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What a huge surprise it was to come across this CN steam powered crane actively loading a couple of air dump cars on the coal chute track at Spadina Shops, Toronto Ontario. Especially since it was September 1968. Location is approximate.
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Caption: What a huge surprise it was to come across this CN steam powered crane actively loading a couple of air dump cars on the coal chute track at Spadina Shops, Toronto Ontario. Especially since it was September 1968. Location is approximate.

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First954 [266] (more) (contact)
Date: 09/00/1968 (search)
Railway: Canadian National (search)
Reporting Marks: CN (search)
Train Symbol: N/A (search)
Subdivision/SNS: Toronto (search)
City/Town: Toronto (search)
Province: Ontario (search)
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4 Comments
  1. awmooney
    July 22, 2019 at 6:47 am

    That was quite something to see, I’ll bet. And it was great it was not under shadow.

  2. MrDan
    September 13, 2019 at 4:12 am

    I wonder which unit this was, they couldn’t have been too many small steam-powered cranes left by then. I’ve seen shots of a similar-looking CN 50884 crane with tender/flatcar 51379 at Spadina in the late 50′s/early 60′s.

  3. First954
    September 15, 2019 at 4:50 pm

    MrDan, I found the shot of it facing in the other direction. It is the 50834.

  4. Paul O'Shell
    January 7, 2023 at 5:52 pm

    CN 50834 Browning 31.5 ton, sn xxxx, built 19xx, assigned to CN Spadina roundhouse for coaling & sanding.
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