Comments on: Busy day at the CASO Yard St Thomas. CP Potash Extra has arrived via the St Thomas Sub and is waiting for Chessie DT41 to head west after which they will yard their Train. Bill Foster CP Engineer….. June 1986

By: RonaldB

RonaldB — Fri, 11 Feb 2022 05:05:43 +0000

I’m not sure who took over these trains from CP at St. Thomas, but they weren’t many of them run. I recall one trip we were taxied from Quebec St. to St. Thomas to run the 55 empties to Woodstock. We offered to take them thru to Toronto, but the management had other ideas. We set them off, and ran van hop to Quebec Street.

By: Stephen C. Host

Stephen C. Host — Sun, 08 Jan 2017 00:50:09 +0000

Ahh Ridgetown.. I can’t for the life of me wonder why CN didn’t add Ridgetown to the Blenheim ‘shortline’ and just let it go as they did… a real shame really. There were good customers down that way.

By: David Young

David Young — Sat, 07 Jan 2017 07:53:40 +0000

Unbelievable how times can change! Great capture, thanks for sharing Larry.

By: lonloco

lonloco — Sat, 07 Jan 2017 05:55:48 +0000

CN took them west usually a few at a time but I can remember them going all at once pulled by a couple CN GP40′s

By: RLK2211

RLK2211 — Sat, 07 Jan 2017 05:09:01 +0000

Pretty sure the CP potash ended up at Ridgetown but I don’t know which railway moved it there.

Interesting shot mostly all CN rolling stock in that yard!

By: Marcus Stevens

Marcus Stevens — Sat, 07 Jan 2017 03:00:11 +0000

Wow!
Hard to imagine that yard ever that busy.

By: Stephen C. Host

Stephen C. Host — Sat, 07 Jan 2017 02:31:51 +0000

Interesting – how often did these potash moves run and who took them west?