Trains, trains and MORE trains!

This year has been an interesting one for the trains that go through Parry Sound. News reports say that rail traffic is down 20% and I believe that...but those trains that do come through are really LONG!

Two nights ago, there were no trains during that day at all - and then they started! We had 17 trains come through between 9:00 p.m. and 9:00 a.m. Again, nothing at all during the day...I was braced for what would happen last night... only 3 trains - 2 at 10:30 p.m. and 1 at 7:00 a.m.

And of course, it wasn't warm enough to have shut up the house and turn the air conditioning on, so the windows were wide open! My poor guests! While assuring them that we normally had no more than 5 freight trains go through in the night, I felt so bad that I advised them if they ever came to stay again at 40 Bay Street Bed & Breakfast I was willing to guarantee no more than 7 trains, or give them a second night free!!!!

So what would contribute to all that rail traffic in one night? I assume they are working on the tracks, as we get several notices in the weekly paper about road closures for repairs to level crossings; there might have been a derailment or some other accident, or they decided to send all the freight up to Moosenee all at once!