Comments on: On March 30, 1985 the C&O Canadian operations out of St. Thomas began to shut down when the CASO (Canada Southern) was sold to CN and CP. The C&O was able to abandon its’ Windsor-St. Thomas segment and later they ceased operations eastward to Buffalo and only kept the Sarnia Region. This image taken at the C&O main shop area in St. Thomas shows many the GP7s assigned there now dead awaiting disposition. Further input to the whereabouts of these units, the date of the roundhouse/facility demolition and the actual location of the facility would be appreciated. Your scribe’s memory has drawn a blank. I have heard that the development slated for this property never materialized and the land, after all these years, is nothing but a crop of weeds. Anyone??

By: awmooney

awmooney — Thu, 05 Mar 2015 03:14:33 +0000

Cameron: Depressing is the first thing that came to mind for me as well. Dull miserable damp overcast February day; shop closed, locos stored and the snow is grubby. Lifeless. It doesn’t get much crappier for photos.

By: cpcnguy

cpcnguy — Wed, 04 Mar 2015 12:55:34 +0000

And one SW hiding in there too. If only St.Thomas still was what it used to be.

By: Cameron A.

Cameron A. — Wed, 04 Mar 2015 02:00:42 +0000

This is a very depressing image. Nicely shot, mind you.

By: awmooney

awmooney — Tue, 03 Mar 2015 23:27:32 +0000

Well. That figures. Decontaminated the soil did they? I doubt it. I guess they should have built the TIMs when the mainline was still there. Would have created a whole new meaning to the term ‘drive thru’ )

By: oscale

oscale — Tue, 03 Mar 2015 23:04:24 +0000

And to add insult to injury they built a new Tim Horton’s dead center on the old mainline right of way. Just what we need another Tim’s.

By: Myles Roach

Myles Roach — Tue, 03 Mar 2015 22:13:09 +0000

A majority of them were bought by Lambton Cartage & Warehousing and moved to Sarnia as seen below:
http://www.rrpicturearchives.net/showPicture.aspx?id=1586620

By: awmooney

awmooney — Tue, 03 Mar 2015 18:13:01 +0000

If it ever stops (bleepin’) snowing I would like to check out once again the land of the lost( trackage). Stay tuned.:o)

By: Loose Cannon

Loose Cannon — Tue, 03 Mar 2015 17:43:55 +0000

I know the place that you are looking for. It is indeed just a bunch of weeds. However, clues abound if one cares to look. Sounds like a great excuse for a lunch date to me, Arnold. When are you coming?