New York Central

Michigan Central

Canada Southern

Michigan Central shops St.Thomas. Freight office and shed in left center, roundhouse behind at far left.
Car shop behind office building. Locomotive erecting shop to the right. This latter building still exists.

NYC 4042 EMD E8A leads TH&B 372 from Hamilton to Welland and Buffalo enroute to New York City. This equipment ran through from Buffalo to Toronto over the NYC to Welland, TH&B to Hamilton and CPR Joint Section although the diesels were changed at Hamilton. Stoney Creek, Ont. 8/21/1963 Peter Cox

Michigan Central (Canada Southern Div.) 7630 Victoria Yard, Fort Erie, Ontario 5/24/1936 Bud Laws Collection

H-7-b 2-8-2 New York Central Lines Michigan Central 7914 across the border in Niagara Falls, NewYork.
July 13, 1936 Bud Laws Collection

7942 with freight at Suspension Bridge, New York. Bud Laws Collection

NYC 1291 and sister 1290 were the last two remaining engines built at the Michigan Central erecting shop in St.Thomas
and lasted until the end of steam working the branch. Locomotives were built in Canada to avoid paying duty.
Oil Springs, Ont. May 21, 1956 Arthur B. Johnson

NYC 7191 along with sister 7190 were only two 0-10-0's built in Canada (MLW April 1909) for a US road.
These engines along with a third Brooks built 0-10-0 (below) worked in Windsor, Ontario the first hump yard in Canada.
It is likely two engines were all that was required for the hump at one time with the third being a relief engine thus at times one would be available to run elsewhere. Shown here at Comber the end of a short branch. March 11,1946

New York Central Lines 7499. Small lettering on tender reads: CCC&St.L. Likely this engine was on the CASO replacing another engine in the back shop for heavy repairs. Circa 1930's. Old Time Trains Archives

NYC & CPR freight shed St.Thomas near the end of its life. c.1970's

PC 22882 caboose with some work cars ahead of it. The all too brief Penn Central era. St.Thomas yard.

Conrail 7435 (ex PC 7435 nee NYC 6035) GP9 GMD A1080 4/1957
Windsor 4/5/1980 John Lameck/Sam Beck Collection