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Ontario Industrial

January 2013 Iroquois Falls Resolute Forest Products (formerly Abitibi) 1305 two views before and after overhaul by DES.

October 2012 Cardinal CASCO added photo of 1105 now looking very crappy! Covered in oil and peeling cheap paint job. Falconbridge: Falconbridge Nickle Mines added photo of 80-ton 106 at new owner and S-1 103 as originally ERIE 306. New contributors Whit Wardell and Chuck Zeiler.

September 2012 Cardinal. added CASCO 8 and 9 and relocated existing photo of 8 after sold, to Ennis-Paikin (D).
L'Orignal new page for IVACO with a bunch of old units likely all acquired for scrap and run until they fail.
Nanticoke US Steel Lake Erie Works added 455 SW900 back from overhaul. New contributor Robert Smith
Toronto CGE Peterborough Works added a nice colour photo of the 25-tonner. Thanks to Eric May for correcting location.

August 2012 Toronto New page for Lantic sugar in New Toronto and added to Redpath sugar both using Rail King mover.

June 2012 Sarnia Lambton Diesel added 1201 SW1200RS ex SOR 1201 which became VIP 1201.

May 2012 Kapuskasing Tembec added TLCX 1065 one of a fleet of newsprint box cars for predecessor Spruce Falls Power & Paper. These were the only interchange cars ever operated.
Ottawa (Uplands) National Research Council new page started with 102 ex Alma & Jonquieres S-4 and ex CPR 6593 S-3 just arrived and partially repainted. New contributor Fred Clark.

April 2012 Sault St Marie Algoma Steel added colour photo of 80-tonner 30.
Kapuskasing Spruce Falls Power & Paper added photo of 70-tonner IREX 53678 on its way to Kapuskasing. I believe this was just a parts unit provided by Merrilees a dealer that provided various units to them. New contributor Tim Vermande.

January 2012 Sault St Marie Algoma Steel added 80-tonner 36 and new page added for rolling stock used in intra-plant use.

December 2011 Opasatika Agrium added photo of 7731 switching the mine near Kapuskasing.

November 2011 Hamilton ArcelorMittal Dofasco added 418 rebuilt into new genset. New contributor Mike Garza.
US Steel added before photo of 85 one the way to be rebuilt. DOFASCO 426 already sold off to new owner.
Cornwall: Courtaulds added 1901 photo of Shawinigan Water & Power Co. 1 a small electric loco which became Shawinigan Falls Terminal 7, then Courtaulds 7 and eventually donated to Delson following a switching incident that resulted in its retirement due to a damaged frame. Eventually repaired and restored it is now displayed indoors at Exporail. New contributor Simon Darvill.

October 2011 Created an Index for railway equipment dealers, brokers, contract shops, lease units etc. including:
new pages for NRE-Alco contract shop in Capreol and Diesel Electric Services in Sudbury.
Added two units, a 25-tonner and 35-tonner to Ennis-Paikin (D).
Agrium added SW8 7731 ex ACL 54. INCO added several units. Petro Canada added LTEX 2077. Tembec added a smoky view of 108, and ex 109 RS-23 moving as OSRX 506 on the way to OSR with new roller bearing wheelsets after a very lengthy delay. Including builders photo as S&L 201. US Steel Canada new page (linked with Stelco) new contributor Tim Ball added 85 being returned from overhaul at NRE-Alco and moving as NREX 412 as a convenience since most industries do not have reporting marks. 412 was actually was a former Dofasco unit overhauled earlier. Reusing this number saves expense of creating a unit in UMLER. OSR did the same thing with Tembec unit above which will become OS 507 when repaired for operation.

September 2011 Hamilton National Steel Car added a recent photo of 12 switching new well cars.

August 2011 Cornwall Locweld un-numbered Brookville dinky. New contributor Russ Lees.

March 2011 Hamilton Stelco added a better old photo of gas-electric locomotive 24.

January 2011 Midland new page for Century Coal a long-gone company which operated a coal dock for CSL.
Photos of a strange looking dinky, a rebuilt 0-4-0T saddletank steam engine converted to diesel! Truly, one-of-a-kind!

December 2010 Nanticoke added US Steel 93 enroute from Hamilton. New contributor Joseph Bishop.
Sault Ste. Marie new page for Essar Steel (formerly, Algoma Steel) starting with to units 50 and 51.

November 2010 Sarnia added VIP 1201 an SW1200RS acquired from Rail America, (Hamilton) nee CN 1335.
New contributor Jay Butler.

August 2010 Red Rock the closed Domtar mill had a variety of secondhand units over the years. Here are three of them.

