Comments on: About 4.5 hours after photographing the last RLHH 597, I found myself standing on the platform at Brantford watching the new Hagersville Subdivision road train get ready to start its inaugural run. 581 would come on duty at 2130hrs, with the crew on board they performed their brake tests and got ready to depart. Running on TGBO 1640, L581 received their signal to exit the yard and proceed to the South Service Track at Paris to collect their train. They would return around midnight to Brantford to pick up their paperwork and head for Garnet.

By: jknott86

jknott86 — Fri, 21 Sep 2018 14:47:34 +0000

@Brad. 581, not 580, does the run to Garnet to interchange with SOR. SOR will continue the work south of Garnet at the refinery, Stelco, and ESM.

With respect to 580′s work in Haldimand, as Steve said “I’m told Hagersville should be m-w-f and Caledonia (not over bridge) tue-thur for Nicholson & Cates.”

By: BradKetchen

BradKetchen — Fri, 21 Sep 2018 09:50:11 +0000

and sorry..@ngineered4u, excuse my ignorance, always willing to learn, but what does “GP40′s…take a long time to load” mean? cheers.

By: BradKetchen

BradKetchen — Fri, 21 Sep 2018 09:48:11 +0000

So I understand 580′s transfer run is to Garnet to interchange with SOR and SOR services Esso and Nanticoke correct? Looking for affordable housing…so this could be a motivator for an area to move to.

By: Joseph Bishop

Joseph Bishop — Fri, 21 Sep 2018 01:29:34 +0000

Well they may pull up by it for headroom to switch Nicholson and Cates. But they won’t be that close to it,no.

By: Aaron Skillings

Aaron Skillings — Fri, 21 Sep 2018 01:12:19 +0000

Will they do anything at the Caledonia station during the day?

By: Joseph Bishop

Joseph Bishop — Thu, 20 Sep 2018 19:53:45 +0000

My bad guys, should say 585. There shouldn’t be any cement left in Brantford

By: mercer

mercer — Thu, 20 Sep 2018 19:43:57 +0000

582 now does Princeton ??
Are all those cement loads still in Brantford Yd ??

By: Stephen C. Host

Stephen C. Host — Thu, 20 Sep 2018 12:56:03 +0000

Hopefully there are weekend extras. I’m told Hagersville should be m-w-f and Caledonia (not over bridge) tue-thur for Nicholson & Cates. Extras and schedule variations nonwithstanding. Since the Conductor determines when to go do the work it’ll be you locals that watch out the timing of things.. morning or afternoon etc.

By: Joseph Bishop

Joseph Bishop — Thu, 20 Sep 2018 03:11:29 +0000

Aaron, 580 will do all industries from Brantford to Hagersville. This operates in the day, I shot them this afternoon returning from Hagersville after shooting CGC. How often does this happen? We don’t know what their schedule will be like. Hit and miss for sure.

As for frequency of 581, we don’t know that either. They’re just entering the Hagersville Sub now as I type though.

By: Aaron Skillings

Aaron Skillings — Thu, 20 Sep 2018 03:06:33 +0000

Stephen, are you saying that 580 is now responsible for servicing the other industries on the Hagersville sub? Do they go over the grand river in Caledonia during the day or do they not go that far? Also will 581 run on weekends as well? I wonder if we’ll see any six axle power on this line eventually like 40-2′s or SD75I’s. Or other four axle power like GP9RMs