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 […]
In 1930, the John Street Roundhouse operated with 28 stalls. Four more stalls were added in 1931, bringing the total to 32 stalls. This image also shows the […]
With the popularity of cars in the 1950s and 1960s, the prominence of railways declined. This photograph shows how Toronto’s landscape changed with the railways and later, the […]
The railways brought industry to Toronto. While this meant jobs for railway workers, it also meant smoke from the trains’ coal-powered engines in their locomotives.
On the right side of this image, you can see Toronto’s second Union Station. Today, Union Station is the largest railway station in Canada and occupies the entire […]
