WCR 1556 - 70 Ton Switcher

WCR 1556 - GE 70 Ton Switcher

WCR 1556 wating in the GEXR Kitchener Yard waiting to be shipped out. GEXR Kitchener Yard, Kitchener, Ontario, 7/16/2018, Photo by Carson Wiebe

Waterloo Station, Waterloo, Ontario, Photo by Carson Wiebe

Number

Type

Description

Built

Previous Road

Date Acquired

Acquired From

WCR 1556

General Electric Diesel-Electric

Built for Pacific Great Eastern Railway

70 Ton Diesel-Electric Locomotive

CLASS B-B-140/140-4GE748

Serial No. 30440

600 hp - re-powered

Built 02/50

1950 to 1965 Pacific Great Eastern No.556

Andrew Merrilees Limited (D)

1965 to 1997 Lake Ontario Steel Company No.1

1997 to 2008 St.Thomas Central No.10

August 1997

Lake Ontario Steel Company

On Loan from a Society Member

Returned to a Society Member July 2018

Hexatone H5 horn shipped with PGE 556

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Last Edited October 01, 2020