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The Toronto Railway Museum is located in the historic John St. Roundhouse National Historic Site. Open year-round to visitors interested in Toronto's rail heritage.

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Toronto Railway Museum @torailwaymuseum.bsky.social · 1h
Oct 3, 1996: Ontario Minister of Transportation (and former auto dealer) Al Palladini announces the Progressive Conservative government's intention to privatize GO Transit. The Mike Harris government hoped to eliminate the transit agency's $123 million annual subsidy.
Ontario Minister of Transportation laughs while speaking at an outdoor news conference announcing the extension of Highway 407 to Burlington on June 18, 1997. He is wearing an MTO hard hat and a hi-vis vest over his suit jacket. Behind him stands another moustachioed, middle aged white man, also wearing an MTO hard hat and hi-vis vest over a suit jacket. Photo by Frank Calleja, Toronto Star Archives, Toronto Public Library.
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Toronto Railway Museum @torailwaymuseum.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Oct 2, 1921: the Toronto Transportation Commission's new Peter Witt streetcars begin service on the Broadview route. The original TTC Witt car, No. 2300, had been on display the previous month at the Canadian National Exhibition.
An illustration of the TTC's new Peter Witt streetcar No. 2302 in the October 1921 issue of Canadian Railway and Marine World, page 545.
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Toronto Railway Museum @torailwaymuseum.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Oct 1, 1928: the Toronto Terminals Railway starts building its new Central Heating Plant at York and Fleet Street—now Lake Shore Blvd. When the plant was completed in 1929, it was the largest district steam heating facility in Canada, producing 600 million lbs. annually.
The Toronto Terminals Railway's huge Central Heating Plant under construction near the corner of York and Fleet Street, December 12, 1928. One of the two tall concrete chimneys has been partially erected and the steel frame for the main building is also partially built. Photo by J.H. McCuaig, Toronto Star Archives, Toronto Public Library.
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Canadian Cultural Heritage Advocacy Committee @cchac.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
The Canadian government allocated $925.6 million for AI in its 2025 budget, while permanently cutting $22.1 million annually from Library and Archives Canada. www.cbc.ca/news/busines...
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AI agents tried to hack into a Library and Archives Canada website, according to a report by artificial intelligence research firm Transluce.
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Toronto Railway Museum @torailwaymuseum.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Sep 30, 1986: the new interlocking system goes into full operation at the junction of CN's Weston and Oakville Subdivisions and CP's Galt Subdivision. From 1896 to 1983 this junction, near Bathurst Street, had been controlled by Cabin D, now relocated to Roundhouse Park.
An eastbound Lakeshore West GO Train led by an APCU passes approaches the photographer (who is standing on the Bathurst Street bridge) while a westbound VIA train made up of three Rail Diesel Cars heads up the CN Weston Subdivision on a sunny day in September 1986. This scene at Bathurst  Junction also shows the signals associated with the new automated interlocking plant that began operating on September 30, 1986.  Photo by Steve Barry, Railroadphotographer.com.
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Toronto Railway Museum @torailwaymuseum.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Sep 29, 1996: two leased Adtranz IC3 Flexliner train sets enter revenue service on an experimental basis for VIA Rail. Based in Toronto, one set was used east to Kingston and Ottawa while the other was used to Niagara Falls and Southwestern Ontario.
An ADtranz IC3 Flexliner in service on VIA Rail stops at Kingston, Ontario station on an eastbound passenger train in 1996. Photo by Ron Barrett.
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Toronto Railway Museum @torailwaymuseum.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Sep 28, 2012: Ontario Northland's Northlander train makes its final north and southbound runs between Toronto and Cochrane. The train was the victim of cuts announced in the Ontario provincial Liberal government's budget on March 26, 2012.
The last southbound Northlander passenger train departs from Temagami, Ontario on September 28, 2012. Ontario Northland GP38-2 diesel locomotive No. 1809 leads GP38-2 No. 1800, Auxiliary Power Unit No. 202, rebuilt Hawker Siddeley Canada coaches Nos. 604, 615, 612, 606, 600 and snack car No. 702. Photo by Merrell Philippi via Railpictures.ca.
