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“All Aboard!” Canadian National Railway Mixed Train Heads Northeast out of Kirkfield

Black-and-white image of train with tracks in foreground and trees in background

Source: R.J. Sandusky photo, courtesy Charles Cooper Collection.
Date: 1951

The Canadian National Railway’s “mixed train” to Coboconk, seen here at Kirkfield in 1951, carried both freight and passengers. A typical mixed train had gondola cars laden with stone from the Kirkfield Crushed Stone quarry with a couple of coaches trailing behind. Mixed train service along this route was discontinued in March of 1955.