Woodstock Toyota Spur
and Wolverton Yard

All photos by Walter Pfefferle
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Note the line indicating location of original right-of-way. Signs of which still remain. A diversion was built in 1960's when a dam and reservoir for flood protection was built on 2,000 acres. Costing $6 million it was started in 1963 and completed in 1967. Gordon Pittock Reservoir is a conservation area open to the public year round.

The Woodstock Toyota automobile assembly plant is served by a 3.01 mile long spur off Mile 81.75 Galt Subdivision.

The almost 1,000 acre site of Toyota Motor Manufacturing Canada Inc. is the location of a $1.1 billion plant capable of assembling 150,000 RAV4 SUV's a year. It officially opened December 4, 2008. Right in time for a major recession! Customer demand quickly dropped off as a result shutting down production. This plant had also attracted a number of related automobile companies to locate new facilities adjacent to it.

Mile 82 Galt Subdivision before (above April 19, 2006) and after (below September 2007) views.

The very efficient GREX Dump Train unloads thousands of tons of ballast. July 2007

Close up of GREX 2100 unloader.

August 30, 2007

Steel ties and 115 lb. CWR October 7, 2007

July 14, 2008

Finished facility. September 22, 2008

Track plan. Note allowance for five additional tracks at top of plan. Toyota plant off to the left of plan.

Tracks of multilevel auto carriers. November 2008

8220-8201 decades old GP9's switching multies. December 11, 2008

Wolverton

Wolverton now has a 10,000 foot long siding and four yard tracks controlled by CTC (effective 1820 March 1, 2009) between Mile 68.7 and 71.0 Galt Subdivision. This is used for Toyota traffic being lifted and setoff.

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