By: RonaldB

RonaldB — Sun, 27 Sep 2026 16:39:14 +0000

This building was still being used when I was working as Conductor on the 1500 Guelph Jct roadswitcher in 1977. We ran from Guelph Jct up to Guelph & stopped on the “yard” side of the building. There was a clerk in the office that provided us with the switchlist for the industries in Guelph. I can’t recall if there was any other activity going on in the building. I note the track in the foreground, which seems to have gone out of view to “somewhere”. By 1977 it was cut back to a few car lengths from the switch and used to park the Guelph yard engine, which had previously been parked at the engine shed at the foot of the wye on Alice Street.

By: Jacob Patterson

Jacob Patterson — Thu, 11 May 2017 19:05:11 +0000

Yes, it was used to unload farm machinery.

By: David Young

David Young — Thu, 11 May 2017 15:54:32 +0000

In all the images I have seen of this building I have never noticed that there was a track that curved west beside it. I’m guessing the track was used as a ramp track?

Comments on: Canadian Pacific’s Freight Office in Guelph is shown in February 1974. It was later torn down, and the River Run Centre built in its place.

By: RonaldB

By: Jacob Patterson

By: David Young