Wednesday 11 May 2022

Canadian Locomotive Co. Loads and Dimensionals, Part 3

In two earlier posts, ( Part 1 and Part 2 ) I'd published photos of dimensional loads leaving Kingston's Canadian Locomotive Co. (CLC) plant. Most of those photos are part of the Canadian Science and Technology Museum's Picturing the Past Collection. Recently, while viewing the CLC fonds at the Queen's University Archives, I found additional photos, hence this third post in what became a series. In no particular order, and with no caption information provided with the originals whatsoever, here are some more dimensional load photos taken at CLC:

Not only do these photos show the versatility of the workforce and its manufacturing output, they also speak to the diversification necessary to keep the plant operating in the face of disappointingly low locomotive orders. Chicago Great Western flat car 200xxx (above). CN flat car 600306 appears twice in this post. Top photo - with large load inside the plant and (below) carrying a load stencilled 'Auckland NZ':
CN flat car 663327:
Chassis and export parts on CP 3xx535. Though no dates are shown, a 'later than' date can be gleaned from build and shop dates stencilled on some of the cars. This flatcar was built in January, 1954:
CP 301x62. This flat car was built June, 1953:

CN depressed-centre flat car 6xx959 showing a built date of October 1923 and a shop date of June, 1953. Note that the car is being switched by what appears to be a CN steam locomotive:

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