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Great shot! Maybe OSR can pick up a RS-3 and recreate the scene
where was the turntable? Must have been great times back then.
I hope I’m not messing this up but I’m trying to remember the turntable. Off to the left in the photo is the current OSR line to Ingersoll.One of those tracks lead to where all switchers called home; I think there were at least 4 of them. Behind them, and a small enginehouse I think, was the turntable. It must have been on the west side of the Ingersoll line…off end of Buller St……Yes, it was great back then; I recall an RS-23 as well as the RS-3, but never caught it in action.
The YDHR in Uxbridge On has 2 operating RS-3′s!
Arnold, I’m struggling to see this as the west end of Woodstock yard. Could it be a view from the vicinity of Oxford Street at the middle of the yard?
To clarify, looking west from Oxford with the station just out of view to the left. Regardless, another great shot from “the good old days”.
You know the road better than I do, Ronald. I was thinking I was near the Ingersoll Rd crossing when I posted this. But yes, I am farther along; more like the middle as you state.
Going from memory I did not see the station either, so assumed I was shooting from next to it.
Wow!! Eleven years after the fact and you were checking out one mf my photos!!!
Glad you enjoy them.
Arnold, I’ve pondered this photo for a few days & it is a rare gem. This photo is looking west from Oxford Street and was taken before the main track was moved to the middle of the yard. The 8459 is on what was then called the Passing Track. It is now the main track. The adjacent track with cars is number 2 track. Number 1 is to the left of that. Tracks 3 & 4 are to the right of the passing track. The track in the foreground is the main track when it went right in front of the station. The nearest switch off the main to the left, led to the stock pen & beyond that the pig ramp. Tracks 5 & 6 were east of Oxford Street. track 6 was a dead end track, which included a chute for unloading hopper cars. Track 5 had a switch on each end and was accessible off the main track. There was also a spur leading to Kelsey Hayes foundry. It went onto former CN track from the days when there was a diamond east of Oxford St.
I don’t recall seeing many photos that depicted the old yard layout so this shot is especially interesting to me.
For anyone wondering why the main was moved, when we had train orders, we had to clear second class trains before they were due. If the dispatcher (RTC) was busy, local jobs at Woodstock may not have been able to access the main without “more time” from him.The yard (roadswitcher) day & night jobs could be affected by lack of time on 2nd class trains. No. 783 to St Thomas, ordered for 0230 and in later years midnight, was usually long enough that it would only fit in the passing track. Often both 906 & 916 were due when he wanted to go from the shop to his train. In the daytime, same for the Port Burwell job called for noon. Movements with insufficient time couldn’t go from the yard to the St. Thomas Sub & sat accumulating Assistant Superintendent back in the late 70s thought too much non productive time was being payed acct this situation & manged to convince the powers that be to move the main track, Adding a crossover to the Jellicoe tracks made it possible to do most work without fouling the new main. The change also led to increasing speed through Woodstock, as it was 10 mph until all crossing from Ingersoll Ave & west were occupied.
Note, train to St. Thomas was No 73, not 783 sorry about typo. 78 was the return train. We called the job “73 & 8″
I often wondered, while out that way, why the changes in the track alignment. Thanks, Ronald !!