Comments on: CN would relinquish control of this old branchline in downtown Thorold in just over a month to the fledgling Port Colborne Harbour Railway (Trillium; as all the non-core trackage in Niagara west of the canal was sold off by CN on September 19, 1999. The old Pine St. trackage was once part of the Fonthill Spur, most of which was ripped up many years ago. On this day CN 1316 and 1305 are on their way north to track’s end to fetch boxcars at an industry there. I believe this image taken at the corner of Pine St. S and Sullivan Av. That lone rail customer along this section of track has closed and Pine St street running is no more. The locos: 7316 went to Lambton Diesel Specialists in 2012 after being retired by CN in 2003. CN 7305 is now Prince Rupert Grain 7305.

By: RonaldB

RonaldB — Tue, 30 Jul 2024 03:26:06 +0000

Interestingly Brad, in mainline road service between London & Toronto, CP London Division, “pups” were usually run “elephant style”, but at Woodstock and on the Goderich Sub they were back to back. CN often ran sets of them in road service too, usually with at least one facing backward. As you mentioned, Toronto area CP locals that had two units, like the Oakville turn they were back to back.

By: BradKetchen

BradKetchen — Sat, 16 Jan 2016 20:18:04 +0000

Funny how CN ran their SW1200′s nose to nose and CP ran theirs back to back… back in the day.

By: DoctaPinklaces

DoctaPinklaces — Wed, 28 Oct 2015 02:38:21 +0000

My dad use to tell my stories about how odd it use to be when the train use to stop for the stop light here back in the 70′s.

By: JoeDurocher

JoeDurocher — Mon, 22 Sep 2014 21:20:07 +0000

One of the thrills of growing up on the hill where Merritton and Thorold met was seeing trains daily, and often on roads such as we see here, on Pine Street in Thorold. On Townline Road East too – where Merritton and Thorold met – you could find yourself sharing the road with a train. Similarly, there was a small spur line which ran from the paper mill on Merritt Street – just north of Townline Road – to a small mill on Front Street North in Thorold.

By: Marcus Stevens

Marcus Stevens — Thu, 02 Jan 2014 04:10:22 +0000

Ah Love street running!

By: Mike Lockwood

Mike Lockwood — Thu, 02 Jan 2014 02:41:28 +0000

More street running… excellent. Funny how these ‘little’ engines take on much larger proportions when contrasted against a Honda Civic rather than as SD40-2!

By: DoctaPinklaces

DoctaPinklaces — Tue, 31 Dec 2013 23:59:54 +0000

Thank you so much for posting this Arnold!