Railpictures.ca - Steve Young Photo: The rear end of the CP switch job at the end of the Waterloo Sub. Traffic is stopped at Erb Street (on the right) and Caroline (on the left). The tall building on the right is part of Seagrams Distillery. CN’s track to St Jacobs and Elimra is on the left. | Railpictures.ca – Canadian Railway Photography

The rear end of the CP switch job at the end of the Waterloo Sub.
Traffic is stopped at Erb Street (on the right) and Caroline (on the left).
The tall building on the right is part of Seagrams Distillery.
CN's track to St Jacobs and Elimra is on the left.

Caption: The rear end of the CP switch job at the end of the Waterloo Sub. Traffic is stopped at Erb Street (on the right) and Caroline (on the left). The tall building on the right is part of Seagrams Distillery. CN's track to St Jacobs and Elimra is on the left.

Photographer:	Steve Young [781] (more) (contact)
Date:	05/16/1980 (search)
Railway:	Canadian Pacific (search)
Reporting Marks:	CP 437142 (search)
Train Symbol:	? (search)
Subdivision/SNS:	Waterloo (search)
City/Town:	Waterloo (search)
Province:	Ontario (search)
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4 Comments

Stephen C. Host

November 2, 2015 at 4:11 pm

Very cool. Just around the corner was the Caroline St spurs, as seen in the photo below. Did they work Caroline St when you saw them that time?

http://www.railpictures.ca/?attachment_id=19625

Also interesting.. rails should be laid on Caroline St again very soon if not already. Region of Waterloo already has rails on some streets for the LRT project.

- Steve
JP

November 3, 2015 at 4:52 pm

Cool. Where did this spur continue north to?
Steve Young

November 3, 2015 at 5:52 pm

This is pretty much the end of the line. There were a few tracks (3 at least) that made up a small yard for Seagrams and possibly a furniture (Or barrel?) factory.
Stephen C. Host

November 4, 2015 at 8:47 am

JP Look up the history of the Grand River Railway and the Lake Erie and Northern railway. There’s a good book out there called “Steel Wheels along the Grand” by George Roth (Who did a book 20 years prior called Traction on the Grand with William Clack)

And there are lots of GRR/LE&N photos on this site

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