April 2010 Cardinal CASCO added two photos of 1105 a GMD1 which replaced the old RS-3 scrapped on site.
New contributor Steve Hunter.
Xstrata Copper 055 fresh from overhaul in Capreol returning to Kidd Creek Mine. New contributor Mike Robin.
Hamilton. Steel Car recent photo of number 11 from new contributor Dave Broughton.
ArcelorMittal Dofasco 412 returning from NRE in Capreol. New contributor Joe Zika.
Mississauga Petro-Canada new page starting with LTEX 3803 GP38 leased by Railserve the new switching contractor.
Opasatika "new" unit on the way to Agrium mine near Kapuskasing moving as LTEX 2.
Whitby LASCO 1 70-tonner believed on the way to being re-engined. New contributor Jack R. Smith.

March 2010 Cardinal CASCO added old photo of CR 9934 same model. New contributor Jim Gavin.

February 2010 Toronto Andrew Merrilees added IREX 204 an RS-3 ex St.Johnsbury & Lamoille County 204, nee Lehigh & Hudson River 4.

December 2009 New pages created for Great Lakes Paper in Thunder Bay photo of 231 ex CP HS-12.
Also, ADM in Windsor a tiny Plymouth.
Added 300 and 317 to Hearn Group in Amherstburg.
Add two views of ex CP Hydraulic Switcher 17 at Babcock & Wilcox in Galt.

November 2009 Added 1966 photo of Andrew Merrilees yard at West Toronto showing units for sale including SLSF 70-tonner and DL&W SW1.

October 2009 Sarnia added three photos of units at VIP 1511 and 1007 also LDS 0179.
Also, Algoma Steel added colour photo of 51.

May 2009 Final days of Marathon Pulp. After more than half of a century, it is all over.
February 2009 New unit CANX 8701 (nee QNS&L) of switching contractor Savage (formerly Canac) at Marathon Pulp.

October 2008 Added Lake Erie Works 459 returning from a rebuild in the US from new contributor Robert Smith.
Also, photo of it as SELX 6092 (ex Stelco 92), moving through Attica, New York on NS a year earlier enroute to rebuild from new contributor Dan Embt.

September 2008 Added Terrace Bay Pulp M-19923. First photos I have seen of this unit which has been at the former Kimberly-Clark mill for 20 years! Its remote location in Northern Ontario and being industrial accounts for the lack of interest by railfans.
August 2008 Added VIP inc. a warehousing and rail car storage facility in Sarnia along with another shot of Esso Chemical 7920 plus in Hamilton added Stelco SW900 92 shown at Fort Erie going to unknown point. It returned as Lake Erie Works 459 by which time Stelco had been acquired by U.S. Steel. New contributor Don Janes.
May 2008 Canada Crushed Stone added motor 10.
April 2008 Acton Limestone Quarries new entry started with ex Lehigh Valley 44-tonner from new contributor John Vincent.
October 2007 Algoma Steel had two unique 87 1/2 ton narrow gauge (36") industrial locomotives one of which is now on the Durango & Silverton Narrow Gauge tourist railroad in Colorado. "Big" narrow gauge diesels are hard to come by in North America, most are on the White Pass hauling tourists, so this was a good find for them to use switching in the yard to cut down on smoke complaints.
June 2007 St.Mary's Cement a very old photo of Plymouth dinky in quarry. Also, another of large steam shovel.
May 2007 CVRD Inco a new name for an old company in Port Colborne as well as a new photo of an old locomotive un-numbered 50-tonner from new contributor Colleen Mills. James River Marathon added 17-102 ex CP 7024 Alco S-2. Also, CGE Peterborough Works No.1 23-tonner. Algoma Steel in "The Sault" 80-tonner 34 and 115-tonner 61. and in Windsor Zalev Bros. 1 GE 45-tonner.
April 2007 Algoma Steel 50 still at work after more than half a century of hard service. New contributor Tim Gobeil.
St.Marys Paper (once Abitibi) also in The Soo since 1911 has a history added. Casco added an old 1950's colour photo of Jersey Central Alco RS-3 in passenger service from new contributor John Dziobko. CIL in Cornwall new listing shows a dinky.
October 1, 2006 Amherstburg: Hearn added link to ETR 101. Blenheim: W G Thompson added ex GWWD 101 relocated to Kent Bridge elevator by new contributor Peter Mumby. Sarnia Lambton Diesel Service added their Car Mover.
September 1, 2006 London: GMD Added two recent views of ex TH&B 57 at the Electro Motive plant in Mc.Cook, IL.
Hamilton: Case (formerly International Harvester) a recent view of ex Trillium 308 now, NY&LE 308 out of service.
August 1, 2006 Added an old colour photo from the collection of Joseph Testagrose of Des Moines & Central Iowa 600 a secondhand GE 70-tonner that went on to have an interesting Canadian history after its acquisition by Andrew Merrilees (D) including on the Canmore Mines non-common carrier railway in Alberta. Also, brand new photo of Cargill 1217 in Thunder Bay.
July 1, 2006 Smooth Rock Falls added to Tembec switching contractor Canac unit 1518 by Mike Robin.
June 1, 2006 Welland added to Atlas Steel page an old image of one of their two ex US Army Whitcomb 65-tonners.
April 11, 2006 Hamilton added to Dofasco roster their only Alco's two second-hand Nickle Plate S-4's and only SW1200 a new GMD unit number 14 (there was no 13). Another photo their last Whitcomb 65-tonner at the end of its use.
March 1, 2006 Sarnia area added: Esso Chemical 7920; Novacor 40 getting its prime mover overhauled; Royal Polymers 8620 formerly a Lambton Diesel lease unit and 0178 a "new" leaser unit acquired by Lambton Diesel from Andrew Merrilees Ltd. (Dealer) All from Shaun Hinz.
February 1, 2006 Dofasco added photo of 414 Dofasco's only SW1200, both it and ladle 638 at Platinum Car Co.

