Caption: Thanks to a reportedly faulty switch on the ION, CN L566 had timed-out overnight with CN 4102 with the crew making it as far as Randall Drive in north Waterloo. A daylight curfew prohibits CN movements on the ION portion of the spur, so in turn L566 couldn’t resume its trip back to Kitchener until 23:00 with a fresh crew. Thankfully, the seemingly endless winter overcast had parted briefly to illuminate CN 4102 as it idled away at the crossing as seen just after 13:00. Now much like decades prior, CN GP9RM’s are still operating on the spur despite all the changes that have occurred to the line. However, unlike the 1990’s it now takes an extreme circumstance to photograph one in daylight between Kitchener and Elmira.
Commonwealth Plywood was a regular customer on the CN Waterloo Spur in the pre-GEXR era and then saw semi regular service during the GEXR era from 1998-2018. However, since CN’s return in 2018 they have not received any carloads. As of 2022 their small siding is still intact and in place.