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WELCOME
CPR Diesel Roster website is back online.
WANTED Web assistant Must be competent using Dreamweaver and Volunteer to begin. Possible future paid work
June 1, 2022
ARTICLES
Scroll down to Oshawa
4451-6260 assignment T19 on the CPR Oshawa Spur passes over the CN Kingston Sub. at Mile 301.9. General Motors resumed vehicle production in November
of 2021 as was CP spur reactivated to serve the plant although
Photograph Galleries
Trains Tourist
Bayview Place Added dinky 1501. Ideal for moving equipment on/off the turntable! More power to come!
Locomotives
BCR Added (scroll way, way down) 805 (ex E-L 2455) with a long history.
SW1500 1298 and 1299 Two units with nice paint jobs but a strange history! . Including photos of subsequent owners
ONR
WANTED ......... REWARD ........ Contact Us Looking for photos of ONR 2300 and 2301 as well as 2203 2204 and 2205 ONR Added NS 2642 Canadian built SD70M to be re# 2301.
QNS&L Diesels Subsequent owners Precision National Added PNC 111 one of several units.
Shortline Added GMTX 2163 the future CCGX 4210 nee Cleveland Electric Illuminating. Part of 7 unit recent acquisition.
Manitoba Added OMLX 1701 and 2000 along with ex "CP" 1299 and its long history!
Ontario Trillium Added (scroll to very bottom) Subsequent owner 3568 very recently.
Quebec Added (scroll down) QGRY 6908 nee CN 5198. Be sure to click on 5198 to see what is coupled onto it and where it is!
Industrial EVRAZ Added GMTX 196 ex KCS. Also, (scroll down to IPSCO 10) added link in caption ex to Aliquippa & Southern.
Quebec
United Railway Supply One of several units rebuilt for Mexico by this small short-lived company.
Stations Added GWR Guelph.
May 1, 2022
WANTED Web assistant Must be competent using Dreamweaver and Volunteer to begin. Possible future paid work
ARTICLES CPR Algoma District Sudbury Gallery Added old photo of SS Altadoc at Little Current coal dock unloading. Wrecked not long afterwards in December 1927.
CPR Ontario District
CPR Lambton Yard Later years. Added (scroll to very bottom) 1932 photo of street view and Wallace Avenue footbridge over main line. Road Diesels gallery. Added near-new 8584 and 4470 squeezing onto the table. See who is walking towards camera!
CPR London Division Galleries CP Rail era Added 5500 the very first CP SD40 one of 65 units. Followed by many repeat orders for newer SD40-2 units becoming the largest fleet of any model. Also, added 9011 in London.
CPR Trenton Divison
Piggyback service Toronto-Montreal . Added 3072-3025 in the controversial Dual Flag paint scheme.
SHORTLINES Added employee time table (cover and one page) 1930 Note no First Class trains.
Photograph Galleries
Trains
Added (scroll to very bottom) borrowed CP Rail RS-10s last MLW 244 powered unit.
CP Rail Added 5421 (with long interesting history) on D&H. Includes 4 photos prior and subsequent owners inc. one in Brazil!
SD40-2F Added 9014 in Northern Ontario.
Added 4066 eastbound #2 in Winnipeg. Also, 1409 leading in Banff.
GO Transit Stouffville Line Added recent view revealing no change decades later. Still a 6 coach train hauled by a F59PH! Brief history of service.
US Roads in Canada Added 1158A (and 1158 ?), plus 1189A making a meet. Also, 123 SW8 on road job.
Tourist Added old photo of Port yard north of the station. Includes a very large version!
Locomotives Steam
Added 6288 an Algoma District engine assigned to Britt
to switch the coal dock where CPR received lake boats.
Added 1231 being sanded.
DAR Added predecessor Y&AR 6. Only known photo of this short-lived RR.
Diesel Added PGE 563, BCOL 573 and RCL-688. Also, 701 first of 30 C/M630 units. Added (scroll way down to Northern Illinois & Wisconsin) NIWX 629 repowered Cat powered RS-18.
CN Diesel Added (scroll to very bottom) 3887 inc. photo later rebuilt for Tempo service plus, re#3155 Tempo unit photo.
SD40 used Added 5421 in Dual Flag paint scheme ex 676 nee KCS 676 three photos. SD40-2F Added 9004 and 9017.
