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That’s a great shot of a seldomly photographed location ! It looks like a rural branch line with all that vegetation.
Heading into the bush with the AC on full!
Great photo. Hard to believe this was once a clear area, with no overgrown vegetation or brush!
Awesome shot Terry, keep those Oakville pics coming! I grew up right beside this spur and remember them switching at Purina and Valvoline as well and using fusees at Winston Churchill to warn motorists as the old wooden crossbuck didn’t have warning lights. It was rare to catch a train there unless you were lucky. For decades the only power being used was a lone switcher. I never would have guessed that engines this big would make it down there wow!
@lostshoeranch To see the lone switcher you have to go into the CRH plant. I saw it making an Xmas catering delivery there. It was right beside our van. Unfortuantely I didn’t have a camera. Someone up here has a photo of it with an interesting graphic on it. CN has always ran the cars down with multiple units from Oakville Yard.
Here’s a nice video I found of a train headed down that spur on YouTube which shows most of the crossings. Power used was similar with two older GP’s. A rare catch, even for someone who lives near there as it’s difficult to predict when the switching will occur: https://youtu.be/aOhVFWq1woA?si=byVL3d8YLNDhhD2O
Thanks for all the comments. Overgrown brush seems to be everywhere. The wooden posts and crossbuck on Winston Churchill Blvd. were removed a few years ago, replaced with flashing lights, bell and gates. Lots of ongoing warehousing type construction on the southeast and south west quadrant. The blue Ash Grove Plant switcher is a hard one to catch, although I was able to get a photo through the fence in March 2025.