Caption: For all Station Masters...

CN Collins Bay station, circa late 50s or early 60s. Green shingled roof, well worn insulbrick that's starting to peel and fade, and a train order signal removed.

Of interest...

Those who looked after the trains through this town always referred 'going down to the Bay', due to this section of mainline having many curves, on a grade. Behind the station, still looks empty with no sign of any suburb being built (today's Aylmer Crescent neighbourhood).

As time moved on, the decline in ridership continued, with the improvement of highways and the railways infrastructure to stay competitive. And with the new 'outer' Kingston station having been built with realignment away from the old Montreal Street outer station CN focused more on eliminating the stops 'in between'. After all, the new station was built in a closer proximity to the stop in Collins Bay.

Thus, the end came around 1974 when the station was demolished. All that remains today, is a little avenue across from Edith Rankin United Church appropriately called 'Station St.'

And it's at about this location, on the north side of the tracks being west of Collins Bay Road crossing, this large structure once stood.

Photographer Unknown, photo provided by the late Dave Savage, Canadian Railway Station News.