Dr. William R. (Bill) Pellow's Photographs and Comments
The CPR Station at Chapleau, approximately 1955. On the ground level was the travellers' waiting room and ticket office. Next was the operator's office, then the yard foreman's and car checking staff, and on the extreme right Mrs. Lord's restaurant. The conductor's and brakeman's booking-in-room entrance was at the rear of the station. On the second floor where the superintendent's office, CPR policeman's office and the signal supervisor's office. On the extreme right over the restaurant there were living quarters and a few rooms for VIPs.
Many a man sweat when he was called upstairs to make a statement for some misdemeanour or to report on some careless or unfortunate mishaps (including the writer). Many men descended these stairs feeling disconsolate and depressed, knowing their life with the CPR was terminated.