tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3680264279342137192.post2504600443634949180..comments2024-03-29T00:38:49.531-04:00Comments on THE BEACHBURG SUB: Chessie System's last stand in Ontario Michaelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07917230984518214781noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3680264279342137192.post-68485300667352226552021-11-14T15:30:37.420-05:002021-11-14T15:30:37.420-05:00The Sarnia station is still extant and in good sha...The Sarnia station is still extant and in good shape.<br />Gerald E Gauglhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08645691912949508194noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3680264279342137192.post-64869033693399114512017-03-25T14:30:02.491-04:002017-03-25T14:30:02.491-04:00Very cool wrire up. I lived 5 mins from the St. Th...Very cool wrire up. I lived 5 mins from the St. Thomas shops growing up. Wish I had taken more pix and spent more time there.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05571077387576425816noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3680264279342137192.post-49572413928997335892015-07-02T13:06:00.476-04:002015-07-02T13:06:00.476-04:00Thanks for sharing your memories, Wayne. Feel free...Thanks for sharing your memories, Wayne. Feel free to search around for more Chessie posts. I have written a bunch about that railway down in Sarnia. I only wish I could have seen its operations in St. Thomas back in the day.Michaelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07917230984518214781noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3680264279342137192.post-40371252118838949492015-07-02T00:05:52.329-04:002015-07-02T00:05:52.329-04:00My father served Chessie System for 33 years opera...My father served Chessie System for 33 years operating out of the St. Thomas Yard, and the Sarnia Yard after St. Thomas shut down. I spent my childhood playing in the old train station photo you posted of the Sarnia Depot. I played all over the Engines, and the old man even took me out on his engine a few times. I loved those trains. Thanks for the walk down memory lane with this.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12441545229802264285noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3680264279342137192.post-65016320428282774932014-01-24T08:23:22.002-05:002014-01-24T08:23:22.002-05:00Thanks for sharing those memories. I am too young ...Thanks for sharing those memories. I am too young to have witnessed what you saw, but I always consider the late 1960s-1970s as a era in railroading that I would have loved to see. CASO was a line with lots of colour and lots of history. It's a shame all that are left are memories.Michaelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07917230984518214781noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3680264279342137192.post-46089456374076081402014-01-19T10:58:48.593-05:002014-01-19T10:58:48.593-05:00I remember in the 60's seeing the old blue GP-...I remember in the 60's seeing the old blue GP-7s that ran on the Sub-1 never a multiple lash up only the tired old gp7 trains were never really long 12 cars was considered a long train for this area I wasn't old enough to appreciate what this was but still enjoyed seeing the trains I regret I never got any photos ,I recall one day I decided I would walk the track to se where it led after walking for what seemed like a long time I discovered Pelton Juction and the CASO mainline much to my surprise sadly the tower was closed years ealier but I always had a chance to talk to the signal maintainer who worked out of the tool house at Pelton very friendly old gent soon after discovering Pelron Jct I also discouvered the gravel pit just south of the 401 just south of the interlocking for a kid of 13 seeing the long freight trains coming west to make the curve at pelton was quite excitingAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com