On the Rails: The Experiences of Toronto’s Railway Workers On the Rails: The Experiences of Toronto’s Railway Workers Toronto Railway Museum
As Michelle explains in her interview with the museum, even dressing for the weather could not prepare railway workers for the conditions they face: Michelle Ardron: “I finished […]
Sleeping Car Porters were introduced to Canada in the 1870s. Privately owned Canadian Pacific Railway (CPR) began hiring emancipated Black Americans for cheap labour. Soon after, other Canadian […]
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 […]
This is the third of Toronto’s Union Stations. It was opened in 1927 to replace an early station built in 1873.
“LEN N. WINSLADE / RTIRED SUPT. MOTIVE POWER / 1971 IN CAB 1057 AT JOHNST.” is stamped on the bottom right of the photograph with “Canadian Pacific Railway […]
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, […]
