05-10-2009, 09:08 AM
I'm sure that it must've been done somewhere. My own hometown road occasionally used diesel switchers as helpers on a mainline grade up the Niagara Escarpment, and may have used their 0-6-0 switchers for the same task in earlier years.
Here's an SW9, at Vinemount, Ontario, assisting a train on its way to Buffalo, NY.
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In less than a mile, the switcher will cut-off, heading back to Hamilton as a light engine.
Wayne
Here's an SW9, at Vinemount, Ontario, assisting a train on its way to Buffalo, NY.
In less than a mile, the switcher will cut-off, heading back to Hamilton as a light engine.
Wayne