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With Martha
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News recently about snow
plow trouble on the railway lines
and the trouble the storm
creates for everyone Kompted
me to look up a story I had read
in ,Ken Chisholm's Scrap Book..
He has certainly gathered a great
many interesting facts about
railroading in_ Ontario, and 1*
think it is a great hobby. Keep it
up, Ken.
The story was _written 13/. a
Tom Jones, railwayman, firing
engine No.1 2028 on • the
• Hamilton"- G elph paeriger,run.
He titled it The Day We Drove
a Train 'Crlass Country!" With
,blocked line and trains stuck ia
snow drifts, he tells how he and
Roy Coons 'were called to take
snow plow engine No. 753 and
• • head up to Goderich; 111 miles
away.
At 6:30 a.m. the roundhouse
crew had, affixed a huge
tarpaulin, across the cab and
tender, like a curumerbund tied
around her middle, ready to
• whistle off into a real nor'wester
with visibility at zero. In the cab •
of the locomotive, behind a
snowplow, the engine crew may
as well be blind! AH signals are
transmitted from the man in
• charge of the plow, -usually one
'whois familiar with the physical
• characteristics of the division.
He transmits the signaletwthe
cab, such as crossing whistle
posts, yard limit boards, station
order boards, etc.
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"At Guelph Junction we
nosed into the main line,
backed around the east leg of
the 'Y', received our orders, and
took off.
We hit our first heavy cut
between Moffat and Corwhid.
- We stalled, backed up half a mile
- and Roy went after her! Old 753
• lurched, swayed crazily a couple
of times and finally broke
• through.
I was soaking wet on my right
side from shoulder to ankle from
• the fine snow that seeps thro'
any small opening, _despite the
precautions to enclose the cab of
• the snowplow. Along with each•
- shovel of coal, the same amount
of snow goes into the firebox so
we were really steamed up.
"We reached' Guelph and
received orders that No. 638,
downbound, was stuck about
two miles east of Wallenstein.
When we arrived at the cut, the
blizzard had increased in
intensity and it' was about.' three
degrees above zero.
"We plowed within two pole
lengths of the passenger engine
and the extra gang shovelled her
out, while we backed to the
passing track 'Und Elmira and let,
No. 638 go by. With yisibility
about„ two pole lengths at best,
we finally reached ,,,Linwo,od,
took water and whistled off.
About three miles' ',along,
between- 'minis -at -1k and West
Monkton, we found the stalled
upbound passenger, which had
been due in Goderich the night
before and it was now 3:00 p.m.
with a 40 m.p.h. wen and six
degrees below zero. Sectionmen
and firemen were shovelling
snow into the tender of the
2052, to keep water in her
boiler.
"After several rushes at the
big drift we broke thro', coupled
the plow to the tail end of the
•last coach and pushed her into
West Montrose. There we. ran
around the passenger and
-plowed out the line in to
Goderich, 21 hours late.
"On our way back to Guelph
we- were flagged down by a
- farmer whose wife was critically
ill. The train crew, stumbling
thro' the drifts, managed to put
the woman aboard the caboose.
There they made her as
comfortable as possible and with
the doctor we highballed it thro'
to Guelph, over the track we had
plowed out a few hours before.
"After disembarking our
patient, old 753 and the.plow
headed for Linwood: We turned
the plow and engine on the 'Y'
and. whistled off for the
sixteen -mile run over the historic
branch line. The regular milk -run
• hadn't been out for 'two days.
They were lucky; other services
• were tied up longer than that!
"Just the other side of Tralee
we struck a drift in a cut,
banked as high as the engine.
After several unsuccessful
attempts to cut thro', we called
it quits. With nothing to do but
wait, we realizeewe were pretty
hungry --had nothing but the odd
sandwich since 5:30 a.m. I
scalded the shovel, tossed a slab
of frozen butter on the scoop,
held it on the firing plate of the
firebed , door and when. it began -
to smoke, Roy tossed two thick
pork chops to the, shovel and ,
began peeling some potatoek.,He
turned the chops and 'dumped
the spuds_ in, made a pot of
coffee in an empty oil pot and
set it on the boiler butt to perc,
We 'used the lid trays 'of our
lunch boxes for plates and I
don't know when I've relished a
better meal; we were good for
another 12 hours!
"Later, an extra gang of
sectionmen, reached us , from
Guelph Junction at 7:00 a.m. By
4:00 p.m. they had us du'g out
and we headed for Listowel.
