Comments on: Signalman and Tower The Signalman stands on the stairs leading to the CPR Interlocking Tower at Mile 13.9 Milton Subdivision. CNR Interlocking Signals were controlled by the Signalman from this tower located on the south west quadrant of the Railway Crossing at Grade.

By: MrDan

MrDan — Sun, 07 Apr 2024 19:20:43 +0000

A bit of digging shows the diamond was removed sometime in 1973-74, and CP put a switch and short spur to connect to the old CN line heading south, to service the Robertson Screw factory by the CN station site.

By: Marcus Stevens

Marcus Stevens — Thu, 04 Apr 2024 03:03:41 +0000

Beautiful image! I have a lot of fond memories photographing CP trains at this spot. Mind you long after the tower and CN line were removed.

By: RonaldB

RonaldB — Wed, 03 Apr 2024 23:08:36 +0000

I don’t know when the building was torn down, I feel like I recall seeing it early in my career. Back when we had current of traffic ABS on the double track Galt Sub from Dixie to Guelph Jct, westward trains ran up what is now the north track, and eastward trains on the south track. I was on a westbound train after midnight and we were the first train to head west in several hours. When we rounded the bend & came to where the diamond was, there were 2 straight rusty rails in its place. At first in the headlight, it looked like the diamond was missing. There had been no operating bulletin issued,but the diamond on both tracks had been removed late afternoon the day before & we were the 1st westbound to “break in” the straight rails.