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Trillium 1859 climbs up the Thorold grade, one of the steepest in all of Canada. I was a little confused with it's load, a single autoparts car, considering they don't serve any places that ship out autoparts. Anyways, this line, the Thorold Spur, was once a main line that served as a connector from Niagara Falls to St Catharines. After the Stamford Sub was built through Niagara Falls, this line was no longer needed, and eventually, the main bridge that connected the two cities (Bridge 10 in Thorold South) was dismantled in the late 90's. The only use it sees nowadays is Trillium a few times a week and that's it. The sound of an Alco climbing up this hill is quite the sound.
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Caption: Trillium 1859 climbs up the Thorold grade, one of the steepest in all of Canada. I was a little confused with it's load, a single autoparts car, considering they don't serve any places that ship out autoparts. Anyways, this line, the Thorold Spur, was once a main line that served as a connector from Niagara Falls to St Catharines. After the Stamford Sub was built through Niagara Falls, this line was no longer needed, and eventually, the main bridge that connected the two cities (Bridge 10 in Thorold South) was dismantled in the late 90's. The only use it sees nowadays is Trillium a few times a week and that's it. The sound of an Alco climbing up this hill is quite the sound.

Photographer:
Doctapinklaces [71] (more) (contact)
Date: 5/10/2018 (search)
Railway: Trillium Railway (search)
Reporting Marks: TR 1859 (search)
Train Symbol: 1859 (search)
Subdivision/SNS: Thorold Spur (search)
City/Town: Thorold (search)
Province: Ontario (search)
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11 Comments
  1. Extra 1014
    May 10, 2018 at 8:34 pm

    Oooohh! that is so sweet, the train is pretty nice too.

    Just pulling your leg and happy to see girls in their summer attire stopped to wave at the train. :-)

    I bet you enjoyed the sound of the 1859 working up the hill.

  2. awmooney
    May 10, 2018 at 9:12 pm

    Hey!!!! The doc is on the ball!!! What a nice shot. I agree with ’1014′….that would have been one sweet sound of that old clunker clunking.

  3. DoctaPinklaces
    May 10, 2018 at 9:38 pm

    Schools out! I have time to go out and shoot again. It was quite the sound. 110 used to be the best up the grade, that thing echoed for miles.

  4. Stephen C. Host
    May 11, 2018 at 8:18 pm

    Nice work – love the effort put into this!

  5. BradKetchen
    May 12, 2018 at 4:00 pm

    Can’t wait to see Trilliums work on the OBRY line!

  6. DoctaPinklaces
    May 13, 2018 at 12:04 pm

    Thanks Steve — this has been a shot in the making for a while now. It’s paid off. And honestly same, it’ll be super interesting to watch them up there.

  7. rlk1752
    May 15, 2018 at 8:27 am

    A source told me there are some GTW autos parts cars being used in pulp service! Some have moved from Grand Prairie AB area to Dunn Paper!

  8. DoctaPinklaces
    May 15, 2018 at 2:10 pm

    Ahh okay thank you for clarifying!

  9. NiagaraMike11
    February 16, 2021 at 7:09 am

    Great shot !

  10. Dave Sherlock
    May 2, 2023 at 9:44 am

    This line is also one of the oldest in Canada, completed in 1859 coincidentally, as the Welland Railway.

  11. Stephen C. Host
    March 3, 2024 at 8:57 am

    Hey all, according to a CN track profile the grade between merriton and thorold is 140 feet in 1.9 miles or 1.4%

    It’s steep but there’s definitely much worse out there even on cn.

    Former CN goderich has a claim on that too :)

    Goderich is 2.78% per https://www.bst-tsb.gc.ca/eng/rapports-reports/rail/2021/r21t0007/r21t0007.html.

    Here’s a discussion on the subject of grades

    https://www.trainorders.com/discussion/read.php?15,3116207
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