CN 580 Street Running, Burford Spur, Brantford. 24/07/13
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- CN 7071 operating as Train 580 running along Clarence Street, Brantford, ON.This service runs only Wednesday and is being cancelled later this year. Train 580 is still running, new video uploaded by / railpast Nov 5 2014 • RAILREEL CN 580 Brantf... • RAILREEL Street Cruisi... April 2016
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Great video. The old GP was one of the common locomotives of my childhood.
And no doubt they have earnt their keep over the years.
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Anthony.
Its cool how the train is on the sidewalk
Before we went to Canada in 2013 to visit my brother in Barrie i did some research on interesting railways near by. I got in touch with Walter (railpast on YT) and arranged to meet him and the rest is history.
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Anthony
Tracks look like they've seen better days.
I love how many cars took the risk of jumping the crossing in this video just before the train passed it by- pretty dangerous as well as stupid!
Awesome video!
Thanks for the comment.
Before we went to Canada last year some research was done on where could watch trains. I liked the idea of this street running service and that it was reasonably close to Barrie.
Many thanks need to go to Walter th-cam.com/users/railpast for meeting with us in Brantford and showing us around.
Anthony
Simply amazing to see this.
I had watched videos from Brantford before we went to Canada and they appealed to me. At around 185km from Barrie, I thought it was well worth the trip. We met up with Walter and had a good day getting a guided tour of the area. Links to his videos in the description.
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Anthony.
Thank you for filming it!!!!!
Well worth the trip from Barrie.
Nice video. In Brampton there are also some industrial tracks where you can get good shots of the switchers. My favorite trains are the switchers.
Next time we are in Canada we will have a look at Brampton.
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Anthony.
That is awesome, thanks!
This is now a historical view, the last video of this service was uploaded by th-cam.com/users/railpast was July 24, 2014. It was under threat of closure when we were there in 2013.
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Anthony
Great video, audio is very good as well! Love the whine of a Geep!
I shot the video with a Nikon D7000. First clips are using 70-200mm f2.8 lens, the stills and clips at the station are using the kit 18-105mm lens.
Rode shotgun mono mic used.
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Anthony.
3:00 Train waiting for a green-light, go figure, that is awesome.
VERY cool video, Anthony!! I assume that this Wednesday run has now been long cancelled, which is a shame. :( Love your work, keep it up!
***** We were there in July 2013, CN kept running until November 2014 (link for that run in description above). flic.kr/p/rjtUH1 is a photo taken March 2015.
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Anthony.
Nice video!
How long after stopped did they shut off the engine?
Why did you not video that?
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Unknown how long engine was running after shunt was finished. We went to Paris to watch trains crossing the Paris Trestle.
Anthony
IT STILL RUNS! IT RAN TODAY.
Operated by SOR now. Did you get photos or video of it? If you did, please reply with the link.
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Anthony
Nah, just called Brant Loans! Lol.
Brant loans get more than 2 minutes of free advertising on my video!
SOR is Southern Ontario Railway, here is the wiki link en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Southern_Ontario_Railway
Not many videos of Brantford street running uploaded to TH-cam in last 12 months.
Anthony
Perhaps you should ask for some advertising revenue.
1 cent per view would net more than $2.6k, then convert to NZD and be more than 3k. Planning on going back to Canada in 2019, a detour to Brantford will be a must.
Anthony
Thanks Anthony 851. I really like that engine colours. Is that osr new colours or just its painted that way. I am trying to do some videos of my own but having trouble with quality of them and trying to figure out how to post on yt.
Ginger Rail This video was shot 2 years ago today, the service was run by CN back then. I used a Nikon D7000 and 70-200mm f2.8 lens. Manual settings and focus, 1/50 sec, F22 adjusting the iso to achieve 1/50 sec.
The return trip used the same body with the 18-105mm kit lens. Also manual settings and focus.
I look forward to more videos of street running in Brantford.
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Anthony
nice video Anthony and great catch of the cn train's running on the street's.
+Mike Troina Thanks for the nice comments.
Anthony
Your welcome Anthony.
