Caption: SW 7166 sits in the Dain City CN/Norfolk Western (Southern) Intermodal Yard. In later years the operation was one of the very few container operations in Ontario. If you needed a train fix on the drive from Welland to Port Colborne, Dain City was guaranteed to please with what seemed like endless shunting of Intermodal cars that blocked Canal Bank St./Kingsway just south of the John Deere Plant (originally called DAIN MFG. - hence the town name Dain City). Intermodal / Container operations ended here in 1998. Dain City was also referred to as Welland Junction, as the CNR Cayuga Sub (Canada Air Line), and CNR Humberstone Sub (Welland Railway) intersected on diamond. You can still see remnants of the original Humberstone Sub that dead ends on the north side of Forks Road E. VERBIO Bio-Diesel stores tank cars on that section. The Dain City area is set to undergo an incredible transformation as a housing redevelopment on the former John Deere site. The community has been disconnected from Port Colborne since the Forks Road Bridge was removed in 2019 for safety concerns, but a new bridge should be up by 2024.
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Correction on the year….1977…sorry about that
Oh the image opportunities we often took for granted……I recall this unit switching in Port Colborne back in those days.
Happy New Year, Michael.
Thanks Arnold.. funny you mention the missed opportunities… photos taken in Dain City are few and far between… like you say, taken for granted…Happy 2023 !
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Arnold – Confirming your memory is a solid as ever… your image taken in Pt. C is within a month or so of the Dain City posted image…Cheers M