A neat link sent to me from Tim Swaddling, yields this image of the Walkerville Depot from when it first opened as the CN station. The photo is taken from the CN Archives, which were donated to the Canadian Science & Technology Museum for public archival access – all of which can be found here (CN’s collection is “CN Images Of Canada”).
While the new station is rapidly progressing, this station isn’t long for our world, but while it is typical 1960’s architecture, this is the last remaining active train station from the pre-VIA rail era. When it goes, the last link to the old days of rail travel will leave as well.
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Looks like Pete Campbell and Don Draper returning from a sales call in Mad Men. Pete's doing the heavy lifting.
michael it looks like the guy wearing the hat's mouth is going 100mph lol
i noticed how close the two trucks are to the baggage cars i never knew they did loaded and unloaded that way very cool!!i got a look at the new quansat hut thats replacing the old walkerville station yesterday it waslike looking at the bus terminal it's too bad they couldn't have added to the old one utilize it into a newer design to resemble an older station ...but! with all the new amenities
It was time for this old train station to go. It was tired, old and dated. Some people might not like the new one, but this old one didn't offer anything architecturally either. Both stations kind of suck, but at least the new one is, new.
It looks so clean and fresh in this picture. What the hell happened?
LOL @Michael Januska
So true.
The present station is only around fifty years old,this was supposed to be a temporary station. The one it replaced on the waterfront was over a hundred years old, it was tired and dated long before its end.
Thank you for posting that. In the 60's, it was the beginning (and end) point for many steam excursions promoted by the Michigan Railroad Club using CNR 4-8-4's 6167 and 6218. I always felt a little sorry for my dad who, before I got my drivers license, did shutle service driving a gang of us from Ferndale to the station, then came back that evening to pick us up. I'm assuming when it goes, the last vestage of the line that ran down past the roundhouse to the boat dock will go with it.
The only track from the station west only go to serve the Walker grain Elevators, mostly covered hoppers and tank cars. When the freight yard went so did all track along the river.
Maybe Google maps of the area would show what track is left.
http://www2.canada.com/windsorstar/news/editorial/story.html?id=848cb202-47e3-4dcc-a310-d69bc41c55d2
A colleague and I wrote this back in 2010... Didn't make much difference.