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Caption:
CRAB ORCHARD AND EGYPTIAN STEAM RAILROAD “ PIG HOGGER “ SCOZ 202259 aboard a TTX flat,
in the consist of CN 2335 West at London, January 17, 1981 Kodachrome by S.Danko
Notable: CRAB ORCHARD and EGYPTIAN RAILROAD - AAR reporting SCOZ: the last steam powered common carrier ( freight only )
Canadian connection: the COER steam motive power ( second ) being 1940 built CLC ex Roberval & Saguenay #17 , a 2-8-0 in COER service 1979 until 1986 when mechanical issue sidelined #17, then sold to Boon & Scenic Valley Railroad. ( thank you Donald R. McQueen: Constructed in Kingston )
SCOZ owned 600 of those highway trailers and a handful of boxcars and 200 trailer flats
COER remains a common carrier today with SW first generation power.
In the background:
CN#15023 Rule Inspection Car (ex CN Colonist Car #2719, nee Pullman 'ORVISTON' ); the 1991 Trackside Guide records Diesel Instruction Car #15023 as 'unserviceable' pending repair or retirement.
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COER also has a large fleet of ex-KCS grain cars in service in western Canada. They are painted in the old KCS passenger colours, black with a yellow and a red stripe at the bottom.