Overview
Prefabricated Station and Office Building completed 1973
Kebsquasheshing Lake
110' turntable, three bearings
Six Poage standpipes on main track
Municipal water supply
One 30,000 bbl. diesel fuel oil storage tank
Four diesel fuel oil unloading units
Diesel fuel oil dispensing units:
Six on main track
Yard capacity 549 cars
Communication Radio Tower
Main sources of revenue for this town are from the railway, lumber mills at Chapleau and lumber camps in vicinity and stores supplying area Biscotasing to Franz. This town is the educational and banking centre also possesses a modern and fully equipped hospital for the area Biscotasing to Amyot. Three oil companies operate bulk storage plants.
Private sidings - Imperial Oil Limited
Shell Oil of Canada
0.13 Pedestrian overhead bridge constructed in 1974
0.29 Bridge carries Monk St. Extension constructed in 1973
0.41 Bridge two 54'6" BTBG over Kebsquasheshing Lake, mainline and siding
0.69 Crossing Planer Rd./Lisgar St. FLB
0.77 Industrial Spur on S side - Chapleau Forest Products and J.E. Martel Reg. (Ship finished lumber to all points east and to points in U.S.A. Also ship rough lumber and ties.)
1.24 Industrial Spur - J. E. Martel & Sons Lumber Company
1.62 Crossing Lafreniere Rd. FLB
1.78 Industrial Spur - A & L Lafreniere Limited (Ship Lumber and
woodchips)
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42.00 Border between District of Sudbury and District of Algoma
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48.50 HBD Hot Box Detector and Dragging Equipment Scanners
81.40 FRANZ - Elev. 1219'
Siding capacity 5185 ft.
Diamond crossing with Algoma Central and Hudson Bay Railway
supplied and maintained by ACR and protected by controlled
interlocking signals supplied and maintained by CPR and
chargeable to ACR entirely.
Interlocking Plant - 100% ACR maintained by CPR
Diamond - 100% ACR maintained by ACR
Transfer Track - 50% CPR, westerly 906' maintained by CPR
- 50% ACR and maintained by ACR
Interchangeable track
ACR to CPR - 100% CPR maintained by CPR
Interchange track
CPR to ACR - 100% ACR maintained by ACR
Section Bunkhouse
Phone in Box at Diamond - 705-884-2728
Interchange point with ACR
Interchange track ACR to CPR 3,666
Interchange track CPR to ACR 2,650
Transfer track 1,260’
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