I’m still amazed at what an extensive travel network we once had all over Essex County, what equally amazing is how this little tiny bits of history, like old transit tickets survived all these years…
Have a great long weekend everyone!
Take note, there will be no post tomorrow or Monday. While Monday isn’t a holiday for everyone, it is for me, plus it’s also Opening Day, that’s a holiday in its own right 🙂
See everyone back here next Wednesday.
S.W.&A R’y? I can only recall its being called Sandwich, Windsor and Amherstburg STREET Railway. Is this a false memory? Or did the S.W.&A. have a name change at some point?
The SW&A was short for the Sandwich, Windsor, and Amherst burg Railway Co., founded June 20,1887, and name changed to Transit Windsor October 31, 1977.
The R’y was short for railway . A one point it was controlled by the DSR. (Detroit Street Railway Co.