Comments on: Nice looking afternoon back at the end of October 1979 as CP 8730, an RS-18, works a cut of cars at the Canada Cement (Lafarge)siding at Zorra Station. Pity the station has been gone more than 30 years. It made a nice prop for smokey MLW images back in the day………..

By: PRR5406

PRR5406 — Fri, 04 Jun 2021 15:41:40 +0000

Thank heavens modern Diesels don’t make horrible smoke like steam locomotives did!

By: RonaldB

RonaldB — Thu, 26 Sep 2019 04:08:20 +0000

I recall being in the station different times & it had beautiful brown & cream enamel oil stove(s?) & unusual lighting sconces. So far as I know, all those treasures ended up in the hole they bulldozed the building into. Something for archeologists to ponder a few centuries hence.
Also in this shot Arnold, the now gone “Ingersoll North branch” which I traversed a few times. The odd time on a weekend, you’d be on a mainline train like the pickup with a hot car for Ingersoll North & the poor brakeman (me) recalls riding that 4 miles on that car in the rain to spot it, while the train & tail end crew waited at Zorra.

By: Ralph Lauren

Ralph Lauren — Sat, 21 Oct 2017 15:42:54 +0000

Thanks for the info guys, I am familiar with insulbrick. I labor for a brick crew, and things like that catch my eye.

By: awmooney

awmooney — Sat, 21 Oct 2017 12:53:11 +0000

Ralph…everything around there used to be covered in grayish quarry dust. Probably the reason the “brick” looks darker on the back is the fact that wall is facing the NW, and wind/rain has ‘washed’ the wall somewhat compared to the rest of the building.

By: Todd Steinman

Todd Steinman — Sat, 21 Oct 2017 01:45:45 +0000

Great photo Arnold. Almost wouldn’t recognize it then, having seen it in the present.

By the way….got a shovel?

By: Eric May

Eric May — Sat, 21 Oct 2017 01:37:39 +0000

The brick is not real. It’s similar to an asphalt shingle on a fiberboard sheathing. It was commonly used to cover old wood siding. One of the product names was “Insulbrick”. The colour differential would be from dust from the nearby quarry.

By: Ralph Lauren

Ralph Lauren — Sat, 21 Oct 2017 01:24:11 +0000

looks like the masons used whatever brick they had on hand to build this structure.. red in the back and brown in the front, am I seeing this right?

By: mile27

mile27 — Sat, 21 Oct 2017 01:14:07 +0000

Very nice, Arnold. The Zorra station was attractive and a great trackside prop. The only props along the rails today are tall weeds, thickets of trees, dilapidated structures and code lines. Longing for the days of old.

By: awmooney

awmooney — Sat, 21 Oct 2017 01:01:32 +0000

Thanks, guys. Years ago along the railroad there was fun to be had for photographers almost everywhere..

By: DaveA

DaveA — Sat, 21 Oct 2017 00:02:32 +0000

Great photo. Those were the days….