Andrew Merrilees Collection/ NAC / PA-185937
Richmond Hill Public Libary website
Richmond Hill Public Libary website
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Canadian Historical Photo Collection / J. V. Salmon Collection / TRL / Acc. S 1-2695
| Station Name: | Richmond Hill |
| Subdivision: | Bala |
| Mileage: | 21.23 |
| Station Symbols: | WZ |
| Train Order: | DN |
| Office Signals: | RH |
| Sidings: | 93 (mileage 21.18 to 22.05) |
| Other Tracks: | 44 |
| Yard Limit Boards: | 5,383 feet south of station 7,110 feet north of station |
| Location: | Richmond Hill (York County, Markham Township) |
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| Date | Event |
|---|---|
| 1927-08/1927-12 | CNR renovates station to add agent living quarters [NAC/NMC 096855]. |
| 1936-04-09 | In the pre-dawn hours, sometime around 6 a.m., of April 9, 1936 two heavily-loaded cars of a [southbound] CNR freight train derailed and plunged over a 15-foot embankment on the main line south of Richmond Hill station. [The Liberal (Richmond Hill), Tragic story didn't mesh with reality of derailment, Andrew Hind April 6, 2004, ] |
| 1952c/1954c | CNR adds new baggage/express room by enclosing porte-cochère on south end of station[photographs]. The former baggage room is converted to a conductor's room[speculation]. |
| 1953-01-09 | Conductor of northbound freight narrowly missed by gunshot[The Globe and Mail (Toronto), Saturday, January 10, 1953, p. 4]. |
| Date | Image | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| n.d. | Image Not Available Andrew Merrilees Collection/ NAC / PA-185937 |
Station. |
| 1910c | Richmond Hill Public Libary website |
CNoR station, freight shed and water tower looking north. |
| 1910c | Richmond Hill Public Libary website |
CNoR station and freight shed looking northwest. Flat car is James Bay Railway 23173. Reporting marks on gondola car obscured. Man seated on gondola car is identified as John Sheardown. |
| 1951-05-13 | Unknown |
Rear view of CNR station looking northeast. The 1927 kitchen addition is visible on the left. Photograph appears in [Sauriol-1984, p. 59] |
| 1955-04-13 | Canadian Historical Photo Collection / J. V. Salmon Collection / TRL / Acc. S 1-2695 |
South and east elevations of CNR station. The porte-cochère on the south end has been enclosed and converted to an express/baggage room. The door to the former baggage room north of the operator's bay window has been replaced with clapboard siding and a single door to, perhaps, the conductor's room. |
| Date | Reference | Railway | Subject | Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1927-03 | NAC/NMC 096855 | CNR | Existing station. | Plan. Elevation. Section. The plan indicates that it was also the residence for agent and includes a parlor, living room, two bedrooms and a 10'×12' kitchen addition on the west (rear) side. Rennovation work began in August 1927 and was completed by December 1927 at a cost of $2,120.17. |
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