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Caption: Built in the 1900's at the CP Mactier Sub crossing of Nashville Road, this CP No. 5 station design replaced an 1869 Toronto Grey & Bruce Railway structure. The station name is Kleinburg, though old Kleinburg is about 3 km away on far side of the West Humber River valley - this location is much closer to Nashville ON. Picture was taken not long before the building left this spot.
My reference says CP trains last stopped at the station in 1964, from then until 1976 the station was a (rented?) residence. By 1976 CP wanted Kleinburg station gone - I recall hearing that CP agreed to sell it for a nominal amount, on the condition that it be removed from CP property.
The station was purchased, and the structure was transported (as intact as was practical) to a new location at the north-west corner of the Kleinburg Public School grounds. Because of wires across the route, the roof and upper parts had to be removed. After its arrival, a foundation was made for the structure and the station was nicely restored, including station name signs, a baggage cart, and a semaphore signal. The brick chimneys did not survive, looks like gas heating now.
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Most of the line known today as CP Mactier sub was built in the 1900′s. It shared CPR’s older Toronto Grey and Bruce alignment as far as Bolton. MacTier was a rename of CPR division point “Muskoka Station”.
The name of this line when Kleinburg station was built has not been found.
It’s also worth noting that Kleinburg resident and prominent Canadian writer/media figure Pierre Berton had a hand in saving and moving the station.
I stopped by it last month when in the area, and it’s been kept in pretty good shape. The tight area and angle it’s placed at doesn’t make it very photo-friendly however.
I was just thinking of posting a photo of Kleinburg station. This shot, however, is much superior and I very much prefer this one.
Thank you for your comment, Mr.Mooney.
It seems to me that Kleinburg station name signs stayed up for a long, long time after station activity ended. Could be they were removed in preparation for relocating the structure.
Sources don’t match on date of station construction: I read 1908 on a web page at Old Time Trains, while Vaughan attached a station plaque with date 1900 (might be No.5 station design date).
Previous name of MacTier sub was Muskoka section.
Mactier division point got that rename in 1908.