Green Goat Added LTEX 1703 enroute in 2018. Inc. Prior owners nee
NYC
Subsequent owners SD40
SD40-2 . Added in Brazil ALL 9481 and 3 ex owner photos.
Scroll way down to CPRail era Added late diesel models (GP38's) following GP9 era and Baldwin diesel eras.
ONR Added 1735 two photos old and new paint schemes. Also power units 205 ex F7B NP unit and 206 nee CN SGU
Shortlines Saskatchewan Added GMTX 2237 inc. two prior owner photos.
Quebec Added newest unit 3537 (nee MP 904 photo of sister 905 inc.) on connecting SLR in Maine.
Industrial
Alberta Gallery 1 ADM Agri Industries Lloydminster Added brand new RSSX 2255 LEAF also weigh scale test car CANX 420926 (nee CP). Added (scroll down to Sand Source Services) link in caption
ex ILSX 143. Nee GCW 5 ancient EMD SC built 1936!
Gallery Dow Added (scroll to very bottom) NWP 3840 and SP 3840 links in caption RS 3840.
General Motors (scroll down to O) New entry G&W new switching contractor. First time. Prior CN and/or CP switched. Canada Cement (scroll down to P) New page for Port Colborne added CC 2 (see LINK in text bottom P portion.
Quebec Canadian Refractories (scroll down) Added No.3 a 25-ton Plymouth inc. subsequent owner and sub. of No.1.Photo of mine area. Plus (link) map of RR. Francon Construction (scroll down) Added (shown enroute DIT) unknown numbered GE 90-tonner with a long history of owners!
Rolling stock
Added 72414 MofWay Engineer's bunk car.
Added 503518 with a CPRail short trailer!
Facilities Added (scroll to very bottom) Extra 3887 West and 3886 two near-new RS-18's passing Parkdale. Added (scroll way down) second view of Mimico Yard ice house with closeup of carts.
April 1, 2022
WANTED Web assistant Must be competent using Dreamweaver and Volunteer to begin. Possible future paid work
ARTICLES CPR Bruce Division
Bruce branches.
Sadly, with the closure of the entire Orangeville-Brampton Railway in
late December 2021 the long history
CPR London Division Guelph Junction galley part two Added photo of\tail-end of a westbound freight showing yard back in 1959.
Added second view of 1834 wih same freight train "The Falls". Corrected typo original date.
CPR Toronto Yard Road engine gallery Added (scroll down to date 1981) 1804 nee 8740 Also, (1989) added 5682.
Looking west in 2006. Scroll to very bottom for this and large sized day view. Also, closeup of GO bus terminal.
Photograph Galleries
Trains
Added 5682 leading other units on D&H.
Tourist Rys.
Alberni Pacific Added more prior history AP 7 (M&B 1055) inc. photo and detailed spec sheet when built.
Locomotives Diesel
Added 702 and 703 part of first order for MLW M630's. Also, 705 first of a second order and an interesting subsequent owner following rebuild! Plus, added (scroll way down) RCL 684 brand new!
CP Rail 6700 SW8/9 Added 6716 also photos of it as 6195 and subsequent owner Evraz (ex IPSCO) "Vote" for the best paint scheme!
RS-10/RS-10s Added 8572.
Subsequent owners Added 1210 ex 8113.Also, LTEX 6214 added (link) prior owners ICE 6214, NREX 5682 and CP 5682.
CPR . POCO Added 5682_5668
Steam
Added (scroll down to Gallery) 503 and 504 also (scroll to bottom) 44 two photos.
GO Transit Added (scroll down) NCDOT 1984 in their sharp paint scheme. See also many other photos over their history.
US Roads in Canada D&H steam Added two photos of 914 one with transfer caboose.
Shortlines Manitoba
Hudson Bay
Added CCGX 1502 1504 and 1505 part of five GP15AC ex UP
units just acquired. Including many prior owner photos.
Quebec
Sartigan Added photo 2047 renumbered from 647. All-MLW roster.
Industrial DP World Fraser Surrey (scroll down to F) Added photos of 101 a NRE built genset recently received.
Alberta Added new switching contractor units GMTX 213 (MP15DC) , 2217 and 2232 (GP38-2) inc. 9 prior owner photos. Gibson Energy (scroll way down to G) LTEX 6214 inc. prior owners.
Evraz (formerly, IPSCO) added link to recent aerial view. Also, photos (links in caption 6195) ex CP 6195 ex CP 6716
Oshawa (scroll down to O) Added Oshawa new entry for General Motors. Always switched by CN and CP. Late 2021 Genesee Wyoming
Canada got a first ever switching contract.
