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Grand Trunk Railway Shops
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1856..The Grand Trunk Railway came to town on September 3. The
first train came into the GTR station at Queen and Regent Street. This was the start of
a long association with the city of Stratford.
1858.. The Buffalo Brantford and Goderich Railway arrived on
December 8.
1870.. Construction began on the Grand Trunk Railway Motive Power
Shops. It was completed in 1871. Machinery and staff were transferred from
Brantford and Toronto Ontario. The main building was 270 feet long, 90 feet wide
and 14 feet to the eaves, A smaller building of 150 feet in length and 42 feet wide was
also added,
Stratford was picked to be the new shops' location because of
its position in the center of South Western Ontario.
1872.. The GTR began converting all its locomotives to standard
North American gauge. It kept the shops very busy for a long time. The
actual conversion of the track between Sarnia and Montreal was well organized and completed
in a couple of days. The locomotives were another thing…
1888.. The Grand Trunk took over the Great Western Railway of
Canada. Its headquarters and shops were located in Hamilton Ontario. In
1889 machinery and staff were relocated in Stratford increasing the manpower
greatly.
1903.. A new Tender shop was built on the west end of the
existing building.
1907.. This time the expansion of the shops was huge. They
actually built the new shop around the old one. With the new and larger locomotives
being produced the company had no choice but to expand on a grand
scale.
The new shop was opened on February 18 1909 by the president
of the Grand Trunk Pacific Railway, Mr. Charles Melville
Hays who later died in
the sinking of the Titanic.
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Grand Trunk Railway of Canada History Grand Trunk Pacific Railway of Canada History Grand Trunk Railway of Canada annual passes
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