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Thompsons Ltd. Formerly, W. G. Thompson & Sons Ltd. Blenheim, Rodney and Kent Bridge.
Thompsons # nil in new paint scheme and window protectors. Acq. 2/2013
ex Bucyrus-Erie 8302 South Milwaukee, WI A 12 mile long non-common carrier railway from their zinc and copper
mine at Normetal, Quebec connected with the CNR.
100 switching at Blenheim. 8/29/2002 Josh Bury
100, GE 44-tonner, #28486 4/46. Blenheim, April 1998. Brian Switzer Ex OSR 100, nee GWWD 100 Kent Bridge
101
relocated from Rodney to Kent Bridge on the CPR mainline following abandonment
of the CASO mainline which provided a connection to the former CSX (PM) mainline
acquired by Thompson at the time of its abandonment.
Still lettered for the fictitious Buckwheat & Durham RR this ancient Plymouth was built (#3835 4/36) for the tiny (1/2 mile!) Pioneer & Fayette RR in Pioneer, Ohio, where it spent its many years. In 1970 it was re-engined with a 1958 Oldsmobile 98. In December 1993 it went to Colasanti's Tropical Garden, Ruthven, Ont. Circa January 1996 it was sold to W.G.Thompson & Sons Ltd. for their grain facility at Kent Bridge. September 1, 1997 Gord Strathdee Note: B&D 1
continued to operate having been relocated to the tiny Village of
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