Diesel Electric Services

Sudbury, ON

DESX 5306 (ex CN 5306) SD40-2 GMD A3558 9/1978 Blind River, ON 9/27/2011 Wolf Kirchmeir
Note: One of seven DES units originally owned by Ontario Hydro for unit coal trains.
Leased for work train service on Huron Central for major track program.

DESX 206 (ex INCO 206, nee MD&W 12) GE 80-ton 30005 7/1949
Cochrane, 6/29/2011 Mike Robin
Note: Unit moving via special train (ONT 1603) at 20 mph speed restriction from DES Sudbury to Tembec in Kapuskasing.

BM Metals 206. GE 80-ton #30005 7/1949 Sudbury 2005-04-02 Wolf Kirchmeir
acq. by INCO 1995 ex R.J.Reynolds Tobbaco Co. 44303, Winston Salem, NC. nee MD&W 12.
This company handled scrapping of electrics. Became Diesel Electric Services 206 leased to Algoma Steel.

DES 206 (ex INCO 206) DES facility Sudbury August 30, 2006 Ian Mc.Cord

BMMX 206 GMD1 A1764 11/1959
Became IVACO Rolling Mills 1167, L'Orignal, ON. Ottawa 6/14/2007 Ian Mc Cord
NOTE: This is the second unit B M Metals numbered as 206! (See above).
Other unit is VLIX 24 nee L&N 24 S-1 Alco 73586 9/1945 Ex Abitibi-Consolidated 2
It was acquired for preservation from the paper mill in Portage du Fort, Que.

DESX 1127 ex CN 1127 GMD1 1200 hp GMD A1447 10/1958 Sudbury 8/2/2010 Gregory L. Smith

Note: One of several units sold in 1998 to Southern Marine Equipment, Greenville, MS to Taylor Group, some were short term leased to INCO then stored at NRE-Alco and resold.

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