Comments on: Winter in the City. Once upon a time one only traveled downtown to see the servicing of mainline passenger equipment. The ‘ Other ‘ View from the Spadina Avenue bridge. Often – likely mainly – overlooked was the area south of the CNR Spadina Roundhouse. …..and for the modelers: what to do with that area behind the roundhouse….. Here, the (ex) CNR Spadina Coach Yard Shop remains a busy place…. …and steam (heat) still rules ! With ‘ foreign ‘ (ex CP Rail) passenger equipment. And the Trackmobile is busy with a couple of Budd built (ex CP Rail) sleeping cars. At immediate left the ex CP Rail Abbott Manor sleeping car is the second of two Manor sleepers – possibly part of the consist for Via Rail train #58 and the car next to the Baggage appears to be a (ex CN ) Dayniter providing the “ VIA 1 “ service on the Cavalier (Montreal overnight train). January 20, 1985 Kodachrome by S. Danko. More Spadina Bridge: Another 1985 view from the Spadina Bridge a view of the Bridge classic same view different time contrasting cabs sdfourty p.s. upper left: that is the base of the CN Tower.

Comments on: Winter in the City. Once upon a time one only traveled downtown to see the servicing of mainline passenger equipment. The ‘ Other ‘ View from the Spadina Avenue bridge. Often – likely mainly – overlooked was the area south of the CNR Spadina Roundhouse. …..and for the modelers: what to do with that area behind the roundhouse….. Here, the (ex) CNR Spadina Coach Yard Shop remains a busy place…. …and steam (heat) still rules ! With ‘ foreign ‘ (ex CP Rail) passenger equipment. And the Trackmobile is busy with a couple of Budd built (ex CP Rail) sleeping cars. At immediate left the ex CP Rail Abbott Manor sleeping car is the second of two Manor sleepers – possibly part of the consist for Via Rail train #58 and the car next to the Baggage appears to be a (ex CN ) Dayniter providing the “ VIA 1 “ service on the Cavalier (Montreal overnight train). January 20, 1985 Kodachrome by S. Danko. More Spadina Bridge: Another 1985 view from the Spadina Bridge a view of the Bridge classic same view different time contrasting cabs sdfourty p.s. upper left: that is the base of the CN Tower. http://www.railpictures.ca The BEST Canadian photos on the Internet, eh? Mon, 11 May 2026 22:49:44 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1