Canadian National Railways

0-8-0 Yard Switchers

P-4-a 8202 (ex GTR 1892) 10 engs. Cyl. 26" x 30" Drv. 56" Press. 180 lbs. t.e. 55% CLC 1655 1920
Niagara Falls, February 19, 1939 Bud Laws Collection

8204 Black Rock, NY October 1939 Bud Laws Collection

P-4-d 8222-8226 same specs. Lima 1923

8226 coming .... (check out those automobiles!) Niagara Falls, New York

8226 Lima 6624 1923 renumbered 1/1957 8448

... and going. "Yellow on the bottom" is the signal to proceed past NYC SS-65, which controls the crossings just east of the International bridges at Suspension Bridge. To the right is the NYC to downtown Niagara Falls.

Coming back into Canada on the Whirlpool Bridge as are all those autos beneath.
Three photographs by John Dziobko Jr. a.k.a. The Godfather 9/6/1953

CNR freight movements were manned by "Bridge" crews on a separate seniority list and they worked only between Niagara Falls, Ontario and Niagara Falls, New York. This practice continued well into the diesel era. Freight service has all been rerouted via Fort Erie and as of 2013 only a daily Amtrak train uses the bridge on its way to and from New York City and Toronto. The CNR Fort Erie yard and shops have all been demolished as well.

P-5-a 8296-8304 Cyl. 22' X 28" Drv. 51" Press. 200 lbs. t.e. 45% Schenectady

8297 (CNR owned transferred 12/1942 from CV 503) Schenectady 1923.
Montreal c.6/1930

P-5-c 8320-8329 same specs t.e. 50% Lima 4/1927

8322 possibly Spadina. Glenn H. Davis/Bud Laws Collection

P-5-f 8350-8359 Cyl. 22' X 28" Drv. 51" Press. 220 lbs. t.e. 50% CLC 1929

P-5-f 8360-8369 MLW 5/1929 same specs.

8366 MLW 67795 5/1929 Niagara Falls August 6, 1956 Glenn H. Davis/Bud Laws Collection

P-5-g 8370-8381 (12 engs)Baldwin 1929 same specs.

P-5-h 8382-8416 Cyl. 22" x 28" Drv. 51" Press. 220 t.e. 50% CNR 1930-31

Note: Engines in this sub-class were all built by CNR; 15 at Pointe Saint-Charles, 16 at Transcona and 2 at Moncton.

8384 Pointe St. Charles 1590 4/1930 Location and date unknown

8385 Pointe St. Charles 1591 4/1930

8390 Transcona 1596 5/1930 Location, date unknown. Bud Laws Collection

8402 Transcona 1608 9/1930. Biggar, Sask, September 15, 1953 Doug Wilson Collection

P-5-j 8417-8422 (6 engs) Cyl. 22" x 28" Drv. 51" Press. 200 t.e. 45% Brooks 1916/1923
Acquired 1947 ex Buffalo Creek

8421 ex BCK 27 at Spadina.

8423-8429 not used

8430-8448 renumbered from 8201/8221

8435 (ex 8208 renumbered 1957 nee GTR 1898) CLC 1661 1920)
dead waitng to be scrapped in London Reclamation Yard
7/30/1960. Bud Laws Collection

The steam era has ended!