General

Station Name: Meaford
Subdivision: Meaford
Miles: 52.15
Station Symbols: RWZ
Train Order: DN
Office Signals: MR
Sidings: Yard
Other Tracks: Yard
  • Knight Brothers: N.7 (mileage 51.67)
  • Lake Siding: NS.23 (mileage 52.06 to 52.31)
  • Stanley Knight Hardwood Flooring: S.4
  • Meaford Manufacturing Company: S.10 (mileage 52.53)
  • Meaford Manufacturing Company: S.6
Location: (Grey County, St. Vincent Township)

Footnotes

1894[GTR-1894, p. 57]

Connections...With Stage leaving [daily] at 1:35 p.m. for Owen Sound, 20 miles, fare $1.00, baggage extra.

1915[GTR-1915, p. 13]

[Board of Railway Commissioners for Canada] Order No. 18386 permits lift bridge to be operated on siding serving Meaford Manufacturing Co., and Meaford Wheelbarrow Co., Limited, at Meaford. Engines using this siding will stop clear of bridge, sound whistle and not proceed until bridge has been properly cleared. The above named Companies are required to operate the bridge.

1925[CNR-1925, p. 8]

Bridge Street Crossing (just south of station) must be protected by one of station or other employees acting as watchman during time of switching operations, and of the arrival of passenger trains.

1945[CNR-1945, p. 6]

All movements over Bridge Street Crossing, just South of station must be protected by one of station or other employees acting as crossing watchman.

1953[CNR-1953, p. 8]

Movements over Bridge Street Crossing, just South of station must be protected by one of station or other employees acting as crossing watchman.

Chronology

Date Event
1872-12-31 NER opens to Meaford[Hopper-1962, p. 641]Stevens gives the date as April 1, 1872[Stevens-1960, p. 410]..
1902-05-01 Station master R.F. White officially opens new station[Fred Kennedy—correspondence]

Photographs

Date Image Notes
n.d.
Canadian National Railways collection, NAC C-035485		 NRC, the first train into Meaford, ON.
1875/85
James Esson Collection / NAC / Acc. 1978-103		 Station.
n.d.
County of Grey Museum		 GTR station and elevator.
n.d.
TRL/CPCC Acc. PC-ON 1184		 GTR station from elevator.
1942-07
NAC / PA-201193		 Station.

Drawings

Date Reference Railway Subject Description
1895-04-08 NAC / Col. RG30M Acc. 934002 Item 38 NRC Track plan. 1'=50"
1953-12-31   CNR Operating Diagrams Meaford Subdivision, Sheet 3
1955-05 CNR Track plan.