Comments on: CPR MLW S3 6552 is seen spotting a car at the Guelph United Dairy Producer’s Co-operative (officially Gay Lea by this time) just off the CPR Goderich Sub at mile 33. Originally constructed in 1949 (silos circa 1960), the Co-op was built on farmland owned by Guelph-born Operatic tenor, and later manager of the Metropolitan Opera of New York City, Edward Johnson (1878 – 1959), with the land having been sold in 1947 to the United Co-operative of Ontario. The Co-op would be renamed United Dairy and Poultry Co-operative in 1958, and later the United Dairy Producer’s Co-operative in 1967. In 1972, the organization was renamed Gay Lea Foods, which still operates the site today. The towering feed mill silos would be demolished in the 1990s and a processing plant built in it’s place. Donald Coulman Photo, Jacob Patterson Collection Slide. http://www.railpictures.ca The BEST Canadian photos on the Internet, eh? Thu, 30 Apr 2026 06:13:01 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1 By: Klaucker http://www.railpictures.ca/?attachment_id=55526#comment-62771 Klaucker Thu, 28 Nov 2024 19:17:17 +0000 http://www.railpictures.ca/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/Coulman211_02-wtrmk.jpg#comment-62771 Pretty remarkable ! Pretty remarkable !

]]> By: Jacob Patterson http://www.railpictures.ca/?attachment_id=55526#comment-62761 Jacob Patterson Thu, 28 Nov 2024 01:44:21 +0000 http://www.railpictures.ca/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/Coulman211_02-wtrmk.jpg#comment-62761 When OSR first took over operation in 1998, the Co-op was no longer receiving rail service, but their track was used to transload pole cars. When OSR first took over operation in 1998, the Co-op was no longer receiving rail service, but their track was used to transload pole cars.

]]> By: Eric May http://www.railpictures.ca/?attachment_id=55526#comment-62760 Eric May Thu, 28 Nov 2024 01:38:55 +0000 http://www.railpictures.ca/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/Coulman211_02-wtrmk.jpg#comment-62760 Nice! It even includes a truck being unloaded. Nice! It even includes a truck being unloaded.

]]> By: Noe http://www.railpictures.ca/?attachment_id=55526#comment-62754 Noe Wed, 27 Nov 2024 15:02:27 +0000 http://www.railpictures.ca/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/Coulman211_02-wtrmk.jpg#comment-62754 Awesome photo! Awesome photo!

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