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The days of endless motor car sheds, section houses, tool houses, outhouses and all that were once along the right-of-ways have vanished. It seemed like every railroad station was surrounded by these structures. I don't think many like this one survived into the 2000s. I would call this a CPR Broom Closet, as it is a little bit too thin for an outhouse. When you think of it, it is rather surprising the railroad would even go thru the bother of such a building; and this must have been pretty well the last of its era in Southern Ontario. It used to sit near the west end switches at Guelph Jct. I had marked my photo as it being at "mile 41.3". Probably just a guess. Amusing piece of history. I wish I could have brought it home. No idea why.
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Caption: The days of endless motor car sheds, section houses, tool houses, outhouses and all that were once along the right-of-ways have vanished. It seemed like every railroad station was surrounded by these structures. I don't think many like this one survived into the 2000s. I would call this a CPR Broom Closet, as it is a little bit too thin for an outhouse. When you think of it, it is rather surprising the railroad would even go thru the bother of such a building; and this must have been pretty well the last of its era in Southern Ontario. It used to sit near the west end switches at Guelph Jct. I had marked my photo as it being at "mile 41.3". Probably just a guess. Amusing piece of history. I wish I could have brought it home. No idea why.

Photographer:
A.W.Mooney [2136] (more) (contact)
Date: 03/30/2001 (search)
Railway: Canadian Pacific (search)
Reporting Marks: nil (search)
Train Symbol: nil (search)
Subdivision/SNS: CP Galt Sub. (search)
City/Town: Guelph Jct (search)
Province: Ontario (search)
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3 Comments
  1. August 3, 2020. Arnold Mooney has run out of slides to scan.

  2. Awh-h-h-h…..you’re just jealous of that magnificent structure. CPR at its finest.

  3. It’s no longer there because someone leaned a third broom against it and it toppled over.

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