Railpictures.ca - Peter Newman Photo: The carcass of #52 (GMD type NW-2) sits on Death Row near the Chatham Street roundhouse. Internet research shows that she was built in January, 1948. It wouldn’t be until 05/88 that she was sent to Atlas Steel in Welland to be scrapped. Meanwhile, the plow looks ready to do battle with the next blizzard. | Railpictures.ca – Canadian Railway Photography

The carcass of #52 (GMD type NW-2) sits on Death Row near the Chatham Street roundhouse. Internet research shows that she was built in January, 1948. It wouldn’t be until 05/88 that she was sent to Atlas Steel in Welland to be scrapped.

Meanwhile, the plow looks ready to do battle with the next blizzard.

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The carcass of #52 (GMD type NW-2) sits on Death Row near the Chatham Street roundhouse. Internet research shows that she was built in January, 1948. It wouldn’t be until 05/88 that she was sent to Atlas Steel in Welland to be scrapped.

Meanwhile, the plow looks ready to do battle with the next blizzard.

Photographer:	Peter Newman [86] (more) (contact)
Date:	07/04/1977 (search)
Railway:	Toronto Hamilton and Buffalo (search)
Reporting Marks:	TH&B 52 (search)
Train Symbol:	Not Provided
Subdivision/SNS:	Chatham Street Roundhouse (search)
City/Town:	Hamilton (search)
Province:	Ontario (search)
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Cdntrainphotog

February 26, 2015 at 7:04 am

Interesting view from nearly 40 years ago. I should have been taking pictures back then. There were so many fascinating things and places now gone.
MrDan

February 28, 2015 at 8:56 pm

IIRC, 52 was stuck in limbo when CP cut the rebuild budget for TH&B’s NW and SW units. They did about 2 units, and 52 was halfway through before the program was nixed. The shop forces eventually put it back together, but I think it didn’t run long before suffering some other failure that sidelined it for good. CP didn’t want to pour any money into rebuilding the old and too small TH&B NW & SW fleet, so most were retired and sold for scrap.

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Cdntrainphotog

February 26, 2015 at 7:04 am

Interesting view from nearly 40 years ago. I should have been taking pictures back then. There were so many fascinating things and places now gone.

MrDan

February 28, 2015 at 8:56 pm

IIRC, 52 was stuck in limbo when CP cut the rebuild budget for TH&B’s NW and SW units. They did about 2 units, and 52 was halfway through before the program was nixed. The shop forces eventually put it back together, but I think it didn’t run long before suffering some other failure that sidelined it for good. CP didn’t want to pour any money into rebuilding the old and too small TH&B NW & SW fleet, so most were retired and sold for scrap.