Comments on: With Southern Ontario Railway out of the picture, a track maintenance contractor has apparently been contracted to haul hoppers to/from Ingenia. Well at least that was their intention. This is as far as they got before the truck lost traction and could no longer pull the four hoppers. I witnessed four or five attempts at the grade before I had to leave. I never really noticed the grade on the trackage that connects the former CN Burford Spur to the former TH&B but it’s enough to stall the Mack. Don’t worry Steve, this is my first and last truck photo. Does OSR make cold calls? They need your help! :)

By: jknott86

jknott86 — Sat, 03 Nov 2018 14:24:05 +0000

Spotted 707 on the Waterloo spur just now

By: rsmith

rsmith — Wed, 24 Oct 2018 14:12:44 +0000

Allied is now using a Track Mobile.

By: rsmith

rsmith — Thu, 11 Oct 2018 17:56:01 +0000

A whole to meaning for “switching to trucks”

By: BradKetchen

BradKetchen — Thu, 11 Oct 2018 11:14:07 +0000

Haha. I can imagine the business transaction in this one. “Yep, we can do ‘er”. Oh dear. Get some proper HP or time for Ingenia to re locate

By: rsmith

rsmith — Thu, 11 Oct 2018 01:32:29 +0000

They just need more weight on the drive axle. Load the truck up with junk ties and they’ll be good to go… cough… cough…

By: Aaron Skillings

Aaron Skillings — Thu, 11 Oct 2018 00:46:22 +0000

This is gonna be interesting to watch unfold, are these just teething troubles or a major problem? I say they are better off with a Rail King or a Tonner

By: Aaron Skillings

Aaron Skillings — Thu, 11 Oct 2018 00:42:09 +0000

Don’t worry Stephen, i saw SOR at least 30 times on the Burford lol, i have videos of it on my Youtube (Thebrantfordrailfan) Including a shot of the Elusive over under at Brant foods. I’m gonna miss it though

By: Stephen C. Host

Stephen C. Host — Thu, 11 Oct 2018 00:37:39 +0000

I’d also like to see how this thing performs on wet rails.. or in Winter.. what the heck are they going to do come January??? Close the line for 3 months???

By: Stephen C. Host

Stephen C. Host — Thu, 11 Oct 2018 00:01:36 +0000

Aaron I hope you were able to shoot the SOR running on this line. You had plenty of time young man If you missed it, better kick your butt into high gear and get to Hamilton, Guelph , Kitchener, etc.. before it’s too late.

By: rsmith

rsmith — Thu, 11 Oct 2018 00:01:25 +0000

@mercer – I did not see the solution but splitting up the cars would have been the most logical. Mooney’s driving a Ford Flex, even better for hauling hoppers!
@Steve – they took all four hoppers that 580 had set off for them. There has not been a return run yet.
@Aaron – it was around 12:30 when the truck got on the rails at Grey St. When I saw it I didn’t put two and two together until I realised 580 had just set off hoppers and the truck was there to haul them. Funny, Pathetic… so many emotions.