Caption: The CPR Waterloo subdivision may be largely unknown to many, but this is a very busy CPR branchline in Ontario (one of only two remaining) and this photo, plus the next will illustrate why. Here we see T99, Wolverton to Hagey turn with about 50 empty autoracks heading timetable north, 1 mile to their destination. While this was happening, TG21, a Hagey based roadswitcher, was southbound returning from the CPR/GEXR Interchange at mile 11.2. I immediately drove north to try and find a spot for it. (Next photo)

History of this area: This track was all former Grand River Railway, a CPR leased (99 years in 1908) interurban electric line, and T99 has just crossed what was known as Preston Junction for the hespeler Branch of the GRR - see a photo of a train at Hespeler here by Cecil Hommerding (Doug Leffler Collection) and just around the river was the GRR shops, as shown in This Bill Thomson Photo. The 10 or so miles of the Waterloo subdivision is all that remains of the GRR and LE&N and kind folks who saw the line in its heyday would hardly recognize it today. We're always interested in electric interurban shots, for the kind folks that may have some! :) Provides great contrast to today's diesel dominated railways.