I have been working on the structures that will provide some of the rail traffic in the community of Grafton. Although these industries never actually were located in Grafton, they do represent Carleton County industries in the 1960s:
Karnes Bakery (located in Woodstock in the real world) was an important rail customer for the CNR. Their new bakery building was built in the 1960s. It is now owned by Canada Bread. On my layout, as in the real world, it will receive lots of flour deliveries in covered hoppers.
Hatfield Industries (actually located in Hartland) will be a major rail customer in the HO-scale version of Grafton. I remember going on a tour of the plant when I was a "Wolf Cub"--right around 1965. They made potato chips, but there was also a starch plant. They gave each of us a brown paper bag of warm potato chips--the grease seeped right through the bag!
The Baird Company Ltd. was located along the CNR near my boyhood home in Woodstock, and dealt in patent medicines. The building is now the Knight's of Columbus Hall.
I am still building the other major rail industry in Grafton--the Mason and Risch Piano Factory. It was actually located in Woodstock and opened in the 1960s--I remember attending the grand opening as a child. It had a very large dry kiln and received wood by rail. The CNR timetable warned that the curvature on the siding was very sharp and required reduced speed.
Locomotive #2492 pulls a wayfreight through town. In the background, it looks like a busy day at the West End Diner.
The caboose clears the crossing, allowing traffic to resume on Main Street.
The local switcher picks up a box car from one of the local industries.
The switcher moves the loaded box car across the grade crossing and into the yard.
A soon as the car clears the crossing, the crew will run into the diner for a quick snack.
Farmers are clearing out the last of the potato crop from the warehouses.
Just across the border in Aroostook Junction, NB, a string of BLR box cars have just arrived in the yard.
