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During the summer of 1996, Dow Chemical sent SW1200 1007 from their Fort Saskatchewan facility to their plant in Sarnia, Ontario. At the time, in return Dow transferred S-6 1001 from Sarnia to Fort Saskatchewan after only being in Sarnia since arriving in 1993. Eventually Dow closed their Sarina plant, and it was torn down with SW1200 1007 eventually being acquired by VIP Rail in Sarnia. Here 1007 is pictured on route to its new home on train 399 at London. The consist included; 9504, GTW 6410, 5013, 9582, 7208, 218 and DOW 1007.
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Caption: During the summer of 1996, Dow Chemical sent SW1200 1007 from their Fort Saskatchewan facility to their plant in Sarnia, Ontario. At the time, in return Dow transferred S-6 1001 from Sarnia to Fort Saskatchewan after only being in Sarnia since arriving in 1993. Eventually Dow closed their Sarina plant, and it was torn down with SW1200 1007 eventually being acquired by VIP Rail in Sarnia.
Here 1007 is pictured on route to its new home on train 399 at London. The consist included; 9504, GTW 6410, 5013, 9582, 7208, 218 and DOW 1007.

Photographer:
Jason Noe [1163] (more) (contact)
Date: July 20, 1996 (search)
Railway: Industrial (search)
Reporting Marks: DOW 1007 (search)
Train Symbol: CN 399 (search)
Subdivision/SNS: CN Dundas Subdivision (search)
City/Town: London (search)
Province: Ontario (search)
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4 Comments
  1. Todd Steinman
    September 17, 2026 at 10:27 am

    Great photo and history Jason.

  2. Stephen C. Host
    September 17, 2026 at 10:39 am

    Very nice. That unit is now at Lambton and was a parts unit since around 2016-7 for VIP Rail.

  3. Noe
    September 17, 2026 at 11:10 am

    Thanks Todd.

    Thanks as well Steve for the current history of the unit.

  4. MrDan
    September 17, 2026 at 10:39 pm

    Imagine if LDS got the S6, and it fueled an Alco/MLW switcher acquisition binge!
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