Comments on: CP 118 heads east through mile 1.6 of the North Toronto in whatever remains of the morning sunlight around 11AM. They are about to pass under the Maclennan Avenue pedestrian bridge where I’m standing for this shot, a bridge which was constructed in the 60s originally after a grade crossing was removed, likely due to it being unsafe with the low visibility and high speed of trains, not to mention the fact that there were once a pair of crossovers here too. http://www.railpictures.ca The BEST Canadian photos on the Internet, eh? Thu, 07 May 2026 18:00:21 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1 By: sdfourty http://www.railpictures.ca/?attachment_id=44720#comment-45376 sdfourty Sun, 14 Mar 2021 16:42:13 +0000 http://www.railpictures.ca/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/DSC_0041.jpg#comment-45376 Great location ! Hidden gem. The Mount Pleasant North Toronto Sub crossovers were handy when the CP North Toronto station was handling express freight etc., after passenger service ceased... Great location ! Hidden gem. The Mount Pleasant North Toronto Sub crossovers were handy when the CP North Toronto station was handling express freight etc., after passenger service ceased…

]]> By: railwayguy http://www.railpictures.ca/?attachment_id=44720#comment-45353 railwayguy Sat, 13 Mar 2021 03:42:53 +0000 http://www.railpictures.ca/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/DSC_0041.jpg#comment-45353 Hi Liam, very nice picture from a very familiar vantage point . You are correct that right underneath where you are standing was the Maclennan Ave CPR level crossing, right at the foot of a steep hill. In 1946, residents of Moore Park (on the north side of CP North Toronto Sub) voted on a City plebiscite to replace this level crossing. The plan was revised to shift the grade separation to the west to the new Clifton Rd extension, subsequently renamed Mt Pleasant Ave Extension on its opening in June 1950. The pedestrian bridge was built to facilitate school children who live in North Rosedale walking to/from Whitney Ave Public School st the top of Maclennan Ave hill. My wife Sandy walked our 2 children over this bridge every school day for many years as I did when I played hooky from work. The double cross over was put in when CTC was installed on the North Toronto Sub, and I think removed in the 1990’s, which was much appreciated by neighbouring residents as the noise level of freight cars clattering over the crossover switches was loud and annoying. Still a favourite place of mine to watch and photograph trains. Thanks very much for posting, John Hi Liam, very nice picture from a very familiar vantage point . You are correct that right underneath where you are standing was the Maclennan Ave CPR level crossing, right at the foot of a steep hill. In 1946, residents of Moore Park (on the north side of CP North Toronto Sub) voted on a City plebiscite to replace this level crossing. The plan was revised to shift the grade separation to the west to the new Clifton Rd extension, subsequently renamed Mt Pleasant Ave Extension on its opening in June 1950. The pedestrian bridge was built to facilitate school children who live in North Rosedale walking to/from Whitney Ave Public School st the top of Maclennan Ave hill. My wife Sandy walked our 2 children over this bridge every school day for many years as I did when I played hooky from work. The double cross over was put in when CTC was installed on the North Toronto Sub, and I think removed in the 1990’s, which was much appreciated by neighbouring residents as the noise level of freight cars clattering over the crossover switches was loud and annoying. Still a favourite place of mine to watch and photograph trains. Thanks very much for posting, John

]]> By: cp5756 http://www.railpictures.ca/?attachment_id=44720#comment-45347 cp5756 Fri, 12 Mar 2021 20:29:59 +0000 http://www.railpictures.ca/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/DSC_0041.jpg#comment-45347 neat neat! neat neat!

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