I’ve been wanting for several years to catch some action up here in Gravenhurst by MP 112 of the CNR NewMarket Subdivision which leads up to North Bay ON from Toronto to exchange freight with the ONR (Ontario Northerland) ‘Short Line Railway’ and I’m glad the opportunity fell into place today! Especially with catching the Southbound 450 in a pretty decent amount of daylight, definitely didn’t count on that as they’re usually ordered at North Bay (2hrs north of here, *approx 4 by train due to speed restrictions) at around 20-2100hrs ish and make the run to Toronto under darkness but glad today there was a tiny delay and choosing to come on the Summer solstice was a big bonus!
So anyhow here I offer a video of Canadian National’s Train 450 South slowly creeping through the town of Gravenhurst and going by the old railway museum/station at exactly 0520 in the morning! Train has exactly 107 freight cars which were being returned to Toronto from the ONR and powering this train was a CN Tier 4 #3162 leading and a es44ac #2819 trailing. Mosquitoes were biting a fare bit as well at that time of morning as you may have noticed me commenting on just before the train came but luckly as soon as the big heavy locomotives roared by it scared em away, Thank You CN!
**This track is still known as a actual CN subdivision but nowadays it really just looks and seems like a very long spur line. The rails sure are rusty and they do creek!
This was one of the 4 freight movements this subdivision actually sees in a week now (8 if you count the trains counterpart, the NB 451 which runs up TO North Bay FROM Toronto BEFORE returning as the SB 450).
Siding here has long but been taken out of service (probably not long before the ONR passenger service got discontinued in 2012) and you can probably note it’s presently paved over in the road itself but... Residents still feel the Railway will still leave it there as a passing track just in case the municipally ever dose bring back the Northlander but who knows. Definitely not something a lot will hold their breath too.
Anyhow thanks for watching!
Anyhow hope you enjoyed and thanks for watching!
-Here is another video I took from this exact location on August 1st of the NB 451 going by the museum, UP TO North Bay🙂
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-Plus one other final video clip I managed from July 22 of the SB 450 going over the Maskoka rd crossing only about 2 blocks from here • REVISITING THE CNR NEW...
Негізгі бет CN’s NEWMARKET SPUR?! CN 3169 Southbound through Gravenhurst @0520, June 21 2020. *RAILS CREEK!
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