December 1, 2005 Dofasco added colour photo of 12 in 1969, 416 (ex Mc.Kinnon) recently repainted by Railcare, a contract shop in Hamilton; also their latest acquistion, 410 a well-travelled SW8 overhauled by Rail Trusts Equipment, a small contract shop in Florida.
November 1, 2005 Babcox & Wilcox finally sprung for some paint for their tiny Plymouth. Gerry Ferns
Central Soya (old Victory Mills) in Toronto, 45-tonner was once Tonawanda Iron 2 Doug Kroll
Around the Niagara Frontier from Paul Duncan (Niagara Rails), Thorold South, Abitibi-Consolidated added two units; and one of former Donahue; Dana car mover, two images. Port Colborne, Maple Leaf Milling 45-tonner. Welland; Shaw Pipe Protection and Welland Pipe switching moves are depicted in a number of scenes.
October 1, 2005 added two units to Andrew Merrilees (Dealer) IREX 5 SW1 ex EL/DL&W and FDDMS 411 70-tonner.
August 1, 2005 added a great aerial view of the Steel Car in Hamilton recently taken by railfan student pilot David Graham.
July 1, 2005 An old Pettibone car mover at Korex (old Lever Bros.) soap plant in downtown Toronto, next to Keating Yard.
June 1, 2005 Marathon Pulp Inc. added a series of four new images by Chris Wilson of switching contractor at work showing this large plant. Cooksville Brick & Tile an old gas mechical unit, long-gone.
May 1, 2005 Novacor Chemical 902 a spare unit for a number of plants in Sarnia area.
March 1, 2005 LASCO Whitby add PGE 556 c.1955 in Lilloette, BC from The Sirman Collection this is presently STCR 10. Siemens-Westinghouse in Hamilton, a recent view of the same old Westinghouse CLC unit from new contributor Michael Taylor. GMDH-3 275 once used by Mc.Kinnon Industries, preserved in Michigan.
February 1, 2005 Barry's Bay: J.P.Conway once had a tiny Vulcan Iron Works dinky. Port Maitland IMC had a unique Davenport 0-4-0M inherited from Sherbrooke Metallurgical and once at General Motor's Frigidaire plant in Scarborough. Scenic shortline type view of CASCO train on the 2 mile run between Cardinal and the CNR mainline comes the Late Dave More, one of many photographs just acquired from his estate.
December 31, 2004 Colour images of RS-3 units similar to CASCO 1548 before and after re-engine with EMD prime mover. These from new contributors Geo. Hamlin and Andy Koenigsberg. Un-identified GE 23-tonner at CLN Industries (D) back in 1998. Kimberley-Clark MLW S-3 6546 ex CPR. Two old black and white scans of Spruce Falls Power and Paper GE 70-tonners 106 and 107. Wendell Lemon and Ron W.Layton
October 19, 2004 Tembec Inc. at Smooth Rock Falls has a new switching contractor CANAC unit CANX 1518.
Kidd Creek mine added 055 repainted and Marathon Pulp (another Tembec mill) uses a leased CANAC unit CANX 8700 Westinghouse current photo of their engine linked.
October 8, 2004 Railcare a new car repair facility in Hamilton 45-tonner
September 9, 2004 OxyVinyls 65-tonner and PolyOne 25-tonner plus views of both plants which are related to each other. Oxy Vinyls, LP ("OxyVinyls"), is a joint venture company between Occidental Chemical Corporation
("OxyChem") and The PolyOne Corporation ("PolyOne"), formerly The Geon Company
Note: Occidental Chemical Corp. formerly Hooker Chemical of Love Canal infamy!
Located in the Port Robinson/Thorold area of Niagara.
Lambton Diesel Service 8620 in new paint scheme.
August 5, 2004 CGE Davenport works Toronto 25-tonner in colour
May 28, 2004 National Steel Car 10 nee RCAF 50-tonner
April 11, 2004 Dofasco shot of 416 enroute to outside shop for work. Stelco 51 65-tonner.
February 21, 2004 Casco, Cardinal. CNJ 1543 same as 1548. Stelco, Hamilton Additions of diesel and steam.
January 19, 2004 CGE Peterborough colour slide of 23 tonner. GMD London colour slide of 1001 with export buffers.
January 5, 2004 Consolidated Sand &Gravel, Paris pit. 0-4-0 mechanical also 0-4-0T steam engine.
December 11, 2003 Another Hamilton industry, Westinghouse CLC 50-tonner.

