General

Station Name:	Bradford
Subdivision:	Newmarket
Mileage:	41.51
Station Symbols:	W1
Train Order:	DN
Office Signals:	BF
Sidings:	38 (mileage 41.18 to 41.61)
Other Tracks:	94
Location:	Bradford (Simcoe County, West Gwilllimbury Township)
HSMBC Report:	RSR-242
Designation / Year:	Negative / 1994

Footnotes

Siding is track second in front of station.

Chronology

Date	Event
1853-06-13	OS&HURR opens from Machell's Corners to Bradford[Trout-1871, p. 106; The Globe (Toronto), Wednesday, May 16, 1928, p. 4; Stevens-1960, p. 398; The Aurora Banner-1939].
1860-09-10	NRC operates special train for His Royal Majesty, Albert, Prince of Wales[Walker-1953, p. 8]. The Prince of Wales disembarks at Bradford for musical entertainment[Walker-1953, p. 52].
1874-08-31	NRC operates special train for Fire Company and Lacrosse Club from Bradford to Orillia[The Globe (Toronto), Wednesday, September 2, 1874, p. 2]; Bradford lost three straight games to Orillia[The Globe (Toronto), Tuesday, September 1, 1874, p. 1].
1928-04-14	Train No. 4 derails south of station killing the engineer[The Globe (Toronto), Monday, April 16, 1928, p. 13 & Saturday, April 21, 1928, p. 17; Toronto Daily Star, Monday, April 16, 1928, p. 17 & Saturday, April 21, 1928, p. 3].
1945-06c	Land purchased from CNR for construction of cold storage plant[Toronto Star, Monday June 11, 1945, p. 8].
1964-04-26	Appears in CNR PTT[CNR.A.195, Table 55].
1964-10-25	Does not appear in CNR PTT[CNR.A.196, Table 60].

Photographs

Date	Image	Notes/Publication
n.d.	Ian Wilson collection	Second depot in the GTR era.
1950c	Ian Wilson collection	Postcard view of Bradford Co-Operative Storage after construction of the addition on the east end.
n.d.	W. MacLaren Wilson photo	South and east (track) elevations of station. [Wilson-1998, p. 36].
1960c	JPS collection	Aerial view of Holland Marsh showing alignment of Newmarket Subdivision parallel to Highway No. 11 from Holland River to Bradford station.
1971-01-24	John Ward photo	CNR 6218 leading excursion train. East (track) elevation of station. [Bradford Witness, 1971-01-27].
	Elizabeth A. Willmot photo	[Willmot-1984, p. TBD]
1993	John L. Nicholls photo	East elevation of station. [RSR-242, Figure 1].
1993	John L. Nicholls photo	North elevation of station. [RSR-242, Figure 5].
1993	John L. Nicholls photo	Detail, east elevation, freight room end. [RSR-242, Figure 9].
1993	John L. Nicholls photo	East elevation of station. [RSR-242, Figure 12].
1993	John L. Nicholls photo	East elevation of station. [RSR-242, Figure 13].
1993	John L. Nicholls photo	South elevation of station. [RSR-242, Figure 14].
1993	John L. Nicholls photo	Detail of eaves. [RSR-242, Figure 15].
1993	John L. Nicholls photo	Detail, west elevation, freight room end. [RSR-242, Figure 16].
1993	John L. Nicholls photo	West elevation of station. [RSR-242, Figure 17].
1993	John L. Nicholls photo	West elevation of station. [RSR-242, Figure 18].
1993	John L. Nicholls photo	Station from northwest. [RSR-242, Figure 27].
1993	John L. Nicholls photo	Station from west. [RSR-242, Figure 28].
1993	John L. Nicholls photo	Station from southwest. [RSR-242, Figure 29].
1993	John L. Nicholls photo	Station from south. [RSR-242, Figure 30].

Drawings

Date	Reference	Railway	Subject	Description
1876-01-24	NAC / Col. RG30M Acc. 934002 Item 21	NRC	Track plan.	1"=50'
1890	NAC / Col. RG30M Acc. 81293/55 Item 177	GTR	Mickle and Dyments Mill Yard sidings.	Plan.
1948-01	[Wilson-1998, p. 36]	CNR	Track plan.

End Notes

Originally from water tank, which was filled from the Holland River[GTR.ND.1907 , p. 12].