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Unnumbered GE Center Cab (likely #4) is back on switching duty shuttling around gondolas of pig iron on the property of the Canadian Furnace Division of the Algoma Steel Corporation. In the background is the 750' tall INCO (International Nickel) stack in an active role until Electrolytic Nickel production ceased a few years after this photo was taken. The stack was removed by the mid 90's. The white brick building in behind was originally the Cronmiller & White Brewery, constructed in 1855 by Jacob North, producing the iconic "Maple Leaf" Beer. The building still stands today. The locomotive was on the property from 1949 (new) till 1981, and is now part of the Colorado Railway Museum, Golden Colorado (repainted in black and numbered as - #4), courtesy Paul O'Shell - #4 information.
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Caption: Unnumbered GE Center Cab (likely #4) is back on switching duty shuttling around gondolas of pig iron on the property of the Canadian Furnace Division of the Algoma Steel Corporation. In the background is the 750' tall INCO (International Nickel) stack in an active role until Electrolytic Nickel production ceased a few years after this photo was taken. The stack was removed by the mid 90's. The white brick building in behind was originally the Cronmiller & White Brewery, constructed in 1855 by Jacob North, producing the iconic "Maple Leaf" Beer. The building still stands today. The locomotive was on the property from 1949 (new) till 1981, and is now part of the Colorado Railway Museum, Golden Colorado (repainted in black and numbered as - #4), courtesy Paul O'Shell - #4 information.

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Michael Klauck - Harry Whiting Collection [51] (more) (contact)
Date: 02/15/1981 (search)
Railway: Other (search)
Reporting Marks: Algoma Steel - Canadian Furnace Division (search)
Train Symbol: Industrial (search)
Subdivision/SNS: Canadian Furnace Yards (search)
City/Town: Port Colborne (search)
Province: Ontario (search)
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4 Comments
  1. awmooney
    November 18, 2020 at 1:10 pm

    VERY interesting about the Colorado Museum. It is amazing how these critters get around.

  2. Klaucker
    November 18, 2020 at 1:59 pm

    I have Paul O’Shell to thank for that info, and agree, you never know where these things end up

  3. mercer
    February 20, 2021 at 4:27 pm

    Late-comer to this discussion but have been absent from the forum since last summer.
    The Colorado museum unit is the former 36-inch gauge Durango & Silverton GE #4 which indeed is a former Algoma Steel locomotive. But it is NOT this former Algoma unit (which is standard gauge).
    Therefore we do not know what became of this Canadian Furnace loco after it went to SS Marie for Algoma Steel use.

  4. Klaucker
    February 22, 2021 at 9:09 am

    Thanks Bruce for the clarification… Cheers Michael
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