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==Windsor Freight Shed== | ==Windsor Freight Shed== | ||
| + | Windsor had several freight stations. The longest serving version was a long flat-roofed wooden building built to standard CPR plans about 1910 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 [[L. A. Armstrong Apple Warehouse]] and the southern embankment for the HW 101 overpass. | ||
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==Gallery== | ==Gallery== | ||
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| + | File:201908835.jpg|[[Windsor Wharves]], with the [[Windsor Station]] on right, the early [[Windsor Freight Shed]] in foreground, a [[W&AR Box Cars|Windsor & Annapolis boxcar]] and a [[:Category:Photo Car|Palace Rail Road Photo Car]] in the [[Windsor Railyard]], early 1880s. | ||
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| + | File:91.725.12.jpg|[[Windsor Station]] as HMCS ''Niobe'' marines awaiting the Governor General with DAR box cars at the [[Windsor Freight Shed]] in background, Aug. 16, 1912. | ||
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| + | File:Windsor 1941 Sheet2.jpg|Windsor [[:Category:Fire Insurance Maps|Fire Insurance Map]], Sheet 2, with the [[Windsor Station]], [[Windsor Freight Shed|Freight Shed]], the [[Windsor Railyard]], the [[L. A. Armstrong Apple Warehouse|L.A. Armstrong Warehouse]] and the B. Sexton Warehouse, July 1941. | ||
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File:Windsor_1956_Freight_House.jpg |[[Windsor Freight Shed]] and sidings on August 28, 1956. | File:Windsor_1956_Freight_House.jpg |[[Windsor Freight Shed]] and sidings on August 28, 1956. | ||
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Image:DAR9059h.jpg|[[DAR9059|No. 9059]] from [[Halifax]] to [[Yarmouth]] between [[Windsor Freight Shed|freight]] and [[Windsor Station|passenger]] stations at [[Windsor]] in August 1959. | Image:DAR9059h.jpg|[[DAR9059|No. 9059]] from [[Halifax]] to [[Yarmouth]] between [[Windsor Freight Shed|freight]] and [[Windsor Station|passenger]] stations at [[Windsor]] in August 1959. | ||
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Image:DAR9059-8136.jpg|[[DAR9059|No. 9059]] for [[Yarmouth]] and mixed train from [[Truro]] led by [[CPR8136|No. 8136]] at [[Windsor]] in 1959. Visible are [[Windsor Freight Shed|freight]] and [[Windsor Station|passenger]] stations. | Image:DAR9059-8136.jpg|[[DAR9059|No. 9059]] for [[Yarmouth]] and mixed train from [[Truro]] led by [[CPR8136|No. 8136]] at [[Windsor]] in 1959. Visible are [[Windsor Freight Shed|freight]] and [[Windsor Station|passenger]] stations. | ||
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File:CP 402397 Windsor NS Oct 16, 1965.jpg|Car [[DAR402397|No. 402397]] at Windsor on October 16, 1965. Note [[Windsor Freight Shed]] in the background. | File:CP 402397 Windsor NS Oct 16, 1965.jpg|Car [[DAR402397|No. 402397]] at Windsor on October 16, 1965. Note [[Windsor Freight Shed]] in the background. | ||
| − | Image:Windsor Station 1973 a.jpg|The new Windsor station on August 7, 1973. Note the old [[Windsor Freight Shed|freight shed]] in the centre. | + | File:DAR - Windsor Yard and Station Looking East - Harold Jenkins Photo-Summer 1970.JPG|The [[Windsor Railyard]], [[Windsor Freight Shed]] and [[Windsor Station]] looking east, Summer 1970. |
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| + | Image:Windsor Station 1973 a.jpg|The new Windsor station on August 7, 1973. Note the old [[Windsor Freight Shed|freight shed]] in the centre annd the [[L. A. Armstrong Apple Warehouse]] and the [[Avon River Causeway]] in background. | ||
Image:Windsor Station and Yard 1973.jpg|[[CPR8139|No. 8139]] at the [[Windsor Station]] in August 1973. | Image:Windsor Station and Yard 1973.jpg|[[CPR8139|No. 8139]] at the [[Windsor Station]] in August 1973. | ||
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</Gallery> | </Gallery> | ||
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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]] | ||
Latest revision as of 21:13, 19 May 2024
Windsor Freight Shed
Windsor had several freight stations. The longest serving version was a long flat-roofed wooden building built to standard CPR plans about 1910 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 L. A. Armstrong Apple Warehouse and the southern embankment for the HW 101 overpass.
Gallery
Windsor Wharves, with the Windsor Station on right, the early Windsor Freight Shed in foreground, a Windsor & Annapolis boxcar and a Palace Rail Road Photo Car in the Windsor Railyard, early 1880s.
Windsor Station as HMCS Niobe marines awaiting the Governor General with DAR box cars at the Windsor Freight Shed in background, Aug. 16, 1912.
Windsor Fire Insurance Map, Sheet 2, with the Windsor Station, Freight Shed, the Windsor Railyard, the L.A. Armstrong Warehouse and the B. Sexton Warehouse, July 1941.
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 Windsor Railyard, Windsor Freight Shed and Windsor Station looking east, Summer 1970.
The new Windsor station on August 7, 1973. Note the old freight shed in the centre annd the L. A. Armstrong Apple Warehouse and the Avon River Causeway in background.
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.
