Canadian Railroads > Algoma Central Good Ole Days Pt 2

Always an interesting railroad! 1977-1978

Mike Bannon
St Catharines, ON

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If we could have "AMERICAN" cranes down here, I guess it's only natural that you'd have DOMINION cranes up there! Love the shot of No. 100 . . . cleanest ACR unit I've ever seen.

100 had just been delivered back from GMD London after it was rebuilt in kind!

Mike Bannon
St Catharines, ON

CPR_4000 Wrote:
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> If we could have "AMERICAN" cranes down here, I
> guess it's only natural that you'd have DOMINION
> cranes up there!

The shot of the Dominion crane is very special. Dominion Engineering of Lachine, Quebec was a Canadian manufacturer of cranes and shovels. The company produced a line of crawler and truck mounted cranes and shovels as well as steam and diesel rail-mounted machines. The crane in the picture was a model called the Dominion Bantam that was intended to compete with the Burro crane. Only a handful were built. The Algoma Central one had a long and successful life. Photos of this model of Dominion crane are quite rare.

By the way, the former Dominion Engineering plant is now partly occupied by CAD Rail, the locomotive rebuilder/repainter.

KG



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 07/21/17 04:00 by kgmontreal.

Here is another photo of the AC 10214 taken July 22, 1980.

Ted

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ACR_Ted Wrote:
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> Here is another photo of the AC 10214 taken July
> 22, 1980.
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> Ted


Thanks Ted. Good shot.

Ken Goslett

Again with cranes; love it, and thanks Ted as well.
Fred