Caption: Back when the Ontario Northland's Kapuskasing Sub was run at a snails pace, a dance would play out around the noon hour every Monday, Wednesday and Friday. A crew ex Cochrane (514) would meet the Hearst crew (516) to lift each others traffic back to their respected terminals, minus any local traffic for the Tembec paper mill. From what I remember the stretch east of Kapuskasing was in much rougher shape, while the tracks west were in better shape and allowed faster track speed, no doubt due to the traffic hauled out of the Agrium plant (south)west of town. As of 2022, the entire line has been restored to a much more respectable speed, with more infrastructure upgrades being completed. A crew called ex Cochrane Monday/Wednesday/Friday will make the entire round trip in one day now. With the closure of the Agrium plant in 2013 the Hearst based crew's job got significantly lighter but they are still called 5 days a week to sort the traffic that comes up off the CN Soo Sub as well as service the local industries.
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