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This is the very first year of the Goderich-Exeter Railroad operations, having started up 8 months earlier in April. Two of the company's 4 GP9s are seen here rolling over the first of two overpasses in Holmesville with a train for Stratford. Checking a couple of other images I took, I see that GEXR 177 and 180 have about 25 salt cars and a couple of flatcars of Champion Roadgraders, another long gone business in this suffering province. (Volvo bought the Goderich plant in 1997 and they too bailed out in 2008.) Also in 2008, the #177 was scrapped, and the #180 was moved to Michigan Southern.
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Caption: This is the very first year of the Goderich-Exeter Railroad operations, having started up 8 months earlier in April. Two of the company's 4 GP9s are seen here rolling over the first of two overpasses in Holmesville with a train for Stratford. Checking a couple of other images I took, I see that GEXR 177 and 180 have about 25 salt cars and a couple of flatcars of Champion Roadgraders, another long gone business in this suffering province. (Volvo bought the Goderich plant in 1997 and they too bailed out in 2008.) Also in 2008, the #177 was scrapped, and the #180 was moved to Michigan Southern.

Photographer:
A.W.Mooney [2134] (more) (contact)
Date: 12/08/1992 (search)
Railway: Goderich-Exeter (search)
Reporting Marks: GEXR 177 (search)
Train Symbol: unknown (search)
Subdivision/SNS: GEXR Goderich Sub (search)
City/Town: Holmesville (search)
Province: Ontario (search)
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7 Comments
  1. Stephen C. Host
    June 29, 2017 at 10:50 pm

    This is very nice, the best early GEXR pic I’ve seen yet on here. Great work.

    Keep them coming – there’s a few early GEXR fans on this site – and I know they will love this series.

  2. Marcus Stevens
    June 29, 2017 at 11:21 pm

    Still my favourite GEXR units. Nice catch!

  3. Mike Lockwood
    June 30, 2017 at 11:12 am

    Lovely units.

    Maybe some day we can vote in good Gov’t and we’ll see some manufacturing return?

  4. awmooney
    June 30, 2017 at 11:58 am

    Hate to say it, Mike; but the best we can do is vote in a government that will at least give us some stability. This downward spiral is frightening.

  5. Iain Murray
    June 30, 2017 at 3:26 pm

    This is so awesome, love their old scheme.

  6. Kevin Flood
    July 1, 2017 at 2:22 am

    Agreed. This is a great image of classic GEXR. Matching paint schemes to boot. Also note the amber flashing light on the roof of the cab.

  7. awmooney
    July 1, 2017 at 10:39 am

    Thanks guys, for your complimentary opinions. :o ) I’ll see what else I can dig up.
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