Comments on: The carcass of #52 (GMD type NW-2) sits on Death Row near the Chatham Street roundhouse. Internet research shows that she was built in January, 1948. It wouldn’t be until 05/88 that she was sent to Atlas Steel in Welland to be scrapped. Meanwhile, the plow looks ready to do battle with the next blizzard.

By: MrDan

MrDan — Sun, 01 Mar 2015 01:56:15 +0000

IIRC, 52 was stuck in limbo when CP cut the rebuild budget for TH&B’s NW and SW units. They did about 2 units, and 52 was halfway through before the program was nixed. The shop forces eventually put it back together, but I think it didn’t run long before suffering some other failure that sidelined it for good. CP didn’t want to pour any money into rebuilding the old and too small TH&B NW & SW fleet, so most were retired and sold for scrap.

By: Cdntrainphotog

Cdntrainphotog — Thu, 26 Feb 2015 12:04:38 +0000

Interesting view from nearly 40 years ago. I should have been taking pictures back then. There were so many fascinating things and places now gone.