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Feb 16, 2023
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Pounding The Diamond (A westbound CN freight train hammers across the OBRY rails at Brampton diamond. Trains would continue until December 2021.)

The tracks that make the Brampton Dimond (Mud and heavy wear make for uneven tracks where the CN line crosses the OBRY line.
May 2010.)

Belfountain Access September 1988 (The rails of the Canadian Pacific Owen Sound Sub are rusty from infrequent use by September 1988. The Credit River rushes down the Niagara Escarpment at this point in Forks Of The Credit Provincial park.)

Belfountain Access Forks of the Credit 2 (The curve toward the bridge downhill.)

Belfountain Forks of the Credit 3 (September 1988
The rails were very rusted - little danger of an approaching train.)

Brampton Old Shoe Factory (This is an old industry situated at the northeast quadrant of the CPR-CNR diamond in Brampton. It was renovated and used for smaller offices, showrooms and studios.
The connecting track can be seen .)

Brampton - Station Hotel? (This building was across the street from the site of the CPR Brampton Station. Most towns that had a station had a hotel close by. The CPR had it's own station in Brampton. This could have been the hotel.)

Brampton Block End sign. (In 2005 this sign was just south of CN tracks.)

Brampton Diamond 2 Connecting track (Here is the out of service connecting track from the former CPR Orangeville Sub to the CNR Halton Sub.
Date - unknown but circa 2005)

Brampton Diamond 1 (This was the location of a tower when the CPR crossed the CNR . With the increase in traffic on the CNR when this line was upgraded to handle traffic to the new MacMillan Yard the crossing was automated. In the background is the old Dominion Skate building. Picture taken circa 2001)

Brampton Diamond 3 dwarf signal. (This signal would guide movements on the connector track between CP and CN.)

Brampton Northbound signal (This signal was just before the CN tracks and diamond at mile 7.7 . Trains would hold here until given permission to cross by the light turning green. April 2005.)

Brampton Station site.

CCGX 1000 (Switching at Streetsville Jct. September 16 2004)

Connecting_track_Brampton_210701_no1 (July 2001.
The pile of rail on the right of the picture is the approximate place where CP's Tower controlling movements was located.)

Connecting_track_Brampton_No2 (July 2001.
The roadway across the CP-OBRY line was still open.
Looking north to Orangeville.)

Connecting_track_Brampton_no3 (This marshy tie strewn place was where the tower stood .)

CP 1802 Orangeville ON (July 28 1982. Arnold Mooney photo.
The OBRY was the CP line to Owen Sound .)

Crossing the diamond. (Vern Drylie Photo)

Curving OBRY tracks near Melville

Excursion Train 08-14-05

FORKS OF THE CREDIT Bridge (The most scenic point on the OBRY; the curved bridge over the Credit River and the Forks of the Credit Road in Caledon.)

Highway 9 (109) crossing at Orangeville (Anytime might be train time but operations on the OBRY ceased on weekends. People were using the Right OF Way as a walking trail. Today, the tracks are lifted and this is a walking trail.)

HO - old bunkhouse Orangeville (Orangeville was a terminal for CP Bruce lines and had a bunk house near the CP station. The internal code for Orangeville was HO
August 2005
This building burned the following year.)

Inglewood (Another hamlet in rural Caledon. The General Store tried to attract patrons from the Credit Valley Explorer train.)

Inglewood level crossing.

Inglewood Mile Marker (Inglewood is Mile 19.84 from Streetsville)

Looking South from Railway Street (Early April 2005 and we see a siding that is likely where the CPR Brampton Station stood.)

Melville - Mile 31.84 (Melville is a small hamlet in rural Caledon.)

Mile 7.6 in Brampton (Mile seven(point) six with graffitti in Brampton.This is on the site of the old CPR Brampton station.
undated picture)

OBRY Hanging On!

OBRY - NATX 28516 (Tank car of glycol to Orangeville)

OBRY - Pride of Orangeville (CCGX 1000 was the GP9 locomotive assigned by Cando.
Built as QNSL 157 in 1956.
Metro canada 157, A Meriless 157 to Cando 1996.)

OBRY Brampton looking north (April 2008 finds a newly installed signal hut where the old tower used to stand at the OBRY diamond over the CNR in Brampton. The connecting track has been removed.)

OBRY Tracks near Melville - 1

OBRY_Brampton_looking_north (July 2001. Looking north towards Orangeville.)

OBRY_CN_diamond_Brampton_July_2001 (July 2001. Looking south towards Streetsville.)

Orangeville Yard (August 14 2005
This is the north end of the OBRY with the former CP bunkhouse still standing. It would burn in 2006. Hopper cars are sitting in the yard.)

Orangeville Yard 2

Streetsville - Alpha Mills Road (Alpha Mills Road is a level crossing near the south end of the OBRY)

Streetsville Historic Station (Although not directly connected with present day OBRY this was the station built by the Credit Valley Railway whose line the OBRY follows to get to Orangeville.)

Streetsville Yard (August 14 2005.
This is the Streetsville Yard where CP interchanged with OBRY.)

The Last Train (The Last Train ran from Orangeville to Streetsville on
December 17 2021. The locomotive was a switcher leased from GATX by Gio Rail of Welland. Cando Contracting had given up on the OBRY. and GIO had tried to continue railway service to Orangeville.)

Weedy tracks near the Brampton station site.

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