Caption: A little method to my madness as I posted This image of the St. Thomas and Eastern Railway in Tillsonburg, then owned by the Trillium Railway. The Trillium was bought in full by GIO in 2018 (long after Trillium closed this line) and GIO has re-opened it as the St. Thomas and Tillsonburg Railway. GIO does things differently, they've fenced off most of their yards (in part) and all the added stuff in the way means I can't do what I had done in 2013, photographically speaking. Pictured above is the train arriving light power after having set off their cars in the Tillsonburg siding just west of the bridge, they would pull to the building, toss on the derail and mmediately close the gates ending another day of service. The yard in the background is quite full as they have been collecting storage cars and stuffing most sidings along the route with 'em. Brad K asked, and while the main building still stands as you can see, with GIO improvements, the secondary building just behind it was torn down a couple years ago. I'm not exactly sure but the station had to be close to here? Anyone know?
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The Tillsonburg station occupied the same spot as the new building. The telegraph pole at the south east quadrant on the building and the switch stand can be seen in Mr. Mooney’s photo taken on July 10 1977.
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