Comments on: N&W ND-91 passes the Walker Road crossing gate tower (Adjacent to the Walkerville VIA station) as it arrives in Windsor, Ont on March 27th 1984 with a pair of Ex Illinois Terminal GP38-2′s. I actually worked one shift in that tower. When CN took over the Conrail Canada Division I was working as a Car Control Clerk. When CN took over we were merged in with the CN clerks and with barely any seniority I ended up on the spareboeard. One day I get a call to work afternoon shift at the gate tower. Now the gate tower men were S&C (Signals) guys on light duties, but since they didn’t have a spareboard the clerks covered any vacancies. With no training whatsoever I arrived at the tower. The guy on days said ” When a train comes put the gates down. I you gotta take a leak go behind the bushes at the bottom of the stairs and if you gotta take a dump, put the gates down and go to the VIA station” and he left. There was just a phone in the tower. Good thing I took slides to label and I called one of my railfan friends to come visit me and bring me a Harveys burger.

By: awmooney

awmooney — Thu, 15 Dec 2016 16:36:26 +0000

Yeah, that caption is a riot. But I cannot see the bushes. Did you kill ‘em??? )

Driver8666 — Thu, 15 Dec 2016 15:06:52 +0000

I love the uh “restroom” instructions. Hilarious.

mile27 — Thu, 15 Dec 2016 11:47:34 +0000

Nice shot Dave showing some of that lost Walkerville history.

CNSD60F — Thu, 15 Dec 2016 01:44:22 +0000

Nice shot of some ex IT geeps! By any chance do you still railfan?

RTCDave — Thu, 15 Dec 2016 00:37:53 +0000

ND-91 usually came in early morning.

Stephen C. Host — Thu, 15 Dec 2016 00:25:58 +0000

Very nice photo and story. Was 91 predictable timing wise? I note only Eastbounds showed in the timetable…. no westbounds.