Caption: RLHH 3049 slowly trundles north across the iconic bridgework over the Grand River at Caledonia, with its 1st trip of the day, hauling five aged / renumbered ballast cars (NERX 134, 122 123, 136 and OWSX 250730) just as the sun sneaks a timely peak out from behind a few cloud formations. The entire main from Nanticoke to Simpson Junction is in the midst of receiving new ballast. These 5 ballast cars were delivered to Hagersville by truck (OWS Railroad Construction & Maintenance, Petrolia) and deposited directly onto the rails of siding HD34. Likewise ballast originating from Woodstock and even home town Rock City is trucked in and stock-piled adjacent to HD34. Each ballast train is trans loaded within 45 minutes, while snoozing on HD34, by RF Almas Co. Ltd (Hagersville) using a rugged CAT 1T286 Payloader.
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Awesome Glenn! I saw them headed back to Hagersville this morning and hoped someone would find them between Brantford and there!
Nice shot! The “foam” in the water almost looks like ice.
Great work Glenn!