Paul, Steve and List, Thanks for posting these, Paul, and I'll add a few comments. The photos were taken at the concentration point at the west end of L Ontario where several routes converge and bend tightly around the lake. The trackage here is all CN, with CP having trackage rights. Both roads handled EL detours, with a bias toward CN. Image 1 (F units): We're facing west at Burlington Ont; EB NY-100 is diverging from the original mainline to downtown Toronto (Oakville Subdivision) to the freight bypass constructed by CN around Toronto in the early 1960's. This westernmost portion is the Halton Sub, which prior to 1963 was a little-used branchline, originally the Hamilton & Northwestern. Thereafter almost all freights took the Halton Sub to access Toronto (Macmillan) Yard, leaving the Oakville Sub to passengers and a handful of freights. NY-100 has just passed modest Aldershot yard. After the second day of detours, the priority TOFC trains were routed over PC between Buffalo and Syracuse. Image 2 (high angle of 3612): This time we're facing east towards Toronto at the same location; the Halton Sub tracks are at the bottom left, and obviously the photographer is perched on the signal cantilever (try that today!). CP traffic from Toronto to Ft Erie followed a more complex route than CN's. From Agincourt yard, trains proceeded west on CP to the western suburb of Etobicoke, then down CN's Canpa Sub to the mainline (Oakville Sub), diverging to its own rails in Hamilton to reach the TH&B. Thence TH&B to Welland, then Michigan Central. The regulars were two pairs of trains, the Kinnear and Starlight, usually with trios of cream and brown TH&B GP7's. This is the next to final detour and the last on CP. Canadian roads used white flags for extras, which on CN included many time freights. Image 3 (Bayview Jct): This is THE hotspot for Ontario trainwatchers. All CN traffic to the west and Ft Erie, as well as CP Ft Erie trains. We are several miles west of Burlington facing more or less south. That's L Ontario (actually Hamilton Bay) and the high water level is in part a result of the heavy rain Agnes dumped on S Ontario. In the far background is the other dominant geographic feature in the area, the Niagara Escarpment. Diverging to the right is the CN main to London, Sarnia and Windsor; trains taking this route will soon be climbing the Escarpment. The CN line to Hamilton Yd and Ft Erie is seen bending around the lake to the left, while the CP route from Kinnear Yard (followed by this train) diverges to the right under the highway bridge in the center background. My info on this train says PN-98, 86-20. Image 4 (EL 2519): Another CP detour, TC-1 with 25-87. The cambre visible on the 89' flat indicates the SeaTrain containers are empty. The Halton Sub is behind the photographer. Paul B From: Paul R. Tupaczewski <paultup_@_comcast.net> To: 'EL Mail List' <erielack_@_lists.elhts.org> Sent: Mon, 31 Dec 2007 10:59 am Subject: (erielack) EL Hurricane Agnes detours over CP - photos! Thanks to Steve Timko for finding and forwarding on these links to photos by Bruce Mercer taken right after Hurrican Agnes in 1972, while the trains were detouring over CP in southern Ontario: http://tinyurl.com/yqe5ql http://tinyurl.com/22urp7 http://tinyurl.com/2cvre7 http://tinyurl.com/yuuqfn Note the last link that shows TC-1 - with the head-end Seatrain containers that were usually seen on NY-98 when headed east! The Erie Lackawanna Mailing List http://EL-List.railfan.net/ To Unsubscribe: http://Lists.Railfan.net/erielackunsub.html ------------------------------ End of EL Mail List Digest V3 #2612 ***********************************
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