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By mid 1999 the Cayuga subdivision had already seen a few years pass since any trough traffic traveled across the line. Trillium operations here were just over a year old and the tracks were gone east of Delhi. The yard sure looked empty this day and most of the rails on the south side were gone. The signals in the distance once protected the CP diamond removed about a decade earlier when CP's line south of here was abandoned. The tobacco shed to the left will be replaced in the not too distant future by a new translating facility. M420 3568 would spend a number of years traveling the line, but sister 3575 would find itself relocated to British Columbia to join a group of other M420's with the shared Trillium/Night Hawk controlled Kelowna Pacific RR. Trillium would eventually split up wth the KPR venture as well as end its ties with the NYLE and both M420's would end up eventually States side. Today what is left of the Cayuga subdivision sits weed choked and unused after OSR ended its operations here when it took over for Trillium in 2016, and the rails may never see the passage of a train again.
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Caption: By mid 1999 the Cayuga subdivision had already seen a few years pass since any trough traffic traveled across the line. Trillium operations here were just over a year old and the tracks were gone east of Delhi. The yard sure looked empty this day and most of the rails on the south side were gone. The signals in the distance once protected the CP diamond removed about a decade earlier when CP's line south of here was abandoned. The tobacco shed to the left will be replaced in the not too distant future by a new translating facility. M420 3568 would spend a number of years traveling the line, but sister 3575 would find itself relocated to British Columbia to join a group of other M420's with the shared Trillium/Night Hawk controlled Kelowna Pacific RR. Trillium would eventually split up wth the KPR venture as well as end its ties with the NYLE and both M420's would end up eventually States side. Today what is left of the Cayuga subdivision sits weed choked and unused after OSR ended its operations here when it took over for Trillium in 2016, and the rails may never see the passage of a train again.

Photographer:
Marcus W Stevens [1030] (more) (contact)
Date: 05/19/1999 (search)
Railway: St. Thomas and Eastern (search)
Reporting Marks: Tr 3575 / 3568 (search)
Train Symbol: Not Provided
Subdivision/SNS: Cayuga sub. (search)
City/Town: Tillsonburg (search)
Province: Ontario (search)
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5 Comments
  1. Brundle
    July 28, 2021 at 10:07 am

    Never as sparse as this when I worked but a person would get to worrying as the yards became empty. Layoffs could be around the corner. :-(

  2. Klaucker
    July 28, 2021 at 10:42 am

    Really Interesting photo and write-up… I was in Delhi last summer and what is left of the rails are completely choked with weeds and trees…thanks for posting

  3. Noe
    July 28, 2021 at 10:43 am

    It almost looks like CN never left. Neat shot Marcus.

    Trillium operations on the Cayuga were less than a year old at that time as they began in November 1998. CN’s last run on the line was on October 31, 1998.

    This summer the tracks in Delhi began being removed by a contractor. The remaining section from just outside Delhi to St. Thomas is up for abandonment by CN however it has not been made official in a ruling. Apparently, some in the area are still trying to fight it and meetings are scheduled in September 2021 according to online posts.

  4. jknott86
    July 28, 2021 at 11:47 pm

    Pretty awesome, especially the tobacco tie-in; unique heritage in a unique part of Ontario.

  5. BradKetchen
    August 6, 2021 at 7:29 am

    Has the track to farthest right already been pulled in the photo? The switch to nowhere?
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