Railpictures.ca - Bruce Acheson Photo: Headed into the evening sun, CN 431 climbs through Limehouse about a month or so before operation of the Guelph Sub is handed over to the Goderich – Exeter Railway. GE Dash 9-44CW 2563 on the point is just over a year old, emerging from the factory in July 1997, and 25 years later is still seen plying the rails. | Railpictures.ca – Canadian Railway Photography

Headed into the evening sun, CN 431 climbs through Limehouse about a month or so before operation of the Guelph Sub is handed over to the Goderich - Exeter Railway. GE Dash 9-44CW 2563 on the point is just over a year old, emerging from the factory in July 1997, and 25 years later is still seen plying the rails.

Caption: Headed into the evening sun, CN 431 climbs through Limehouse about a month or so before operation of the Guelph Sub is handed over to the Goderich - Exeter Railway. GE Dash 9-44CW 2563 on the point is just over a year old, emerging from the factory in July 1997, and 25 years later is still seen plying the rails.

Photographer:	Bruce Acheson [130] (more) (contact)
Date:	10/1998 (search)
Railway:	Canadian National (search)
Reporting Marks:	CN 2563 (search)
Train Symbol:	431 (search)
Subdivision/SNS:	Guelph Subdivision (search)
City/Town:	Limehouse (search)
Province:	Ontario (search)
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5 Comments

Stephen C. Host

March 4, 2022 at 11:47 am

Well well.. so it did happen! Of course these led a ton during the 2003 detours… (and any others, and there were many, including the 2000 milton CNR bridge replacement)
Daniel Odette

March 4, 2022 at 1:52 pm

Quite the timing of this photo as last night’s iteration of this train (CN 533) was just as much of an eye popper. It had CN 3098, BNSF 8440, NS 4036 for power. Since there’s no wye in Kitchener, the NS most likely led back to Toronto.
bruce

March 4, 2022 at 6:31 pm

Steve,before GEXR this was a regular train.On a Sunday when a bunch of us were at Mile 30,we would go to Limehouse and wait for him.
Stephen C. Host

March 4, 2022 at 7:37 pm

Roger that, what time did it head west? But what I was speculating on was the big new GE prior to the GEXR takeover.
bruce

March 4, 2022 at 8:08 pm

Sometime around 4-5 p.m.

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