Stillwaters - Paris, Ontario

The view from our table on Stillwaters rooftop dining. Aug 13, 2025

Don Janes and I had planned to get-together on the Stillwater rooftop lounge and eatery in Paris for a few years. Well it happened on Wednesday. We first were at Otter Valley, Don was stocking up on scenery material and a few pieces of rolling stock that he said he was not going to get any of this trip.

We headed to the chip wagon in Ingersoll near the tracks and station when the light came on...why not have a beer and a late lunch or early supper on the rooftop in Paris were we can watch some trains pass. The food is good and their home brewed beer is a favorite of mine so off we went to Stillwaters. 

Three trains passed in a bit over an hour that we were there. A CN EB and a CN WB potash train with a unit pushing on the rear. The last one we saw was an EB VIA which I believe is no. 74. A great afternoon to catch up on things. It had been awhile since we last did anything together...George Dutka

We photographed 5 trains in all this day, three on the bridge, one at Paris West and the last one at Railroad St. Dorchester. That is a lot for an afternoon. Normally I would not see that many that time of day.