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Caption: As I put this shot to RP I get to wondering how many train buffs recall an old grain silo and corresponding siding in view looking north off that old wooden bridge that spans the CP in Waterdown. The location is where Snake Rd meets Main St., which is just off to the left in this image. We're going back 47 years, and its days were already up, by the look of it. Unfortunately this image is from before I carried a notebook, and only from a blurred previous image was I able to discern the units behind the GP38 leader #3014 are two F units sandwiching an old RS-3. Incredible, really, that 3014 is still on the roster; having flirted with retirement back in 2013-2015, but ventured back on the road again.
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Ominous December clouds, now-extinct grain silo and siding, eclectic lash-up and an early 70’s behemoth lurking in the background. That’s a winner !
Awesome! so that’s what was there. I always figured there was something missing in that spot.
A rather odd location for something like that.
I remember going from the JCT down here to pickup a car.Can’t remember the car but when we arrived at the jct I was told no more trains we are on strike.I think it was Donny Broadbear.
This location used to be referred to as Waterdown South. I recall lifting an empty car here on our way north from Aberdeen to Goderich. The spur was more or less level but the main track was a downgrade toward Hamilton. The train was stopped a few cars south of the switch, the power nosed onto the empty car & it was set out onto the main track. The power then ducked into the spur & the car sitting on the main was rolled downhill onto the train. The power then backed out, coupled to the train & the trip resumed northward.
The train in this shot would have been the “Aberdeen Turn”, a train manned by a London East Pool crew. It typically ran behind train 54 1800-1900 hrs out of Quebec Street. This particular day, the train must have been run at an earlier time, as it usually took 8 to 10 hours to reach Aberdeen from Quebec Street. The gons of scrap would have been lifted at Galt. Sometimes that included the train crew weighing them on the scales in what was then 14 track in Galt Yard.
Thanks, Ronald. Your input is ALWAYS appreciated.