Railpictures.ca - Bill Thomson Photo: Canadian National 0-6-0 7435 switches at Kitchener in front of the station in 1958, with one of the crew riding the front pilot as another looks back on their train. Baggage carts for servicing passenger trains are posed by the station under the awning. The Krug Furniture Company building, still standing today, is visible in the background along with its water tower. | Railpictures.ca – Canadian Railway Photography

Canadian National 0-6-0 7435 switches at Kitchener in front of the station in 1958, with one of the crew riding the front pilot as another looks back on their train. Baggage carts for servicing passenger trains are posed by the station under the awning. The Krug Furniture Company building, still standing today, is visible in the background along with its water tower.

Caption: Canadian National 0-6-0 7435 switches at Kitchener in front of the station in 1958, with one of the crew riding the front pilot as another looks back on their train. Baggage carts for servicing passenger trains are posed by the station under the awning. The Krug Furniture Company building, still standing today, is visible in the background along with its water tower.

Photographer:	Bill Thomson [715] (more) (contact)
Date:	1958 (search)
Railway:	Canadian National (search)
Reporting Marks:	CNR 7435 (search)
Train Symbol:	Not Provided
Subdivision/SNS:	Kitchener Station - CN Brampton Sub (search)
City/Town:	Kitchener (search)
Province:	Ontario (search)
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4 Comments

Jacob Patterson

February 4, 2016 at 9:04 pm

Great stuff Bill. Thanks for sharing this.
Marcus Stevens

February 5, 2016 at 3:04 am

Awesome photo. It’s amazing how much still looks the same here today, minus the steam engines and fresh paint on the Krug building that is
Stephen C. Host

February 8, 2016 at 10:47 am

This is very nice. Not much has changed here….. yet…

Funny enough I have a Krug desk in my possession – built in 1988 with leather inlay – very sturdy product and they still make furniture on-site today.

Eventually though it will become condos.. just a matter of time
aeyb701

April 9, 2026 at 8:15 am

At Dalhousie U. medical school there were purple cloth-covered swivel chairs with stainless steel posts and castered legs that looked just like the ones I remembered from the old converted heavyweight lounge cars on some CN passenger trains (survived into VIA till 1982-ish) like “Joie-de-vivre”, “d’Elegance” etc.. I looked under one and sure enough it bore the label “made by H. Krug Co., Kitchener, Ontario”. I remember the factory from all my trips to the station in the mid seventies as a kid and teen.
I wonder if they made the chairs for those CN lounge cars?

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