Re: (rshsdepot) Major RR Terminals in the US before 1900

[Derek Boles <derekboles_@_rogers.com>]

I know it's not in the U.S. but the Canadian Pacific Railway Windsor 
Station in Montreal opened in February 1889. It much much expanded 
and modified over the years but the original 1889 headhouse is still 
there. Several U.S. trains came into Windsor, including those of the 
Rutland, Boston & Maine, Delaware & Hudson and New York Central, the 
last operating a commuter service out of Montreal until 1957. The 
last intercity train to use the station was Amtrak's Adirondack from 
New York in 1986. Commuter trains continued to use Windsor Station 
until 1993, when what remained of the Bush train shed was demolished 
to permit construction of the Molson Centre hockey arena and a new 
commuter train facility was constructed west of the arena. The old 
station was beautifully restored and I believe that it is the only 
19th century railway station in North American still owned by the 
company that built it.

Derek Boles
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