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     November 9 marked our last work date of the year, and among other things, saw the installation of the remainder of 6167's air line piping on the right side of the locomotive. Earlier this summer we also recieved the vinyl decals for the heralds and lettering to be applied to the tender and cab.

Updates

CNR 6167's July 6, 1943 Wreck: Grant Kingsland has supplied me with 6 new and previously unseen photos of the wreck, which I have made some very nice high resolution scans of. These photos really show the devesation of the wreck including a 30 or 40 foot high pile of mangled coal hopper!

CNR 6167 Excursions 1960-1964: I have updated with this section with the addition of over 20 new photographs of 6167 in excursion service, while also updating and reformating some pages. I still have tons of material to add to this section, I just don't have the time to type it all up! The updates for this section are as follows:

July 10, 1960: added 3 photos.
July 17, 1960: added a photo of 6167 receiving coal at Fort Erie and also reformated the article.
May 7, 1961: added a photo of 6167 west of Lindsay and also updated the article.
June 5, 2012: added 2 photos.
September 30, 1962: added 2 photos.
October 20, 1963: solved the mystery of two undated photos which seemed to suggest an October 1963 trip I was previously unaware of, sure enough, there was just such a trip! Now I have made a new page for that trip. This could very well be the trip where 6167 struck a car!
February 15, 1964: added a photo, the 'Running Extra' notice from Trains magazine for the trip, reformated the article, and updated some info as well.
June 7, 1964: added 2 photos, the 'Running Extra' notice from Trains magazine for the trip and reformated the article.
September 26-27, 1964: added 7 photos as well as the 'Running Extra' notice from Trains magazine for the trip.

     May 30 saw the completion of reassembly work on the North Side of 6167, below the running boards, which is especially important as we only had a limited amount of time to work on that side of the locomotive before the contentious fence was put back up.

     This week saw 6167's air and water pumps, air tanks, and other parts and appliances mounted on the locomotive, which also received some paint.

     Last year work on 6167 was disrupted when one of the agencies connected to the project erected a fence only several inches away from the left side of the engine, which made it impossible for work to be done on that side. After several months of discussions, the fence has been temporarily taken down which will now allow work on the engine to continue. The first work day of the year saw some of the appliances which have been stored on site get moved around in preparation for reattachment to the locomotive.

     Work on CNR 6167's boiler jacket has ended for the year and will resume in Spring. I have added two pages of photos illustrating the progress on the jacket throughout the months of November and December 2011.

     Work On CNR 6167's New Boiler Jacket Has Commenced: At the beginning of October 2011, the long delayed application of CNR 6167's Boiler Jacket has begun. A series of photos illustrating the progress made throughout the month of October can be found here.

     I have created a page for the Sunday May 13 1962 Don Valley Conservation Authority trip from Toronto to Cobourg and Return, with a flyer from Rob Burnett and a photo from Jim Brown.

     The page for the Sunday May 7, 1961 Don Valley Conservation Authority trip has been revised as has the page for the September 13-15, 1963 UCRS excursion to Ottawa and North Bay, with the addition of a series of photos from Jim Brown and a Running Extra notice from Trains Magazine.

     The pages for the Sunday October 7, 1962, Saturday September 21 and Sunday September 22, 1963 Michigan Railroad Club excursions have been updated with photos and notes from Ed Johnson and the inclusion of Running Extra notices from Trains Magazine.

     I have also updated and revised the pages for the Sunday May 20, 1962 NRHS excursion from Fort Erie to Toronto and the Sunday September 30, 1962 UCRS excursion from Toronto to St. Thomas with the inclusion of Running Extra notices, and more faithful representations of the original flyers.

     I have flyers for most of these dates and very little else, so there is not much motivation on my part to transcribe them, of course, preference will be given to those trips with other materials, such as photos or tickets, so if anyone has any material they would like to share for the trips not yet covered, I would really appreaciate your submissions. Further more, if anyone would like to see information on a specific trip, let me know, and I will write about it.

     I have created a new page for the May 28, 1961 Railfans Unlimited excursion from Toronto to Martyr's Shrine and Midland. This page also contains information on several other Railfans Unlimited excursions that were planned and later cancelled including June 11, July 16, and July 30, 1961. I have also created pages for the June 4, 1961 UCRS Circle Tour from Toronto to Brantford and Return; the October 1, 1961 UCRS excursion from Toronto to Gravenhurst and Return; 6167's involvement with the NMRA's Niagara Frontier Region's convention in Hamilton, Ontario in October 1961, including a short trip to from Hamilton to Burlington and Return on October 21, 1961, and her display under steam the following day. I also have updated the pages for the July 8 & 9, 1961 UCRS excursions, and the October 15, 1961 Buffalo and Rochester NRHS excursion. This completes the addition of all the material I currently have for the year 1961. I still have three more years of material to add to the site, mostly flyers, so some photos or tickets would be nice, if anyone out there would be kind enough to share.

