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Gallery - Miscellaneous Images

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4, 2ft gauge, 6 ton Vulcan locomotives sit at a Port Colborne Scrapyard after the operation shut down at the INCo plant in the 1980's. 2 of these locomotives, 3 & 5, were sold to the UK, while 6 & 8 are now locally owned and undergoing restoration, and on display at the Niagara Railway Museum Inc. the units in the picture are (L-R) 6, 5, 8, 3

c-1995 - Ken Jones

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2 cars used to haul peat moss from the fields to the bagging plant at the Wainfleet Bog. This was a 2ft gauge operation with more than 3miles of track 40plus cars and 2 locomotives. The track still remains, but the equipment is long gone. The Museum has 2 of the bog cars (rebuilt to flatcars).

April 1995 - Ken Jones

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All Waste Container operated this 25ton GE at its facility in Niagara Falls NY. This locomotive is still on site and still operating under a new owner, at the former Niagara Junction Railway shop.

May 10, 2005 - NRM Collection

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Dana Industries in Thorold South once handle 89ft flat cars loaded with automotive frames, moving them around with the car mover. The plant closed many years ago.

c-1980s - Brad Markosky - NRM Collection

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Welland Ship Canal Construction Railway, builders photo, build by Montreal Locomotive Works.

May 1928 - NRM Collection

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One of the slag dump cars at the Algoma Steel facility in Port Colborne.

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Beaver Wood Fibre 25ton GE switches the south end of the plant in Thorold South.

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Beaver Wood Fibre in Thorold South ran this 25ton GE for plant switching. Now, the locomotive, track, and plant are gone.

c-1960 - Niagara Railway Museum Collection

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Ontario Paper Company #4 is southbound passing the Hayes Dana plant, bringing cars to the CN yard in Thorold South.

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Ontario Paper Company #4 is at the south end of the Thorold Support Yard in Thorold South, this is the interchange location between the paper plant and CN.

April 1975 - Niagara Railway Museum Collection