April 26th, 2004
Laura returned from the US on the Maple Leaf. I spent the day at Guelph Junction and then went down to Aldershot to pick her up, catching CP 166 on CN.
Guelph Junction, Ontario
(map) Technically Campbellville, Guelph Junction is the junction of the Guelph Junction Railway -- currently serviced by OSR -- the CP Hamilton sub, and the CP Galt sub. It is between Milton and Galt on the CP Galt sub.
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A sub-foreman puts his truck on CP Hamilton sub and heads South.
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Guelph Junction turn sits idly for 2 minutes before calling in for a rule 568 clearance to enter the North track at mile 39.1 Galt sub.
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A sub-foreman removes his truck from the Hamilton sub to get out of the way of a Northbound freight train.
Aldershot, Ontario
(map) This is the region between the (abandonned) Burlington West train station and Bayview Junction.