Comments on: So earlier this morning I bet on two horses out of Stratford and I was headed to Goderich following a GEXR plow extra when I got word from a friend (With great thanks!) OSR was plowing. Three years to the day of something I never thought i’d be able to do again, so I had to find a way to do it. OSR started plowing the St. Thomas subdivision in the morning and the Port Burwell was next after a deadhead back, and I figured they’d take the Port Burwell around noon. Thing is, I only had a half day off and had to get back to work, so I cut off my GEXR chase near Clinton and went straight to Salford. I watched OSR plow the piss out of the Salford cut, then set up for shots at the De Bruyn farm where drifting was particularly heavy. After getting some good action shots there was a problem – a bolt snapped in the OSR’s wing system and crew decided to reverse to the Salford shops to try to repair before proceeding to Tillsonburg. My chase was over and I decided to snap one last photo of the overall scene (above) – many of us have posted tonnes of photos of the business end of plows doing their thing, but sometimes it’s nice to see the motive power instead I had high hopes for some good action this winter and have been scoping things out already – I’ve made two trips to Stratford and two to Salford already, and came back empty handed more than once, but made up for it in spades on Tuesday. Thankfully, I bet on the right horses.

By: Stephen C. Host

Stephen C. Host — Sat, 01 Mar 2025 20:05:27 +0000

The plow now faces north – due to being shut down this year on account of too much snow at Salford, they couldn’t begin operating trains and were basically shut down for 24 hours.

As a result, they turned the plow so they can at least get Salford cleared out, and turn on the wye when they have to go back the other way. The last time they plowed the Port Burwell they did it northward facing though

By: Stephen C. Host

Stephen C. Host — Wed, 27 May 2020 21:24:05 +0000

Thank you. Too bad I only got two shots of the train that year. That’s it!! two!!

By: Klaucker

Klaucker — Wed, 27 May 2020 12:23:12 +0000

Brilliant….and pure magic !

By: Stephen C. Host

Stephen C. Host — Sat, 10 Mar 2018 01:55:43 +0000

OSR’s nearest wye is at Cami so not too far.

I have never seen it face east/north but I missed the first few years of plowing.

By: Boxcarphilly

Boxcarphilly — Fri, 19 Jan 2018 02:44:49 +0000

Is the plow always facing the same direction? Or do they need to turn it sometimes? And if so, where?

By: Stephen C. Host

Stephen C. Host — Sat, 13 Jan 2018 13:50:42 +0000

TY Sir.

By: Peter Newman

Peter Newman — Fri, 12 Jan 2018 18:12:41 +0000

I really enjoy all of your plow action images, Stephen! Awesome photography!