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Toronto Railway Museum @torailwaymuseum.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Sep 27, 1936: The Canadian Pacific Railway places its new streamlined locomotives and passenger cars into service on the Toronto-Windsor/Detroit "Royal York" fast passenger train. CP assigned streamlined 4-4-4 Jubilee-type locomotives Nos. 3000 and 3002 to John Street to cover this service.
Canadian Pacific Railway F2A class 4-4-4 Jubilee-type steam locomotive No. 3002 at the John Street Roundhouse in Toronto, circa 1936. Frank Law Collection.
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Toronto Railway Museum @torailwaymuseum.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Yes! The mini train continues to run on weekends through October 31/November 1. Saturday and Sunday, 11:30 a.m. to 5:20 p.m.
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Toronto Railway Museum @torailwaymuseum.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Sep 26, 1926: The Canadian Pacific Railway changes the name of its "Toronto, Yonge Street" station back to the original "North Toronto Station." The first renaming of the station had occurred in 1919, probably in an attempt to increase traffic through the underused facility.
A circa 1925 view looking south down Yonge Street toward the underpass beneath the Canadian Pacific Railway crosstown tracks, with the tall clock tower of the CPR station just left of centre, on the east side of the street and south of the tracks. A sign on the underpass reads "Toronto Yonge St. - Canadian Pacific Railway." City of Toronto Archives photo.
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Toronto Railway Museum @torailwaymuseum.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Sep 25, 1987: the City of Toronto and Canadian National Railway win approval to build a pedestrian bridge over the Toronto Terminals Railway at the foot of John Street. The bridge provided direct access from Front Street to the new domed stadium under construction just south of the tracks. 1/3
The new John Street pedestrian bridge over the Union Station Rail Corridor as seen by night looking east, circa 1990. The tracks below the bridge are highlighted by numerous red signals restricting train movements. At right, the north end of the SkyDome with its famous Michael Snow sculpture "The Audience" is also brightly illuminated while at left are the tall buildings between Front Street and the rail corridor. City of Toronto Archives Photo.
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Toronto Railway Museum @torailwaymuseum.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Sep 24, 1976: the William R. Allen Road opens from Eglinton Avenue West to Lawrence Avenue West. The road was originally to be part of the Spadina Expressway, terminated by the province in 1971 in response to strong public opposition.
An aerial view of the William R. Allen Road, looking north from Eglinton Avenue West, October 7, 1985. Photo by Boris Spremo, Toronto Star Archives, Toronto Public Library.
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Toronto Railway Museum @torailwaymuseum.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Sep 23, 1962: Southbound Canadian National Railway freight train No. 302 from Vancouver, with three engines and 62 cars, derails at an unlocked and mis-lined switch near Oriole Station in North York. All three units and 20 cars derailed, with three crew in the lead unit suffering injuries.
Three Canadian National Railway locomotives are derailed near Oriole Station in North York on September 23, 1962. One of the three lies on its side while the other two remain upright. A CN wrecking crane is visible at far right. Photo from the Gordon Billinghurst Collection.
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Toronto Railway Museum @torailwaymuseum.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Available in our shop - This beautifully illustrated accordion card features the city's iconic skyline, based on a watercolour-and-ink sketch created by Gotamago's founder Lichia Liu from Ward's island. Fold it up to send as a card, or unfold it to display.
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Toronto Railway Museum @torailwaymuseum.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Sep 22, 1988: the federal Heritage Railway Stations Protection Act receives royal assent, though it only came into force almost two years later. Much of the political impetus to establish the Act had been generated by CP's precipitous 1982 demolition of its West Toronto Station.
The former Canadian Pacific Railway West Toronto Station, circa 1980. Its demolition in 1982 created a great deal of the political momentum that led to the passage of the federal Heritage Railway Stations Protection Act six years later. City of Toronto Archives photo.
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Toronto Railway Museum @torailwaymuseum.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Sep 21, 1996: VIA Rail's westbound "Canadian" runs over the CN Newmarket Subdivision through Barrie and Orillia for the last time. Soon afterward CN abandoned the Newmarket Sub. between Barrie (mile 63) and Rama (mile 93), ending all rail service to the City of Orillia.
