Saturday, December 2, 2017

Hydro Electric Power Commission

I'm always on the lookout for more information, more data, to fill in the gaps. One of the hundreds of organizations listed among the "past or present owners" is the Hydro Electric Power Commission of Ontario, which at one time owned three steeplecab locomotives that eventually made it into preservation. Two were built for HEPC by Westinghouse/National Steel Car and are now preserved in Ontario while the third was bought secondhand from a western New York interurban line and eventually made its way to Warehouse Point. Anyway, I managed to find this website with some information on what HEPC was and why it owned these locomotives for such a short time. Imagine buying a fleet of steeplecabs bigger than most interurbans ever owned just for a construction project.

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