Canpa

Station: Canpa
Railway: C.N.Rys. C.P.Ry.
Subdivision: Oakville Canpa
Mileage: 8.44 2.6
Symbols: X
Train Order: DN DN
Office Signals: MJ MO
Sidings: ..
Other Tracks: ..
Location:

Trains from Canadian Pacific Railway may enter Oakville Subdivision on signal indication and without obtaining terminal clearance at Canpa.

Junction with Canadian Pacific Railway; interlocked (B.T.C. 12750).

Date Event
1910-08c C.P.Ry. completes tracklaying on Islington-Mimico branch from its Toronto-Windsor line to G.T.Ry. at MimicoC.P.R. betterments, construction, etc., The Railway and Marine World, No. 151 (1910-09), p. 731.
1910-09c C.P.Ry. makes connection to G.T.Ry. at MimicoC.P.R. betterments, construction, etc., The Railway and Marine World, No. 152 (1910-10), p. 859.
1910-10c C.P.Ry. delays opening of its Islington-Mimico branch owing to G.T.Ry. delay in installation of the interlocking plantC.P.R. betterments, construction, etc., The Railway and Marine World, No. 153 (1910-11), p. 933.
1910-10-21 C.P.Ry. authorized to open its Islington-Mimico branchB.R.C. 12069.
1952-05-01 C.P.Ry. tower is replaced by new C.N.Rys. tower, which controls from Humber River (approx. M5) to 30th Street in Long Branch (M8.77)U.C.R.S. Newsletter 79.
2020 Metrolinx demolishes Canpa tower.
Date Image Notes
1951c
JPS collection
G.R.S. advertisement showing Canpa "operating board" and control limitsRailway Age, April 6, 1953, p. 48.
1953-05
Signalling at CanpaRailway Signaling and Communications One control machine for interlocked yard area, May 1953, pg. 331.
2020-10-31
Demolition of C.N.Rys. Canpa towerMetrolinx, Weekend Lakeshore West GO Train schedule changes, November 3, 2020, www.metrolinx.com/en/news/weekend-lakeshore-west-go-train-schedule-changes.