In message , Phil Clark
writes
I noticed the other day that on the gable end of a building on Warwick
House Street, by the junction with Cockspur Street (and opposite the
Two Chairmen pub) there are the word "Grand Trunk Railway".

Does anyone know what this was, and was it a London railway, or was
this the London office of a national or regional company?

I'm pretty sure it refers to the Canadian company of that name and that
its position there is linked in some way with the proximity of Canada
House, the former Canadian High Commission.

(The company ran the original Toronto - Montreal line before Canada
became a Dominion as such when Ontario and Quebec were the provinces of
Upper and Lower Canada respectively. It was an important factor in
joining the two very different provinces.)

Apologies if the building refers to another Grand Trunk Railway and I'm
on the wrong track [1] altogether. Someone here will know.


[1] I *really* didn't mean that pun. Honestly.

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