In 1948, during the first week my mom's family were in Brantford after arriving from the UK, one of my Aunt's was out for a walk somewhere south of Colborne St and sort of stumbled upon a train like this coming down the same sidewalk she was using-she said if the Queen Mary had sailed by next she wouldn't have been more surprised :)
Combined footpath and railway must be close to unique to Brantford. Seems too be many places in North America where the railway shares the road, lots of videos on YT of street running.
Only a couple places left in New Zealand where the railway shares the road. Search "Kawakawa" on my channel for NZ street running. Search "Taramakau" for a bridge that the road and rail share the same deck on the bridge.
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Anthony.
Don Dawson AWESOME memory, thank you for sharing!!
Epic seeing a GP9RM out of the switching yard!
I'm not too familiar with Canadian motive power, our attraction was the street running. Planning to go back to Canada in 2019 and Brantford will be on the agenda.
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Anthony.
anthony851 yes getting some more footage will be great hopefully you can get a shot of some cables slugs
It's a GS-418c
In this photo flic.kr/p/fmUjBJ GS-418c can be seen on the side of the cab. On the cnrphotos website it says the type is GP9u and the class is GS-418c.
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Anthony
+anthony851 no prob great vid
Enjoyed playing tour guide?
What is it like in that house with the Brant Loans Till Payday sign on it? I'll bet their fillings rattle in their teeth when that monster rolls by! And that is without the horn! Do coffee cups stay on the table or do they walk off the edge? Thank You for posting that awesome video! You have recorded a piece of amazing local history!
I'm sure at less than 1 return train per week the effects will be far less than the trucks and cars rumbling past 24/7.
We went to Brantford because of this train.
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Anthony
This Burford Spur reminds of me of the Guelph Junction old CN Spur that runs north along Edinburgh Rd in Guelph. I was hoping in the new year 2016 and checking out this brantford spur in the summer, but you said that run was to be cancelled. It this still the case or has is this spur still active?
+TRAINS_4_FUN The service is now run by Southern Ontario Railway. We met up with Walter (Railpast on youtube) the day this video was shot. th-cam.com/video/5W4UwYIIXhg/w-d-xo.html is a video Walter shot of the new operator.
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Anthony
Cool. All these old line operators like CN and CPR are giving up their lease and shortline operators are taken over these unprofitable lines. I wonder how the shortline operators are able to survive when the big guys walk away from these line. All of guelph as far as I know now are all ran by shortline operators. No CN or CPR around here.
+TRAINS_4_FUN yea same with north bay it's all ovr and onr
TRAINS_4_FUN
Short lines generally don't pay the same hourly rate as class 1 railroads and the CN used an engineer and three train crew. A shortline would more than likely cut the train crew to 2 for this job as you really do need two trainmen on this job as a minimum. That's how short lines can make money where class 1's can't. A small shortline started up on an old shortline that dates back over 135 years. It's just over 18 miles long and after initiating service had one customer for the first three months but quickly gained customers when they discovered all they had to do was call the railroad they needed a switch and the railroad jumped right to it. They now are shipping over 7400 freight cars a year which ain't bad for a line that was shutdown for 14 years. Service still counts to customers.
A train down the sidewalk,wow ,wish I was a kid in that neighborhood,how much better can it get, none at all!
I'm sure it would have been something that I liked when I was a kid also.
Before going to Canada I did a bit of research of interesting railways, this was certainly interesting. We travelled from Barrie to catch this train.
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Anthony.
We should call this, "sidewalk running!" This is wild!!
In our part of the world a sidewalk is called a footpath, whatever it is it was cool going to Brantford to watch this.
Before we went to Canada I researched some of the railways nearby and spotted this Brantford train. It was relatively nearby to where we were staying, 185km from Barrie. So I got in touch with Walter, Railpast on TH-cam and arranged to meet up with him.
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Anthony
@@anthony851 Thanks much for the background info! This is great for fans like myself who dream of trains going past my front door! Awesome!!
@@anthony851 I drive through that area pretty frequently. Should I see a train go through I will snap a pic or vid.
What horn does CN 7071 have? I heard it in the Sly Fox and Birdie Operation Lifesaver cartoon.