December 1, 2003 Canada Crushed Stone several colour slides by Al Howlett of this long-gone unique electric operation.
November 14, 2003 Hamilton industries Dofasco 6 when first acquired and 416 a "lost" engine, "found" by Julius Olajos and identified by Rob Archer. See also steam industrial for International Harvester and CIL additions.

November 1, 2003 Hamilton industries DOFASCO, International Harvester, NSC, STELCO have all had additions.
August 10,2003 Atlas Steel 9 as CACV 3051 a D&H look alike.
July 11, 2003 Algoma Steel narrow gauge 55 tonner at East Broad Top.
June 2, 2003 Stelpipe NIL (un-numbered) GE 45-tonner about to leave plant in Welland.
May 28, 2003 Kapuskasing Tembec 108 acquired new by predecessor SFP&P, 168 ex Mattagami RR/Algoma Central
May 23, 2003 Toronto (+ Mississauga) Znidar Bros. (D) GE 45-ton for sale, former Praxair 161.
Iroquois Falls: Abitibi-Consolidated 1305
Sudbury Area Mining Railways, including INCO and Falco

April 1, 2003 Prior to this date a number of additions and corrections were made to the gallery. These are most easily identified by new in the thumbnail, or on the actual page. Additions include: Dundas, Canada Crushed Stone, electrics added. Hamilton; Dofasco, 2 units added. London; GMD additions. Paris, CS&G additions. St.Catharines, Mc.Kinnon Industries unit added. Toronto; CGE Davenport, battery loco added. Welland; Atlas loco crane added.
NOTE: New Galleries created for Ontario Industrial Steam Locomotives, also Construction and contractors locos. There have been many additions to these already.
April 3 Welland: Atlas Steel unique sled pusher engine added, also CN 8190 in old paint, similar to Atlas 8.
Thorold South: Ontario Paper, added CN 8116 in old paint, similar to OP unit.
Sarnia: Lambton Diesel, new listing, 8620.
April 6 Iroquois Falls: Abitibi ex ONR 1203 in two different paint schemes of different corporate names.
Temagami: Wm. Milne & Sons lumber mill, strange homebuilt unit. Opasatika: Agrium's re-engined Alco RS3
April 9 Timmins: Kidd Creek Mine added. Also, Amherstburg: B&O 9114 sister engine to Allied Chemical 3A
April 10 London: GMD Blue Goose 1001, three images added. Welland: Atlas Steel un-identified MLW yard engine added.
Island Falls: New entry. Abitibi unique self-propelled rail car. Iroquois Falls: Abitibi RS3 1310 added inc. ONR 1310.
April 14 Island Falls: Abitibi; Iroquois Falls: ONR 1203 added; Timmins new entry for Kidd Creek Mines; Soo: new entry for St.Marys Paper; Algoma Steel inc. Tube Div. many colour photos added various models/makes.(deleted seven B&W duplicate models) Port Colborne: new entry for Canadian Furnace Div. of Algoma Steel.
April 27 Timmins Kidd Creek Flanger 100060 added. Sarnia Novacor Rock Island 907 added, similar unit to 912.
See also Construction gallery (Queenston Hydro and Welland Canal) and steam industrial gallery for additions.

