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Its a wonder how long the ex-Grand River Railway will continue to exist with one car for delivery.
I suspect they will be pulling a larger cut of cars from GEXR or other industries on the line with 3 Geeps for power?
It will – this crew was probably headed to triple metal to lift loads and spot this empty – then go to GEXR to lift about 20 cars from the interchange. Empty autoracks are picked up and loaded are dropped off once per day – there are two shifts per day on the Grand River Railway hagey job – Toyota makes this a very important part of the line – the CN cars are just as hot as the CP’s.
A bigger threat to this operation is the Waterloo Regional LRT scheduled for later this decade.
The main reason for three geeps is the mountain grades on this line – two sections of 2.0 percent and a decent grade going into Toyota proper which is this jobs raison d’etre. Wet leaves, snow make it difficult for just two.
great shot steve. ill send some more of my photos soon. love your work.
Thank you Jude. You are so kind