May 27th, 2007
We went to Palgrave for CP 222-25 with the MPEX 601 (new GO MP40), working our way north to Alliston waiting to hear it come. It did come, after many hours, in a rain storm. We got it at Ypres and again at Spence (Alliston Honda storage yard), but were not able to get it again further south as he was a straight shot to Toronto yard. We also got the SSR at the start of the day and GEXR #431 when we got back to Guelph.
Tottenham, Ontario
Tottenham is the home of the South Simcoe Railway, a tourist line that passes under the Mactier sub between Palgrave and Alliston.
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South Simcoe Railway's tourist train runs with a GE 70 tonner, the steam engine nowhere to be seen.
Alliston, Ontario
(map) Alliston is mile 44 of the CP Mactier sub and hosts a large but mostly inaccessible Honda factory.
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One of CP's Honda jobs switches the south end of Spence yard.
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A lengthly Honda job pulls into Spence yard.
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A Honda job leaves Spence yard with a cut of racks to go the two miles up to the Honda plant.
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CP #222 pulls into Spence yard with a long cut of racks, having left the rest of its train a few miles away in Ypres.
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CP #106 shows up in strong rain as we record out our open windows.
Ypres, Ontario
Ypres is the first siding north of Alliston, at around mile 51 of the Mactier sub.
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CP #222 pulls out of Ypres after returning to its train from Spence with a new GO MP40 in the consist.
Alliston, Ontario
(map) Alliston is mile 44 of the CP Mactier sub and hosts a large but mostly inaccessible Honda factory.
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CP 5772 brings a cut of autoracks back out of Alliston Honda to Spence yard.
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CP #222 crosses 13th sideroad just outside of Alliston.
Guelph, Ontario
(map) The city of Guelph is my home town and is just East of Kitchener-Waterloo on the GEXR Guelph sub, and the Ontario Southland Railway/Guelph Junction Railway track, the other end of which is at Guelph Junction.
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GEXR #431 comes dangerously close to having a solid coloured lashup at the viaduct in Guelph.
