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RAILTIME - Shortlines of Ontario volume 5

Filmed during 2010 and 2011. We begin with some coverage of Ontario Southland’s Guelph Jct Railway. Originally operated as the CP Goderich subdivision. The railway runs from Guelph Junction to the City of Guelph. The railway was using exclusive MLW/Alco power at the time and we see a trio of RS23’s making their way northbound through the city of Guelph. Then we catch them switching the industries in the west end in conjunction with the GEXR, The industrial trackage is connected to the ex-CN Fergus spur. The 2 railways co-operate to make the movements go as smoothly as possible. After the switching is done the GJR turns on the wye and we catch them coming back southbound through Guelph. On a summer day we catch the train heading towards Guelph, just north of Guelph Junction. Power today is an RS23 and an RS18u. They put on a very impressive smoke show after clearing the MP 24.36 grade crossing. We then watch them switch some industries in the south end of Guelph before heading for the Fergus spur. While living in Guelph we got the opportunity to catch a westbound VIA training slowly making it’s way from the station across the many grade crossings in the middle of the city, On Christmas Eve 2010 we are at the station to film the extra long consist for the holiday season. A GE P42DC powers the westbound passenger train. At Guelph Jct we see a leased GATX unit and a Florida East Coast SD40-2 powering a westbound freight. This is where the GEXR connects with The Guelph Jct Railway. We are standing by the Fergus spur. Next we see the local doing some switching before heading down the Fergus spur to Cambridge. We catch it again crossing Whitelaw Road. On another day we see the GEXR working up the north end from Guelph Jct. After some switching moves they head up to the GJRY interchange and the North West Industrial Park. Summer has finally returned and we catch an eastbound VIA with one of the newly rebuilt F40PH units creepy over the level crossings on it’s way to the station. I attempted to catch an eastbound VIA from our Condo’s patio on Paisley Road, but I was seconds too late. Next we catch the Ontario Southland heading eastbound just west of Beachville. They have worked the CAMI plant and are heading back to Woodstock. Power is ex-SOO GP7 383 and ex-CP RS23 503. We see them again 1 mile east of Beachville. Finally we see them arriving at the CP yard in Woodstock. The Waterloo Central tourist railway runs between Waterloo and Elmira. On April 2, 2011 they were running shuttles to and from the Elmira Maple Syrup Festival. We caught them at Elmira, the Conestogo River trestle and again at Saint Jacobs. The locomotive is a GE 70-ton of Pacific Great Eastern heritage.