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John Street Roundhouse, Toronto, Ontario, which is now the Steam Whistle Brewing, was formerly a Canadian Pacific Railway steam locomotive repair facility; CNR Spadina Roundhouse was also in Toronto until it was demolished in 1986.
Northern Pacific Railroad Shops, Brainerd, Minnesota Inside a diesel shed, Peterborough, South Australia Old railway depot in Suonenjoki, Finland A motive power depot (MPD) or locomotive depot, or traction maintenance depot (TMD), is where locomotives are usually housed, repaired and maintained.
Canadian Locomotive Company 1948 Display, awaiting future rebuild Age of Steam's primary locomotive/locomotive power. [18] [7] 1551 Canadian National: 4-6-0 Montreal Locomotive Works: 1912 Display, awaiting restoration Traded from Steamtown in exchange for BLW No. 26 in 1986. [7] 2630 US Army: 2-8-0 Baldwin Locomotive Works 1943 Display
First US diesel-powered, stainless-steel streamlined train. 1934 Chicago: Illinois United States ASME brochure: 59: 1981 Chestnut Street Pumping Engine. Typical US municipal steam water-pumping engine of the late 19th century and early 20th century. 1913 Erie: Pennsylvania United States No ASME brochure available 60: 1981 Holt Caterpillar Tractor
Today's locomotive fleet includes Electro-Motive Division-built GP7 No. 5833, formerly of the C&O, and GP10 Paducah-built No. 701, formerly of the Illinois Central Gulf as its No. 8307. Other diesel locomotives are rare World War II era Whitcomb 65-tonner, and former US Army Baldwin-Lima-Hamilton RS-4-TC No. 4005 and General Electric 45-tonner ...
Spencer train repair shop Aerial view of the shops during operation Inspecting a diesel locomotive Men working on a smokebox Employees of the woodworking shop. Southern Railway officially opened the shops on October 19, 1896. [3] In 1905 a back shop was opened in Spencer, enabling the facility to overhaul 10 to 15 locomotives at one time.
The locomotive was equipped with two 150 hp (110 kW) Cummins diesel engines, each driving a GE 1503 generator which, in turn, drove one of the two GE 733 traction motors, one per truck. In early models, the second axle on each truck was driven with side rods. Later models had chain drives inside the trucks that served the same purpose.
Former engines: Baldwin Locomotive Works 26, was traded for Canadian National 1551 in 1986 to Steamtown. Reading 2100, [4] sold in 1998 to Tom Payne, [5] and it was moved to St. Thomas, Ontario. Mississippian Railway 76, sold in 2005 to the Steam Railroading Institute of Owosso, Michigan.