CPR (GB&SR) Crossing

Railway Crossing at Grade: C.P.Ry. (G.B. & S.Ry.) G.T.Ry
Station: Atherley Jct. G.T.Ry crossing
Subdivision: Newmarket Orillia
Mileage: 88.92Mileage estimated from aerial photographs and C.N.Ry. Property Plan of Newmarket Subdivision. 7.4
Location: Atherley
(Ontario County, Mara Township)

Date Event
1905-04 G.B. & S.Ry. incorporatedWilson-1983, p. 166.
1910-01-01 G.B. & S.Ry. leased to C.P.Ry.Wilson-1983, p. 166.
1910-05 Construction contract let to Toronto Construction Company for Coldwater to Atherley JunctionWilson-1983, pp. 160 & 166.
1910-05-06 Location of C.P.Ry. crossing of G.T.Ry. at Atherley Jct. approved by B.R.C.BRC Order 10586.
1911-04-14 Track laying reaches Orillia from ColdwaterWilson-1983, p. 161This is at odds with Georgian Bay and Seaboard Ry.— ... Track was laid into Orillia, from Coldwater Jct., May 14, and is being proceeded with in the direction of Lindsay. ...C.P.R. Betterments, Construction, Etc., Canadian Railway and Marine World, June 1911, p. 515.
1911-10-18 Track laying reaches Atherley Junction from OrilliaWilson-1983, p. 161Georgian Bay and Seaboard Ry.— ... The last rail on this line was laid Oct. 18, and ballasting is being pushed as fast as possible. It is expected that it will be ready for traffic by the end of the year. The line is in operation from Coldwater Jct., on the Toronto-Sudbury line to Victoria Harbour, where large terminal facilities are under construction. ...C.P.R. Betterments, Construction, Etc., Canadian Railway and Marine World, November 1911, p. 1061.
1911-12-15 C.P.Ry. opens from Coldwater Junction to Atherley JunctionWilson-1983, pp. 161 & 166.
1912-05-04 C.P.Ry. opens from Atherley Junction to Bethany JunctionWilson-1983, pp. 161 & 166.
1912-05-21 C.N.O.Ry., C.P.Ry. and G.T.Ry. authorized to operate over interlocking plant at Atherley Jct. without stoppingBRC Order 16557.
1932-12 C.P.Ry. operates last passenger train between Port McNicoll and Havelock; mixed freight and "grain extra" service maintained during Great DepressionWilson-1983, p. 247.
1937-09-07 C.P.Ry. abandons Orillia to LindsayAndreae-1997, p. 135; Wilson-1983, p. 247.
1938 C.P.Ry. lifts rails between Orillia and LindsayWilson-1983, p. 247.