Teeswater

Fraxa Junction

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Fraxa Junction was a real pain to build. The actual size of the junction was 1,095' up the right of the map, 777' back around the wye and 1,141' back down to the start. In HO that's 13' x 9 x 13 respectively. HUGE!

So needless to say I was challenged to get it even close. I managed to get some slides that Ralph Beaumont took in the mid sixties of this area. It confirmed the track plan and the station shape.

The problem was the turnouts were actually too tight, even at number 8's, it was difficult to get the trackage as it was. The far right end of the track I had to cut much shorter than the prototype just to get it in. The wye switch at the top you'll see is after the switch for the passing track, it was in fact before this switch. But I just could not make it fit. Also, I have the direction backwards. The line to the top actually went to Teeswater, I have to make it go to Owen Sound. Conversely, the line to the right actually went to Owen Sound, I have to make it go to Teeswater. Compromises!

The fertilizer plant still exist to day, but the rails were removed in 1995. The lead into the cattle ramp and grain elevator are additions.

Ralph Beaumont gave me many photos of the trackage and station. I built the station from sheet styrene. None of the industries have yet been built. There is also at the bottom beyond the map another spur that services Ontario Hydro for the transformers need at that location.

On the outskirts of Fraxa are four industries. National Silicates, Bolton Tube and Pipe, Sifto Salt mine, and Dufferin Construction's Marl Mine.

Principle Industries:

Holmes Algo Fertilizer	Farm fertilizer
Cattle Pen
Fraxa Dried and Split Peas	Various pea products (replaces the grain elevator)
Ontario Hydro Transformer Station
Bolton Tube and Pipe	Road culverts, water pipes
National Silicates Ltd	Sodium silicate, Potassium silicate, silicate glues
Dufferin Marl Pit	Marl
Sifto Salt mine	Open pit salt mine

Shipments outbound from this town include:

From Industry	To Industry	Load	Frequency
Bolton Tube and Piping	Lambton Yard, Lambton	3 FC of Road Culverts	Mondays (All Year)
Bolton Tube and Piping	Lambton Yard, Lambton	1 BX of ABS piping	Wednesdays (All Year)
Bolton Tube and Piping	Lambton Yard, Lambton	2 GD of Steam Heating Pipes	Tuesdays (All Year)
Bolton Tube and Piping	Lambton Yard, Lambton	1 BX of Water Piping	Fridays (All Year)
Cattle Ramp	Cattle Transfer, Orangeville	1 CT of Pigs	Mondays (All Year)
Fraxa Split and Dried Pea Co.	Lambton Yard, Lambton	1 BX of Bags and Barrels of Peas	Wednesdays (All Year)
Fraxa Split and Dried Pea Co.	Lambton Yard, Lambton	1 BX of Boxes of Turnips	Fridays (All Year)
National Silicates Ltd.	Lambton Yard, Lambton	3 BX of 45 Gal Drums of Industrial Glues	Thursdays (All Year)
National Silicates Ltd.	Lambton Yard, Lambton	1 TK of Sodium Silicate	Wednesdays (All Year)
National Silicates Ltd.	Lambton Yard, Lambton	1 TK of Potassium Silicate	Fridays (All Year)
Sifto Salt Co.	Lambton Yard, Lambton	2 CH of Rock salt	Mondays (All Year)
Sifto Salt Co.	Lambton Yard, Lambton	1 BX of Bags of table salt	Wednesdays (All Year)

Shipments inbound into this town include:

From Industry	To Industry	Load	Frequency
CNR Interchange, Inglewood	National Silicates Ltd.	1 CH of Silica sand	Thursdays (All Year)
Lambton Yard, Lambton	Ontario Hydro Fraxa Transformer Station	3 DFC of Transformers	28 (All Year)
Lambton Yard, Lambton	Bolton Tube and Piping	1 TK of Sulphuric acid	1 (All Year)
Lambton Yard, Lambton	Dufferin Marl Pit	1 BX of Equipment	Random (All Year)
Lambton Yard, Lambton	National Silicates Ltd.	1 TK of Ammonium Chloride	Wednesdays (All Year)
Lambton Yard, Lambton	National Silicates Ltd.	1 TK of Bunker Oil	15 (All Year)
Lambton Yard, Lambton	National Silicates Ltd.	1 TK of Potassium Permanginate	Fridays (All Year)
Lambton Yard, Lambton	Holmes Algo Fertilizer	1 TK of Anhidrus Ammonia	Mondays (All Year)
Lambton Yard, Lambton	Holmes Algo Fertilizer	1 CH of Potassium Phosphate	Tuesdays (All Year)
Lambton Yard, Lambton	National Silicates Ltd.	1 TK of Ethanol	Wednesdays (All Year)
Lambton Yard, Lambton	Bolton Tube and Piping	1 TK of Bunker Oil	1 (All Year)
Lambton Yard, Lambton	Bolton Tube and Piping	1 CH of Plastic pellets	Daily (All Year)
Lambton Yard, Lambton	National Silicates Ltd.	1 TK of Magnesium Chloride	Mondays (All Year)
Lambton Yard, Lambton	National Silicates Ltd.	1 TK of Bunker Oil	1 (All Year)
Lambton Yard, Lambton	Bolton Tube and Piping	2 BX of Steel ribbon	Fridays (All Year)
Team Track, Elora	National Silicates Ltd.,	1 CH of Soda ash	Mondays (All Year)

Layout Photos

View from the east side of town looking west. The track to the top leads to Teeswater (the prototype it went to Owen Sound), while the track straight through goes to Laural (left, the prototype went to Waldermar next, ultimately leading to Teeswater.). Down to the right leads to Orangeville.

Just past the town to the left is this farm the line goes through.

Note the narrow cattle underpass.