The C.P.R. yard at Chapleau in 1886. Note the old station to the right which was then located at the third set of tracks from the present station. This old main line is now called the steam or runaround track. The water tower in the picture is where the (1960s) enginemen's booking-in office is.

The water tank received water from a pumping station located in the lane between Thrush's house at 6 Pine Street and the ball field that was located east of this lane along the river bank, then part of the old high school's property. The picture was taken from the elevation near the present (1999) pedestrian overpass, where the tracks pass through a cut.