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Marcus, I too did a trip to Tillsonburg and Aylmer in 2010 on the way bck from a show in London. At that time Trillium seemed to be in full swing with a new Ethanol plant, IGPC (I ended up modeling it), just East of where your shot is. The Ethanol plant, a kit as Stephen Host calls it, was plugged with tank cars. And they were proud of the first delivery on their website showing Trillium 3582 delivery a single car. At the time I caught 3582 at Future Transfer (the Southern Tillsonburg) Yard without a truck. I posted a shot here: http://www.rrpicturearchives.net/showPicture.aspx?id=2194354 Thanks for the memory!
I remember there being a lot of hype about the ethanol plant back then, too bad it never got busy like they hoped.
Great capture and kudos on the photo. It is amazing how the promise of cheap fuel from corn in the late 20XX’s came and went with merely a footnote. I cycled the Simcoe to Delhi rail trail (former Cayuga Sub) a few weeks back and when you reach Delhi the lifeless rails are still on the ground overgrown and unusable… railways cannot exist without industry…industry cannot exist without railways….the slide continues