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Caption: Wards Cut A formidable adversary, a location of railroading legend that continues to this day. Located between Kitchigami Rd and Whys Line west of Clinton - this is the famous location that is known to swallow trains whole in the winter, as had happened last year. In this scene, the sun is trying hard to break through the clouds as GEXR 55413 has nearly completed the cut with a six foot high drift ahead - not all that big in the grand scheme of things. The snow at Wards Cut can be 16 feet high when it's allowed to fill in completely..
I'm curious if anyone knows the history of naming of Wards and Mustards cut - perhaps the name of the contractors that built the railway, or the name of the lot owner in the time period the lines were built? Something to research..
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Another nice shot Shephen how do you find out when the plow is running? Right place right time?
Gord, I heard over the radio the day before plans to run on the 10th so this one was gifted. Reading the weather and taking a chance is a good plan, doesnt always pan out but sometimes you get lucky
Thank you for the kind comments.
I believe Ward’s Cut has to do with the last name of adjacent land owners.
Mustards Cut, south of Brucefield between Clinton and Hensall on the Exeter Sub, was named as such because mustard seed was once grown in the fields next to the rail line.
This could all be just “railway stories” though!
Did ya have to duck??!!:)
Nope – not this time. No drifts at the crossing we were at and in this photo, I’m shooting at about 250mm.