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Caption: Cold day, few flurries in the air as I got out of the car on the Chatham St bridge to get a shot of the TH&B facilities as I knew the era of the beloved TH&B would be coming to a close. After all, the CP was taking over and that means old road was going to fall by the wayside. I was disappointed nothing was doing, save for #56 moving a couple gons around. The roundhouse (behind the fuel tank) and the old coaling tower would live but 5 more years and the yard would be cleared out. For many of us, this is a very nostalgic scene. James Adeney and Peter Newman are notably two members of this RP.ca group that spent time wandering and recording various scenes here back in the day. RIP, Chatham St. (Two tracks on the left are for the Aberdeen Yard, out of sight by a half mile,er..a Kilometer, which still sees limited use.)
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Excellent image, Arnold!
Agreed with Peter. It shows a bleak time for the railway on a bleak day.
You can JUST make out the roof of my childhood home among the trees on the left of the mainline, and the white fence-like ‘No Thoroughfare” sign that I sat on for hours taking notes on what ‘engines’ were passing by many, many years before I heard the term railfanning. On the far side of the wood shed to the left of the coal tower was a bed of coal that made for phenomenal snake hunting in the summer. I can still imagine the smell of rail ties in the summer heat.
Must be nice. Not only next to the TH&B, but on the right ‘sun side’ as well. A camera WOULD have been handy.
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