This excellent photo come to me from regular reader Doug S. who got permission from the photographer Charlie Whipp to post it here. Thanks to both Doug and Charlie for this amazing shot…
The photo dates to May, 1974 and is a shot of Canadian National’s steam engine 6060 at the waterfront roundhouse.
Here’s a map for reference showing the location of the roundhouse on the waterfront. As you can see the roundhouse was just east of Louis Ave.
Doug also sent along info that 6060 is still around. The 4-8-4 is in Stettler, AB (between Calgary & Edmonton) and is operated as a tourist train by the Rocky Mountain Railroad Society.
More info on the engine can be found here: http://www.6060.org/Default.aspx
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Isn't #9 in St. Thomas right now? If you are modelling in brass it might be worth your while to drive up and get some shots of your own. There is a whole series on my Flickr page you asked to use and are welcome to do so, although they are digital photos 10 years old now and not of high enough resolution to crop-zoom.
#9 moved several years ago to Waterloo.
More info is available here: http://waterloocentralrailway.com/about/southern-ontario-locomotive-restoration-society-solrs
Thanks for the invite John. I probably have downloaded thirty to forty shots off the net.
And JBM you're right about it being in Waterloo. I have sent them Email inquiries and they have all been unanswered (even though they state that they answer in about five days). I don't know if I took the three hour or so drive to the Elmira yard, whether I could get in to take pictures. Right now I'm in need of pictures of both sides from the ash pans, back. Thanks
Oh, I neglected to mention that I have ridden on the 6060 in the early seventies on an excursion run, out of Niagara Falls...(still have the tickets)
John: are you the John Tiz on Flickr page? If you are there are two or three good reference
shots I could use. I just need the permission.
Yup that is me, Dennis. You are welcome to use anything you find there that might come in handy.