+Homer 1466 Being from NZ I am not familiar with the locomotive horns of Canada. Ask the same question of Walter, there are links to his videos of the same location in the description.
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Anthony
If anyone could get the new rail company (OSR) serving this line, I would love to see it and let me know if they have it.
Ginger Rail There are at least 2 videos of the new operator on YT. Link below for one of them.
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Anthony.
Nice Scenery
I heard friday night[Jan-23-2015] that this train is up and running again, and has run twice so far, both on a tuesday. I'll be out trackside to catch it sooooon! If you have any insights on which tuesday it might be running, gimme a shout Anthony
I look forward to someone catching it on video and posting it to youtube. No insights from me as I live in New Zealand, search for Railpast on youtube. He has lots of videos of CN580 on youtube. I met up with Walter in Brantford so we could catch this train.
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Anthony
Line was purchased by the last customer using it. Now serviced by shortline railway (maybe Railink) out of Brantford yard
mandcsdad1 Thanks for that, I will pass the info on to Walter. Anthony
Brantfords got rails through the city in multiple directions. none of which travel a great distance, they may not even leave the city.
very seldom are they used, mostly just for pellet plastics and other bulk materials
Christian Savoie This was a once a week service back in 2013 when we were there, ran Wednesdays but not every Wednesday. From memory I have only seen hopper wagons running in the Clarence Street videos I have seen. They must contain materials which flow nicely when the bomb doors are opened.
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Anthony
why no more trains on this line?
Way to cool.
i have lived in brantford for as long as i can remember but i have never seen one on the tracks by the road!
CanadianGamerGal We were there in July 2013, CN kept running until November 2014 (link for that run in description above). flic.kr/p/rjtUH1 is a photo taken March 2015.
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Anthony.
Once a week there is a train that goes down there, usually on wednesdays. The time can vary though
TheBrantfordRailfan Walter, Railpast on YT has more recent videos than this one. Walter was the person who showed us around.
Do I understand correctly that typically railroad easements are usually no less than 10 feet on either side of the track???? So in essence does this railroad own apart of the street juxtaposed to its line??
+DetroitLove4U Unsure how wide the easement/corridor will be. Without a doubt the road must encroach, look how close the kerb is to the rail when the train is returning. 1435mm between the rails, the kerb is somewhat less than that. The loco extends out to the kerb as it enters the right hand curve.
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Anthony.
This line is extremely old and was built before that rule was created
2:01 The truck as very close to being hit. You hear the horn and see the train stop and wait. It will only take 1 minute out of their time to sit and wait for a little train
It is an optical illusion. I was using a 70-200 f2.8 lens on a DX body meaning the equivalent of 105-300mm for a 35mm camera.
The lens was still at 200mm, compressing the foreground.
I measured the distance on google earth from just south of the "Brant Loans 'Til Payday" building to Dalhousie Road at around 60 metres.
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Anthony
Oh hell no
A train on the sidewalk?!
OHmyfreakinggaaaawwd
Not the biggest train I have seen, but well worth the trip over from Barrie.
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Anthony
These tracks are still in place. Does any train still run here?
If you have a look on Walter's TH-cam, link above he has a Trackmobile video from April 2020. Maybe ask the same question on one of his videos, he lives about 50km away while I live in New Zealand.
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Anthony
@@anthony851 honestly that (what I said) was a stupid question tbh. The tracks look a lot better in 2022 then what they looked like when you filmed this video. Why would a railroad improve tracks but not use em 🤣🤣
Very nice video!
Thanks for the comment and thanks for watching.
Anthony
You're very welcome!
It's more of a sidewalk-runner than a street-runner
Certainly not much road, running on what we call it down here in NZ as a footpath.
NZ street running on my channel where the train runs up the middle of the road.
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Anthony.
Pregunto como dejan andar trenes por dentro de la ciudad ??? es una inconciencia tremenda
Creo que la línea ferroviaria habría estado allí antes de que se construyera la carretera. Este tren solo funcionó una vez a la semana en 2013, no he visto videos recientes.
Videos de street running en Nueva Zelanda también en mi canal.
Gracias por ver y comentar,
Antonio.