Glencore Canada formerly Xstrata originally Falconbridge. Started with JLCX 2002:2nd GP20 with long history prior RR's photos included.
Logging Railways
Canadian Forest Products Added LINK in caption for 112
nee Snolqualmie Falls Lumber 6.
Station Galleries Station Signs Added (scroll to bottom) photo D&H Alco PA powered passenger train on Napierville Jct Ry.
Interurban Railways
BCER Added 1202
March 1, 2022
CORRECTIONS Always welcome no matter how small. Thanks to Marc Giard for correcting the name of company
LaMarchie McGuinty in Industrial Locomotives in Quebec.
We welcome retired CPR London Division conductor Bob Shaw with the first of his stories working branchline jobs. Enjoy!
ARTICLES
CPR Toronto Yard
Road engine gallery. Added 5011 also 5524-4508. NOTE: This gallery has been rearranged in (reverse) date order. Back decades ago to when Alco/MLW covered wagons were still common. Worth a fresh look!
PHOTOGRAPHS
Photograph Galleries
Trains
CNR old diesel. Added 6500 with first run of the Super Continental.
CP Rail Added 1865 4742 on the D&H.
Locomotives
BCR Added 1001 and 1002 switching pigs. Also, 581 (later 606:2nd) following wreck.
CN Diesel
GMD1 Added 1901 fresh out of PSC.
CPR Diesel SW1200RS Added 8144
CP Rail RS-18 Added (scroll to bottom) 8800 last unit.
CP Rail rebuilt SW1200RS Added 1239 ex 8144 Subsequently ILSX 931 RS-18u Added 1865 ex 8743
QNS&L Added 528 enroute, last of 5 units from Australia.
Shortlines Manitoba JLCX 2002 (ex HBR 2005) added several notea and photos
prior and subsequent owners. Worth a look.
Ontario Ottawa Central Added 1865 and subsequent owner Grenada Ry.
Dealers locomotives
Added ILSX 931 ex CP 1239 nee 8144. Also, 900 nee AC 140. Plus, 901 ex MNN 901, ex DD-GM 102 nee ETL 102
Industrial
Added (scroll down to Delta Alaska Terminal) Added (links)
SNCT 51 (above) Napa Valley Wine Train 51.
Saskatchewan Added (scroll down to G) PHLX 11 and prior owners STBX,
CEFX. MVPX nee SP (phew!)
New location added (scroll way down to R) Richardson Oilseed, Yorkton.
Ontario Haldimand (Nanticoke)
Added old photo of unique FWDX 0002. WANTED Current photo at Nanticoke. REWARD
Johnstown Added JLCX 1202 ex SRY of BC nee CN 1053.
Mississauga (Clarkson) Added LTEX 3830 and links to prior owners this unit and others BNSF, ATSF and C&O
Tourist Trains Added 7488 and 7498 GE B36-7 ex ATSF (included) leased units only power in early years. Craigellachie 1992.
Stations
Western Lines CPR Kamloops 1910 including a great enlargement! Compare to 1988 structure. Which do like best?
February 1, 2022
ARTICLES
ACR
CPR Construction in the Mountains Added photo of Andrew Onderdonk's private car EVA. Named for his wife/daughter. (?)
CPR Ontario District
Toronto Division London engine and van crossing the Diamond. Read what this move was all about.
Smiths Falls Division Brockville Sub. Added three photos of 6551 (modified for road service w/BTC details) in Brockville next to CNR.
Trenton Division Kingston Subdivison gallery Added aerial colour view of downtown showing station, yard etc. Plus, historic town hall.
CPR Lambton Yard After opening of the hump yard. Added 435857 (Script paint scheme) one of several wooden vans still in use on local jobs.
Added 550424 open tri-level loaded with new automobiles. In later years multis were shrouded to protect vehicles. Locomotive gallery 1Pulldown area. Added (scroll way down) 6560 and 6561 two-of-a-kind ex DAR MLW S3's in a scene that clearly shows the still rural nature of the area more than a dozen years after the yard opened.
CPR Subsidiaries CPEL Added old photo of Preston Car & Coach plant that built streetcars and railway rolling stock.
Toronto Terminals Railway
History GO street loading view.where GO buses originally used.
Added night view of almost deserted loading area and day
view fully loaded viewed in opposite direction. Demolition view!
