Caption: "IT'S COMING....IT'S COMING IN HOT!"

Apparently, the weather wasn't the only 'hot' thing during a very warm Friday afternoon. I guess it's just another sign of how old I truly am becoming, as these young 'uns whipped out their cell phones, unaware that from the age of 3 until 8 years old, I spent in Petrolia - just a brief 10 minute drive south from the still busy Strathroy Sub.

What they also wouldn't know is my familiarity with these 'hot' trains, and how much things have changed. The old CN station surely would've blocked this view of the silos. Of course, the subdivision was double tracked back then, and also had a siding plus a freight track that gave the Broadway Street crossing a total of 4 tracks to contend with.

Today, it's new infrastructure to protect vehicular and pedestrian traffic of a still busy line, only single tracked now.  A small shelter replaced the once large station,  for those residents who still catch VIA here. But at least the young at heart still take interest trackside giving the crew a friendly wave as the train speeds westbound for a meet with train 509 at Maundamin.