VIA Rail's westbound train No. 1, the "Canadian" departs Toronto on September 21, 1996. Not long after this photo of the train was taken, it would travel north up the Newmarket Subdivision through Barrie and Orillia for the final time. Photo by Scot Haskill via RailPictures.Net.CN operator Jeff Whelan hoops up train orders to the crew of the westbound VIA Rail "Super Continental" at the CN/VIA Orillia station in June of 1980. Photo from the Jeff Whelan Collection.
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Toronto Railway Museum @torailwaymuseum.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Sep 20, 1816: stagecoach service begins between the Town of York and Niagara. One-way fares cost $5 and the trip took 17 hours in good weather. The stagecoach terminal was located in the Coffin Block at Front and Wellington Streets, now the site of the Gooderham (or Flatiron) building.
The Royal Mail: a mail coach makes its way over muddy roads on the Canadian frontier, circa 1830. Illustration by C.W. Jefferys, 1945.
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Toronto Railway Museum @torailwaymuseum.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
The Toronto Railway Museum has been interviewing guests throughout the summer as part of a visitor study. We look forward to using this information to develop new exhibits and programs in 2027.
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Toronto Railway Museum @torailwaymuseum.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Sep 19, 1891: the Grand Trunk Railway officially opens the St. Clair River Tunnel between Sarnia, Ontario and Port Huron, Michigan. This was the world's first international submarine tunnel, cutting two hours off the travel time of cross-border Grand Trunk trains.
A hand-tinted postcard view of the Port Huron, Michigan portal of the Grand Trunk Railway's St. Clair Tunnel, circa 1910. The date carved over the tunnel portal is 1890 because that is when the stonework for the tunnel portal was completed, not when the tunnel opened.
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Toronto Railway Museum @torailwaymuseum.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Sep 18, 1936: Canadian Pacific Railway F2a class 4-4-4 Jubilee steam locomotive No. 3003 sets a speed record of 112.5 mph (181 km/h) on the Winchester Subdivision between Smiths Falls and Montreal. The locomotive set the record while hauling a train of CP's new lightweight passenger equipment.
Canadian Pacific Railway F2a class 4-4-4 Jubilee steam locomotive No. 3003 leads CPR Dynamometer car No 62 and a string of lightweight passenger cars before departing on a test run from Westmount, Quebec on August 25, 1936. Canadian Pacific Railway Photograph, Old Time Trains Collection.
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Toronto Railway Museum @torailwaymuseum.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Guided outdoor tours of the rolling stock continue throughout the fall here at the Toronto Railway Museum. We're open 11:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m., Wednesday-Sunday. Tours are include with admission and depart hourly. #TorontoRailwayMuseum #HistoricTrains #TorontoEvents #ExploreToronto
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Toronto Railway Museum @torailwaymuseum.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Sep 17, 1851: the Boston Railroad Jubilee begins, celebrating the international rail connection between that city and Montreal. Among the American luminaries attending the Jubilee were U.S. President Millard Fillmore and Secretary of State Daniel Webster.
A painting by William Sharp depicting the Boston Railroad Jubilee on the Boston Common, September 17, 1851. U.S. President Millard Fillmore is depicted arriving in a carriage drawn by six white horses while a military regiment stands at attention nearby and a large crowd looks on. Tall trees surround the clearing where the people have gathered and a United States flag flies from a pole to the right side of the image.
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Toronto Railway Museum @torailwaymuseum.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
The TRM received a $29,350 grant from the Ministry of Canadian Identity and Culture through the Museums Assistance Program. The grant supports hiring our collections assistant, Justin, and purchasing new archival supplies and shelving. Thank you to the Government of Canada!
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Toronto Archives @torontoarchives.cityof.toronto.ca · 17/09/2026
Look out for the Toronto Archives at Saturday's Leslie Barns Complex Open House! There'll be a display of early TTC token records — did you know a collector of transportation tokens is called a vecturist? www.ttc.ca/riding-the-ttc/Updates/J…
Four 1960s TTC token holders, each with capacity to hold five, six, or seven transit tokens. Two advertise Gray Coach Lines, and two have printed information messages from the TTC.
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Toronto Railway Museum @torailwaymuseum.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Sep 16, 1906: Canadian Northern Railway vice-presidents Donald Mann and David B. Hanna conduct an inspection tour of their new Toronto-Parry Sound line. The CNoR said that regular service would begin over the new line in two weeks, but the first passenger train didn't run until that November.
