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==[[Scotch Village]] Station==
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This is where I (Samuel) believe the station used to be
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It is believed that the station might have been about 50' in length and about 25' in width and at one time did have a station agent named Mr. John Henry Parker who's retirement is unknown, although reportedly he worked for the railway in the 1940's. According to [[1969-MemoOfGenInfo|1969 Memorandum of General Information]] there is no local listed agent and it refers to Brooklyn for the agent who at that time was J. R. Clark. By 1969 there was no local freight traffic being delivered or picked up from Scotch Village.
[http://maps.google.ca/maps?q=45.052488,+-63.982710&hl=en&ll=45.052433,-63.982728&spn=0.001251,0.003213&sll=44.649267,-63.622948&sspn=0.161203,0.411301&t=h&z=19 Google Map]; as when I was a child I grew up in Scotch Village and I remember my dad telling me that's where the station was.  
 
  
Some general information about the station which I got from a conversation from a long time friend of the family Laurie Strong.
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The station is reported to have been located here: [http://maps.google.ca/maps?q=45.052488,+-63.982710&hl=en&ll=45.052433,-63.982728&spn=0.001251,0.003213&sll=44.649267,-63.622948&sspn=0.161203,0.411301&t=h&z=19 Google Map]. and had been torn down in the mid to late 1970's alhough according to a local resident the station might have been torn down in 1968 or 1969.
  
He believes the station might have been about 50' long and about 25' wide and the station being painted yellow with a brown trim. Plus he recalled seeing a siding there that would hold maybe 3-4 boxcars. The station it self he believes was torn down back in the late 70's early 80's as it was gone when my family moved to Scotch Village which was either in 1983 or 1984. In an email from Bill Linley he mentions that the station was gone by the spring of 1975.
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== First Station 18xx to 196x/197x==
  
== First Station xxxx to xxxx==
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==Gallery==
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File:Scotch_Village_Station.jpg|Dorthey Parker posing for photo on the north side on the Western End of Station, unknown date.
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File:Scotch Village Train Station Master.pdf| Short story about Scotch Village Station
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File:ScotchVillage_-_1958August.png| Train is heading West bound on Aug 1, 1958 towards Windsor. Note the freight shed siding that was removed by 1969.
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File:DAR - Scotch Village Station West End - HJ Photo - 31May1959.jpg| South side of the station from the Western end - 31 May 1959
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==References and Footnotes==
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File:Scotch_Village_Station.jpg|Thanks to Ken Ross for the photo, unknown date & person
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Latest revision as of 17:00, 29 July 2018

Scotch Village Station

It is believed that the station might have been about 50' in length and about 25' in width and at one time did have a station agent named Mr. John Henry Parker who's retirement is unknown, although reportedly he worked for the railway in the 1940's. According to 1969 Memorandum of General Information there is no local listed agent and it refers to Brooklyn for the agent who at that time was J. R. Clark. By 1969 there was no local freight traffic being delivered or picked up from Scotch Village.

The station is reported to have been located here: Google Map. and had been torn down in the mid to late 1970's alhough according to a local resident the station might have been torn down in 1968 or 1969.

First Station 18xx to 196x/197x

Gallery

References and Footnotes

Reference Tag

External Links