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Here's an old image I shot while wandering around in my earlier photography years. I had discovered there was much more than hanging out at Bayview seeing endless trains going by.....actually, stations were my first love. The old Hespeler CN (GTR) station was built around 1900, replacing an earlier structure. Unfortunately efforts to save this building were thwarted by vandals who burned the structure to the ground in 2003. I don't think I have been along this road since I shot this station over 50 years ago. Is the Artex Woollen building still in existence? There sure was an abundance of textile businesses in this vicinity back in the day.
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Caption: Here's an old image I shot while wandering around in my earlier photography years. I had discovered there was much more than hanging out at Bayview seeing endless trains going by.....actually, stations were my first love. The old Hespeler CN (GTR) station was built around 1900, replacing an earlier structure. Unfortunately efforts to save this building were thwarted by vandals who burned the structure to the ground in 2003. I don't think I have been along this road since I shot this station over 50 years ago. Is the Artex Woollen building still in existence? There sure was an abundance of textile businesses in this vicinity back in the day.

Photographer:
A.W.Mooney [2233] (more) (contact)
Date: 07/00/1974 (search)
Railway: Canadian National (search)
Reporting Marks: nil (search)
Train Symbol: n/a (search)
Subdivision/SNS: CN Fergus Sub. (search)
City/Town: Hespeler (search)
Province: Ontario (search)
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5 Comments
  1. Stephen C. Host
    June 30, 2025 at 3:48 pm

    It appears to still be in place but now clad in steel siding with lots of additions.

  2. Stephen C. Host
    July 3, 2025 at 9:10 am

    Who owned the silos in the background?

  3. Noe
    July 3, 2025 at 11:24 am

    This is neat overview of the Hespeler station and area you don’t often see. Nice Arnold!

  4. awmooney
    July 3, 2025 at 11:44 am

    Thanks!! I thought “What a crappy angle” but then, it shows the area around the structure.

  5. Todd Steinman
    July 4, 2025 at 6:20 pm

    “Get it while you can, before it’s gone”.

    Great photo showing not just the station, but the businesses that once stood or in existence trackside….

    ….even if this was 50 years ago!
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