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Westinghouse #2, a Porter "Fireless Cooker" 0-4-0 steam locomotive, is seen here out of work at the foot of Wentworth Street in Hamilton in 1969. #2 had been used at Westinghouse's Longwood Plant from 1942 to 1964, until it was replaced by a trackmobile. According to Old Time Trains, it was then sold to Frank Bros. scrapyard when it languished until it was scrapped a year after this photo, in 1970.
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Caption: Westinghouse #2, a Porter "Fireless Cooker" 0-4-0 steam locomotive, is seen here out of work at the foot of Wentworth Street in Hamilton in 1969. #2 had been used at Westinghouse's Longwood Plant from 1942 to 1964, until it was replaced by a trackmobile. According to Old Time Trains, it was then sold to Frank Bros. scrapyard when it languished until it was scrapped a year after this photo, in 1970.

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Bill Thomson [715] (more) (contact)
Date: 1969 (search)
Railway: Industrial (search)
Reporting Marks: Westinghouse 2 (search)
Train Symbol: Not Provided
Subdivision/SNS: Frank Bros. scrapyard (search)
City/Town: Hamilton (search)
Province: Ontario (search)
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2 Comments
  1. awmooney
    October 31, 2017 at 2:00 pm

    Looking for those old ‘fireless locos’ on the computer myself a few weeks ago I was surprised to find how rare these things really are. This is a classic piece of history, even though it looks more like scrap than anything else. What a shame it is lost.

  2. Bryce Lee
    October 31, 2017 at 5:36 pm

    The area where to former Westinghouse fireless cooker was parked is now covered by a large electrical substation. Nary any trace of railway is evident; although the CPR Hamilton Subdivision is some 25 feet to the north
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