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Canada Crushed Stone electric dump motor 11 is pictured hauling loads of excavated material along the line from their Greensville quarry in April 1963. One of four units built by Canadian Car and Foundry in 1933 (units 8-11), 11 and her sisters were used for hauling excavated material from the upper quarry areas to the dumper on the hill at CCS's plant in Dundas (now the site of "Dundas Peak"). They also hauled dumper cars carrying material that were coupled behind. Electric operations at CCS ended in 1975. A view of part of the plant by CN's Dundas Sub, as captured by Arnold Mooney: http://www.railpictures.ca/?attachment_id=14793
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Caption: Canada Crushed Stone electric dump motor 11 is pictured hauling loads of excavated material along the line from their Greensville quarry in April 1963. One of four units built by Canadian Car and Foundry in 1933 (units 8-11), 11 and her sisters were used for hauling excavated material from the upper quarry areas to the dumper on the hill at CCS's plant in Dundas (now the site of "Dundas Peak"). They also hauled dumper cars carrying material that were coupled behind. Electric operations at CCS ended in 1975.

A view of part of the plant by CN's Dundas Sub, as captured by Arnold Mooney: http://www.railpictures.ca/?attachment_id=14793

Photographer:
Bill Thomson [715] (more) (contact)
Date: 04/00/1963 (search)
Railway: Industrial (search)
Reporting Marks: CCS 11 (search)
Train Symbol: Not Provided
Subdivision/SNS: Canada Crushed Stone line, bet. Greensville & Dundas (search)
City/Town: near Greensville (search)
Province: Ontario (search)
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10 Comments
  1. Stephen C. Host
    November 30, 2016 at 12:35 pm

    wow now this is rare. Id love to see someone post a photo of the double main track mainline of this railway….m

    folks who viist the dundas peak and park along oldfield rd would be suprise to know you walked on the former right of way.m which existed until mid 1970′s and is now largely unrecognizeable except by satellite.

    thanks Bill!

  2. awmooney
    November 30, 2016 at 7:35 pm

    Amazing shot. I remember this bridge being dismantled and did go up and shoot the double track mainline, but rails was being removed in sections by then. Probably 1975 or so.

  3. awmooney
    November 30, 2016 at 7:36 pm

    Oh, and that old #11 used to be a trolley on the Hamilton, Grimsby & Beamsville at one time, was it not?

  4. Cdntrainphotog
    December 1, 2016 at 7:13 am

    What an interesting operation!

  5. Ralph Lauren
    December 1, 2016 at 3:09 pm

    Is this the bridge on harvest Rd past greensville school?

  6. awmooney
    December 1, 2016 at 3:38 pm

    Yes, thats the bridge. Torn down about 20 yrs back, I think.

  7. Ralph Lauren
    December 4, 2016 at 7:21 am

    This bridge wasn’t torn that long ago . Less than 10 years I would say I used to play in the river there.this is a amazing picture, I grew up in greensville.

  8. jp4pix
    March 21, 2019 at 12:58 pm

    I came across a fascinating web article about this operation, with lots of pictures. http://www.trainweb.org/oldtimetrains/industrial/ont/canada_crushed.htm

  9. awmooney
    March 21, 2019 at 8:49 pm

    Thanks. This causes me to dig out another old pic from there. :o ) Hopefully it will show by tomorrow.

  10. bruce
    February 1, 2022 at 2:21 am

    I saw pictures that Bryce Lee took before he died .I wonder what happened to them.
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