Added photo of 183 (ex INCO) very late built RS-18 (only a handful built with low nose) having features of Century line of units making it equivalent "C-418".
PHOTOGRAPHS Added "Night Lights" sculpture erected in St.Thomas, ON
Photograph Galleries INDEX to old magazine articles. Added 1895 article with map of CGE plant in Peterboro.
Trains The Canadian Added B&W photo 1405 at Sink Lake and Mt. Cathedral/Great Divide
CP Rail RS-18's Added 8734-8741 with RS-10 8568. Also B&M 1225 yard engine sitting nearby.
Added 6767 also subsequent owner Cuyahoga Valley Scenic
which has 6771 and 6780 plus ex CP units 1822 and 4241.
Shortlines Steam
Esquimalt & Naniamo added new gallery for early years including rare 2-4-2T
Added photo of CP Rail Victoria turntable part of the
Bayview Place development.
Lake Erie & Detroit added century old photograph of men posing with engine number 51 in Port Stanley. .
Locomotives
BCR Added (scroll down) BCOL 631 (ex L&HR) Also, PGE 571 part of a three unit order. Also, BCOL 646 M-420
CNR Diesel
RS-18 Added 3630 built long hood forward.
GTW Added (scroll down) GT 1951 the very last domestic RS-1 built.
CPR diesel SW8 added 6709 assigned to switch GM Oshawa. (Alco's not welcome!) Added new thumbnail link for used GP40-2 units starting with 4652 nee B&M Also, subsequent owner. Rebuilt RS-18 Added 1849 ex 8797. Robot Cars Added Robot-8 1008 ex CLC-FM B-unit
Added 1442 nee USSX 963 subsequent owner GMTX 219.
DAR 9059 on Digby Wharf.
Shortline diesel Added 941 Can you identify its location? New Westminster or Vancouver? Exactly where? CONTACT US ...Preserved
Added (under contract switching scroll down to Saskatchewan and Co-op Refinery Complex, HLCX 3892 GP38-2
Hudson Bay Added 2506 and ex owner as well as subsequent owner; CRLX 2000
QRC Added first photo of Chaleur Bay with SFEX 3000 leading. Arnaud-Wabush Added photo of CFAQ 1002 1001.
Industrial Steam Quebec Added Brompton Pulp & Paper 4 a rare 2-4-2T
Diesel CGE Davenport Works, Toronto. Added old aerial view (ENLARE) of many plants
Logging Railways
Added (scroll down to MacMillan and Bloedel) H.R.MacMillan's rail inspection automobile. One-of-a-kind I would say! Check it out.
Rolling Stock Businesses Food Added (scroll to very bottom) CN 79294 at outdoor market Trenton, NS Check out the ice cream caboose above it. Reused other Added (scroll down to New Brunswick) CN 79294 Oromocto, NB
CN
CNR Predecessor roads. Added (scroll to very bottom) only this photo A&GW 2005 predecessor of NAR.
Caboose Added (scroll way down) 79184 CN's first steel van.
Work Service Added 79184 (CN's first steel caboose) reassigned to work service.
CP
Added (scroll down) 437110 one of only two (+7111) SUF (Steel Under Frame) vans shortened 10 feet (24' 10") to allow one additional load to be handled on switchback on steep grade to mine at Trail, BC
Facilities CNR Added
(link) aerial view Beach Sub. Stoney Creek QEW.
CPR BC Added photo (50 years ago) POCO shop track etc. CPR Added (click on ENLARGE link) "Bird's Eye View" huge enlargement Medicine Hat roundhouse circa 1903.
Stations CNR Toronto Added (scroll to very bottom) Weston also GTR Weston. .
CPR Toronto Division Added old newspaper article and photos of work adding
second track to main line. Also, two later years colour photos.
Added new link for GO Transit
Street Railways Added section for Toronto & Mimico Ry. acquired by
MacKenzie for his TRC.
Added two more views (scroll down to 2nd and 4th) of 1960's
era PCC's in great street scenes full of "old" vehicles! .
HAPPY NEW YEAR!
January 1, 2022
ARTICLES
CPR ONTARIO DISTRICT
CPR Bruce Division
Added current photo showing the massive long-abandonded and derelict NYC Buffalo Central Terminal. Sad.
Added (link) Map 1973 Falls to Montreal, Ottawa area etc.
Shortlines
Ontario Southland St.Thomas Sub. Added photo of OWS contractor doing track work.
