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CP Train 244 is finishing their setoff at what was once Mile 18 of the CN Fergus Subdivision, leased to CP from Concession St to Hespeler Ave. A CN mile sign in the bushes marks the spot. A red flag in the middle of the track marks the Fergus north of here out of service since the GEXR days. Eagle St to Concession St (pictured here) will be ripped up soon once the CN / Canadian Transportation Agency discontinuance process has completed. CN already ripped out two crossings mind you. 244 will return south down the CP Waterloo Subdivision back to the Galt sub with a single boxcar before heading east to Toronto Yard.
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Caption: CP Train 244 is finishing their setoff at what was once Mile 18 of the CN Fergus Subdivision, leased to CP from Concession St to Hespeler Ave. A CN mile sign in the bushes marks the spot. A red flag in the middle of the track marks the Fergus north of here out of service since the GEXR days. Eagle St to Concession St (pictured here) will be ripped up soon once the CN / Canadian Transportation Agency discontinuance process has completed. CN already ripped out two crossings mind you. 244 will return south down the CP Waterloo Subdivision back to the Galt sub with a single boxcar before heading east to Toronto Yard.

Photographer:
Stephen C. Host [1535] (more) (contact)
Date: 12/19/2020 (search)
Railway: BNSF (search)
Reporting Marks: BNSF 7444 (search)
Train Symbol: 244 (search)
Subdivision/SNS: Mile 18, CNR Fergus Subdivision (search)
City/Town: Cambridge (search)
Province: Ontario (search)
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5 Comments
  1. A BNSF large on that trackage? That’s pretty rare.

  2. Very neat!

  3. I’ve seen 6 axles from every class 1 go into the Waterloo and onto the Fergus….

    six axles are prohibited from Mile 3.87 northward only – they can go north to just north of Laurel St if headroom is required, for example with a long train.

    It was a fairly frequent occurrence especially when Wolverton wasn’t yet open, and somewhat regular otherwise from what I can tell. The auto trains tend to have foreign power

  4. Very nice shot and an interesting operation.

    SCH – Your mention of this train continuing east with a lone box car jogged my memory and I found this Bill Purdy image of this train further east at Puslinch.

    http://www.railpictures.ca/?attachment_id=43712

  5. To the Urban Toronto folks and Craig J:

    CN has begun discontinuance process on the portion of the Fergus not part of the GO Transit negotiations.

    The rest of the line is “business as usual”

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