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And here's the scene at the harbour as cleanup continues, Goderich Elevator & Transit company is in the background, this was the CPR side of the harbour and behind me was the CPR station and all the tracks including a loop. I doubt engines have been seen this far since CP got rid of the line in 1988.
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Caption: And here's the scene at the harbour as cleanup continues, Goderich Elevator & Transit company is in the background, this was the CPR side of the harbour and a loop track was situated where I am standing (existing road roughly outlines where it was) to get over to the CPR station, turntable and other facilities. I doubt engines have been seen this far since CP got rid of the line in 1988.

Photographer:
Stephen C. Host [1496] (more) (contact)
Date: 2/4/2021 (search)
Railway: Goderich-Exeter (search)
Reporting Marks: RLK 4095, GEXR 2073 (search)
Train Symbol: Not Provided
Subdivision/SNS: Not Provided
City/Town: Goderich (search)
Province: Ontario (search)
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5 Comments
  1. It’s impressive how far the train went beyond the end of track!

  2. Preciously close to the water too.

  3. Based on google earth, where you can measure distances directly on the map, between what I think is the end of track at the elevator and where the 4095 ended up, the train seems to have gone offroading for 400 feet.

  4. This brings to mind a similar event on CP in the 1970s.
    Beyond the bridge on the CP line (now part of the trail) there used to be tracks where empty cars were sometimes stored. There was no derail on the track.
    One day vandals released the handbrakes on a string of empty covered hoppers intended for salt loading. It was all downhill from there to the harbour.
    The cars ran through the main track switch and toward the loop track you referred to Stephen, and rolled on their sides, close to where the cars in your photo are.
    The TH&B big hook was brought from Hamilton to assist in rerailing the cars. There was a ship spending the winter on the “CP side” and there was amusing speculation about how the derailing cars might have sunk the ship had they made if further around the loop before rolling on their sides.
    For me despite being 35 years since the CP line was abandoned, it seems like yesterday thatit was still operating.

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