lemon and Ron W.Layton

October 19, 2004 Tembec Inc. at Smooth Rock Falls has a new switching contractor CANAC unit CANX 1518.
Kidd Creek mine added 055 repainted and Marathon Pulp (another Tembec mill) uses a leased CANAC unit CANX 8700 Westinghouse current photo of their engine linked.

October 8, 2004 Railcare a new car repair facility in Hamilton 45-tonner

September 9, 2004 OxyVinyls 65-tonner and PolyOne 25-tonner plus views of both plants which are related to each other. Oxy Vinyls, LP ("OxyVinyls"), is a joint venture company between Occidental Chemical Corporation
("OxyChem") and The PolyOne Corporation ("PolyOne"), formerly The Geon Company
Note: Occidental Chemical Corp. formerly Hooker Chemical of Love Canal infamy!
Located in the Port Robinson/Thorold area of Niagara.

Lambton Diesel Service 8620 in new paint scheme.

August 5, 2004 CGE Davenport works Toronto 25-tonner in colour

May 28, 2004 National Steel Car 10 nee RCAF 50-tonner

April 11, 2004 Dofasco shot of 416 enroute to outside shop for work. Stelco 51 65-tonner.

February 21, 2004 Casco, Cardinal. CNJ 1543 same as 1548. Stelco, Hamilton Additions of diesel and steam.

January 19, 2004 CGE Peterborough colour slide of 23 tonner. GMD London colour slide of 1001 with export buffers.

January 5, 2004 Consolidated Sand &Gravel, Paris pit. 0-4-0 mechanical also 0-4-0T steam engine.

December 11, 2003 Another Hamilton industry, Westinghouse CLC 50-tonner.

December 1, 2003 Canada Crushed Stone several colour slides by Al Howlett of this long-gone unique electric operation.

November 14, 2003 Hamilton industries Dofasco 6 when first acquired and 416 a "lost" engine, "found" by Julius Olajos and identified by Rob Archer. See also steam industrial for International Harvester and CIL additions.

November 1, 2003 Hamilton industries DOFASCO, International Harvester, NSC, STELCO have all had additions.

August 10,2003 Atlas Steel 9 as CACV 3051 a D&H look alike.

July 11, 2003 Algoma Steel narrow gauge 55 tonner at East Broad Top.

June 2, 2003 Stelpipe NIL (un-numbered) GE 45-tonner about to leave plant in Welland.

May 28, 2003 Kapuskasing Tembec 108 acquired new by predecessor SFP&P, 168 ex Mattagami RR/Algoma Central

May 23, 2003 Toronto (+ Mississauga) Znidar Bros. (D) GE 45-ton for sale, former Praxair 161.

Iroquois Falls: Abitibi-Consolidated 1305

Sudbury Area Mining Railways, including INCO and Falco

April 1, 2003 Prior to this date a number of additions and corrections were made to the gallery. These are most easily identified by new in the thumbnail, or on the actual page. Additions include: Dundas, Canada Crushed Stone, electrics added. Hamilton; Dofasco, 2 units added. London; GMD additions. Paris, CS&G additions. St.Catharines, Mc.Kinnon Industries unit added. Toronto; CGE Davenport, battery loco added. Welland; Atlas loco crane added.

NOTE: New Galleries created for Ontario Industrial Steam Locomotives, also Construction and contractors locos. There have been many additions to these already.

April 3 Welland: Atlas Steel unique sled pusher engine added, also CN 8190 in old paint, similar to Atlas 8.

Thorold South: Ontario Paper, added CN 8116 in old paint, similar to OP unit.

Sarnia: Lambton Diesel, new listing, 8620.

April 6 Iroquois Falls: Abitibi ex ONR 1203 in two different paint schemes of different corporate names.
Temagami: Wm. Milne & Sons lumber mill, strange homebuilt unit. Opasatika: Agrium's re-engined Alco RS3

April 9 Timmins: Kidd Creek Mine added. Also, Amherstburg: B&O 9114 sister engine to Allied Chemical 3A

April 10 London: GMD Blue Goose 1001, three images added. Welland: Atlas Steel un-identified MLW yard engine added.
Island Falls: New entry. Abitibi unique self-propelled rail car. Iroquois Falls: Abitibi RS3 1310 added inc. ONR 1310.

April 14 Island Falls: Abitibi; Iroquois Falls: ONR 1203 added; Timmins new entry for Kidd Creek Mines; Soo: new entry for St.Marys Paper; Algoma Steel inc. Tube Div. many colour photos added various models/makes.(deleted seven B&W duplicate models) Port Colborne: new entry for Canadian Furnace Div. of Algoma Steel.

April 27 Timmins Kidd Creek Flanger 100060 added. Sarnia Novacor Rock Island 907 added, similar unit to 912.

See also Construction gallery (Queenston Hydro and Welland Canal) and steam industrial gallery for additions.