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A lady looks out her front door to witness a GMD-1 in the driveway and Engineer Doug Blue rings the bell for Crimea st as they round the wye in Guelph. With a storm quickly approaching, L542 would basically park their train for lunch, for in a few minutes there will be a torrential downpour as a severe storm hit town.
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Caption: A lady looks out her front door to witness a GMD-1 in her driveway and Engineer Doug Blue rings the bell for Crimea st as they round the wye in Guelph. With a storm quickly approaching, L542 would basically park their train for lunch, for in a few minutes there will be a torrential downpour as a severe storm hit town.

Photographer:
Stephen C. Host [1538] (more) (contact)
Date: 7/19/2020 (search)
Railway: Canadian National (search)
Reporting Marks: CN 1408 (search)
Train Symbol: L:572 (search)
Subdivision/SNS: Guelph Jct (search)
City/Town: Guelph (search)
Province: Ontario (search)
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7 Comments
  1. I’m guessing that most of us here would love to have a GMD-1 in the driveway. :-)

  2. Not them. In fact they aren’t a fan of trains – owners of the house grew up there (parents handed it down to them) and have lived there for multiple generations, and are Seniors.

    It was surprising to hear given how darn close they are to it all. There would have been some very long trains using that wye during the Douglas Point oil trains in the 70′s..

  3. That house has sure seen a lot of railway history. Really nice angle Steve.

  4. Another oddity is the left side crossing signals.

  5. Great photo Mr. Host! Those left side crossing signals take me back as a youngster, living in Atwood. It was the same there…before the Kincardine Sub. was removed. Probably why I remember them so well. The rarity of them…and of power gone by the wayside too.

  6. ..some people are so lucky….and don’t realize / appreciate …imagine what you could park in the back yard..a real Garden Railway !
    sdfourty

  7. This house is now for sale. Steve – you buyin’ ???

    I’ll help you set up the BBQ….

    listed for $599,900 – a steal for Guelph.

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