Railroad: Essex Terminal Railway (Ontario) 

The Essex Terminal Railway was founded in 1902 as a western connection of the Grand Trunk railway (now CN) to factories in the east end of Windsor. It now serves both the CN, CP and CSX railways.

Built → Essex Terminal Railway Co. → Continuing operation

Built: 1902, completed in 1918.

Operated for 123+ years.

Abandoned: 

Reference: [MRRC]

Image info: Essex Terminal Railway No. 107, an EMD SW-1500) is photographed at Ojibway Yard in Windsor in 2025. [Earl Minnis photo]

Notes

The railway operated from the Hiram Walker Distillery to approximately Amherstburg, Ontario, a distance of 19.5 miles.

The ETR owns 4 locomotives, 3 switchers and a GP-9. Other power is occasionally borrowed.

Time Line

1902. Railroad is first constructed. Completed in 1918. [Wiki}