On the Rails: The Experiences of Toronto’s Railway Workers On the Rails: The Experiences of Toronto’s Railway Workers Toronto Railway Museum
The interior of the Toronto Railway Museum photographed in 2022.
When Stuart visited the museum to give his oral history interview in 2020, this anvil (date unknown) immediately caught his attention. A similar anvil was at his place […]
On May 23, 1967, GO Transit began operations between Oakville and Pickering, with Toronto Union Station as a hub of operations. The Government of Ontario (GO) spent $8 […]
Telegraph keys produce the “dots” and “dashes” used in Morse Code to send the characters in a message to others on the network. The Sounder turns the electrical […]
On May 21, 1971, for the first time in eleven years, a Canadian Pacific steam locomotive was fired up at the John Street Roundhouse. Privately-owned CP No. 1057, […]
Steam locomotives were far more labour-intensive than today’s modern diesel engines. Hundreds of workers were employed at John Street and worked 24 hours a day during the steam […]
This is the mechanical staff of the John Street Roundhouse in 1937, posed in front of Canadian Pacific steam engine 3002. The Toronto Railway Museum is housed in […]
“RESTORED BY J.CLARK LOCO. FOREMAN TORONTO 1971” is stamped on the bottom of the photograph. John Clarke on the pilot of No. 1057 at stall 19 of the […]
John was appointed as shop foreman shortly after this photo was taken.
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.
