CNoR/GTR Crossing

Station: CNoR/GTR Crossing
Subdivision: Bala Newmarket
Mileage: 88.53Mileage is equivalent along original centre as shown on CNR Property Plan No. 656. 98.48Mileage based on CNR Property Plan No. 656.
Date Event
1905c JBR applies to BRC for authority to cross GTR at grade near Washago[BRC Application No. 313].
1905-12-11 GTR objects to JBR application[The Toronto Daily Star, December 11, 1905, p. 1].
1906-01-08 BRC inspects proposed crossing[First report of the board of railway commissioners for Canada, p. 102].
1906-08-09 BRC inspects interlocking[BRC-1908, p. 105]
1906-11-06 CNOR opens "Parry Sound Section" from Toronto to Parry Sound[Stevens-1962, p. 56].
1915-02-26 CNOR and GTR authorized to remove night signalman at Washago[BRC Order 23359].
1922-05-22 CNR authorized to open Washago Connection, which replaced the at grade crossing with the GTR with two junctions and a short "Joint Section"[BRC Order. 32420]Instructions for the "Joint Section" first appear in CNR.EL.OD.12, which was effective 1922-04-30—refer to Washago for instructions..
Date Image Notes
n.d.
Lindsay Rails Yahoo! group
Interlocking tower at GTR/CNoR crossing looking south along GTR North Bay Subdivision.
1920c
Don Harvey Collection
Interlocking tower at GTR/CNoR crossing looking north along GTR North Bay Subdivision towards Washago.