Caption: Quiet branchline railroading near Ontario's Saugeen Shores, CN 4377 backs around the wye at Port Elgin, taking the north leg over to the Southampton Spur. They'll soon lift their train and depart for Stratford.

It would appear that the spur in the foreground, built in 1970 for the Bruce Nuclear Power Development plant at Douglas Point, was reassigned as the Southampton Sub main at some point. Canadian Transportation Commission Order 35400, issued July 25, 1983, authorized the abandonment* of "b) the Southampton Spur, off mileage 48.19 of the Southampton Subdivision, from a point near Port Elgin (mileage 0.90) to Southampton (mileage 5.00), a distance of 4.10 miles." This of course had been the mainline to Southampton.

*CTC Order 35400 authorized the abandonment of the following lines:
a) the Durham Spur, off mileage 1.3 of the Owen Sound Subdivision, from Whites Junction (mileage 0.00) to Durham (mileage 25.72), a distance of 25.72 miles;
b) the Southampton Spur, off mileage 48.19 of the Southampton Subdivision, from a point near Port Elgin (mileage 0.90) to Southampton (mileage 5.00), a distance of 4.10 miles;
c) the Kincardine Subdivision from a point near Listowel (mileage 1.41) to Kincardine (mileage 57.82),La distance of 56.41 miles; and
d) the Fergus Subdivision from a point near Fergus (mileage 47.00) to a point near Palmerston (mileage 72.00), a distance of 25.00 miles.