In February 1906, the rivalry between the Grand Trunk Railway and the Canadian Northern Railway reached a fever pitch. It all came to a head in the Don Valley directly between the Evergreen Brickworks and Todmorden Mills, where a land dispute escalated to fistfights and dynamite explosions.
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CN was no stranger to cutting edge technology in its first decade of operation. One example was the first diesel locomotive(s) purpose-built for mainline operation in North America. They were assigned to Toronto for a time, but their later history is where things get interesting.
The Toronto Railway Museum is home to a wide variety of historical railway equipment. We need your help to continue maintaining them.
Today marks 94 years since the John Street Roundhouse was first opened by Canadian Pacific. It also marks the gradual closure of the one that came before it.
The survival of Don Station throughout its 127-year history can only be attributed to a tremendous amount of good fortune.
While railway history is a big passion of mine, my education and training is in the field of music. I have been a musician for nearly twenty years, and received a Bachelor and a Masters Degree in Music Therapy from Wilfrid Laurier University in Waterloo. Just over one year ago,
Explore how travel to cottage country has changed between the 1940s and the present. Part one of this series explores trips to the Kawartha Lakes region of Ontario
A summary of a recent trip on the GO pilot project train from Stratford to Whitby. Also a comparison of the route to past trains.
Part five of this series is a bonus section featuring additional connections between Ontario craft breweries and railways
For 73 years from 1857 to 1930, the area presently occupied by David Crombie Park carried all railway traffic east of Union Station.