Caption: It’s always interesting how we can spend a lot of time in certain areas and somehow completely over look photo locations. Whenever I take my boys out railfanning I always try to find safer locations to shoot then I might do when I’m on my own, seems I spend more time watching my boys then the trains. Just part of being a parent I guess. With the highway 59 overpass severely busy and snow covered we decided to look for other options for catching OSR’s return from Coakley siding. Luckily we stumbled across the entrance to the Thames River conservation area. Although closed for the season it provides a great bridge shot in both directions that is quiet and safe. I didn’t realize there were actually two sidings located here with the second signalled one most likely used for overflow Toyota traffic. This is where the OSR headed first to drop their train. In the photo here the train has just completed lifting potash cars from the west end of the siding and is now passing the east end of Coakley siding before heading back to Woodstock yard. Definitely a location I will return to at a later date.