Comments on: Last month and to my surprise, I found the Jarvis station on the move. When I was browsing through my collection, this photo brought me back to when I was a youngster. Typical CN fashion in the later years when they’re stations needed maintenance…plain dull colours. Jarvis was painted in the dull grey, with blue and orange doors…plain and simple in design replacing the original wooden doors that seemed to be more fashionable in design. For those who have read my bio, it is this style that I still hold dearly to me…as plain as it is, it was still surprisingly appealing to me. Thankfully, the building was repainted when Michaud Fine Woodworking had owned the station. This design was more typically found on the CN’s stations from the 50′s…usually reversed with the red as the main colour on the building with cream trimmed windows. You can view the station at it’s first stage of moving here: http://www.railpictures.ca/?attachment_id=23995#sthash.y2bCDtOD.dpuf Of note…the tracks and station aren’t the only thing that have or will be disappearing…in the background, to the left, is the old railway hotel which burned down a short time after this photo was taken.

By: Todd Steinman

Todd Steinman — Fri, 06 May 2016 23:54:03 +0000

Welcome to Haldimand County…where mischief takes over respect sometimes.

My in-laws live in Jarvis – so I keep tabs on it pretty good. Hopefully it doesn’t start to sag by being on the dollys until funds are raised to move it to the Antique Society at the south end of town.

By: Snarkum

Snarkum — Fri, 06 May 2016 03:30:23 +0000

The station was still on the moving dolly this past Tuesday May 3. The contractor who apparently has purchased where the station was located, was in the process of ensuring the
orange plastic fencing around the foundation
was still in place. Seems the local yokels
had been cttring the fence.

By: Snarkum

Snarkum — Fri, 06 May 2016 03:29:55 +0000