Old PhotographsPhoto Du JourWindsor

Golden Age Of Rail

December 5, 2007
Today’s two old photos come from the John Stefani collection, which he has graciously scanned and passed along for posting. John notes that you can see the tall CKLW tower in the background of the photo, allowing us to know this was taken after 1954. A few notes from noted local transportation historian Bernie Drouillard: The three diesels on the right are Wabash Railway, made by GM. They…
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1975

November 19, 2007
Here are few more old transit photos from the Bernie Drouillard Collection, digitzed and passed along by John Stefani. A big thank you is owed to both of them for helping to digitize and share such a massive collection. Today’s shots are both dated 1975 and were taken around downtown. First up is a shots of Bus # 747 at the downtown Bus Terminal. Running on the Ottawa line. This shot of #…
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The Republic

November 13, 2007
Here is a photo of the car “Republic” of the Windsor, Essex & Lake Shore Rapid Railway, passing though Essex. From the John Stefani collection. According to this website: Location: The railway is located in southern Ontario, extending between the communities of Windsor and Leamington. History: The idea of constructing an interurban railway line from Windsor to the southeast was…
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Remember

November 12, 2007
While browsing on the Virtual Motor City website, an archive of old Detroit News photographs at Wayne State Univeristy, I came across a pair of old photos of ceremonies at the Cenotaph. Both photos were taken at the old Centoaph location at Gilles & Ouellette, next…
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Essex Terminal No. 6

November 8, 2007
Today comes a great old photo from the John Stefani Collection. It was noted on the back of the photo: “Essex Terminal 6 0-6-0” “Walkerville, Ont. April 24, 1932” Maybe our resident Railfans can add a little something about the engine for…