Between Tralee and Dorking we
hit another heavy drift. We
stalled, backed up, and after
four tries we broke thro':
• "Steaming along, old 753
trembled as 1167 Coon held the
reverse lever in the t orner and
the throttle wide open. She__
swayed, bucked,' teetered and
finally regained her feet, then
suddenly stopped. I turned on
my seat box and was amazed to
see the right side of the tender
tilted at a crazy angle. Roy and I.
climbed from the cab to 'a ,drift,
walked over the snow bank to
the frontof the engine and
gazed in awe --at the ,ide of a
BARN about 10 feet ahead of
the engine!
"The .following niNning the
BR; HOOK'reached us at 9:00
-a.m. At noon we were re -railed
and , headed for the Aberdeen
yard in Hamilton which we
reached at 4:00,p.m. AlthO' we
had slept in the cab While we
were derailed, We had been on
continuous duty for 56 hours!, -
"That was my first trip on a
snowplow - and my last - for
'The men of th'e Goderich
detachment of the Ontario
Provincial Police worked a total
of 600 duty boars during the
week ending January • 25. They
patrolled 6,725 miles of highway
• and other area roads.
• Two thefts, ',one case of
break and enter, and two other
• - incidents were investigated. Four
accidents were also investigated
resulting -in property damage in
each case:
Charges were laid against 18
persons - 16 against the
highway traffic act and two
against the liquor control act.
There ere --2 rrtingvisue
A: \Atwo. 'Skti\eln
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pnsonecs esced.
Fivesafety talks vv‘re given by-
O.P.P. officers in two schools to
a total of 528 children.
In Provinciali, Court,
o Goderich, one pelson was
convicted of a Liquor Control
Act offence; 11 persons were
• convicted of Highway Traffic
• Act offences. There -were 10
adjourriments, one withdrawal
and four arrest warrants were
issued.
ACCIDENT REPORT
On Wednesday, January 22,
1969, on Highway- 4 south of
Clinton, Arthur Edward
Mountford, RR 5, Clinton and
Carl ,Frederick Hicks, Morgans
Trailer Court, Clinton were
invohred in a two car accident
resulting in an approximate total
damage of $900 to the. vehicles.
On Saturday, January 25,
1969, on Highway 4 north of
County Road 3, Cyril Joseph
Boyle, RR 2, Auburn and June
-Loreen Fischer, RR 1, Bluevale
were involved in a two t, car "
accident resulting in an •
approximate total damage of
$225 to the vehicles.'
Satu rdaflanua
969ViikounttPci\ 27 tl\u
Ltr\cknow, .E 'am .0..10*
ustin, Dunkannon a'nd Harvey
Kilpatrick, RR 2, Lucknow were
involved in a two truck accident
resulting, in an a proximate total
damage of $7 C to the vehiCles.
On Saturday, January '25,
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1969, Jai Bridle, 93 Wellesley
Street, erichstruck a gas
pump owned by Shell Oil Co.
Ltd., Toronto on the property”
owned .by William Van 'Oesch,
RR 3, °Goderich (Kintail):
DRIVING TIP
Here's- a reminder for °all
drivers! If you.are driving on one
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Thursday, Friday,.Saturday
of the Provincial Highways after
a snow storm, watch for the
Department of Highways snow
removal vehicles. Such vehicles
carry blue flashing light.... so,
watch for it, it is ,a warning.
Always use extra care and
caution when approaching or
.passing a snow clearance -vehicle.
which 1 certainly did not shed'
any tears!"
I'm no railroader but I think
Tom Jones acid Ray Coons had a
trip to remember.
Perhaps there are people in.
this area who still remember
these towns and people. I have
read other 'stories of -the Old
Goderich-Guelph run and got a
real kick, even tho' it was all
ancient history to me.
I know of one railroad trip
Many 'Or you will remember.
Headline, "Effective August 6,
1962) • train service between
Goderich and Guelph was
diseontinued." • This started
another chain of events, ,one of
them& being the old yard engine
No. 6275, one of ' the few
"puffer belly" engines remaining
in Western Ontario, was retired
to the C.P.R. roundhouse.
