This shot came from the Tribune-Record-Gleaner series called "Save The Soo" when the Soo Line looked to abandon the Greenwood Line once again in 1978.

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Interestingly, my Soo Line Maps (Copies of official documents) show Loyal as having no less than 11 spurs in it. Soo Line numbered their Spur Tracks on Maps, to better reference documents when referring to a track in official capacity. "Graves Spur" or "O.W. Trindal Spur" were known in officus circles as "Spur # 7". Section Foremen, the Real Estate Department and the Legal Department all needed that kind of information. For the rest, "The Canning Co. Spur" or "Borden's" sufficed quite nicely and made for darned few bits of confusion.

Every spur track on the Railroad had a nickname which those that worked with it knew. For those higher up, it was more official!

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The Letter introducing Bob Goldamer to the Customer's on the Greenwood Line and announcing Dad's departure.

Bob didn't make much of an impression on the Customers on the Greenwood Line. Bob, in fairness, had enough work with his Traveling Agency No. 9 based out of Abbottsford. Bob's stretch---Spencer to Stetsonville---was a busy stretch of railroad with many active Railroad Customers. Bob had all he could do with the work he had on that portion of Railroad without getting the Greenwood Line tacked on yet, too.
Consequently, when Dad took Bob out along the Greenwood Line to meet his Customer Contacts, Bob very brusquely told them, "You won't see me around". At Northside Elevator in Loyal, after Dad had introduced Bob to Steve and Tom Brussow, owners of Northside Elevator, and Bob harshly told Steve and Tom that "you won't see me around at all", Steve looked right at Dad and said, "Well, Neil, that's the end of Rail Service out here".

3 years later, Mr. Brussow's words were very prophetic indeed.

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