Old Time Trains

CNR Facilities

GTR International Bridge over the Niagara River between Victoria (Fort Erie) and Black Rock (Buffalo). ca.1910

U2 class Northern 6124 being lifted and moved by the main travelling crane inside Stratford backshops. Canadian National

Bathurst Street Yard looking south from Front Street West.

6027 westbound at Bathurst Street.

Pointe Saint-Charles July 23, 1977 Ron Visockis

Roundhouse soon to be torn down. July 1962 Windsor, Ontario. Bud Laws Collection

Coal chutes after the end of the steam era. Demolished 1960. Windsor, ON

CN 7236 SW900 sitting on the turntable at Windsor roundhouse. Across the river is Detroit.
7/07/1982 John Lameck/Sam Beck Collection

Coaling plant (originally CNoR Leaside) July 1934
Canadian National/James A. Brown Collection

Sarnia roundhouse looking west. Note St. Clair Tunnel Co. box cab electrics at far right. Circa 1948 Don Janes Collection

Sarnia roundhouse, same view from coal chutes. 1958. Don Mc.Queen Collection
Note: Tunnel operation was dieselized in 1958 and all electric locomotives scrapped April 1959.

Toronto Locomotive and Car Facilities

Opened February 2, 1927 it was simply known as Spadina and included a 36 stall roundhouse with 100 foot turntable along with a coach yard for 275 passenger cars. With the advent of VIA Rail these facilities were demolished in the 1980's and the area redeveloped with Sky Dome and a number of residential high rise towers.

6752 sits on a Spadina shop track amongst a variety of makes, models and paint schemes including two ONR A units.
Right background is the roundhouse. Left background is TTR John Street tower with its white roof.

Aerial view of Spadina from CN Tower. 8/01/1982 Jack Smith

Spadina coal tower, long unused. 8/01/1983 Jack Smith

Looking like a modern day "transformer" toy this monster-like coal tower is believed to have been located in
Portage la Prairie, Manitoba.

West Toronto station looking north M. 5.1 Weston Sub. CPR Mac Tier Sub. at right. West Toronto diamond behind camera.
Behind station are the CN Express buildings (see below). June 1, 1985 Clayton Langstaff

Express office and shed (below) at West Toronto just north of the Diamond. Jim Parker

CPR Mac Tier Subdivision in foreground. Jim Parker

Water tank and standpipe with 6069 between them. Also, floodlight tower. Spadina (Toronto) 1950's Jim Parker

Old style weigh scales. Switch can line cars over "live" rail for weighing or, over dead rail not over scale for faster move.
Locomotives were prohibited from passing over weigh scales since they weighed in excess of the scale's capacity.
Leaside 1950's Jim Parker

Ice house. Mimico Yard. 1950's Jim Parker

Crossing gateman's tower at Lawrence Avenue level crossing in Weston (Toronto Terminals) c.1950's Jim Parker

Crossing gateman's tower at Old Weston Road level crossing in West Toronto (Toronto Terminals) c.1980's Jim Parker

Note: Both of these protected CNR and CPR tracks same as at other crossings in the terminal.

Aerial view of London Rectory Street roundhouse. 1950

Busy scene in Montreal (6205 on table) back in 1943. Joseph Testagrose Collection