This series of photos of Searchmont station was taken on July 13, 2013. The station has certainly seen better days, but at least it still stands for now.
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Remains of the bracket and control rods for the former semaphore train order signal in front of the operator’s bay.
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Passenger waiting room and baggage room entrance doors on the track side of Searchmont station. A large window in the waiting room has been boarded over.
Love the work so far! do you live in the soo? Email me and let me know, I may see if you can take some high res photos in the fall for me for my back drop! Looking good! I have 205, 201, 188 and 181 coming soon!
Thanks Nick.
I actually live in southern Ontario, not the Sault. I took a railfan vacation through northern Ontario in July, visiting Sault Ste. Marie, Searchmont and Hawk Junction on the former ACR, and then spending a few days on the Ontario Northland. These photos were taken on that trip.
any chance of you going up there this fall?
I don’t currently have plans to go up again this year; it’s six hours from here to the Soo so it’s not exactly a day trip.
I enjoyed my Northern Ontario trip and would definitely do it again, but I’m not sure that it’s going to happen this fall.