Built in 1907, it saw 51 years
of service. Mr. J. H. Neill,
of our Huron County Pioneer
Museum, bought the 90 -ton
steam . locomotive for • his
museum. The men of the Junior
Chamber of Commerce (Jaycees)
worked hard at selling 'Shares' in
the old engine to try„ to repay
Mr. Neill some of its cost which
be bought at scrap price -and at
90 tons!
- -The- whole town turned out
to watch the huge engine being
pushed down the street -by
,hand -to Or museum. This was a
,great feat. Iiion't know just how
they brought it off the main line
at the end of the road, but -they
had sections of rails, on ties,
which were laid down on ,the
street, then they used their
special railway levers -or
‘Vhatever• they are called --and
with a man on- each rail, behind
the engine, they'd pump these
long -handled things till they'
were blue in the lace and inch_
that engine along, the rails --and 1
mean INCII!
-They had to „keep changing
the "handle pumpers- as that
big heavy lump of iron.
grudgingly filmed_ about,one
inch at a time. The street is not a
mile long but'it took two clays
to, briiig old 6275 to its new
home.
1 don't 'know, if Mr. Neill,
• bless •hini, c‘er received the full
sitin he paid for his engine but
-Lb
repay him, and also dest'r\ e -a lot
„of credit for their hard work.
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COMMUNITY NEVVS
(;oderich Lit le Theatre
group are \corking hardon their
new play,- a thriller -diner, .for
Jhursday, Fehruary• 20 through
to Saturda\ the 22nd. .1)ress
rehearsal. is on the 16th and that
is always very interesting. I
know some people who wouldn't
miss a play, hut they still have to
see dress -rehearsal.
Remember, soslw plows and • 0,n- Tuesday:Februa6 18, St.
sanders need plenty of room for,,-:--c,or•ge's Church Women's Guild
their work.
have their annual • Shrove
Tuesday dinner. This is always a
delicious Nit meal starting about
5:30 p.m. Mark'iour calendar.
They will, also have scads of
home -mad candy, cookies, etc.,
which you can buy and enjoy
later.
The Women's Auxiliary of ,
our hospital are set a June date
for their tea. I'll tell you more
about that later.
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LOCALSH
BY MRS. Q. M. CHARLES
Altho the ground hog saw
hts shadovV, and • winter
seemingly is still with us, birds,
of various kinds are returning.
Starlings in goodly numbers can
be seen,a5 well as crows and even
a iumour \or two of robins
having, been sen
Mjs Mab e MacDonald ofl
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Winds:vMrs. Dick West.ent the weekend with
.her sist
• Recent visitors with Mr. and
Mrs. Frank MacLennan were Mr,
and Mrs. Don Ainsley and family
of Toronto and Mr. Rod
MacLennan of Detroit.,
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Martha,,,,
• Port
Albert
Mr. Ron Frizley of Burford
spent weekend with Mr. and
Mrs. Elton DraPer.
" Mrs. Roy Petrie and Mrs.
Charles Crossitt of Etobicoke •
left last week to holiday in
Florida for the month of
February.
Mrs. Mervin Hodges is at,,
Etobicoke for February.
Mr, and Mrs. Earl ,Teschke
and children visited with Mr.„and
Mrs. Clarence Hoy on Sunday.
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Mr. John ,,McCharles of
Petrolia and Mr.. Rod Finlayson
of Sarnia were recent visitors
with their parents.
Sympathy of the community
is extended to the Kerr family in
the death of Mr. Kerr's father.
Mr. Penfold of Hanover was
in charge of services at Ashfield
Presbyterian Church on Sunday,
',Reverend Rooney • had
• communion services in Lucknow
Church.
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Mr. Finly MacLennan of
Kitchener 'was working in
Kincardine for a Couple of weeks
and staying with his parents, Mr.
and Mrs. D. A. MacLennan.
Many of the young people hi
the area are enjoying the volley
DINING IA DANCING
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SATURDAY,- FEBOARY 15
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.,' ball games at 1CIng$biidge Mrs» Cf,tell on the birtkOri
Weekly° 'daughter inip'Xinotdino
Mr. Ji5e4-Macintyte has been HsPitat
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superiiitendent for AshiTeld nobert•
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.4_,Mr- Albert Cook of- R9sPital where she wae''
Luanow ud Migs Viola Cook
patient . •
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of Detroit visited with Mr. and Children and teaPherg or
Mrs. Henry MacKenzie` on the North Asbfleld 'Public 'School .
weekend, again had extra bOlidaYa dile to
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