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Marathon Corporation - Switching Diesel (~1950)

Description
Media Type
Image
Item Type
Photographs
Description
An unidentified employee beside a switching diesel which was used to move box cars full of pulp bales and tanker cars from the CPR mainline, down to the mill yard. The first switching locomotive that operated at the Marathon Paper Mill, is on display at the museum in Delson, Q.C.

Date of Original
1950
Subject(s)
Railroad switching
Railroads
Transportation
Canadian Pacific Railway
Local identifier
M&DHS: 2a
Geographic Coverage
  • Marathon
    Ontario, Canada
    Latitude: 48.7501 Longitude: -86.43322
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Contact
Marathon District Museum & Historical Society
Email:marathonmuseum@gmail.com
Website:
http://www.marathondistrictmuseum.ca

Agency street/mail address:

25 Stevens Avenue

Marathon, Ontario

P0T 2E0

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