Comments on: A westbound peddler/ transfer/ local rounds the curve of Humber Bay on the Oakville sub between Dufferin and Mimico. http://www.railpictures.ca The BEST Canadian photos on the Internet, eh? Sun, 21 Jun 2026 22:12:44 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1 By: MrDan http://www.railpictures.ca/?attachment_id=21412#comment-11458 MrDan Thu, 05 Nov 2015 05:44:38 +0000 http://www.railpictures.ca/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/1980-05-29-1533hrs-CP-6537-WB-Toronto-ON.jpg#comment-11458 After a bit of digging, this train is probably the Parkdale-Mimico "Swansea Transfer" according to Ray Kennedy's OldTimeTrains site: http://www.trainweb.org/oldtimetrains/CPR_Toronto/SWANSEA_OFT.htm After a bit of digging, this train is probably the Parkdale-Mimico “Swansea Transfer” according to Ray Kennedy’s OldTimeTrains site: http://www.trainweb.org/oldtimetrains/CPR_Toronto/SWANSEA_OFT.htm

]]> By: rlk1752 http://www.railpictures.ca/?attachment_id=21412#comment-11454 rlk1752 Thu, 05 Nov 2015 03:10:51 +0000 http://www.railpictures.ca/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/1980-05-29-1533hrs-CP-6537-WB-Toronto-ON.jpg#comment-11454 557 is now based at Aldershot and starts at 2000. It serves customers between Burlington and Clarkson and turns there. The one customer exception is Suncor near Burloak that is switched by 547. 547 now starts at 1000 so they are finished at Suncor much earlier now so as to not get in the way during the GO rush. I should also add that customers on the cement lead off 9th Line are usually switched by 556. 557 is now based at Aldershot and starts at 2000. It serves customers between Burlington and Clarkson and turns there. The one customer exception is Suncor near Burloak that is switched by 547. 547 now starts at 1000 so they are finished at Suncor much earlier now so as to not get in the way during the GO rush. I should also add that customers on the cement lead off 9th Line are usually switched by 556.

]]> By: BradKetchen http://www.railpictures.ca/?attachment_id=21412#comment-11447 BradKetchen Wed, 04 Nov 2015 18:12:39 +0000 http://www.railpictures.ca/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/1980-05-29-1533hrs-CP-6537-WB-Toronto-ON.jpg#comment-11447 Does 543 service the Clarkson Yard in Mississauga for Suncor and the industries West before Oakville as well? I used to catch the job at 4pm.. rush hour oddly enough when I lived there a few Years ago. Does 543 service the Clarkson Yard in Mississauga for Suncor and the industries West before Oakville as well? I used to catch the job at 4pm.. rush hour oddly enough when I lived there a few Years ago.

]]> By: rlk1752 http://www.railpictures.ca/?attachment_id=21412#comment-11444 rlk1752 Wed, 04 Nov 2015 17:33:38 +0000 http://www.railpictures.ca/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/1980-05-29-1533hrs-CP-6537-WB-Toronto-ON.jpg#comment-11444 CN train 543 usually runs downtown Monday nights to service customers in the Port Lands. It usually does this after serving customers at Mimico. 543 is a turn based out of Oakville that works Monday to Friday starting around 2100. CN 435 was the last regular through train to use the Bala/Oakville routing rather than the Halton Sub routing as they delivered Oakville cars to Oakville. After GO built CN an extra track at Aldershot (KA30) to handle the Oakville traffic there CN agreed to reroute 435 via the Halton Sub. CN retains trackage rights via "downtown" but uses them rarely. Extra auto trains delivering auto racks to Oakville are the most common. PRH CN train 543 usually runs downtown Monday nights to service customers in the Port Lands. It usually does this after serving customers at Mimico. 543 is a turn based out of Oakville that works Monday to Friday starting around 2100.

CN 435 was the last regular through train to use the Bala/Oakville routing rather than the Halton Sub routing as they delivered Oakville cars to Oakville. After GO built CN an extra track at Aldershot (KA30) to handle the Oakville traffic there CN agreed to reroute 435 via the Halton Sub. CN retains trackage rights via “downtown” but uses them rarely. Extra auto trains delivering auto racks to Oakville are the most common.

PRH

]]> By: MrDan http://www.railpictures.ca/?attachment_id=21412#comment-11409 MrDan Tue, 03 Nov 2015 21:02:03 +0000 http://www.railpictures.ca/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/1980-05-29-1533hrs-CP-6537-WB-Toronto-ON.jpg#comment-11409 Metrolinx bought the line from CN a few years ago. Aside from a local train or two, CN has rerouted all its freights to the Halton Sub to the north. CP gave up running rights they had on this line around 2009 or so. Metrolinx bought the line from CN a few years ago. Aside from a local train or two, CN has rerouted all its freights to the Halton Sub to the north. CP gave up running rights they had on this line around 2009 or so.

]]> By: BradKetchen http://www.railpictures.ca/?attachment_id=21412#comment-11408 BradKetchen Tue, 03 Nov 2015 19:41:16 +0000 http://www.railpictures.ca/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/1980-05-29-1533hrs-CP-6537-WB-Toronto-ON.jpg#comment-11408 @danjohn289 they ran a lengthy freight, sorry I don't know the number, in the afternoon, just before rush hour a few Years ago. Apparently Metrolinx owns the rails now just as they do where I am in Toronto. Daniel Odette though has caught a local servicing the Port lands area here: http://www.railpictures.ca/?attachment_id=21102. So if you're lucky, you'll see CN servicing industries on the Oakville sub but largely it's Passenger traffic now. @danjohn289 they ran a lengthy freight, sorry I don’t know the number, in the afternoon, just before rush hour a few Years ago. Apparently Metrolinx owns the rails now just as they do where I am in Toronto. Daniel Odette though has caught a local servicing the Port lands area here: http://www.railpictures.ca/?attachment_id=21102. So if you’re lucky, you’ll see CN servicing industries on the Oakville sub but largely it’s Passenger traffic now.

]]> By: danjohn289 http://www.railpictures.ca/?attachment_id=21412#comment-11406 danjohn289 Tue, 03 Nov 2015 19:19:37 +0000 http://www.railpictures.ca/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/1980-05-29-1533hrs-CP-6537-WB-Toronto-ON.jpg#comment-11406 Does CN still operate on these tracks? I remember seeing freight on them when I was much younger, but haven't seen any for years. Does CN still operate on these tracks? I remember seeing freight on them when I was much younger, but haven’t seen any for years.

]]> By: BradKetchen http://www.railpictures.ca/?attachment_id=21412#comment-11405 BradKetchen Tue, 03 Nov 2015 19:13:48 +0000 http://www.railpictures.ca/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/1980-05-29-1533hrs-CP-6537-WB-Toronto-ON.jpg#comment-11405 That would be Sunnyside where a station once stood. Nice catch on the CP local. You'd be hard pressed to see even a CN freight along those tracks now. And there's a CN noodle logo just behind of where you shot this now. :) That would be Sunnyside where a station once stood. Nice catch on the CP local. You’d be hard pressed to see even a CN freight along those tracks now. And there’s a CN noodle logo just behind of where you shot this now. :)

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