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I live in Kitchener, but grew up on a farm on
Line 86 (then Ontario Highway 86) east of Lucknow in the 40's and 50's (WDHS
1956) when the train was still in operation. We could see the train from our
farm (south of the highway) as it traveled the tracks north of the highway.
I note that your postcards of the Lucknow station
are labeled as a CPR Station. To my knowledge, there was never a CPR
train in Lucknow. The only railroad through Lucknow was built
by Wellinton, Grey and Bruce Railroad. It was linked to
Toronto, and came up through Listowel, Brussels, Bluevale,
Wingham, Whitechurch, Lucknow, Ripley, and finally Kincardine. There were
two trains going east and west each day.The "late train" came
in from Wingham some time around 11p.m. and the crew stayed overnight in
Kincardine, then left as the "early train" some time around 6:30
a.m. as I recall. There was another one came in around noon and went back out
in the afternoon. There was a large stockyard area a couple of blocks
from the station where cattle and hogs were weighed and then shipped to the
Toronto stockyards for sale. My great uncle was the scale-master. My
grandparents lived close to the station, and I used to watch the train slow
down as it approached the station from the east when we were visiting
them in town. The line eventually became part of the Grand Trunk Railway
and CNR.
The postcards show the CNR station as I
remember it. The passenger area was at the end where the photographer was
standing, and the freight storage was in the other end where the raised area
on the platform is located. It was wheeled up there on a little cart. My
deceased uncle handled the freight for a few years- probably up to
the time the railway shut down the line.
by Ivan McQuillin.