Caption: There have been five stations at Grimsby, and if I may, with all respect to Mr. Mooney and others who have been here too, I'm going to channel his photos posted here on here to illustrate. Pictured above is VIA 97 with Amtrak 100 which has just been flagged down by a passenger as this is now a 'flag stop'. Looking at all the clouds above me, it's kind of a miracle I got any sun at all, but the slow movement of the train helped. They would pull ahead a few more car lengths to let them on and I'd get back on the highway to 'tie' them to St. Catharines. But in this picture, there are two stations, the "2003?" built VIA over-designed shelter, and in the background is the original 1853 Great Western Railway station, restored, and it is my belief, this is the oldest wooden railway station left in the country. Happy to be proven wrong on that. Very few of these survived and the architecture of the Great Western's early stations, if you look at the photos of what was once in Toronto, seems quite unique, and this one still retains a large amount of that uniqueness if you have a look. The building was also recently for sale and restored by the most recent owners inside and out - I was able to tour it after restoration. (To be frank, it had its charm before restoration too as it was largely untouched with a few additions or changes inside otherwise).

by the late 1800s the Grand Trunk built a new station (anyone find a pic? I can't) and it burned in 1900. They pressed the great weatern into service until it was replaced in 1902. In 1994 a fire burned the 1892 station. In the wake of that fire, VIA built what I recall is a makeshift square building with a couple benches/seats and a payphone, it was still there and moved to the side in the later 2000's before being removed or moved to the side for good. People still call at Grimsby and the stop does get used, I was a customer to get to/from university when I still went home to see my parents, who live about 10 minutes from here. Other than this and Ingersoll, what else is a flag stop in this part of the country? Please comment below - corrections welcome as I may have dates a bit wrong.