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What's New in this Gallery?

Ontario Industrial

January 2013 Iroquois Falls Resolute Forest Products (formerly Abitibi) 1305 two views before and after overhaul by DES.

October 2012 Cardinal CASCO added photo of 1105 now looking very crappy! Covered in oil and peeling cheap paint job. Falconbridge: Falconbridge Nickle Mines added photo of 80-ton 106 at new owner and S-1 103 as originally ERIE 306. New contributors Whit Wardell and Chuck Zeiler.

September 2012 Cardinal. added CASCO 8 and 9 and relocated existing photo of 8 after sold, to Ennis-Paikin (D).
L'Orignal new page for IVACO with a bunch of old units likely all acquired for scrap and run until they fail.
Nanticoke US Steel Lake Erie Works added 455 SW900 back from overhaul. New contributor Robert Smith
Toronto CGE Peterborough Works added a nice colour photo of the 25-tonner. Thanks to Eric May for correcting location.

August 2012 Toronto New page for Lantic sugar in New Toronto and added to Redpath sugar both using Rail King mover.

June 2012 Sarnia Lambton Diesel added 1201 SW1200RS ex SOR 1201 which became VIP 1201.

May 2012 Kapuskasing Tembec added TLCX 1065 one of a fleet of newsprint box cars for predecessor Spruce Falls Power & Paper. These were the only interchange cars ever operated.
Ottawa (Uplands) National Research Council new page started with 102 ex Alma & Jonquieres S-4 and ex CPR 6593 S-3 just arrived and partially repainted. New contributor Fred Clark.

April 2012 Sault St Marie Algoma Steel added colour photo of 80-tonner 30.
Kapuskasing Spruce Falls Power & Paper added photo of 70-tonner IREX 53678 on its way to Kapuskasing. I believe this was just a parts unit provided by Merrilees a dealer that provided various units to them. New contributor Tim Vermande.

January 2012 Sault St Marie Algoma Steel added 80-tonner 36 and new page added for rolling stock used in intra-plant use.

December 2011 Opasatika Agrium added photo of 7731 switching the mine near Kapuskasing.

November 2011 Hamilton ArcelorMittal Dofasco added 418 rebuilt into new genset. New contributor Mike Garza.
US Steel added before photo of 85 one the way to be rebuilt. DOFASCO 426 already sold off to new owner.
Cornwall: Courtaulds added 1901 photo of Shawinigan Water & Power Co. 1 a small electric loco which became Shawinigan Falls Terminal 7, then Courtaulds 7 and eventually donated to Delson following a switching incident that resulted in its retirement due to a damaged frame. Eventually repaired and restored it is now displayed indoors at Exporail. New contributor Simon Darvill.

October 2011 Created an Index for railway equipment dealers, brokers, contract shops, lease units etc. including:
new pages for NRE-Alco contract shop in Capreol and Diesel Electric Services in Sudbury.
Added two units, a 25-tonner and 35-tonner to Ennis-Paikin (D).
Agrium added SW8 7731 ex ACL 54. INCO added several units. Petro Canada added LTEX 2077. Tembec added a smoky view of 108, and ex 109 RS-23 moving as OSRX 506 on the way to OSR with new roller bearing wheelsets after a very lengthy delay. Including builders photo as S&L 201. US Steel Canada new page (linked with Stelco) new contributor Tim Ball added 85 being returned from overhaul at NRE-Alco and moving as NREX 412 as a convenience since most industries do not have reporting marks. 412 was actually was a former Dofasco unit overhauled earlier. Reusing this number saves expense of creating a unit in UMLER. OSR did the same thing with Tembec unit above which will become OS 507 when repaired for operation.

September 2011 Hamilton National Steel Car added a recent photo of 12 switching new well cars.

August 2011 Cornwall Locweld un-numbered Brookville dinky. New contributor Russ Lees.

March 2011 Hamilton Stelco added a better old photo of gas-electric locomotive 24.

January 2011 Midland new page for Century Coal a long-gone company which operated a coal dock for CSL.
Photos of a strange looking dinky, a rebuilt 0-4-0T saddletank steam engine converted to diesel! Truly, one-of-a-kind!

December 2010 Nanticoke added US Steel 93 enroute from Hamilton. New contributor Joseph Bishop.
Sault Ste. Marie new page for Essar Steel (formerly, Algoma Steel) starting with to units 50 and 51.

November 2010 Sarnia added VIP 1201 an SW1200RS acquired from Rail America, (Hamilton) nee CN 1335.
New contributor Jay Butler.

