CN GP40 no. 9317 and a VIA heater car are surrounded by VIA FP9s, F9Bs and MLW FPA & B4s in downtown Toronto. This large CN engine facility by 1981 was handling VIA and Ontario Northland passenger... (more)

VIA FPA4 no. 6770 gets hostled at the engine facilities and coach yard near Union Station in Toronto near the CN Tower in September 1981.

GOT 907, built as Ontario Northland FP7A 1504 in March 1951, has new life as an NPCU (non-powered control unit) leading a morning commuter run toward downtown Toronto in September 1981. The rear l... (more)

VIA FPA4 no. 6793 mixes it up with GMD FP9 A/Bs next to the old CN coaling tower near downtown Toronto at the VIA diesel facilities and coach yards. The base to CN Tower is visible behind the coal... (more)

420’s train flies over the trestle above the Don River West Branch and ET Seton Park late in the evening, soon to arrive at Toronto Yard. These CM&Q barns have been making the rounds with their ... (more)

John Street roundhouse was once a major CPR facility for servicing in downtown Toronto near the waterfront. Gradually, it lost it significance once Toronto Yard was built and VIA constructed it's... (more)

The one and only RSD17. Constructed by MLW in 1957, she was initially demonstrated on the CNR (r/n 3899), PGE (r/n 624) and finally the CPR where she found her home in 1959 until retirement in 19... (more)

With a complete train (they didn't have to fill out at Lambton Yard), a CP westbound heads for London on the Galt Sub with an M630 and GMD GP35 5012 on a stormy looking March day back in '79.

To this point, maintaining it's flagship identity, VIA's Canadian, still running on CPR track with CPR stainless equipment and lead by CPR 4069 crosses the West Toronto diamond only a few miles fr... (more)

Chessie System (B&O) GP40 3720, CP GMD/CP SW9u 1205 and CP GMD/CP GP7u 1501 former CP GP7 8410, at CP's Agincourt Yard, Ontario.

Within the first few months of the VIA takeover of passenger services (jan 12, 1977), CN and CP's power continued to haul Canada's passenger trains. CN 6790 arrives from Montreal with an A-B-A s... (more)

Sitting ready for dispatch to a westbound train, CN FPA4 and FPB4 sit outside the Spadina shops.

Canadian National CLC H16-44 numbers 2200-2217, built 1955. Retired in 1966-1967. Photo part of my collection, no photographer listed.

Lineup of ALCo and MLW S2s and S4s await dispatch to their respective local and industrial jobs at the Lambton Yard shop tracks. Lambton Shops were, at this point was primarily used for Toronto/... (more)