The Unofficial ETR Site
(Essex Terminal Railway)

The Essex Terminal Railway's home is in Windsor Ontario, and runs approximately 20 miles south to the town of Amherstburg.

The ETR interchanges with CN at Van De Water Yard via the CP at Dougall Ave.  Interchanging with CSX,CR and NS are done through the CN. An interchange connection with the CN Chatham subdivision (at George Ave east of the VIA station) is no longer in service.

The CP interchange is a small 3-track yard parallel to and on the west side of the CP Windsor yard. 

All-time Diesel Roster
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101     ALCO	S1     Now located at Honeywell/Lasalle Packaging in Amherstburg
102:1   GMD	SW8    Sold to GMD, now located at Peaker Services, Michigan
102:2   GMD	GP9    In Service (ex-Algoma Central 172)
103     MLW	S3     Now located at Honeywell/Lasalle Packaging in Amherstburg
104:1   GMD	SW8    Relettered BBOH 104. To Bloomingberg, Ohio, June 1999
104:2   EMD	SW14   In Service (ex-IC 1475) - originally a SW7 (arrived November 1999)
105     GMD	SW1200 In Service (Purchased new)
106     ALCO	C420   In Service (ex-LHR #22) sold to Arkansas and Missouri #50
107     EMD	SW1500 In Service (ex-GMD 113)
108     GMD	GP9    In Service (ex-Cartier 59)
ETR Photo gallery

ETR frequencies
160.905
160.605
160.995
The ETR Home Page where you will also find the steam locomotive roster and historical information on the line.

Rolling Stock
2 ex-CP Wide vision cabooses - numbered 1600, 1610

1 covered hopper for locomotive sand service

2 boxcars - for storage (off trucks) (at Ojibway)

1 boxcar - at engine facility (ex-DT&I)

1 ex-DTI open hopper at Amherstburg used as 'bumper' (no longer on railroad - cutup?

HISTORICAL 'Stuff'

ETR Caboose 53 (1966) - Picture courtesy Mike McIlwaine

Industrial Units On-line
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For more information on these units, please check the BYTOWN Railway Society's Canadian Trackside Guide. 
General Chemical (Amherstburg) : several ALCO S-series MAY still be on site

    However all are shutdown (may even be gone).
    Honeywell plant ensite uses an ETR switcher and takes cars to Ojibway Yard.


Lasalle (Honeywell) Packaging (Amherstburg): 2 ex-ETR Alcos (see above)
                                             ALCO AKMD 317 (obtained in 2006)
ADM (west Windsor)   : 1 2-axle Plymouth (in service)

      (GP10 is long gone)
NEXEN  (Amherstburg)   : Loco gone; plant gone
Also of note: The Walker Road carshop is now a lumber forwarding facility.
This page was updated on Sept 06, 2010