August 2010 Red Rock the closed Domtar mill had a variety of secondhand units over the years. Here are three of them.

April 2010 Cardinal CASCO added two photos of 1105 a GMD1 which replaced the old RS-3 scrapped on site.
New contributor Steve Hunter.
Xstrata Copper 055 fresh from overhaul in Capreol returning to Kidd Creek Mine. New contributor Mike Robin.
Hamilton. Steel Car recent photo of number 11 from new contributor Dave Broughton.
ArcelorMittal Dofasco 412 returning from NRE in Capreol. New contributor Joe Zika.
Mississauga Petro-Canada new page starting with LTEX 3803 GP38 leased by Railserve the new switching contractor.
Opasatika "new" unit on the way to Agrium mine near Kapuskasing moving as LTEX 2.
Whitby LASCO 1 70-tonner believed on the way to being re-engined. New contributor Jack R. Smith.

March 2010 Cardinal CASCO added old photo of CR 9934 same model. New contributor Jim Gavin.

February 2010 Toronto Andrew Merrilees added IREX 204 an RS-3 ex St.Johnsbury & Lamoille County 204, nee Lehigh & Hudson River 4.

December 2009 New pages created for Great Lakes Paper in Thunder Bay photo of 231 ex CP HS-12.
Also, ADM in Windsor a tiny Plymouth.
Added 300 and 317 to Hearn Group in Amherstburg.
Add two views of ex CP Hydraulic Switcher 17 at Babcock & Wilcox in Galt.

November 2009 Added 1966 photo of Andrew Merrilees yard at West Toronto showing units for sale including SLSF 70-tonner and DL&W SW1.

October 2009 Sarnia added three photos of units at VIP 1511 and 1007 also LDS 0179.
Also, Algoma Steel added colour photo of 51.

May 2009 Final days of Marathon Pulp. After more than half of a century, it is all over.

February 2009 New unit CANX 8701 (nee QNS&L) of switching contractor Savage (formerly Canac) at Marathon Pulp.

October 2008 Added Lake Erie Works 459 returning from a rebuild in the US from new contributor Robert Smith.
Also, photo of it as SELX 6092 (ex Stelco 92), moving through Attica, New York on NS a year earlier enroute to rebuild from new contributor Dan Embt.

September 2008 Added Terrace Bay Pulp M-19923. First photos I have seen of this unit which has been at the former Kimberly-Clark mill for 20 years! Its remote location in Northern Ontario and being industrial accounts for the lack of interest by railfans.

August 2008 Added VIP inc. a warehousing and rail car storage facility in Sarnia along with another shot of Esso Chemical 7920 plus in Hamilton added Stelco SW900 92 shown at Fort Erie going to unknown point. It returned as Lake Erie Works 459 by which time Stelco had been acquired by U.S. Steel. New contributor Don Janes.

May 2008 Canada Crushed Stone added motor 10.

April 2008 Acton Limestone Quarries new entry started with ex Lehigh Valley 44-tonner from new contributor John Vincent.

October 2007 Algoma Steel had two unique 87 1/2 ton narrow gauge (36") industrial locomotives one of which is now on the Durango & Silverton Narrow Gauge tourist railroad in Colorado. "Big" narrow gauge diesels are hard to come by in North America, most are on the White Pass hauling tourists, so this was a good find for them to use switching in the yard to cut down on smoke complaints.

June 2007 St.Mary's Cement a very old photo of Plymouth dinky in quarry. Also, another of large steam shovel.

May 2007 CVRD Inco a new name for an old company in Port Colborne as well as a new photo of an old locomotive un-numbered 50-tonner from new contributor Colleen Mills. James River Marathon added 17-102 ex CP 7024 Alco S-2. Also, CGE Peterborough Works No.1 23-tonner. Algoma Steel in "The Sault" 80-tonner 34 and 115-tonner 61. and in Windsor Zalev Bros. 1 GE 45-tonner.

April 2007 Algoma Steel 50 still at work after more than half a century of hard service. New contributor Tim Gobeil.
St.Marys Paper (once Abitibi) also in The Soo since 1911 has a history added. Casco added an old 1950's colour photo of Jersey Central Alco RS-3 in passenger service from new contributor John Dziobko. CIL in Cornwall new listing shows a dinky.

October 1, 2006 Amherstburg: Hearn added link to ETR 101. Blenheim: W G Thompson added ex GWWD 101 relocated to Kent Bridge elevator by new contributor Peter Mumby. Sarnia Lambton Diesel Service added their Car Mover.