GENERAL Toronto Streets
Added photo (scroll to bottom) of CNR St.Clair station
plus street scene of TTC streetcar 4764 (ex Kansas City, MO)
PHOTOGRAPHS
Photograph Galleries
Trains
Added BC-30 leading southbound passenger train. See where and what is going on here. Enjoy other scenic views as well.
Added photo of the Polar Bear Express (2202_1603) at the start of the summer season just beginning its long journey.
CP Rail diesel Added 8768 with train of hoppers. Very detailed description with link to destination industry.
Locomotives
CN Diesel FP9A Added 6515 at fuel stand Melville, SK
Added (scroll down to Predecessor Railways) Brockville & Ottawa 11 (only known photo). Also, Canada Central roundhouse with men posing in front with two engines. Also, link to brief history.
CP Rail diesel SW900 Added 6718 Alyth shop track. Subsequent owner link. SD40-2F Added closeup of 9011 showing modification that added a window in the front cab door of these units due to employee injuries when two people met as one attempted to enter at the same time as another one tried to exit! SD60-3 (scroll down) Added 6306 ex SOO 6024
Used SD9043MAC
diesels acquired. (scroll way down below 7000 series). 3649, 3747
part of large number of units.
Added new entry for D&I a shortline heavy into quarry traffic etc. DAIR 3021 and 3024. Added new entry for Ellis & Eastern Ry. EE No.17 ex CP 6718
GO Added 802 (scroll way down) a B unit power car. One of only 3.
Added photos of 2200 and 2202 along with many photos prior owners. Check out B&M 300 to see what is with it!
TH&B Diesels Added photo of 51 (first TH&B diesel) inside Chatham Street roundhouse. Still exists. Read about its preservation.
Shortlines BC BC Hydro Rail Added (scroll way down almost to bottom) 383 jacked up inside the diesel shop.
Saskatchewan
Mobil Grain, Big Sky and Last Mountain West Coast Road & Rail Added MGLX 607 nee OP&E. Also, (scroll down) added MGLX 3147 (scroll down more) MGLX 6901 (scroll down) MGLX 3138 and ex RR (see also caption for photo above it for more links added KCS & CN)). Scroll way down below hopper cars to ex CPRS 5491 nee UP.
Manitoba Cando's CEMR Added (scroll way down) CCGX 4209 freshly painted. Also, two former owners inc. Rock Island!
Quebec Added QGRY 3547 and 3548.
Industrial Steam Hamilton Added 1905 map of plant track layout next to GTR track. Includes much narrow gauge plant trackage.
Diesel Alberta Added latest acquisition SSRX 2150 still enroute! Includes links to photos 4 prior owners going back to Rock Island!
Saskatchewan Mosiac (CANDO switching contract) Scroll down to Saskatchewan. CCGX 4201 including prior owners. First GP38 built!
Cargill Yorkton. Added new elevator location for a locomotive. CRGX 613 ex NS nee BN.
Quebec New (scroll way down to L) added 3 photos .
L.Mc.Guire a stone quarry replacing the abandoned Hilton Mine
Interurban Railways and Electric
Added (scroll down) 6711 (nee CNoR 601) exiting tunnel at Portal Heights. Preserved Added (scroll to very bottom) 6710 (first box
cab electric) nicely restored at its new location.
Rolling Stock Alberta Provost Museum correct van number is CN 78492. Thanks to Marc Giard for this correction. Preserved at Museums Note: Ontario segment of this gallery rearranged alphabetically by location (city/town). Smiths Falls REMO new gallery started for part of their extensive collection including one-of-a-kind Dental Car that once travelled Northern Ontario similar as did a number of School Cars. More photos are WELCOME Added (scroll down to Ontario) CP 437473 van at Lake of
the Woods Railroaders Museum, Kenora.
CPR Freight steam era. Still around decades later. Added (scroll down) 309953 rarest piece of rolling stock. See what it is and what it is carrying. See also empty car right above it. Most people know what a depressed flat car is but do you know what a pit flat is? Have a look. Royal Canadian Pacific
current years passenger cars also used as business car etc.
Stations
CNoR Ontario Added (scroll way, way down) old photo of Pembroke.
CPR
Ottawa Added two photos decades apart. In the second one there are
lots of railroaders here and there.
Street Railways TTC in the Junction in later years. Added Brill make trolley coach on 40 Junction route in 1986. See some of the many businesses long gone.
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