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In this lineup of locomotives out front of the CN Diesel Shop in Fort Erie the old Norfolk & Western cab unit is the "star" of the show. The GP38-2 5506 not looking too shabby either. (it is still around, re#'d 4706 in 1988).  The GP9, based at Fort Erie over most all the years I wandered down there, went off for a rebuild by 1993.  The N&W? No idea of its demise.  Anyone??
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Caption: In this lineup of locomotives out front of the CN Diesel Shop in Fort Erie the old Norfolk & Western cab unit is the "star" of the show. The GP38-2 5506 not looking too shabby either. (it is still around, re#'d 4706 in 1988). The GP9, based at Fort Erie over most all the years I wandered down there, went off for a rebuild by 1993. The N&W? No idea of its demise. Anyone??

Photographer:
A.W. Mooney [2189] (more) (contact)
Date: 10/25/1978 (search)
Railway: Norfolk and Western (search)
Reporting Marks: N&W 3725 (search)
Train Symbol: Not Provided
Subdivision/SNS: CN Diesel Shop (search)
City/Town: Fort Erie (search)
Province: Ontario (search)
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6 Comments
  1. NW 3725 is now at the Monticello Railway Museum in Monticello, IL as WAB 1189 (as delivered) Oh, and that’s quite the lineup you have there :)

  2. No kiddin’??? The 3725 saved? Thanks for this, James. I thought for sure it would have been jumped by the scrapper. I remember it heading Stateside for good a number of years ago.

  3. I worked in the Fort Erie diesel shop in 1971,those NW F7s were so beat up,there were 5 in the yard that we used to fix the working ones.

  4. Pierre: Interesting that you worked there. So I’m wondering if you have seen the shop in the last 10 years. Hollowed out old shell, windows smashed by vandals; most track gone and nary a locomotive to be seen; EXCEPT inside. The ‘boys’ have a fledgling Railroad Museum under way at the old shop building now, but just the undertaking of dealing with all those broken windows up top is as much of a challenge as anyone would want to face. By 1976 or so I can only remember 3 of the N&W relics at the yard. The others must have already been shipped out.

  5. You got some great stuff over in Fort Erie back then Arnold. That’s a “Two Thumbs Up” shot.

  6. Thanks, Mr. Photog: Yes, I wish back then how lucky I had been to see what I did. The Niagara area was a gold-mine of “goodies” almost every time I went out, which was not near enough. I only met one other ‘buff on a regular basis. Not enough action, I guess.

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