On the Rails: The Experiences of Toronto’s Railway Workers On the Rails: The Experiences of Toronto’s Railway Workers Toronto Railway Museum
In the 1950s, the John Street facility included 43 buildings and several miles of track, which covered nearly 16 acres. In this drawing, you can also see how […]
Roundhouses were built to allow turntables. The turntable is in the centre of the building and allows locomotives to be turned and driven into stalls for maintenance. This […]
Like Long Branch GO Station, Union Station has painted yellow lines to indicate where it is unsafe for passengers to walk or wait for the train. This area […]
On August 26, 1966, a national rail strike shut down train services across the country. Red caps at Union Station had little work to do without any passenger […]
In the early 1980s, the workers at the John Street Roundhouse were mainly responsible for maintaining business cars, road switchers, and trailers. The yard and car shops remained […]
The number of passenger trains using the station declined in the decades following the Second World War until 1967, when GO Transit began operating a new commuter service […]
Don Station became less important during the Great Depression due to the CPR and CNR Pool Train Agreement in 1933. This agreement allowed CPR trains to use CNR […]
John is using an order hoop to pass a message to the engineer in a passing train. Order hoops not retrieved by station staff were often collected by […]
Don Station was moved to Todmorden Mills Heritage Site in 1969, but it was largely removed from its original purpose. At times, it was used for storage. When […]
From 1896 to 1967, train tickets were sold inside Don Station to destinations throughout Canada and the United States. In addition to ticket sales, one of the station […]
Don Station, where John Mellow worked, was moved to the Toronto Railway Museum in 2008. It now houses the museum’s gift shop and miniature train ride ticket booth.
John Mellow worked at Don Station, pictured here in 1910. Don Station is the last nineteenth-century train station standing in Toronto. Built in 1896 for the Canadian Pacific […]
