Comments on: Ryley Grand Central https://www.bigdoer.com/47052/short-subjects/ryley-grand-central/ Offbeat Adventures - Lost & Forgotten Places - A Slice of History - Connections & Comparisons - The Beer Parlour Project🍺 Tue, 09 Sep 2025 13:49:15 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 By: Chris Doering https://www.bigdoer.com/47052/short-subjects/ryley-grand-central/#comment-35501 Fri, 20 May 2022 16:51:11 +0000 https://www.bigdoer.com/?p=47052#comment-35501 In reply to Jean Miller-Milton.

Viking? It’s similar in look to this one.

]]> By: Jean Miller-Milton https://www.bigdoer.com/47052/short-subjects/ryley-grand-central/#comment-35499 Thu, 19 May 2022 16:46:47 +0000 https://www.bigdoer.com/?p=47052#comment-35499 Makes me think of the station in my home town which was saved and made into a tea house.

]]> By: Chris Doering https://www.bigdoer.com/47052/short-subjects/ryley-grand-central/#comment-35192 Tue, 02 Nov 2021 14:24:38 +0000 https://www.bigdoer.com/?p=47052#comment-35192 In reply to Bob Smith.

We knew of Bohi’s book and even searched it out, as we knew it probably held the answer, but didn’t find a copy available to us in the little time we had. The latter has been lacking lately. In any case, that website did the job and thank you for sharing it. It’s not well indexed by search engines, which could explain why we missed it, but does hold some interesting info! I recall reading that government publication (on paper) long ago. It’s a fascinating look back and really helps explain the reasons behind all those abandoned lines. Once again, thank you for adding to the story.

]]> By: Bob Smith https://www.bigdoer.com/47052/short-subjects/ryley-grand-central/#comment-35191 Sun, 31 Oct 2021 21:57:20 +0000 https://www.bigdoer.com/?p=47052#comment-35191 This structure is definitely a GTP Type E station, their standard design for small towns. The second floor bay window gives it away.

Citing info from Charles Bohi’s “Canadian National’s Western Depots”, this site claims that the station currently at Ryley is originally from Dinant, which was the first station north of Camrose on the GTP’s Tofield-Calgary branchline. Nothing remains there today.

rrshs.org/Alberta/abrrstruc.htm

railways.library.ualberta.ca/Maps-9-1-5/

The former GTP line from Tofield to Barlee (just north of Camrose) became the CN Kingman Subdivision. The southern half through Dinant had already been abandoned by the time of the 1977 Hall Commission’s review of prairie grain transportation, as only the Kingman-Tofield section was mentioned in their report. This report noted that the line had last handled revenue freight in 1974, and recommended it for swift abandonment.

publications.gc.ca/collections/collection_2016/bcp-pco/CP32-26-1977-1-3-eng.pdf

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