GTR Buildings & Bridges Inventory 1903
This Inventory consists of a record of all stations and other structures throughout the Grand Trunk Railway's WESTERN Division.
(For the Middle, Northern, Southern, Eastern and Ottawa Divisions, please consult GTR Buildings & Bridges Inventory 1907.)
The Division is recorded in three sections:
Structures
Bridges and Culverts
Stations, freight sheds, section houses and stock pens
This Inventory was rescued by former CNR employee and dedicated railway history researcher Art Clowes during a paper purge at one of the CNR's Division points, and is posted on this website with his kind permission. It is a priceless record of every GTR structure of the Western Division as of 1903, during a massive GTR structure renewal program between around 1900 and the outbreak of WWI.
Note by Art:
"The GTR had a series of these inventory books that were issued every few years. I expect the information in them was not bad, especially dates around the period of issue and shortly before. These books were not "a headquarters" produced book, but a combination including information from road masters and engineers. Some of my copies have plenty of notes, and I can recall coming across letters where some of this info was forwarded to headquarters."
Notes to viewers:
1. Each page has been scanned into .pdf format.
2. The index page references are approximate where one District ends and another one starts. Please therefore consult the previous or the next page as well.
Page
0 Cover page
1 Frontispiece
3 Index
5 Abbreviations
STRUCTURES
6 7 Turntables
8 Ice Houses
9 Wagon and Track Scales
10 Wagon and Track Scales cont'd
11 Engine Houses
12 13 Water Stations
14 15 Water Stations cont'd
16 Fuel Stations
17 Bridges and Through Trusses Clearances
18 19 Bridges and Through Trusses Clearances cont'd
20 21 Road Department Sections
22 23 Grade Crossings Railways
BRIDGES AND CULVERTS
33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 25th District Durand to West Bay City (CS&M Line); Port Huron to Battle Creek (GTW Line)
44 45 46 47 48 49 26th District Battle Creek to Chicago GTW Line
50 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 60 61 62 63 27th District Detroit to Grand Haven D&M Line
64 65 66 67 28th District Muskegon to Ashley (TS&M Line); Fort Gratiot to Detroit (C> Jct Line)
68 69 70 71 72 73 74 75 29th District Lenox to Jackson (Michigan Air Line)
STATIONS, adjunct BUILDINGS, AGENT'S and SECTION HOUSES, STOCK PENS etc.
89 90 91 92 93 94 95 96 97 98 99 100 101 25th District Durand to West Bay City (CS&M Line); Port Huron to Battle Creek (GTW Line)
101 102 103 104 105 106 107 108 109 110 111 112 113 26th District Battle Creek to Chicago (GTW Line)
113 114 115 116 117 118 119 120 121 122 123 124 125 27th District Detroit to Grand Haven (D&M Line)
126 127 128 129 130 131 132 133 134 135 136 137 28th District Muskegon to Ashley (TS&M Line); Fort Gratiot to Detroit (C> Jct Line)
137 138 139 140 141 29th District Lenox to Jackson (Michigan Air Line)