May 11th, 2008
GEXR has received 3 6-axle units which means some of its 4-axle power is going to be distributed to other RailAmerica lines. I went to Stratford to find what I could of them, chasing GEXR #431 to London. There it lifted 10 EuroCargo Rail Class 66s and returned as GEXR #432, which I dutifully chased home.
Stratford, Ontario
(map) Stratford lies between Kitchener-Waterloo and London on the GEXR Guelph sub and is the home of Cowie junction, where the GEXR Goderich sub begins.
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VIA #85 pulls into Stratford station.
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GEXR #431 pulls out of Stratford.
St. Marys, Ontario
St. Marys is between Stratford and London on the GEXR Guelph sub.
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GEXR #431 crosses St. Marys viaduct and sets off cars at Kelleys.
London, Ontario
(map) The home of EMD, the plant responsible for a lot of the large engines we see on the rails today, London hosts the West end of the GEXR Guelph sub at the CN yard where the CN Dundas sub joins the CN Strathroy and CN Talbot subs, CP's yard, and the CP Windsor and Galt subs.
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GEXR X432 pulls 10 EuroCargo Rail Class 66s out of the factory at EMD in absolutely miserable weather.
St. Marys, Ontario
St. Marys is between Stratford and London on the GEXR Guelph sub.
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GEXR X432 with 10 ECR Class 66s crosses the St. Marys viaduct in the rain.
Stratford, Ontario
(map) Stratford lies between Kitchener-Waterloo and London on the GEXR Guelph sub and is the home of Cowie junction, where the GEXR Goderich sub begins.
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GEXR X432 pulls into Stratford as GEXR #433 pulls out.
Breslau, Ontario
(map) This is a small town between Guelph and Kitchener-Waterloo on the GEXR Guelph Sub.
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GEXR X432 crosses a field a mile or so east of the Breslau detector.