Adding a cache to Midrange's Trainspotting Series. Us cachers enjoy making our hunts a great hobby. Well another hobby that exists out there is called Trainspotting, also known as railfanning. Yes, its those people you see beside the railroad tracks with a camera ready and waiting for their perfect shot or catch. This series will take you to many spots that has or could be use for this hobby. If your lucky enough to have a train go by while hunting for this cache, be sure to grab a photo and add to your log! REMEMBER, railroad safety is priority #1. Please stay off the tracks and be safe. Stop. Look. Listen. Caches will always be in a safe spot away from any danger.
The Belleville Railway Station is a one-and-a-half-storey, stone railway station, built in the mid-19th century. It is located in the city of Belleville. The formal recognition consists of the building on its footprint.
The Belleville Railway Station was designated a national historic site because it is representative of the larger stations for the Grand Trunk Railway (GTR) and because it is an enduring monument to early Canadian railway enterprise.
The Belleville Railway Station is a good example of the larger stations erected for the newly-formed GTR along the key Toronto to Montreal line during the mid-19th century. Built in 1855-56 by the noted English engineering firm of Peto, Brassey, Jackson and Betts, it is a variation on the standard GTR Second Class Wayside Station design developed by GTR Chief Architect Francis Thompson. The original one-storey, Italianate-style structure was altered in the late 19th-century by the addition of a mansard roof in the Second Empire style.
As a major divisional point on the GTR line between Montreal and Toronto, the Belleville station was a prominent part of a system which radically improved overland transportation and had a profound effect on the economics of the province. The railway was instrumental in the 19th-century growth of the town of Belleville.