06-22-2009, 07:43 PM
I'd have to agree with Triplex... and I don't think that there were motive power pools like you see today.
As for 1950s in southern Ontario - the authoritative books (at least for CNR) have to be Ian WIlson's Steam... series. See <!-- m --><a class="postlink" href="http://canadianbranchline.com/">http://canadianbranchline.com/</a><!-- m --> for more.
There were all kinds of industries, small and large, that existed across southern Ontario. Furniture factories, tractor factories, chemical companies, coal/ice/bulk goods dealers, fuel dealers, team tracks, appliances, machinery, paint, grain elevators, livestock shipments, less-than-carload, mail, etc, etc.
Andrew
As for 1950s in southern Ontario - the authoritative books (at least for CNR) have to be Ian WIlson's Steam... series. See <!-- m --><a class="postlink" href="http://canadianbranchline.com/">http://canadianbranchline.com/</a><!-- m --> for more.
There were all kinds of industries, small and large, that existed across southern Ontario. Furniture factories, tractor factories, chemical companies, coal/ice/bulk goods dealers, fuel dealers, team tracks, appliances, machinery, paint, grain elevators, livestock shipments, less-than-carload, mail, etc, etc.
Andrew