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A Port of Montreal switcher sits crewless underneath a park that provides a good vantage point for railway operations in the port.
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Caption: A Port of Montreal switcher sits crewless underneath a park that provides a good vantage point for railway operations in the port.

Photographer:
Michael Berry [4074] (more) (contact)
Date: 10/28/2022 (search)
Railway: Port of Montreal (search)
Reporting Marks: POM 1002 (search)
Train Symbol: Not Provided
Subdivision/SNS: Port of Montreal (search)
City/Town: Montreal (search)
Province: Quebec (search)
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4 Comments
  1. railwayguy
    November 1, 2022 at 10:33 am

    Very nice picture Michael. Didn’t realize the POM has there own motive power, and assume from the numbering of this unit there are maybe 2 or 3 others, and that they switch container cars and grain cars at dockside. Do you know if when switching, do the crew use a belt-pack ? Thanks for posting, John

  2. mberry
    November 1, 2022 at 11:58 am

    Yes they’ve had their own power going back to steam days. They even had electric power, which was swapped with CN for some steam power in the 1940s when the port discontinued some electrification they had. They have 4-5 units, not sure if they are belt-pack equipped or not.

  3. Jacob Patterson
    November 1, 2022 at 4:07 pm

    Some great info here on the Commissaires du Port de Montreal motors: https://twsmedia.co.uk/2019/05/16/from-preston-to-montreal/

  4. mberry
    November 1, 2022 at 6:25 pm

    Cool article, thanks for sharing.
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