Essex Terminal Railway

Essex Terminal Railway (reporting mark ETL) (often referred to as ETR) 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). ETR has direct connections to Canadian Pacific Railway, Canadian National Railway and CSX. ETR is owned by Essex Morterm Holdings. Founded in 1902, it is one of the oldest existing railways in Canada .

Essex Terminal Railway
ETL No. 9, built by Montreal Locomotive Works, entered service on the railway in 1923.
Overview
Reporting markETL
LocaleWindsor, Ontario
Dates of operation1902–present
Technical
Track gauge1,435 mm (4 ft 8+1⁄2 in) standard gauge
Length34 kilometres (21 mi)
Essex Terminal Railway
mi
0.00
to Hiram Walker Distillery
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
Ouellette Avenue
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
Huron Church Road
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
River Canard
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
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