Comments on: Ontario Southland Railway backing their train across Highway 6/7 in Guelph, also known as the Hanlon Expressway. In a few years this highway should be extended directly north to connect to Highway 85 in Kitchener, and it is expected this crossing will be closed and the at-grade crossing behind the photographer will be turned into an overpass. Trains crossing ‘divided highways’ are rare – and in 1969 the Railway built two spur lines (South and North Industrial) months before the Ministry of Transportation of Ontario decided to build a highway/bypass of Highway 6 through Guelph. New at-grade crossings like this would never be permitted today without an underpass/overpass. Do any railpictures.ca viewers have photos of Trains crossing divided highways at grade?

By: Stephen C. Host

Stephen C. Host — Thu, 06 Jan 2022 03:18:39 +0000

Highway 40 in Sarnia with CN st clair spur. Six trains a day.

By: rtalukdar

rtalukdar — Tue, 28 Mar 2017 01:25:57 +0000

A short CN spur that still sees regular service crosses divided Autoroute 20 in Saint-Hyacinthe, QC.

By: Drew Goff

Drew Goff — Wed, 02 Sep 2015 03:11:03 +0000

I’ve got the GXR heading across there aswell. Other than that I’ve got no idea of any other place.

By: Taylorover9001

Taylorover9001 — Thu, 23 Jul 2015 01:16:11 +0000

Where I live we have the Perimeter Highway, a two-lane 100 KM/h highway around Winnipeg, and there are several at-grade crossings, even a CN MAIN LINE crossing (CN Reddit Subdivision)!!

A few are of them are:
CP La Riviere, a branch line, about 4 per day.
CP Winnipeg Beach, a branch line, about 2 per day.
CN Oak Point, a remnant of a branch line, up to 2 per day.
CEMR Carman, a former CN branch, about 4 – 5 a week.

By: sdfourty

sdfourty — Sun, 24 Nov 2013 02:54:26 +0000

Good caption and question: check out the CPR Belleville Sub highway #2 crossing east of Belleville – this may now be grade separated – some of our contributors are regularly in the area….

…also: there were three CNR crossings east of Toronto of ‘Dual Public Highway No. 401′: ( 1 )the Pickering Town Spur, Kingston Sub mile 311.1 ( near the present Brock Road ), extended 0.7 miles north ; ( 2 ) the Whitby Town Spur ( the original Whitby & Port Perry Railway ), mile 304.3 ( east of Brock Street ), extended 2.1 miles north; and (3) the Bowmanville Town Spur, mile 290.6 extended 1.1 miles north ( as of 1973 ). I recall passing over each of the crossings – many times – and as of 1973 all three crossings were in place ( and the King’s Highway 401 speed limit was 70 m.p.h. before the Metric Imposition ) by 1979 given the 401 re-build and widening eastward – only the Bowmanville crossing remained. Most interesting was that in town the Bowmanville spur crossed the front lawns (and driveways) of many houses on a street – I believe Hunt Street – north of Baseline Road, which I thought was really neat. Unfortunately never a train in sight on any of those spurs. By 1985 the Spur was at mile 291.4 indicating the rail overpass was in place and the spur extended 1.4 miles north. And recently ( within the past 5 years ? ) the 401 rail overpass at Bowmanville was removed –

See:
MLW’s at speed

By: Mike Lockwood

Mike Lockwood — Thu, 21 Nov 2013 23:27:21 +0000

There were two at grade crossings of Hwy 401 that I’m aware of, 1) in Whitby, Ontario, where a remnant of the old Whitby, Port Perry and Lindsay Rwy (CN) crossed, and 2) in Bowmanville, Ontario, where the CN spur to the Goodyear plant in town crossed on it’s way north. Not sure when the Whitby one was removed, but the recently demolished bridge over the 401 at Bowmanville that replaced the grade crossing bore a date of 1982 in the concrete abutments. These spurs were lightly trafficked to put it mildly.

By: awmooney

awmooney — Thu, 21 Nov 2013 15:38:27 +0000

I’m still stumped. Hwy 406 had at grade crossing when it was 2 lanes;(Trillium) and if it had it with 4, that was only temporary during the highway reconstruction. The old CN spur to Fonthill lumber might have been at grade but the highway was 2 lanes there too. QEW at Hwy 20 I can only remember when the line to the Beach went over top of the traffic circle. But, as I already said, a good question, and trust you to come up with it!!!

By: headtailgrep

headtailgrep — Thu, 21 Nov 2013 15:05:41 +0000

Highway 406 had an at-grade crossing until recently. QEW at Highway 20 was at-grade with the beach sub until the early 70′s or so. A couple spurs may have been at-grade in the 70′s with the 401..

By: awmooney

awmooney — Thu, 21 Nov 2013 12:48:35 +0000

Do we have any photos of trains crossing divided highways at grade?? Heck, never mind photos, I cannot even recall WHERE they cross divided highways at grade. Its early today, and I ain’t young any more, but that is one heck of a good question.