Wabash

The Wabash operated in Canada entirely by trackage rights on the CNR between Windsor and Fort Erie beginning in March of 1898 over predecessor GTR. While primarily used as a bridge route between Detroit and Buffalo it also served local traffic within Ontario. This continued under Norfolk & Western ownership. Successor Norfolk Southern ended these perpetual rights in 2011 except for transfer interchange at Fort Erie. Wabash used a portion of St.Thomas yard where their own switcher a small 43-ton GE was based. Built in 1939 this was a very early one-man engine, the only one operating in Canada. GMD supplied 22 A units, 4 SW8's and 1 GP7 all built in Canada.

WAB 725 (GMD A487 3/53) one of 22 Canadian built F7A units meeting CNR 3875 at Canfield Junction.
5/18/1966 Peter A. Cox

GE 12496 7/1939
Retired 12/1960 and sold 1961 to Andrew Merrilees (D), leased to York Steel in Toronto, later LASCO in Whitby, Ont. and finally sold 4/1967 to Atlas Steel in Tracy, Quebec where it was used for about 25 years before going to ECRM 8/1994.