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==Windsor Freight Shed== | ==Windsor Freight Shed== | ||
| + | Windsor's freight shed was a long flat roofed building built to standard CPR plans about 1914 and demolished in 1974. It was located facing the brick [[Windsor Station]] in downtown Windsor, a location today occupied by a flat grassy area between the surviving wooden apple warehouse and the southern embankment for the HW 101 overpass. | ||
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==External Links== | ==External Links== | ||
| + | [http://www.cptracks.ca/data/Structures/H-15-97.pdf Standard CPR plans for a 40 foot wide freight shed similar to Windsor's on the CPHA Documents Library] | ||
[[Category:Freight Sheds]] | [[Category:Freight Sheds]] | ||
Revision as of 18:50, 15 July 2016
Windsor Freight Shed
Windsor's freight shed was a long flat roofed building built to standard CPR plans about 1914 and demolished in 1974. It was located facing the brick Windsor Station in downtown Windsor, a location today occupied by a flat grassy area between the surviving wooden apple warehouse and the southern embankment for the HW 101 overpass.
Gallery
Windsor Freight Shed and sidings on August 28, 1956.
No. 2627 and passenger cars beside Freight Shed at Windsor on August 1, 1958.
Dayliner No. 9058, (Train No. 11) and No. 2627, (Train No. 22) at Windsor Station, Windsor. Photo also shows baggage car No. 4092 and Windsor Freight Shed on August 1, 1958
No. 2627, (Train No. 22) at Windsor Station, Windsor. Photo also shows baggage car No. 4092 and Windsor Freight Shed on August 1, 1958.
Passengers from Midland train led by No. 8136 wait for Dayliner from Halifax. Note freight house and station at Windsor in August 1959.
Pile Driver No. 400002 in front of the Windsor Freight Shed in July 1962.
Combine coach No. 3252 at Windsor on October 16, 1965. Note the Windsor Freight Shed in the background.
Car No. 402397 at Windsor on October 16, 1965. Note Windsor Freight Shed in the background.
The new Windsor station on August 7, 1973. Note the old freight shed in the centre.
No. 8139 at the Windsor Station in August 1973.
No. 8136, No. 8138 and van No. 436617 with the freight shed being removed in June 1974.
