Comments on: Another one of those typical blah winter days, but I found the desire to get out trackside anyway. From the hillside at the Junction I caught a going-away shot of VIA’ #75 which I grabbed because I didn’t know CN 3107 was fourth unit until the train was going by. Power is all still in CN colours: 6786, 6860, 6767 & 3107. What is interesting is a couple of MoW cars on the old steam helper track, now just a spur. I do not ever recall cars being pushed so far up toward the end of track. This is the York Blvd bridge, and the train is approaching Ham West. The RR structure in the top upper left was torn down not long after this shot was taken.

By: awmooney

awmooney — Sat, 29 Aug 2026 00:39:37 +0000

You’ve got you two main tracks and the one over “in the weeds” I can only guess is the steam era helper track that probably continued on to connect with the main. It looks as thought it was removed to a point when the new bridge was put in.
I’ve seen cars parked on that stub but never understood why those two are right up at the end.
Perhaps someone with knowledge from the Steam Days can explain this.

By: Stephen C. Host

Stephen C. Host — Fri, 28 Aug 2026 23:04:18 +0000

Interesting track layout. What are all the tracks there and why parked rail cars in the weeds?