Ontario Southland Railway

Ontario Southland Railway

OSRX #505, an MLW RS-23, at Guelph in 2009.
Reporting mark	OSRX
Locale	Southern Ontario, Canada
Dates of operation	1992–Present
Track gauge	4 ft 8 1⁄2 in (1,435 mm) standard gauge
Headquarters	London, Ontario

Ontario Southland Railway Port Burwell Subdivision
Legend OSR St. Thomas Subdivision 0.0 Ingersoll Hwy 401 Overpass 4.50 OSR Salford Shop Cargill Spur 7.7 Mount Elgin 12.1 Ostrander Kissner Spur 15.2 Tillsonburg Johnson Controls Spur 17.5 Loop Line Transfer Future Transfer Spur CN Cayuga Spur

Ontario Southland Railway St. Thomas Subdivision

Legend CP Galt Subdivision 0.0 Woodstock 0.77 Jct CN Dundas Subdivision (50.8) 4.0 Beachville to CN Dundas Subdivision 8.9 Ingersoll OSR Port Burwell Subdivision TFT Global Spur CAMI Spur Sylvite Spur 13.8 Putnam Hwy 401 Overpass Belmont Farm Supply Spur 24.8 Belmont Messenger Freight Services Spur A. Schulman Canada Ltd Spur Dowler-Karn Spur Hwy 3 32.0 Wabash Transfer 32.3 Jct CN Talbot Sub, Cayuga Spur (117.8) 32.7 end of steel 33.6 St. Thomas

The Ontario Southland Railway Inc. is an independently held short line operator. The company was founded in 1992 to purchase 17 miles of track from Canadian Pacific, which travels from Tillsonburg to Ingersoll, Ontario. In 2009, a second line was added, as 32 miles of CP track from Woodstock to St. Thomas, Ontario were integrated into the system. Additionally, Ontario Southland operates the Guelph Junction Railway on behalf of the city of Guelph, Ontario,^[1] which is the owner of that railway.^[2]

Operations

Tillsonburg Operations

OSR's Tillsonburg Division operates on the remaining 17.6 miles (28 km) of the ex-Canadian Pacific Port Burwell Subdivision between Ingersoll and Tillsonburg, Ontario. Customers served include Future Transfer, Cedar Crest Wood Products, Kissner Group, Johnson Controls, International Beams, and Wellmaster. Traffic destined for Growmark Inc. in Delhi, Ontario, as well as Cargill and Norfolk Co-Op in Courtland, Ontario is also handled.

St. Thomas Operations

On December 14, 2009, the OSR began leasing the St. Thomas Subdivision from Canadian Pacific consisting of 33.6 miles (54 km) of track from Woodstock to St. Thomas, Ontario. Customers served include Ontario Refrigerated Services, Auto Warehousing Company, Agrium, Belmont Farm Supply, Sylvite, Messenger Freight Services, and Factor Gas Liquids. Interchange with CN at St. Thomas and with CP at Woodstock.

Guelph Junction Railway Operations

The Guelph Junction Railway division operates 24 miles (39 km) of the ex-Canadian Pacific Goderich Subdivision between Guelph Junction near Campbellville and Guelph’s northwest industrial park. The city is the owner of the railway but OSR provides the freight movement services^[3] with connections with both major railways and provides common use track for rail to transloading for its customers.

CAMI Automotive Operations

OSR does all switching at the CAMI Automotive plant in Ingersoll, Ontario. Approximately 100 multis are switched in and out of the facility each day.

Locomotive Roster

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