Essex Terminal Railway

Essex Terminal Railway
No. 9, built by Montreal Locomotive Works, entered service on the railway in 1923.
Overview
HeadquartersWindsor
Reporting markETL
LocaleWindsor, Ontario
Dates of operation1902–present
Technical
Track gauge1,435 mm (4 ft 8+12 in) standard gauge
Length34 kilometres (21 mi)
Other
Websitewww.etr.ca
Essex Terminal Railway
mi
0.00
0.25
Ford Yard
1.00
Kildare/MotiPark Yard
1.50
Windsor
yard office and engine house
 
1.75
East Yard
2.00
Tecumseh Road East
2.67
Canadian Pacific Windsor Subdivision
3.00
Canadian Pacific Windsor Subdivision
to Canadian National VanDeWater Yard
3.60
Tecumseh Road West
3.80
to CP Windsor Yard
3.80
CP/ETR Interchange
5.05
Michigan Central Railway Tunnel
to Detroit
6.05
7.40
Salt Hill Yard
7.40
to
Sterling Fuels, K-Scrap
and Windsor Salt Mine
7.90
Highway 18
Ojibway
Parkway
8.25
9.05
Ojibway Yard
9.50
originally to Windsor Salt Mine
now car storage only
9.90
Highway 18
Ojibway
Parkway
15.00
18.00
Texas Yard
19.00
Amherstburg Yard
19.00
to Honeywell and Lasalle Packaging
(disconnected from ETR main)
19.00
to
Honeywell (formerly
General/Allied Chemical)
19.50
to Diageo Canada
19.50
End of track

Essex Terminal Railway (reporting mark ETL) is a Canadian shortline terminal railroad, running from the City of Windsor, Ontario through LaSalle, to Amherstburg, Ontario, for a distance of approximately 21 miles (34 km). ETL has direct connections to Canadian Pacific Railway, Canadian National Railway and CSX. ETL is owned by Essex Morterm Holdings. Founded in 1902, it is one of the oldest existing railways in Canada.