Those Yellow light sign are funny
5:16 - 5:24 I've never seen a flashing green signal before. Interesting...
I hadn't noticed that flashing green light previously, also one flashing when the train was going the other way.
The track is rough but probably fit for purpose with the slow running train.
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Anthony.
Is the train on a sidewalk?
Yes it is. Thanks for watching.
Anthony
Damn thats pretty cool, though I bet the shops and businesses dont think so (I imagine they dont enjoy having that horn blasting next to them even if its occasionally)
I'm not sure whether this line is still used, CN was going too cancel it in 2013. Another operator took it over but I haven't seen any videos for quite a while.
As for the noise of the train, one return per week compared with trucks and cars 24/7!
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Anthony.
@@anthony851 The line is owned by Ingenia and operated by the bankrupt Allied Services, they use a trackmobile.
I notice traffic just ignores that train. They turn in front of it cross in front of it. A cop can have a field day writing tickets
The 70-200mm lens on a DX body making the equivalent of 105-300mm with 35mm camera will compress the foreground at longer focal lengths. I did not starting pulling the focal length down until the locomotive was drawing to a stop.
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Anthony.
And old GP9
Nice to have a comment on this video after all this time, the last one was more than a year ago. I must have a look to see if there are any newer videos.
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Anthony
Would that happen to be an Alco locomotive
I believe it is an EMD GP9.
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Anthony.
anthony851 cool
That's a crazy Railroad track it runs along a sidewalk and bam somebody gets hit lol!!!😂😂😂😂😂
Thomas Shebat Both the train and pedestrians doing walking speed, shouldn't be much of a problem. Multiple level crossings along Clarence St, 5 level crossings plus carparks and a petrol station.
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Anthony.
***** your welcome I love trains so much I thought it was pretty dangerous so
Thomas Shebat
more than likely when that track was laid there were very few houses near there and no sidewalk back then just track. A lot of track in Eastern Canada and New England track row dates back to the 1840's to 1890's when the track was originally laid. If you get the chance look at the track of the Boston and Maine Railroad from maps dated around 1920 or so and I swear it looks like someone took two big handfuls of spaghetti and threw them at the map. A neighbor of mine remembers riding in a coal truck doing deliveries back in the 20's and said you couldn't drive more than 3 or 4 miles in any direction without crossing another railroad track of the B&M RR From the Atlantic coast all the way to Fitchburg to the state line New Hampshire Massachusetts. Even today you can easily see where railroad breaches were everywhere.
Now that is something i dont see everyday. Great video. Oh boy everyones just going about their business and hey a train !!!.
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Anthony.
Neat, I think I recognize that spot. :-)
How many people got ran over by the train because of the train on the sidewalk?
+nicky thurman It's not on the sidewalk, it's beside a dirt pedestrian path
+TheBrantfordRailfan
Here in NZ we call them footpaths, not sidewalks. Whatever you call it, this one seems more rustic than most!
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Anthony
+TheBrantfordRailfan It would be shame if they lifted the rails. The railway will never come back. Here in NZ we had had more than our share of lines closing, often for the most trivial reason. the next one that will close is the line that comes the closest to where I live. Logs only are carted south from Otiria to Portland for chipping. Search for Otiria on my channel, several videos of the area. Anthony
A Much more complete USA(and Canada)(+ many others) - street- running- train- locations-list is on : www.coasttram.info/street running trains ! (in dutch)(with a little English) Over 1200 locations ! in ±615 USA-towns ! in 49 States !! And in ±73 other countries ! +Much more information than on wikipedia .
I'll check it out, google will be able to translate it.
NZ street running on my channel might appeal to you.
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Anthony.
a have to see this video to believe
I am pleased with the resulting video.
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Anthony.
Nathan J3 or a K3L
Sorry, I am the wrong person to ask but hopefully someone who lives in Canada will answer it for you.
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Anthony.
