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Caption: Trucks, Trains and Traffic.
Rolling past traffic on the busy Steeles Avenue, two GP9RM's lead CN #559 back to the mainline along the Torbram Industrial Spur through industrial Bramalea, having just finished their afternoon switching duties. The spur runs east from the Halton Sub mainline along Steeles Avenue, to get to the industrial area in the east end of Brampton near Torbram and Queen Streets. While Steeles is often choked with tractor trailers serving the manufacturing, fabrication and warehousing facilities along southern Brampton, suburban traffic congestion and stoplights are of no concern to this train.
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Awesome! Does 559 still use this bit of track?
As far as I know yes, there were still a few customers along it that got rail service. Not sure how frequently they go up it but I’d guess at least every few days, if not more frequently.
Almost daily in the beginning of 2012, between 10 and noon. Switch at Steeles Ave overpass recently yanked at junction with Halwest.
Frequency of this train is not guaranteed, but I did catch it regularly when hauling my snowplow chassis out of the International dealer just south of the Weston Sub.