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A nice sunny day for stretching the legs on the platform. The station is looking much better than on my last trip in June 2009.
Certainly looks a lot better compared to my last stop there in 2014 – someone has applied paint and the platform also looks in better shape. Is this station now owned by a preservation organization (as opportunities to CN who never spent a nickel and let it deteriorate) and does VIA have a ticket/checked baggage office inside ? Note the station sign “Sioux Lookout, Ontario “. Not often you see the provincial name on a train station sign. Maybe it’s because after travelling more than 24 hours from Toronto, the tourists/train travellers need to be reminded that they are still in Ontario and that the “middle of nowhere “ is in this province. Very nice picture, gives me the itch to take the Canadian west once again, John
I think the local historical group may have hung that station name sign with the province ‘Ontario’ added to it. That is certainly not a CN standard.
According to VIA’s website, the station is closed and passengers must bring their own luggage to the baggage car! …
https://www.viarail.ca/en/explore-our-destinations/stations/ontario/sioux-lookout
On March 10, 1994, the station building at Sioux Lookout was designated a heritage building under the Heritage Railway Stations Protection Act.
https://www.historicplaces.ca/en/rep-reg/place-lieu.aspx?id=8900