Guelph, Ontario
(map) The city of Guelph is my home town and is just East of Kitchener-Waterloo on the GEXR Guelph sub, and the Ontario Southland Railway/Guelph Junction Railway track, the other end of which is at Guelph Junction.
July 11th, 2003
The Guelph Historical Railway Association's caboose was moved from its parking place in Guelph to Guelph Junction for an NMRA presentation of Guelph Junction and GHRA's possessions's on July 14th.
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Looking out the front of the GHRA caboose between it and a covered hopper, the tracks rushing by and the back axle of the hopper turning are visible.
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OSRX 506 reverses to pick up some cars while switching at the North end of Guelph.
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OSRX 181 and OSRX 506 switch at the North industrial spur wye.
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Being in a caboose that's being switched is interesting. Here, the reversing tank car gently nudges into the caboose tossing me a little bit around.
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Standing at the back of the GHRA caboose looking backward as we went West along the South industrial spur.
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Continuing backward along the South industrial spur, this video is from the back landing of the GHRA caboose.
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OSRX 181 and OSRX 506 back into a chemical plant to swap tank cars with the ones currently working there.
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Two tank cars are backed into a chemical plant on the South industrial spur.
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Two tank cars are coupled onto the two tank cars they will be replacing.
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Looking out from the top of the caboose as we back East out of the South industrial spur.
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Backing out of the South industrial spur.
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A rather failed attempt to record a handful of parked motorcars - essentially cars that go on railroad tracks.
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Proceeding East out of the South industrial spur we cross a road just before the Hanlon.
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Looking out the back of the GHRA caboose as we cross the Hanlon on the South industrial spur.
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Crossing Silvercreek parkway as we head backward out of the South industrial spur.
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Exiting the South industrial track. The loud squealing sound is the sound of the solid axles correcting for the curves.
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Wrapping up switching a little bit more on the North industrial spur's wye.
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A short clip showing the Guelph Junction Railway track that parallels Edinburgh road.
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Heading backward along Edinburgh road to just before Woodlawn, where we stopped the train and all got off for lunch at the near by Harvey's.
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Heading backward up the former Goderich subdivision, which now ends in Guelph.
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Heading South past the River Run centre, across Macdonell and toward the Fibreglass wye.
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The first of several clips out the back of the GHRA caboose racing along the GJR at 25mph between Guelph and Guelph Junction.
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Heading South along the GJR toward Guelph Junction.
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Continuing South along the GJR toward Guelph Junction.