More from Bernie’s treasure chest….
Car 212 on Chatham St., just west of Ouellette. c. 1938.
A shot of car # 37 at the Car Barns on London St. (now Univeristy Ave.).
Another shot of # 37 from the same set.
Car # 44 at the Car Barns.
Car # 45 – The Rail Grinding Car. Railfans? Please explaing the rail grinding car to me… Is this specific to streetcars or was is used on the railroads too?
Car # 50
Car # 90
Car # 94
The last two look like they had very specific uses… Bernie or John, do you know what they were used for?
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An unremarkable end to a part of Windsor's history. The large vacant house at 841…
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here I am late again.....4yr. to be exact. I really appreciated the info & videos on the rails, Ian Deck. I have never heard of rail & switch grinders before. On the VIA rail track not far from is in the Emeryville area (just about 10mi. east of Windsor) there a bundles of wood, railway ties? They've been sitting there a couple of months now. That must be quite a job changing ties with the rails in place??? Thanks again.
here I am late again.....4yr. to be exact. I really appreciated the info & videos on the rails, Ian Deck. I have never heard of rail & switch grinders before. On the VIA rail track not far from us in the Emeryville area (just about 10mi. east of Windsor) there a bundles of wood, railway ties? They've been sitting there a couple of months now. That must be quite a job changing ties with the rails in place??? Thanks again.
sorry had 2 windows open....made the comment, forgot I did so, made the identical one, with one correction.
Their have been bundles of ties along the Via track at Pillete for a couple of months. If you saw the Don Cherry story their is a scene where they are manually pulling the spikes,pulling out the old ties snd respiking. the new ties. This was in the fifties, today they have machines to pull the spikes, slide out and replace the ties. About two weeks ago this machine was on the line running parrel to Jefferns, south of Tecumseh Rd.
Their have been bundles of ties along the Via track at Pillete for a couple of months. If you saw the Don Cherry story their is a scene where they are manually pulling the spikes,pulling out the old ties snd respiking. the new ties. This was in the fifties, today they have machines to pull the spikes, slide out and replace the ties. About two weeks ago this machine was on the line running parrell to Jefferson, south of Tecumseh Rd.