A photo postcard showing the first regular service train over the Canadian Northern Railway arriving in Parry Sound from Toronto on November 19, 1906. Image courtesy of the Ross Gray Collection.
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Toronto Railway Museum @torailwaymuseum.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Sep 15, 2001: the former CN Markham station reopens for use as a GO Transit station on the Stouffville line. The station was originally built in 1871 for the Toronto & Nipissing Railway and was remodelled by its successor the Grand Trunk Railway in 1898 and 1910.
The GO Transit station in Markham, Ontario (originally built by the Toronto & Nipissing Railway in 1871) as seen looking northeast across the tracks on March 7, 2009. It is a long single-storey building with a gable ended roof and a bay window facing the tracks near the north end. It is painted in Grand Trunk Railway green and cream colours. Photo by Jean-François Brulotte, Barraclou.com.
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Toronto Railway Museum @torailwaymuseum.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Mini train season continues through the fall here at the Toronto Railway Museum. After Labour Day, the train runs Friday through Sunday in September, and Saturday and Sunday in October. Operating hours are 11:30 a.m. to 5:20 p.m. Tickets are $10 per person, and children age 2 and under ride free.
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Toronto Railway Museum @torailwaymuseum.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Sep 14, 1871: the Toronto & Nipissing Railway holds its official grand opening ceremony in Uxbridge, though trains had been operating since that July. With its rails spaced 3'6" (1067 mm) apart, the T&N was the first narrow gauge public railway to operate in North America.
An 1871 watercolour by William Armstrong showing the opening of the Toronto & Nipissing Railway at Uxbridge, Ontario. Baldwin Collection of Canadiana, Toronto Public Library.
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Toronto Railway Museum @torailwaymuseum.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
Sep 13, 1991: the last Canadian Pacific Railway freight train departs from Port McNicoll, Ontario. CP had moved its principal eastern Great Lakes steamship terminal from Owen Sound to Port McNicoll in 1912.
An aerial view of Port McNicoll looking southwest circa 1980. The large Canadian Pacific grain elevator is in the foreground and a laker cargo vessel is tied up on the town side of the harbour basin. The Town of Port McNicoll is visible in the background. Photographer unknown.
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Toronto Railway Museum @torailwaymuseum.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
Sep 12, 1906: eastbound Canadian Pacific Railway train No. 2, the "Imperial Limited," slams into westbound No. 1 at a siding at Azilda, seven miles (11 km) west of Sudbury. Twelve passengers died, including one from Toronto and several from New Hamburg, Ontario, near Kitchener.
The locomotives and leading cars of the Canadian Pacific Railway's eastbound and westbound Imperial Limited passenger trains sit smashed together after a head-on collision at Azilda, Ontario on September 12, 1906. Library and Archives of Canada photo.
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Toronto Railway Museum @torailwaymuseum.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
Sep 11, 2001: a PATH train carrying hundreds of commuters from Newark enters the World Trade Centre station in New York City. Minutes earlier, at 8:47 AM, hijacked American Airlines Flight 11 had slammed into World Trade Centre Tower No. 1.
A PATH train travels through New Jersey with the skyline of Manhattan dominated by the twin towers of the World Trade Centre in the distant background, circa 2000. Photographer unknown.
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Toronto Railway Museum @torailwaymuseum.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
Sep 11 1946: an eastbound Canadian National Railway passenger train train collides head-on with a westbound freight train near West Toronto Station on the Brampton Subdivision. The fireman of the passenger train, Carl White, of Toronto, was killed.
Two Canadian National Railway steam locomotives—K-5-a 4-6-4 Hudson No. 5700 and N-1-b 2-8-0 Consolidation No. 2392—lie on their sides after their head-on collision near CN's West Toronto Station on September 11, 1946. Photographer unknown, Gordon Billinghurst Collection.
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Toronto Railway Museum @torailwaymuseum.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
Sep 10, 1861: Canada's first streetcar line begins regular service on Yonge Street. In March of that year, city council had granted the Toronto Street Railway Company a thirty-year charter to build and operate horse-car lines wherever the traffic warranted.
