Railpictures.ca - Geoff Elliott Photo: Looking a little worse for wear, TH&B NW2 #51 switches the large W.G. Thompson facility in Blenheim, Ontario back on October 11, 1993. In the background you can see the also large King Grain facility. TH&B #51 has since gone and has been replaced by a Greater Winnipeg Water District 44tonner. | Railpictures.ca – Canadian Railway Photography

Looking a little worse for wear, TH&B NW2 #51 switches the large W.G. Thompson facility in Blenheim, Ontario back on October 11, 1993. In the background you can see the also large King Grain facility. TH&B #51 has since gone and has been replaced by a Greater Winnipeg Water District 44tonner.

Caption: Looking a little worse for wear, TH&B NW2 #51 switches the large W.G. Thompson facility in Blenheim, Ontario back on October 11, 1993. In the background you can see the also large King Grain facility. TH&B #51 has since gone and has been replaced by a Greater Winnipeg Water District 44tonner.

Photographer:	Geoff Elliott [773] (more) (contact)
Date:	10/11/1993 (search)
Railway:	Toronto Hamilton and Buffalo (search)
Reporting Marks:	TH&B 51 (search)
Train Symbol:	Not Provided
Subdivision/SNS:	CSX Blenheim Subdivision (search)
City/Town:	Blenheim (search)
Province:	Ontario (search)
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6 Comments

JP

June 5, 2015 at 7:11 pm

This locomotive later became Ontario Southland Railway 51. Being the first OSR locomotive, it was left in TH&B colours, and a variation of the paint scheme was aplied to many OSR units. This unit is currently stored out of service in Salford.
mercer

October 26, 2017 at 10:37 am

The 51 was OSR-owned by late 1992
jknott86

August 1, 2019 at 10:00 pm

Holy crap.. I did not realize this was a thing
mercer

August 2, 2019 at 10:13 am

” a thing ” ??
51 was also used at the Rodney elevator and by 1994 was in use at PetroCanada’s refinery in Clarkson when OSR obtained that contract.
jknott86

August 2, 2019 at 10:34 am

As in, I did not realize 51 worked down in Blenheim.
Stephen C. Host

August 2, 2019 at 3:43 pm

Time to learn your early OSR history James. Bruce worked for ‘em back then too

Old time Trains has a good summary. Jeff’s also told me in person his story and he’ll tell you if you spend time to talk to him while visiting and if he’s around to talk.

I often find Jeff hanging around Woodstock while the crews take lunch. His stories are legendary.

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