CN Predecessor Tie Cars, Part 2

CN's scrap-tie car fleet of nine years ago was profiled an earlier post. In March, 2012 I'd found polyglot CC, AC, SSAM and other CN-predecessor road cars at the Kingston team track. Two springs earlier, on May 3, 2010 I'd noted another group of cars, spotted for scrap-tie loading from the spring tie program. From the east (top photo):

• IC 387259 hopper Blt  5/69, Rebuilt 5/81
• IC 365497 hopper Blt 4/79
• BCOL 9103 gondola 
• IC 365373 hopper
• IC 365259 hopper Blt 2/79
• BLE 50211 hopper Blt 3/79
• ICG 246644 gondola Blt 10/81
• CN 137183 gondola

(This post has lain in draft form for nine years!) Looking east to the rest of the Cataraqui Spur:

Where once the mighty Cataraqui Spur trod! Now a dead-end team track and runaround east of Gardiners Road, the CN Kingston Sub is reached by a connection at left (above) as we look east down the 'Cat Spur', now used to serve only the Invista nylon plant on Front Road. Back to the tie cars!

These IC cars (above and below) were likely used in coal service. Holes in steel do not bode well for long service, and it's tough for removed ties to fit through those holes, hence the cars' new, non-interchange service!

Still dolled-up in dogwood, BCOL 9103 has new stencilled reporting marks but retains its dogwood steel plate logo!

The shady side of BCOL 9103:

Bessemer & Lake Erie, another CN predecessor road that was acquired as part of Great Lakes Transportation, LLC when CN was building its network on the southern side of the Great Lakes:

CN 137183 had welded patches on the lower sides, with ICG 246644 at right, stenciled "Return to ICG RR via nearest connection when empty":

The view from the sunny side, formerly the receiving entrance for Kingston's K-Mart:

Later that month, I observed another assorted, even more diverse cut of cars. I took photos, but almost all were on the shade side, so I'll just give the car information here:

• IC 387448 hopper Blt 5/68, Rebuilt 5/81
• BCOL 9264 green gondola Blt 7/72, dogwood logo painted out
• WC 54240 white gondola Blt 9/95
• IC 387185 hopper
• CN 56120 DIFCO dump car Built 12/81
• CN 198588 short gypsum hopper Built 10/64
• WC 33064 ex-BN hopper Blt 3/78
• WC 33031 ex-BN hopper Blt 4/78

Running extra...

One year ago, I walked into Kingston's own Novel Idea Bookstore with a few copies of my first book on Kingston waterfront history. This past week, I was there again. Oscar and his staff have been great to deal with. As a show of faith, he has stocked as many copies of my newest book in one order as he did in all previous orders of my first!

Granted, I haven't tried dealing with Chapters, or Indigo, or whatever they go by currently, or the death star that is Amazon. Just as with graphic design and printing at Allan Graphics, I'm happy to deal with a local operation, and Novel Idea Bookstore has been supportive of my efforts.