Comments on: A little something different. Showed up at the TH&B roundhouse and asked about taking pictures when I met a worker out there by the tracks. He stood by me as I climbed, with permission of course, just a few steps up the old coaling tower ladder to get a slightly different perspective on all the power at the shop this day. No I wasn’t going to climb very far, I had my camera in one hand and I am not crazy about heights. Nice collection of locomotives; C&O 4828, 3885 and 4806 were power for the Nanticoke train, other units are C&O 4805, CP 4244 and on the left, local switcher TH&B 53. I didn’t get to the Chatham St facilities near as often as I wished, but every single time I was greeted by friendly, courteous TH&B fellers.

By: RonaldB

RonaldB — Wed, 18 Sep 2019 03:19:58 +0000

Pretty sure the 4805 & the C-424 were Goderich power, those B&Os made it up there a few times.

By: BradKetchen

BradKetchen — Sun, 07 Jul 2019 10:32:03 +0000

C&O ‘Progress’.

By: awmooney

awmooney — Sat, 28 Jul 2018 20:08:11 +0000

I wondered about the other power, Dave. Usually TH&B switchers powered the Goderich way-freight, but that day maybe they were all out assisting a rock train cresting the hill at Vinemount or something…………….

By: David Young

David Young — Thu, 26 Jul 2018 05:06:25 +0000

I’m guessing the C&O-CP lash up in the background was likely the power for the Goderich wayfreight?

By: Marcus Stevens

Marcus Stevens — Thu, 26 Jul 2018 02:20:00 +0000

That must have been such an amazing place!

By: mercer

mercer — Wed, 25 Jul 2018 23:30:10 +0000

The Chessie’s stored at John Street were off-lease until needed again. For the GP40s ( 3700-3739 group) they no longer belonged to Chessie. For the GP38′s they weren’t needed and after some leases by CP and others, were also sold off

By: Stephen C. Host

Stephen C. Host — Wed, 25 Jul 2018 19:32:57 +0000

You should have gone to Woolworths.. or Simpsons-Sears or Bargain Harolds or whatever five and dime you guys had back then to get bottled water.. which was probably in glass bottles… come on ingenuity knows no bounds!

By: awmooney

awmooney — Wed, 25 Jul 2018 19:27:37 +0000

Thanks Steve. It was all I could do as there were no large puddles around.

By: Stephen C. Host

Stephen C. Host — Wed, 25 Jul 2018 18:36:48 +0000

This is a great effort Arnold. Glad you took the effort to climb for the vantage point.

By: ngineered4u

ngineered4u — Wed, 25 Jul 2018 17:24:55 +0000

I remember CP had lots of the Chessie Geeps
stored at the John St roundhouse for many years. I still have lots of pics. Any idea why they just did not return them to Chessie after the downturn in traffic? Seems strange to keep them if they were not needed.