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Grand River Railway car 864 sitting at the GRR - LE&N Galt Main Street station (facing north on the southbound track, likely a late morning shot due to the light angle). 864 is likely off a LE&N Train north from Port Dover, the #5 to Kitchener. The rails on the right (and spur with boxcar into the Newlands factory) is the CN Fergus Sub. The Galt Main Street Station was mile zero for both the LE&N and the GRR, not to be confused with the CPR Galt Station on the Galt Sub to the north.  Photo taken by Cecil Hommerding, from the collection (Copyright) of Doug Leffler. Substantial caption information provided by George Roth et al with much thanks.  Other GRR passenger operation photos: The GRR-LE&N Station itself: http://www.railpictures.ca/?attachment_id=10502 Another view of car 864 stopped at the station: http://www.railpictures.ca/?attachment_id=10412 GRR cars 848 and 842 at Hespeler Station: http://www.railpictures.ca/?attachment_id=10746  For more details on Cecil, see here.
Copyright Notice: This image ©Cecil Hommerding, collection of Doug Leffler all rights reserved.



Caption: Grand River Railway car 864 sitting at the GRR - LE&N Galt Main Street station (facing north on the southbound track, likely a late morning shot due to the light angle). 864 is likely off a LE&N Train north from Port Dover, the #5 to Kitchener. The rails on the right (and spur with boxcar into the Newlands factory) is the CN Fergus Sub. The Galt Main Street Station was mile zero for both the LE&N and the GRR, not to be confused with the CPR Galt Station on the Galt Sub to the north.

Photo taken by Cecil Hommerding, from the collection (Copyright) of Doug Leffler. Substantial caption information provided by George Roth et al with much thanks.

Other GRR passenger operation photos:
The GRR-LE&N Station itself: http://www.railpictures.ca/?attachment_id=10502
Another view of car 864 stopped at the station: http://www.railpictures.ca/?attachment_id=10412
GRR cars 848 and 842 at Hespeler Station: http://www.railpictures.ca/?attachment_id=10746

For more details on Cecil, see here.

Photographer:
Cecil Hommerding, collection of Doug Leffler [33] (more) (contact)
Date: 04/30/1950 (search)
Railway: Grand River Railway (search)
Reporting Marks: GRR 864 (search)
Train Symbol: LE&N 5 (search)
Subdivision/SNS: GRR Galt/LE&N Main Street Station (search)
City/Town: Galt (search)
Province: Ontario (search)
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  1. My uncle Harry Benham helped build the trucks for these cars.

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