     I have received another large dose of excursion material and have started updating the excursions section. I have so much material to add that I am going to update nearly every excursion page. The following pages have been completely redone or created:

     Jim Parker has given me two photos of July 10 and July 17, 1960 excursions from his collection that were taken by Stan Svilha. Ray Kennedy has sent me scans of two unused tickets from the May 28, 1961 excursion that was sponsored by his group Railfans Unlimited. I've also transcribed a flyer submitted by Don McQueen for July 10, 1960 trip.

     Trains Magazine has graciously given me permission to reproduce notices for 6167 excursions found in the running extra Section of Trains Magazine from 1960-1964, and I have started adding them to pages as I update or create them.

     Grant and Lorna Kingsland have provided me with a series of photos of the Montmagny Bridge and Station taken on May 23, 2011, which is the site of 6167's head on collision with sister engine 6166 in July 6, 1943.

     I've scrounged up enough excursion material for a solid update to the excursion section. I created new pages for an October 6, 1962 deadhead movement from Spadina to Sarnia, featuring a photo from Jim Brown. I also a created a page for the September 30, 1962 excursion featuring a brochure from Don McQueen and numerous photos from Doug Wingfield, who also provided photos for the October 15, 1961, and June 20, 1964 trips. Ken Kraemer also provided me with another photo of the September 27, 1964 doubleheader with 6218. Jim Parker has provided me with a group of photos taken by Frank Smeltzer of the October 7, 1962 excursion including one of CNR 6069 outside the Stratford Shops. Finally I've also confirmed that 6167 was used on a May 4, 1963 excursion and have added photos from Doug Leffler and Don McQueen.

     I have put together a short article on the Boiler Jacket Supports On CNR 6213, using photo's taken during 6213's cosmetic resotration during the mid 1980's to explain how the boiler jacket is supported once the asbestos lagging was removed.

     On April 22, 2011, I made A Quick Visit to "The Big Shop" in Stratford, Ontario, and managed to take a number of views of the exterior of what is left of the shops. In addition to these photos, I have also included several photos from my visit in 2004 to show how the site has changed since then.

     I've also uncovered some new information about the the two Michigan Railroad Club Trips that happened on September 21 and September 22, 1963. I was previously under the impression that BOTH trips were operated from Windsor to Paris and Return, but was also aware of the fact that 6167 also visited St. Thomas that weekend. I found a listing for the trip in the September 1963 issue of Trains Magazine and it revealed that the trip on the 21st ran from Windsor to Paris and Return, while the trip on the 22nd ran from Windsor to St. Thomas and Return. Now it all makes sense.

     Don Driscoll sent me a photo of part of the track removal ceremony that occurred in Oshawa on the May 11, 1963 Excursion and Dave Spiegelman also provided some addition information on this trip.

     Ken Kraemer has sent me a photo of 6167 crossing the Welland Canal. This photo is yet another piece of evidence suggesting that 6167 may have pulled an excursion in the Fall of 1963.

     Rick Goodfellow has sent me some photos he took during the October 27, 1963 Excursion from Montreal to Victoriaville and Return.

     Finally, a photo of 6167 by Peter Cox appeared in the February 2011 issue of Branchline Magazine. The photo was taken on September 29, 1963 "Mystery Trip" excursion from Toronto to Midland and Return.

     I just realized how colossal this site has become: It features almost 700 photographs, over 150 pages, and has received 187,000 page loads from 59,000 visitors since I started keeping track in 2006. Not bad eh?

     I also really appreciate the regular submission of material that I have been receiving recently. I hope this trend continues!

     Grant Kingland forwarded me a telegram from 1962 outlining new Water Treatment Procedures for 6167.

     I have also added some photos of the July 17, 1960 Excursion from Fort Erie to Zephyr and Return, courtesy of Ken Kraemer.

     I have been busy over the holiday updating this website with lots of new material. The first item I have added is a document from my collection entitled New Power for Canadian National Trains which reports on the delivery of CN's U-2-e and U-2-f class Northerns in 1940 and also features a number of photos of the U-2-e class under construction at Montreal Locomotive Works.

     The major update though is the addition of many more dates along with piles of new material to the Excursions Section. Mr. Don McQueen was kind enough to supply me flyers and brochures for pretty much every UCRS and Buffalo & Rochester NRHS excursion pulled by 6167, as well as notes on just about every trip. While I have added a great deal of this material of this to the site, I still have a number of UCRS brochures to add, however they don't contain a great deal of information, so I haven't been terribly inspired to commit the time to adding them. I will gradually transcribe these as time permits, however if anyone would like to see a brochure for a specific trip that I have not added, send me an e-mail and let me know. A number of other individuals have made smaller contributions which are noted throughout the various pages. I feel that I am very close to having every trip documented, however there are a few that still elude me.