Greater Winnipeg Water District Railway - Addendum

The article by Pierre Ozorak on the Greater Winnipeg Water District Railway in the September Branchline was extremely interesting and I would like to congratulate you for continuing to publish quality articles on items of Canadian railway interest. I would like to add to the information provided.
The construction of the aqueduct was a large undertaking which required a large railway in its own right. This was a narrow, 36 inch gauge, line and a number of small industrial locomotives were acquired for this project. Those of which I have a record were purchased new from Plymouth as follows:

Number
 Date
 Serial
 Model
 Notes
1
 2/1915
 21
 AL-1 Disposition unknown.
2
 4/1915
 22
 AL-1 Disposition unknown.
3
 4/1915 21
 AL-1 Disposition unknown.
4
 4/1915 24
 AL-1 To Blue Diamond Coal 11/1919.
5
 4/1915 25
 AL-1 Disposition unknown.
6
 4/1915 26
 AL-1 Disposition unknown.
7
 3/1916 83
 AL-1 Disposition unknown.
8
 3/1916 87
 AL-1 Disposition unknown.
9?
 6/1915
 44
 AL-1 Road number surmised from number series;
To Pacific Construction (Vancouver), 4/1923;
Resold 1925.
10
 3/1917
 216
 AL-2
 Disposition unknown.
11
 3/1917
 217
 AL-2 To Manitoba Power 2/1923.
12
 3/1917
 218
 AL-1 To Pacific Construction in Vancouver, 4/1923;
Resold 1925.
55
 4/1917
 224
 BL-1
 To Northern Construction 6/1920.
56
 4/1917
 225
 BL-1
 To Carter Hall Aldinger #2, 1923;
To Canada Cement, 1925

The narrow gauge construction locomotives were all disposed of as soon as the work was completed. However, the GWWD had a fleet of steam locomotives which survived for a much longer period. These were unusual in that they only carried odd numbers. The details are as follows:

Number
 Date
 Builder *
 Serial
 Wheels
 Notes
1
 3/1915
 MLW
 51373
 0-4-0ST
3
 4/1915
 MLW
 55113
 2-6-0
5
 4/1915 MLW
 55114
 2-6-0 Scrapped early 1950's.
7
 4/1915 MLW
 55115
 2-6-0 Worked for a period at Manitoba Sugar in 1948 (with tender from #5)
9
 4/1915 MLW
 55116
 2-6-0 To Mattagami RR #100, 11/1920; 
Displayed at Smooth Rock Falls
11
 5/1914
 CLC
 1233
 2-6-0 City of Winnipeg #1 "STAR";
GWWD #11, 9/1916;
Hillcrest Collieries #11;
Western Canadian Collieries #1 (11) 1939;
Blairmore display #1,   1965.

* MLW - Montreal Locomotive Works.
   CLC - Canadian Locomotive Company, Kingston.

It may be that the GWWD did own an even numbered locomotive. I have a record of an 0-4-0 #2. This reputedly came from the Scrim Carry Company in Minneapolis and went to Peter Meagher in Duluth in 1919. I would be grateful for further details of this or any of the locomotives shown above.

Bytown Railway Society, Branchline, October, 1993.

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