Things sure get interesting. This morning, I went looking for new cars. I found both 4526 and 4573 are sitting in CP's Lambton Yard.
Over at Hillcrest, the service track which TTC's spur runs off is full of freight cars. They are mostly loads of some sort of aggregate or clay, I don't know where they are headed but they have been there for long enough that the wheels are beginning to show rust.
Botttom line - until CP moves these loads, TTC won't be getting any deliveries, because the TTC spur is blocked.
4526 had arrived Agincourt a couple of days ago, and arrived at Lambton overnight. One wonders why that move was made, given that any delivery has to originate at Agincourt. And, why 4573 hasn't gone to Agincourt. My conspiracy theory is that cars that sit in Agincourt are tracked against delay metrics, where cars that are sent over to Lambton don't contribute to the count. Railway managers are notorious for inventing moves for cars to keep the statistics looking rosy. Just my cynical theory, but I have seen that game played.
That leaves me wondering where 4525 is. 4526 is the delivery that I had been thinking was 4525. Now that I have the correct TTC number, I have no intel on whether 4525 has even left Thunder Bay.
In other news, 4478 made it to Welland yesterday, so it's likely headed to New York State as first announced.
- Paul