September 1, 2006 London: GMD Added two recent views of ex TH&B 57 at the Electro Motive plant in Mc.Cook, IL.
Hamilton: Case (formerly International Harvester) a recent view of ex Trillium 308 now, NY&LE 308 out of service.

August 1, 2006 Added an old colour photo from the collection of Joseph Testagrose of Des Moines & Central Iowa 600 a secondhand GE 70-tonner that went on to have an interesting Canadian history after its acquisition by Andrew Merrilees (D) including on the Canmore Mines non-common carrier railway in Alberta. Also, brand new photo of Cargill 1217 in Thunder Bay.

July 1, 2006 Smooth Rock Falls added to Tembec switching contractor Canac unit 1518 by Mike Robin.

June 1, 2006 Welland added to Atlas Steel page an old image of one of their two ex US Army Whitcomb 65-tonners.

April 11, 2006 Hamilton added to Dofasco roster their only Alco's two second-hand Nickle Plate S-4's and only SW1200 a new GMD unit number 14 (there was no 13). Another photo their last Whitcomb 65-tonner at the end of its use.

March 1, 2006 Sarnia area added: Esso Chemical 7920; Novacor 40 getting its prime mover overhauled; Royal Polymers 8620 formerly a Lambton Diesel lease unit and 0178 a "new" leaser unit acquired by Lambton Diesel from Andrew Merrilees Ltd. (Dealer) All from Shaun Hinz.

February 1, 2006 Dofasco added photo of 414 Dofasco's only SW1200, both it and ladle 638 at Platinum Car Co.

December 1, 2005 Dofasco added colour photo of 12 in 1969, 416 (ex Mc.Kinnon) recently repainted by Railcare, a contract shop in Hamilton; also their latest acquistion, 410 a well-travelled SW8 overhauled by Rail Trusts Equipment, a small contract shop in Florida.

November 1, 2005 Babcox & Wilcox finally sprung for some paint for their tiny Plymouth. Gerry Ferns
Central Soya (old Victory Mills) in Toronto, 45-tonner was once Tonawanda Iron 2 Doug Kroll
Around the Niagara Frontier from Paul Duncan (Niagara Rails), Thorold South, Abitibi-Consolidated added two units; and one of former Donahue; Dana car mover, two images. Port Colborne, Maple Leaf Milling 45-tonner. Welland; Shaw Pipe Protection and Welland Pipe switching moves are depicted in a number of scenes.

October 1, 2005 added two units to Andrew Merrilees (Dealer) IREX 5 SW1 ex EL/DL&W and FDDMS 411 70-tonner.

August 1, 2005 added a great aerial view of the Steel Car in Hamilton recently taken by railfan student pilot David Graham.

July 1, 2005 An old Pettibone car mover at Korex (old Lever Bros.) soap plant in downtown Toronto, next to Keating Yard.

June 1, 2005 Marathon Pulp Inc. added a series of four new images by Chris Wilson of switching contractor at work showing this large plant. Cooksville Brick & Tile an old gas mechical unit, long-gone.

May 1, 2005 Novacor Chemical 902 a spare unit for a number of plants in Sarnia area.

March 1, 2005 LASCO Whitby add PGE 556 c.1955 in Lilloette, BC from The Sirman Collection this is presently STCR 10. Siemens-Westinghouse in Hamilton, a recent view of the same old Westinghouse CLC unit from new contributor Michael Taylor. GMDH-3 275 once used by Mc.Kinnon Industries, preserved in Michigan.

February 1, 2005 Barry's Bay: J.P.Conway once had a tiny Vulcan Iron Works dinky. Port Maitland IMC had a unique Davenport 0-4-0M inherited from Sherbrooke Metallurgical and once at General Motor's Frigidaire plant in Scarborough. Scenic shortline type view of CASCO train on the 2 mile run between Cardinal and the CNR mainline comes the Late Dave More, one of many photographs just acquired from his estate.

December 31, 2004 Colour images of RS-3 units similar to CASCO 1548 before and after re-engine with EMD prime mover. These from new contributors Geo. Hamlin and Andy Koenigsberg. Un-identified GE 23-tonner at CLN Industries (D) back in 1998. Kimberley-Clark MLW S-3 6546 ex CPR. Two old black and white scans of Spruce Falls Power and Paper GE 70-tonners 106 and 107. Wendell Lemon and Ron W.Layton

October 19, 2004 Tembec Inc. at Smooth Rock Falls has a new switching contractor CANAC unit CANX 1518.
Kidd Creek mine added 055 repainted and Marathon Pulp (another Tembec mill) uses a leased CANAC unit CANX 8700 Westinghouse current photo of their engine linked.

