Comments on: The view from downtown Toronto’s Bathurst Street bridge in April 1979 shows a flurry of action: CN S13 switchers were still switching complete passenger trains (coaches & locomotives) between Union Station and the Spadina coachyard and nearby roundhouse/shop facilities. CN S13 8517 handles a Tempo train consist with RS18 3151 and GP9 4102, while sister 8512 handles a pair of ex-CP Stainless Steel Budd cars, by now owned by VIA but still in CP colours. In the background another S13 can be seen coupled to a train with FP9-F9B power in the coachyard, and in the distance another S13 can be seen handling a passenger train under Spadina Avenue bridge. RDC cars at Spadina roundhouse are visible at the base of the CN Tower on the right, and GO Hawker Siddeley single-level commuter coaches can be seen stored on the left at Bathurst North Yard, which appears to still be partially in use as a freight yard. More at Bathurst Street: VIA’s The Canadian: http://www.railpictures.ca/?attachment_id=22282 Steam era switching: http://www.railpictures.ca/?attachment_id=15641 Up close S13 view: http://www.railpictures.ca/?attachment_id=27375 RDC’s departing on #663: http://www.railpictures.ca/?attachment_id=20820 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: First954 http://www.railpictures.ca/?attachment_id=30123#comment-22473 First954 Sun, 16 Jul 2017 12:18:07 +0000 http://www.railpictures.ca/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/CN-8517-3151-4102-switching-at-Bathurst-Street-Toronto-ON-Apr-1979-Bill-Thomson-IMG-110922es-despec-sat-shrp-copyr.jpg#comment-22473 OH my!!!! The good old days! OH my!!!! The good old days!

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