K3L, J3s were only used on snowplows
That's a crap load of yellow traffic lights
+Joe Dohn
I have just done a count on google maps, from the time the train appears in the first clip until it goes past the camera it crosses 5 streets. goo.gl/maps/KHKua3uPKVo
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Anthony
This city is the absolute worst for traffic lights, going from this part of town to the north end usually takes a half hour and it's a small city
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More sidewalk running
Before we went to Canada I did some research of nearby railways on TH-cam. The street running appealed greatly to me. I got in touch with Walter (video links in the description) and we met up at Brantford. The rest is history.
There are street running videos such as this one, th-cam.com/video/EsuWXVPfQSc/w-d-xo.html on my channel of somewhere much closer to home, Kawakawa in New Zealand.
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Anthony.
Street Running must be awful cool to see
+Northern Rails
We enjoyed it. It was well worth the 370km round trip from Barrie to Brantford.
We met up with Walter (Railpast on YT) for this train. There are links to Walter's videos of the same train in the description.
We also went with him to Paris where we watched trains crossing the Grand River Trestle.
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Anthony
+Northern Rails it is, this line is a 5 minute walk from my house. oh yeah by the way do you live near any street running lines? i take it that you don't judging from your comment
+TheBrantfordRailfan
We live in New Zealand. The nearest railway is about 25km from home. A mostly daily low speed shunt operates carting low grade pine to a chipping mill, where they are processed for export. The logs are stored at Otiria and taken to Portland.
Videos of action at both these places on my channel and street running at Kawakawa.
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Anthony.
*****
Sounds cool, i'll check it out
OMG.....!!!!!
God Dam ! Traffic light Heaven ! Yah think they got enough?
+John Gee
No shortage of traffic lights there. It is around 425m from the camera to where the train first comes into sight and there are 5 intersections. All of which are controlled by traffic lights.
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Anthony.
+anthony851 Stop ! Did I hear right? You said theirs 425 lights? omg thank god I live nowhere near their lol
+John Gee The length of road from where the locomotive first appears until it gets up to the camera is about 425m long goo.gl/maps/gZ9pFHHXxd62 There are 5 intersections, all controlled by traffic lights. Click on the link for street view of Clarence Street.
Anthony
+anthony851 Now I understand lol I was a little bit lost on the 425 lol
Three
Hoppers for the price of four eh lol ?!?
+freighttrainsahpassing Thanks for watching, commenting and subscribing.
Check out the Portland videos on my channel, Portland New Zealand that is!
Anthony
3:45 to 4:25
holy traffic lights!
I like the idea of the locomotive crew controlling the lights on the Clarence and Colborne Street intersection.
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Anthony
looked like an accident waiting to happen
The 70-200mm lens on a DX body is the equivalent of 105-300mm on FX body, this compresses the foreground making the cars passing in front of the train seem much closer than they actually are.
A couple more Canadian videos on my channel, plus a few from Australia and many from New Zealand.
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Anthony.
I never would have thought an hour away the track conditions could be so bad. Lack of safety and the track itself . So much better here. Than again it's Brampton . All Muslim
stay fresh I would say it was fit for purpose. The train won't fall off at the speed it runs.
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Anthony
True . Do you know how old that section was . You don't see many looking like that nowadays. That close to the road and no crossing gates . I used to film trains bench in th Hamilton / Burlington area . I never knew what any engines where but I saw some pretty intesting ones . A CN tug on rails . This little engine I saw pulling one if these bad boys . Had a massive exhaust but the car itself was like half the size of one of these you show.
stay fresh tinyurl.com/kchoeh6 history of Burford Spur.
Anthony
I don't think Muslims have anything to do with the construction of the line. I thought Canadians were supposed to be welcoming.
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This is more or less "sidewalk running"
After crossing Colborne Street the train runs in the road along Clarence Street.
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Anthony
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+Pauline Colas Your comment is confusing and google can't translate.
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Anthony
That is the neatest thing !!! a freight train go down the sidewalk !!! and know one cares !!!
Ronnie Farnsworth As you said, people just carry on with their business, just one of those things that happen in Brantford.
We went to Barrie Ontario in 2013 visiting my brother. Before we went I did some research via YT of places to go trainspotting. Brantford stood out and was reasonably close to Barrie. We met up with Walter, who is railpast on YT at Brantford solely to catch this train.
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Anthony
***** Its a great catch, love street and branch/spur action !! thanks