Last updated December 23, 2005
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The photos on this page are from March 08, 2001.

One could not have asked for a more glorious winter morning, and it was great for picture-taking despite some clouds moving in later in the afternoon.  Here we see the faces of several engines facing the turntable: Port of Montreal S3 #1002, CP M640 #4744, Roberval & Saguenay RS2 #20, CN F7Au #9171, CN FA1 #9400 and rotary snowplow #55361.


CN FA1 #9400.  At this time, the unit had been freshly restored, stripped of several layers CN Zebra and green and gold paint.  Also, a large dent in the front sheetmetal had been repaired well enough not to be noticed.  $26000 went into this unit's restoration.

A Type-B truck as used on most of ALCO/MLW's road units.

Parked behind 9400 was restored CN wooden caboose #78214.  As indicated by the complete cooking assembly and beds, this caboose served the same crew for extended periods of time, unlike more modern ones which changed crews frequently.

Behind the caboose is Roberval & Saguenay #102, either an S3 or an S4.  The cab looks to have been vandalized before arriving on museum property, with no control stand and broken window glass.

Even the trucks shine on CP Rail Sleeper "Neville".  At $40000, this was the biggest restoration project done by the museum.  Behind the car is CP M630 #4563.

Its days of running on narrow-gauge Newfoundland rails over, CN G8 #805 now sits with other narrow-gauge equipment at the museum.  Notice the lack of end platforms on the G8, which was originally intended for export.  The engine and cars ran on rails spaced 42" apart, compared to the 4' 8 1/2" or 56 1/2" standard gauge.

CN narrow-gauge stock car #7035.

Roberval & Saguenay RS2 #20 sits beside M640 #4744 and in front of Ontrio Northland RS10 #1400.

ONR #1400.


CP M640 #4744.  This was the only locomotive of its type built.  While it is badly faded in these photos, #4744 has since been repainted to its original bright red livery.

Note the tall turbocharger stack and a fixed-up handrail stanchion.

Dofasco Hi-ad trucks are unique and can be seen on MLW's M-series and on the GE C40-8M. The design used on GE's Dash-7s and Dash-8s is loosely based on it.  The center of the truck is see-through, as the middle traction motor was removed in 1984 when 4744 was equipped with AC traction motors.  With this truck design, MLW intoduced the concept of having all the traction motors facing the same direction, which improved adhesion (and caused the extension of the frame going around behind the innermost axle).  This idea was later adopted by EMD with the HTC truck and, some time afterwards, by GE with their high-adhesion design.

Port of Montreal S3 #1002.

CN rotary snowplow #55361 was built in 1928 by MLW.  Its bright red blades and doors stand out with the snow.

CP Class D-10h 4-6-0 #999 stands near the restoration building.  This unit was built in 1912 by MLW.

CN Class K-2-b 4-6-2 #5550, built in 1914 by MLW.

CP S2 #7077.  This unit is the first production diesel locomotive built by MLW and was cosmetically restored in 2004.

What appears to be a simple pair of passenger cars is actually an "MU" permanently coupled set of two passenger cars.  This one, 6734, is powered while coupled 6742 isn't.  Both are ex-CN and were built in 1952 by the Canadian Car & Foundry.

Now we get into the back of the grounds.  Here, a bright orange CN hopper stands out among a few steam engines not yet restored.

You wouldn't be able to tell from this photo, but this 0-6-0 is ex-National Harbours Board #4.

An inline six-cylinder prime mover, no doubt from an ALCO S-unit, sits beside another one in the snow.  In the background is CN 70-tonner #30.

This was the beginning of a huge expansion project, which is now completed.  It features impressive new exhibits and storage room for much of the equipment.

Inside the restoration building was CN Doodlebug #15824 receiving electrical modifications, allowing the 64-volt lighting system to run off both outlet power and the car's own batteries.  The "cowcatcher" typical of steam locomotives remained on EMD's early railcars, as seen on the front of 15824.

This is the inline-6 diesel engine powering the doodlebug... sitting right beside the engineer's control area.

Sydney & Louisburg combine #4, also undergoing major restoration at the time.

The inside of the baggage compartment in the S&L combine.  When the paint was stripped, stenciling the same as that in the passenger area was found underneath. The baggage section of the car is now repainted in the grey paint, while the passenger compartment has been restored retaining the stenciling and finished wood.

Note the replaced wooden boards on the side of the combine.

A view of the combine from the baggage door of the doodlebug.

This was the work a friend and I did the first day-- stripping a thick layer of chipping green paint from the side of the combine.  Curiously, this was the only area to have such paint.  By the end of the day, the 47 boards were nearly bare.

Michael Eby 2005