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Goderich-Exeter Railway (GEXR) GP9 179 undergoes some emergency traction motor repairs near the location of the CN roundhouse at Stratford Yard. The winter of 1993-1994 was a brutal one for GEXR's fleet of second-hand GP9’s and by early February, most were either out of service or severely ailing, which forced RailTex to lease power or transfer from their other operations.
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Caption: Goderich-Exeter Railway (GEXR) GP9 179 undergoes some emergency traction motor repairs near the location of the CN roundhouse at Stratford Yard. The winter of 1993-1994 was a brutal one for GEXR's fleet of second-hand GP9’s and by early February, most were either out of service or severely ailing, which forced RailTex to lease power or transfer from their other operations.

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Carl Noe (Collection of Jason Noe) [1006] (more) (contact)
Date: February 6, 1994 (search)
Railway: Goderich-Exeter (search)
Reporting Marks: GEXR 179 (search)
Train Symbol: Not Provided
Subdivision/SNS: CN Guelph Subdivision (search)
City/Town: Stratford (search)
Province: Ontario (search)
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4 Comments
  1. rsmith
    November 7, 2021 at 4:53 pm

    I didn’t realise the roundhouse lasted in to the 90′s. I never went over there.

  2. Stephen C. Host
    November 8, 2021 at 8:02 am

    Wow… when was the roundhouse removed?

  3. Noe
    November 8, 2021 at 11:44 am

    I’m trying to nail down a timeline of when it was torn down. Within a couple years of this photo at the very latest.

    Apparently in the early years of GEXR operations they would use the pit in the stall tracks for inspections of their units. Lambton Diesel Specialists were the ones who performed the work then.

  4. Noe
    November 29, 2021 at 10:01 am

    The shop building was still standing in spring 1996 confirmed by a friend, so that narrows it down a little.
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