Railpictures.ca - collection of darrell lupson Photo: A small group of bystanders has gathered to watch rail cars of coal being unloaded from the car ferry Ashtabula. A common site in the small cottage town on the shores of Lake Erie. Coal arrived from the US to be used at CP facilities across Ontario. The 888 a D10 style locomotive would switch out the loads while the Port Burwell way freight would take the cars north. A lengthy process being that only a dozen cars could be taken at a time to Ostrander where the train would be marshaled together, because of the grades out of Port Burwell. | Railpictures.ca – Canadian Railway Photography

A small group of bystanders has gathered to watch rail cars of coal being unloaded from the car ferry Ashtabula. A common site in the small cottage town on the shores of Lake Erie. Coal arrived from the US to be used at CP facilities across Ontario. The 888 a D10 style locomotive would switch out the loads while the Port Burwell way freight would take the cars north. A lengthy process being that only a dozen cars could be taken at a time to Ostrander where the train would be marshaled together, because of the grades out of Port Burwell.

Caption: A small group of bystanders has gathered to watch rail cars of coal being unloaded from the car ferry Ashtabula. A common site in the small cottage town on the shores of Lake Erie. Coal arrived from the US to be used at CP facilities across Ontario. The 888 a D10 style locomotive would switch out the loads while the Port Burwell way freight would take the cars north. A lengthy process being that only a dozen cars could be taken at a time to Ostrander where the train would be marshaled together, because of the grades out of Port Burwell.

Photographer:	collection of darrell lupson [110] (more) (contact)
Date:	07/06/1957 (search)
Railway:	Canadian Pacific (search)
Reporting Marks:	CPR 888 (search)
Train Symbol:	CP 888 (search)
Subdivision/SNS:	Port Burwell (search)
City/Town:	Port Burwell (search)
Province:	Ontario (search)
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6 Comments

Jacob Patterson

December 12, 2015 at 1:26 pm

Now this is cool. Great shot Darrell.
Cdntrainphotog

December 12, 2015 at 5:30 pm

They sure brought in a lot of coal back then.
Nice pictuure; thanks for posting it.
Stephen C. Host

December 12, 2015 at 5:53 pm

Ostrander.. that’s a long way to go to double a train, was there a siding there at the time then?
Stephen C. Host

December 12, 2015 at 6:03 pm

Good background and history here on Rays site. the ferry sunk in 1958 so this was in the final days. Thanks for sharing!

http://www.trainweb.org/oldtimetrains/CPR_London/history_Woodstock.htm
mercer

January 16, 2016 at 3:12 pm

While much of the coal might be for CPR’s own use, the remainder would have been for home heating. There were no natural gas lines in the 50s, so if you didn’t use oil or wood, you had a coal stove and/or furnace. I know – my parents first home had one ! Resembled a sheet metal octopus in the center of the basement.
MrDan

May 24, 2020 at 3:45 pm

I’m thinking this may be a R.J.(Bob) Sandusky shot, given the same date on the one on the Old Time Trains page.

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