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Date: August 2000 Location: St. Thomas, Ontario Railroad: Cando Contracting Description: A Cando Contracting switcher poses on one of the Elgin County Museum tracks at the museum's Annual Railway Heritage Days. |
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Date: August 2000 Location: St. Thomas, Ontario Railroad: Cando Contracting Description: A Cando Contracting switcher poses on one of the Elgin County Museum tracks at the museum's Annual Railway Heritage Days. |
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Date: August 2000 Location: St. Thomas, Ontario Railroad: Cando Contracting Description: A Cando Contracting truck on one of the tracks. The truck is from Manitoba. A Cando employee employee at the show told me Cando currently operates several shortlines in Ontario, as well as some out West. They also do some subcontracting work for the larger railroads. |
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Date: August 2000 Location: St. Thomas, Ontario Railroad: Cando Contracting Description: I'm sure every railfan would love a truck like this. This one was pretty loaded: coupler on the front, hi-rail equipment, a crane on the back, air horns, air hoses, and a nice paint job. |
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Date: August 2000 Location: St. Thomas, Ontario Railroad: Canadian National Description: CN #5700, one of the ECRM's exhibits, sits outside the museum. |
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Date: August 2000 Location: St. Thomas, Ontario Railroad: Canadian National Description: CN #5700, one of the ECRM's exhibits, sits outside the museum. |
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Date: August 2000 Location: St. Thomas, Ontario Railroad: Canadian National Description: A CN Speeder at the ECRM. Rides were given in some of the speeders all day. |
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Date: August 2000 Location: St. Thomas, Ontario Railroad: Michigan Central Description: The old MCR St. Thomas shops now house the Elgin County Railway Museum. This is the cornerstone from 1913. |
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Date: August 2000 Location: St. Thomas, Ontario Railroad: Elgin County Railway Museum Description: A view of the outside of the museum. The clouds are evidence enough that it tried hard to rain all day. A few times it succeeded, and that's when the inside of the museum was really packed. |
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Date: August 2000 Location: St. Thomas, Ontario Railroad: Essex Terminal Railway Description: ETR #9 pulls some coaches past the old St. Thomas passenger station. |
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Date: August 2000 Location: St. Thomas, Ontario Railroad: Essex Terminal Railway Description: One of the speeders giving rides that day passes the passenger special. The riders on the speeder wave to the riders in the passenger cars. |
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Date: August 2000 Location: St. Thomas, Ontario Railroad: Essex Terminal Railway Description: Quite the sight to see: ETR #9 dumps the ashes, and a crew member hoses down the ashes to prevent any fires. |
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Date: August 2000 Location: St. Thomas, Ontario Railroad: Essex Terminal Railway Description: Roster shot of ETR #9. |
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Date: August 2000 Location: St. Thomas, Ontario Railroad: Essex Terminal Railway Description: A crew member does a walking inspection of the locomotive after they dumped the ashes. After hosing down and spreading out the ashes, the crew took a quick look around to make sure the ashes did not ignite anything else near the tracks. |
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Date: August 2000 Location: St. Thomas, Ontario Railroad: Essex Terminal Railway Description: Nose of shot of ETR #9 as it flies the white flags for the passenger special. |
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Date: August 2000 Location: St. Thomas, Ontario Railroad: Essex Terminal Railway Description: Visitors look on as the ETR #9 pulls the passenger special past them. |
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Date: August 2000 Location: St. Thomas, Ontario Railroad: London & Port Stanley Railway Description: A London & Port Stanley electric locomotive on display at the ECRM. |
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Date: August 2000 Location: St. Thomas, Ontario Railroad: Norfolk & Western Description: An N&W caboose on display. This caboose is labelled "Canadian Operation Only". |
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Date: August 2000 Location: St. Thomas, Ontario Railroad: Norfolk & Western Description: An N&W caboose caboose on display. Notice the barcodes for the trackers to read what car is where. |
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Date: August 2000 Location: St. Thomas, Ontario Railroad: New York Central Description: An NYC Speeder also made an appearance at the Railway Days. |