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Algoma Central Rolling Stock
In 1904, rolling stock included 200, 50-ton ore cars, 441 flat cars (over
300 were 40 ton), 26 box cars, and 103 wood rack gondolas for chips and
charcoal.
In 1928, 100 new box cars were added at a cost of $2,723 each.
In 1947, 350 70-ton gondolas were bought from National Steel Car for
steel and pulpwood traffic.
This is of course not the complete roster of freight equipment. In addition,
much second-hand passenger equipment was acquired over the years and ancient
equipment was utilized in work train service for decades.
Freight Equipment
8017 bathtub hopper. Paul McGrane collection.
8414 hopper car. Sault Ste.Marie 7/5/1997 Geneva May
Short
1517 woodchip car.
Blt. NSC March 1981 |
6003 hopper car
(ex ON)
Soo, June 3, 1980 |
8001 Bathtub hopper for limestone service Michipicoten harbour to
Wawa.
NSC '71, June 1971 |
8446 hopper
NSC 1972
Soo, June 3, 1980 |
Cabooses
Wisconsin Central (ex Green Bay & Western) bay window
caboose 116 International Car 1966
Sault Ste.Marie 7/5/1997 Geneva May Short
9512 Sault Ste.Marie 8/27/1950 Bud Laws Collection
9502 steel underframe wooden caboose |
9504 steel underframe
Soo, July 7, 1975
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9602 CN-PSC 1976 one of six built new
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Work Equipment
10665 maintenance of way work car downgraded from 9500
series caboose.
. Note the blanked out cupola windows. Sault Ste.Marie July 1977 Wolf
Kirchmeir
Motor 506 with telephone repair gang at Brient.
Pontiac station wagon being turned on built-in turntable.
Men are just horsing around! 1957. |
Chasing a black bear!
In Pontiac near Frater Mile 103. 1957 |
10059 generator and supply car. 1986 Ex Baggage 208 Ex
Ortner 10 AC&F 1928
Sault Ste.Marie 7/5/1997 Geneva May Short
10655 water tank car. Sault Ste.Marie 7/5/1997 Geneva
May Short
Road repair car. See also below.
Motor 521, Pontiac, at Ojidaki Mile 48.
Summer 1964 |
64 work tender used to fill water barrels on bridges.
Soo, July 7, 1975 |
Work train on Helen Mine Sub. Lower track is Michipicoten Sub. |
Work train at M.132 cleaning ditches with spreader 10476. 1963. |
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10120 flanger (Pullman green, gold lettering)
1956
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10212 crane and work train extending station platform at Canyon,
Mile 114, June 1962 |
10215 Brownhoist crane and 10587 boom car.
Soo, July 4, 1975
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10220 "Big Hook"
75 ton Bay City 1912
Soo, July 5, 1975 |
10651 maintenance of way sleep car
Soo, July 5, 1975 |
10660 m.of way sleep car (ex coach 410)
Soo, July 5, 1975 |
2902 work service 40' steel box car (ex ONR)
Soo, May 10, 1981 |
Passenger Equipment
AC 78 HEP car (ex DRGW 253)
enroute to the Sault. Last used on the Ski Train in Colorado it had once
been a steam generator car loosing its original A-1-A trucks for standard
GM ones (unpowered) along the way.
Originally built as PB-1 B unit D&RGW
600B. Alco 74702 1947.
Neenah, WI April 4, 2007 Robert Schoneman
503 acq. 4/1949 (ex DRGW 956 nee D&SL 901) Cafe car.
Pullman 1913
Modified c.1960 with picture windows. Converted from coach.
Sault Ste.Marie July 1977 Wolf Kirchmeir
Converted to auxiliary cook car 10055.
9/25/1978 Jerry LaBoda
74 Steam generator car conv. 1951 by AC.
Soo, July 5, 1975 |
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201 baggage Pullman 1944 (ex U.S.Army 7887 troop sleeper)
Soo, July 5, 1975 |
205 baggage. Pullman 1944 (ex U.S.Army 7883 troop sleeper)
May 1981 |
207 baggage car ACF '10
(ex DRGW 101)
Soo, July 3, 1975 |
209 210
express & baggage
Pullman-Standard 1950
(ex DRGW 1201 1202)
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409 coach Pullman '10
(ex DRGW 951)
Soo, September 1970 |
440-443 coaches
AC&F 1947
(ex IC/CofG)
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450-463
articulated coaches
Pullman 1937 1941
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501 dining car
Pullman 1913
conv. from coach.
(ex DRGW 955)
Soo, July 5, 1975 |
504 dining car Budd '48
(ex ATSF 1554)
Soo, July 5, 1975 |
3058 (re#444) ACF '47
(ex GM&O 3058)
Soo, July5, 1975 |
In 1949 steel passenger cars finally came to the Algoma
Central, although like much of its earlier equipment, it was secondhand.
From the Denver and Rio Grande Western came 13 light 4-wheel truck open
window coaches, three of which were converted into cafe cars. Also acquired
were five ex U.S.Army troop box car style sleepers only built in 1944
for World War II use, these were converted into baggage cars.
Old wooden passenger coaches were downgraded to work service
equipment and served for many more years until replaced by the ex D&RG
steel coaches or modular units on flat cars.
511 snack coach (acq.1971 ex IC 3341/MP 564) ACF 1948
9/28/1988 Tim Vermande
416 ex CP 2227
425 acq. 1/1972 (ex CP 2268) CC&F/CPR 1949
Sault Ste.Marie 7/5/1997 Geneva May Short
More steel coaches came, this time modern, lightweight steel
air conditioned picture windows cars from the Canadian Pacific Railway
which was reducing its passenger service. A total of 18 of these cars
(415-432) came between July 1969 and December 1972 following which most
of the old coaches went into work service or were sold off.
Still more used cars were bought in 1973, once again from
U.S. roads including 6 coaches built by AC&F in 1947 and 14 articulated
coaches from Southern Pacific. Each of the pair of articulated coaches
only seated 50 passengers. These latter cars were not well liked and most
wound up in work service. Three dining cars (one stainless steel) were
also acquired along with three stainless steel baggage cars.
Business Cars
Agawa
Barney & Smith 1913
Acquired 1953
(ex Wabash 7 Chicago, 1930 nee Longview, Portland & Northern
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Michipicoten
Pullman 1911
Acquired 1944
(ex Pullman Advance,
nee Asheville)
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Canyon View Budd 1948
Acquired 1969
(ex CP Mountain View
nee New York Central
Singing Brook)
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