A detail from a photo apparently taken on September 10, 1861, showing the first streetcar operation in Toronto on Yonge Street. Photographer unknown, Baldwin Collection of Canadiana, Toronto Public Library.
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Toronto Railway Museum @torailwaymuseum.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Sep 9, 1991: southbound Ontario Northland train 122, the “Northlander” collides with a CN yard locomotive about three miles (4.8 km) south of North Bay, Ontario. The wreck sent 67 people to hospital, including the engineers of both the passenger train and the yard locomotive.
An aerial view of Ontario Northland FP7A diesel locomotive No. 1517 lying on its side with its carbody broken behind the cab after colliding with Canadian National SW1200RSu diesel switching locomotive and derailing near North Bay, Ontario on September 9, 1991. No. 7304 is also detailed and has extensive damage. Photo by Paul Chivers, North Bay Nugget.
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Toronto Railway Museum @torailwaymuseum.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
Sep 8, 1949: construction begins on Toronto's—and Canada's—first subway rapid transit system: the TTC Yonge line. Various government and TTC officials were present for the driving of the first pile at the intersection of Yonge and Wellington Streets.
A large crowd of people stands on Yonge Street at the corner of Wellington Street, watching a pile driver drive in the first pile for the Yonge Subway Line on September 8, 1949. A temporary stage with a bandshell awning sits behind the pile driver. City of Toronto Archives photo.
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Toronto Railway Museum @torailwaymuseum.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
Sep 7, 1816: the steamer Frontenac is launched at Ernestown (now called Bath), near Kingston. The 170 foot (52 m) long vessel was the first steamboat on Lake Ontario, and first to enter the harbour of the Town of York, on June 6, 1817.
A side view of the steamboat Frontenac underway. She has three masts, a single funnel and side wheels for propulsion. Painting by James Van Cleve, 1827.
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Toronto Railway Museum @torailwaymuseum.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
Sep 6, 2001: the TTC celebrates its 80th anniversary with a "Parade of Vehicles" in downtown Toronto. Five streetcars and five buses representing the historical span of TTC operations proceeded in a loop through the downtown area.
Historic Toronto streetcars parade through downtown Toronto to celebrate the 80th anniversary of the TTC. In the lead in this image is No. 327, a replica of an 1893 Toronto Railway Company car. Behind it is a 1920s Peter Witt streetcar and behind that a 1930s PCC streetcar. Meanwhile, a CLRV is travelling in the opposite direction, apparently in regular service. Photo by Tony Bock, Toronto Star.
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Toronto Railway Museum @torailwaymuseum.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
Sep 5, 1960: the Grand Trunk (New England) ends year-round Montreal-Portland, Maine passenger service. Summer-only service ran until 1966. Portland was once the Grand Trunk Railway of Canada's eastern terminus, with considerable passenger traffic between it and Montreal.
The crew from the last run of Grand Trunk train No. 16  waves for the camera after arriving at Portland, Maine on September 5, 1960 behind GP9 No. 4905. The train crew consisted of (from left to right) C.C. Palmer, fireman; J.R. Foss, engineer; J.A.Cargill, baggageman; W.G.Cole, trainman and D.J. O'Dowd, conductor. Photo by John Olson, The Portland Press Herald.
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Toronto Railway Museum @torailwaymuseum.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
Sep 4, 1966: the Boston & Maine Railroad ends all of its intercity passenger train operations. It continued to run commuter trains in the Boston area, subsidized by the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority.
Boston & Maine Budd Rail Diesel Car No. 6117 and another RDC near North Station in Boston, Massachusetts on September 4, 1965. Photo by Roger Puta, Marty Bernard Collection.
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Toronto Railway Museum @torailwaymuseum.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
Sep 3, 1996: the CN passenger train service between Toronto and Casino Rama that began on August 1 is reduced to one round trip a day. The trains only ran a few more weeks before being discontinued altogether, unable to compete with cheaper, more convenient bus service.
A chartered GO Transit train operated by the Canadian National Railway is stopped at the Casino Rama station on August 10, 1996. Photo by Scott Haskill via Railpictures.net.
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National Newswatch @nationalnewswatch.com · 03/09/2026
Ottawa spending $4.7B on new made-in-Canada Via Rail passenger cars nationalnewswatch.com/2026/09/03/c...
