Video of the former Grand Trunk Pacific Railway-Lake Superior Division, Canadian Government Railways-Fort William/Raith Subdivision, Canadian National Railways-Fort William/Raith/Lake Superior/Graham/Raith/Graham Subdivision (MP 25.1-30.2) at Raith, ON. Features the grade as it passes through the station and siding at Dexter/Raith with the remains of the original turning wye and coal chute, including the coal machinery house, and mystery site filled with discarded timbers.
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Allan Maki
February 22, 2026 at 22:32
Those timbers do look like they were used for a bridge. only bridge i remember is a little west of Raith. Perhaps they were changed out at some time and then dumped there. We used that concrete building for storage of shims, salt etc. Not sure if my father in law bought the station or used the other buildings lumber to renovate the old school to a home. I remember seeing the old wye , but it was really swamping to look.
Allan Maki
Padwrr
February 23, 2026 at 07:19
Hi Allan.
Yes, those timbers looked a lot like bridge timbers that he been dumped there at some point. You’re going to see that trestle west of Raith soon enough…it’s in rough shape.
There is the same concrete building at Quorn and I’m assuming that the coal tower at Raith was the same as the one there. You can see a photo of it on my Quorn page: https://padwrr.com/grand-trunk-pacific-railway/quorn/