Caption: After meeting 105 at Zephyr, CN 104 gets up to track speed through the curve at Mount Albert. At one time a town served by two railways, today the CN Bala Sub, originally built by the Canadian Northern in 1906, sees all traffic on its transcontinental journey.

The other line, arriving in Mount Albert in 1877, was the narrow gauge Lake Simcoe Junction Railway, a subsidiary of the Toronto & Nipissing Railway. The LSJR was constructed from Stouffville Junction to Jackson's Point on Lake Simcoe via Ballantrae, Mount Albert, and Sutton, eventually crossing the Canadian Northern at Zephyr, just north of Queensville Sideroad. Traffic levels dwindled after the construction of both the CNoR, and the Toronto & York Radial Railway to Sutton (opening 1909), resulting in the abandonment of the Sutton Sub between Zephyr and Stouffville Junction in 1928 (service ending in May, and rails lifted by October). Jackson's Point to Sutton had been abandoned in 1927. Redesignated as the CN Sutton Spur in 1960, service would cease in 1979, with the rails being lifted in 1981. The LSJR passed roughly 1000 feet off to the right of this image.

Some information can be found on the late Charles Cooper's website by clicking here, and further information can be found in his book Narrow Gauge for Us: The Story of the Toronto & Nipissing Railway.

Scenes of Mount Albert station, relocated to Cannington, ON in 1978:
September 1976, Arnold Mooney
March 1978, Arnold Mooney
Fall 1978, Peter Newman

Scenes of CN's Sutton station, relocated to Georgina, ON in the late 70s:
October 1976, Arnold Mooney
October 1976, Arnold Mooney