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Caption: The CN 15:30 Kitchener Job has a lengthy train destined for Elmira as it crosses Regina Street in Uptown Waterloo with GP9RM's 4111 and 7037. At the time, it wasn't common for this assignment to operate with two units, as most jobs out of Kitchener usually just ran with one during the mid-1990's. However, due to the 8 hoppers for Nutrite in Elmira, the crew opted to use two as they also had a tanker for Sulco as well as caboose #79905. Most trains on the spur weren't this lengthy at the time, however seasonal demands in the spring and fall would dictate otherwise on occasion.
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Love this Jay!! Do you know how many other customers were on this line by that time? I have seen on one of Waterloo Central’s old pages that there was once a spur which branched off north of Roger st and then went Parallel to Roger st for a couple blocks and to this day the abandoned rails are even still visible at the parking lot entrance to the buisness closest to the spur? Any idea of who that track served and was it still in service by this point? Thanks for posting this!
Thanks Graydon. At this time, the main customers in Elmira were Sulco, Nutrite Feeds and Uniroyal Chemicals, which is now Lanxess. In St. Jacobs there was still Fairway Lumber as well as CN would deliver the odd car of coal for locals during the colder months. In Waterloo, the only active customer was Commonwealth Plywood. The customer along Roger Street was named Electro Porcelain Co and at the time their spur was not used. Less than a mile down the Waterloo Spur towards Kitchener there was also a spur that went into BF Goodrich Rubber, which was situated along Weber Street. This spur was also dormant at the time, however was still in place.