Comments on: Westbound CP freight is seen crawling up the grade to the Guelph Line crossing in Campbellville. Power problems of some unknown description his this train almost to a stall. Of interest (for the fans) is the locomotive combination; an SD40 5502 on the lead with a rare GP30 #5000 (one of two on CP)trailing. The GP30, long retired, now resides at the Alberta Railway Museum and the SD was sold off to HELM in 1999. Almost mid-April here and there is still snow on the ground. Ugh.

By: RonaldB

RonaldB — Tue, 17 Sep 2024 03:20:15 +0000

I have maps of the CP London Division from 1969. I just looked at the scans I made of the book, the business at Campbellville was called Crawford coal. I don’t know what year the track was removed, but I suspect it was when they put in the continuous welded rail also around 1980-81.

By: RonaldB

RonaldB — Tue, 17 Sep 2024 03:15:28 +0000

The CTC went in in 1980 to support GO service. This could be Guelph Line, where it should be noted there was no siding, there was however, a track into a business (can’t recall the name), the switch was east of Guelph Line on the south side & the track crossed Guelph Line and ran for a few hundred feet west of the road.

By: Stephen C. Host

Stephen C. Host — Thu, 28 Nov 2019 18:19:49 +0000

That’s the siding eh? No CTC yet?

By: awmooney

awmooney — Thu, 28 Nov 2019 03:27:32 +0000

Ah…that explains the ‘crawl’. Not on the ball with this one, was I ?

By: Snake2

Snake2 — Wed, 27 Nov 2019 23:40:08 +0000

Psst Arnold…he is in the siding at the west end of Guelph jct….not on the main ..