Outer Station Platform Scenes

Kingston's Outer Station, 1900. Eastbound Grand Trunk Railway passenger train. (Need I say...not my photo? Online auction site photo.) The curve and the photo angle show the sharp curve on which the 1855 station site was located. This is a super-archival photo, but I would also like to share more recent, perhaps more relatable more recent images in this post.

The CN Outer Station on Montreal Street was often a busy place. This post shows some of those platform scenes. December 29, 1966 (top photo). In 1948, reserve sailors from HMCS Cataraqui with their transport in the parking lot:

Girl Guides leave on a morning Railiner, August 28, 1966 to the Canadian National Exhibition in Toronto:

Twenty-four Grade 11's departing for a week-long Adventure in Learning in Nova Scotia, sponsored by the Canadian Centennial Commission on July 27 1966

As part of the same federal-provincial youth travel program, 24 high school students form Saskatoon arriving at Outer Station August 25, 1966

Midget hockey players from the Centennial tournament depart Kingston on April 3, 1967.

A westbound train was two cars short, so players had to scramble for seats during a 30-minute delay after bidding their local billets farewell:

The Outer Station platform saw many departures and arrivals of troops during the Korean Conflict. This photo was taken in May, 1952

KCVI Army Cadets about to head to six weeks of summer cadet camp at Ipperwash, ON on June 28, 1952:

On November 10, 1959 Eskimos arrive for engineering training at CFB Kingston:

(Photos in this post from Queen's University Archives except for top photo)