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Ottawa spending $4.7B on new made-in-Canada Via Rail passenger cars
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Toronto Railway Museum @torailwaymuseum.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
Sep 2, 1988: VIA Rail awards the Canadian National Railway a $90 million contract for the first phase of its Head End Power (HEP) car rebuilding program. The 151 stainless steel passenger cars rebuilt by CN were part of the Budd fleet originally built for Canadian Pacific in the 1950s. 1/2
A VIA Rail Budd stainless steel car getting upgraded with head-end power (HEP) at the CN Point Saint Charles shops in 1990. Screenshot from a VIA promotional video.
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Toronto Railway Museum @torailwaymuseum.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
Sep 1, 1926: the Dominion Express Company changes its name to the Canadian Pacific Express Company. Founded in 1873, Canadian Pacific had taken over the company in 1882 and moved its headquarters from Winnipeg to Toronto in 1884. 1/3
A Dominion Express Company poster circa 1923. It says "send your Xmas & New Year parcels to your friends in Canada & U.S.A. by Dominion Express Company of Canada." The poster features an illustration of a steam locomotive leading a passenger train with a car at the front lettered for the Dominion Express Co. and a long row of grain elevators in the background. Courtesy of Christian Cassidy, Winnipeg Places (winnipegdowntownplaces.blogspot.com).
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Stephen Gardiner @sjgardiner.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
Tuesday Train 522 A blast form the past. Essex Terminal Railways Number 9 blasts through a photo run past at its re-launch into service on the Waterloo Central Railway this Sunday following an overhaul. We were on the first of two excursions she hauled on Sunday. and this is a panning shot during…
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A blast form the past. Essex Terminal Railways Number 9 blasts through a photo run past at its re-launch into service on the Waterloo Central Railway this Sunday following an overhaul. We were on the first of two excursions she hauled on Sunday. and this is a panning shot during the 2nd run past. The out of focus areas I felt at least lent themselves to a bit of selective black and white as the 103 years young steam locomotive put on a show. Video of the days runs is below.
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Toronto Railway Museum @torailwaymuseum.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
Aug 31, 1956: the Toronto Terminals Railway contracts operation of Toronto Union Station's dining room, lunch room and news stands to the Canadian Railway News Co. The dining room, known as the Oak Room, was demolished in 1989 to make way for the Skywalk pedestrian link. 1/3
An interior view of the west wing of Toronto Union Station, looking west toward the entrance to the Oak Room, circa 1980. City of Toronto Archives photo.
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Toronto Railway Museum @torailwaymuseum.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
Aug 30, 1851: the Toronto & Guelph Railway Company is incorporated to build a railway linking those two cities. The new company assumed the charter of the unbuilt Toronto & Goderich Railway, incorporated in 1848. 1/2
The title page of a Report of the Special Committee on the Subject of the Proposed Railroad from Toronto to Guelph, 1851. From the collection of the Library and Archives of Canada.
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Stephen Gardiner @sjgardiner.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
Off the train on the ground for a pair of run byes for the passengers to get photographs. Weather holding out to let us enjoy the fun #TrainsAreCool #Railfanning #SteamLocomotive #Steam #WaterlooCentralRailway
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Stephen Gardiner @sjgardiner.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
And before our just started ride, the skies cleared and Droney 2.0 made its worth evident again! #TrainsAreCool #Railfanning #SteamLocomotive #Steam #WaterlooCentralRailway #Drone
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Toronto Railway Museum @torailwaymuseum.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
Aug 29, 1986: the Canadian Pacific Railway officially closes the John Street Roundhouse as an operating maintenance facility. The outside yard remained open for the servicing and storage of company equipment for the next two years, finally closing in April 1988. 1/2
An aerial view of the Canadian Pacific John Street Roundhouse looking north on August 20, 1983. Photo by Pierre Fournier.
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Stephen Gardiner @sjgardiner.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
Ontario Steam in 2026!! Praise the Railway Volunteers! At the Waterloo Railway Expo today, tomorrow the Waterloo Central Railway excursion behind Essex Terminal Railway 9 #TrainsAreCool #Railfanning #SteamLocomotive #Steam #WaterlooCentralRailway
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