Essex Terminal Railway
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Essex Terminal Railway (
History
The railway was founded in 1902 as a western connection of the
As a part of the urban renewal of Windsor, the railway sold several kilometers of spur line in central Windsor to the City of Windsor and various developers in 1998, allowing new homes and businesses to be built along the former rail. The main line was generally unchanged however ETR became more dependent on down river traffic and several upgrades were made.
In September 2002, ETR celebrated its 100th anniversary and brought its newly restored 1923
In early 2013, a connection was made so that ETR could provide service to the Hiram Walkers tank farm just west of the
In 2017, ETR purchased the former General Motors plant property in south Walkerville and renovated into a automotive logistics yard for new Chrysler vehicles that await shipment. The site is run under the name MotiPark, and is owned by Essex Morterm Holdings.
As of 2020, the ETR services 9 customers, including
In 2023, Windsor residents complained of excessive and disruptive train whistle noise produced by ETR on a daily basis, starting in October of the previous year.[3][4]
ETR locomotives and rolling stock
The ETR currently owns 4 locomotives. They are 104 (ex-ICG
ETR has several pieces of rolling stock used for storage; a covered hopper and a boxcar are on-trucks but stationary at the engine facility on Lincoln Road.
They had two ex-CP wide vision cabooses which have been sold to Waterloo Central Railroad and were renumbered from ETR 1610 to WCRX 1040 and ETR 1600 to WCRX 1042. The ETR now no longer has cabooses on the roster.
References
- ISBN 9781926845890.
- ISBN 9780890242902.
- ^ "'Why so loud?': South Walkerville residents call on city to stop late night train whistles". Windsor. 2023-01-15. Retrieved 2023-03-01.
- ^ "South Walkerville man protests ongoing train noise as councillor says 'conversation has started' with feds to address issue". Windsor. 2023-01-22. Retrieved 2023-03-01.
External links
- ETR official website
- ETR Rolling Stock GIF Images at Trainweb.org
- Southwest Ontario Train at TrainWeb.org
- ETR train paint schemes
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