October 8, 2004 Railcare a new car repair facility in Hamilton 45-tonner

September 9, 2004 OxyVinyls 65-tonner and PolyOne 25-tonner plus views of both plants which are related to each other. Oxy Vinyls, LP ("OxyVinyls"), is a joint venture company between Occidental Chemical Corporation
("OxyChem") and The PolyOne Corporation ("PolyOne"), formerly The Geon Company
Note: Occidental Chemical Corp. formerly Hooker Chemical of Love Canal infamy!
Located in the Port Robinson/Thorold area of Niagara.

Lambton Diesel Service 8620 in new paint scheme.

August 5, 2004 CGE Davenport works Toronto 25-tonner in colour

May 28, 2004 National Steel Car 10 nee RCAF 50-tonner

April 11, 2004 Dofasco shot of 416 enroute to outside shop for work. Stelco 51 65-tonner.

February 21, 2004 Casco, Cardinal. CNJ 1543 same as 1548. Stelco, Hamilton Additions of diesel and steam.

January 19, 2004 CGE Peterborough colour slide of 23 tonner. GMD London colour slide of 1001 with export buffers.

January 5, 2004 Consolidated Sand &Gravel, Paris pit. 0-4-0 mechanical also 0-4-0T steam engine.

December 11, 2003 Another Hamilton industry, Westinghouse CLC 50-tonner.

December 1, 2003 Canada Crushed Stone several colour slides by Al Howlett of this long-gone unique electric operation.

November 14, 2003 Hamilton industries Dofasco 6 when first acquired and 416 a "lost" engine, "found" by Julius Olajos and identified by Rob Archer. See also steam industrial for International Harvester and CIL additions.

November 1, 2003 Hamilton industries DOFASCO, International Harvester, NSC, STELCO have all had additions.

August 10,2003 Atlas Steel 9 as CACV 3051 a D&H look alike.

July 11, 2003 Algoma Steel narrow gauge 55 tonner at East Broad Top.

June 2, 2003 Stelpipe NIL (un-numbered) GE 45-tonner about to leave plant in Welland.

May 28, 2003 Kapuskasing Tembec 108 acquired new by predecessor SFP&P, 168 ex Mattagami RR/Algoma Central

May 23, 2003 Toronto (+ Mississauga) Znidar Bros. (D) GE 45-ton for sale, former Praxair 161.

Iroquois Falls: Abitibi-Consolidated 1305

Sudbury Area Mining Railways, including INCO and Falco

April 1, 2003 Prior to this date a number of additions and corrections were made to the gallery. These are most easily identified by new in the thumbnail, or on the actual page. Additions include: Dundas, Canada Crushed Stone, electrics added. Hamilton; Dofasco, 2 units added. London; GMD additions. Paris, CS&G additions. St.Catharines, Mc.Kinnon Industries unit added. Toronto; CGE Davenport, battery loco added. Welland; Atlas loco crane added.

NOTE: New Galleries created for Ontario Industrial Steam Locomotives, also Construction and contractors locos. There have been many additions to these already.

April 3 Welland: Atlas Steel unique sled pusher engine added, also CN 8190 in old paint, similar to Atlas 8.

Thorold South: Ontario Paper, added CN 8116 in old paint, similar to OP unit.

Sarnia: Lambton Diesel, new listing, 8620.

April 6 Iroquois Falls: Abitibi ex ONR 1203 in two different paint schemes of different corporate names.
Temagami: Wm. Milne & Sons lumber mill, strange homebuilt unit. Opasatika: Agrium's re-engined Alco RS3

April 9 Timmins: Kidd Creek Mine added. Also, Amherstburg: B&O 9114 sister engine to Allied Chemical 3A

April 10 London: GMD Blue Goose 1001, three images added. Welland: Atlas Steel un-identified MLW yard engine added.
Island Falls: New entry. Abitibi unique self-propelled rail car. Iroquois Falls: Abitibi RS3 1310 added inc. ONR 1310.

April 14 Island Falls: Abitibi; Iroquois Falls: ONR 1203 added; Timmins new entry for Kidd Creek Mines; Soo: new entry for St.Marys Paper; Algoma Steel inc. Tube Div. many colour photos added various models/makes.(deleted seven B&W duplicate models) Port Colborne: new entry for Canadian Furnace Div. of Algoma Steel.

April 27 Timmins Kidd Creek Flanger 100060 added. Sarnia Novacor Rock Island 907 added, similar unit to 912.

See also Construction gallery (Queenston Hydro and Welland Canal) and steam industrial gallery for additions.