I was going through Montreal with my family one time and we were on a double lane highway (like an interstate) and saw what I believe was to railyards owned by CN. But what sticks in my mind the most was I saw a building and right next to it was a GE E60 electric engine with N de M (National Railways of Mexico) written on the side. Is that a locomotive shop related to GE? I also saw a British EMD unit too. I know it's not the EMD shops as they are in London. But what did I see?
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Without a lot of information to go on, my guess is you saw CAD Railway Services (formerly Canadian Allied Diesel).
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Any time could be train time!
Any time could be train time!
You were on Highway 20 (Autoroute 20 en francais), the longest four-laner in Quebec, spanning the Province from the Provincial Line at Ontario (where it turns into the 401 to Toronto) all the way to Riviere-Du Loup. Past CAD shops, on the left by Verdun, you past a desolate area which was until a few years ago, the largest rail yard in Canada. It has been moved elsewhere pending development as the real estate has become too valuable to waste on transport.
CAD rebuilds anything and everything, they always need welders and the pay is $#itty from what I'm told.
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CAD rebuilds anything and everything, they always need welders and the pay is $#itty from what I'm told.
D/
Dieter wrote:You were on Highway 20 (Autoroute 20 en francais), the longest four-laner in Quebec, spanning the Province from the Provincial Line at Ontario (where it turns into the 401 to Toronto) all the way to Riviere-Du Loup. Past CAD shops, on the left by Verdun, you past a desolate area which was until a few years ago, the largest rail yard in Canada. It has been moved elsewhere pending development as the real estate has become too valuable to waste on transport.I think you speak about Turcot yard..
CAD rebuilds anything and everything, they always need welders and the pay is $#itty from what I'm told.
D/
It was closed around 2001
When I took this picture,I was just over that place
http://www.railpictures.net/viewphoto.p ... 826&nseq=0
I get some views of CAD industry in Lachine
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ih_1IYrUO_k