Comments on: You can just taste the hazy, muggy, smoggy morning air some mornings in downtown Toronto, and this morning at Bathurst Street was no exception, with a thick haze visible in the air as CN local #543 puts in an appearance downtown, coming off the Oakville Sub and heading through the Union Station Rail Corridor to do some morning switching in the Toronto Portlands area to the east. Power today is GP9RM units 4107 and 7038, chugging slowly east amid all the morning GO Transit and VIA Rail action. Don’t forget to see the Toronto FC play some soccer at BMO Field this May 2007. The Inglis sign’s wise words to the sleepy morning commuters on the Gardiner Expressway this morning? “Your Dignity Can’t Be Taken Away, Unless It’s Surrendered”

By: Stephen C. Host

Stephen C. Host — Sat, 04 Jul 2026 01:07:12 +0000

We took so much for granted. I was part of that club!

By: MrDan

MrDan — Thu, 02 Jul 2026 17:32:31 +0000

Steve, I recall that it was, out of the small CN Mimico Yard at the south end. I think it also did the Uxbridge Sub and Scarborough/GECO Branch industries at the time too (as-needed), in addition to the Don Yard/Portlands area customers. Unfortunately I did not wander down there to find them…

Thinking about it again, those centre beams could have been for Home Lumber on the GECO Branch if they were doing them that day. Hmmm.

By: Stephen C. Host

Stephen C. Host — Thu, 02 Jul 2026 12:05:46 +0000

Wild Dano, did this job originate out of mimico?

By: MrDan

MrDan — Thu, 02 Jul 2026 03:01:31 +0000

mberry, I think it was CanRoof Corp. on the Lake Shore trackage east of Carlaw

L.Parks, there’s big money advertising to Toronto commuters every day: https://www.railpictures.ca/?attachment_id=59281

By: mberry

mberry — Thu, 02 Jul 2026 01:24:10 +0000

Which customer got lumber?

By: L. Parks

L. Parks — Wed, 01 Jul 2026 23:23:18 +0000

I must be from a small town, I can’t believe the size of the structure used to hold up that billboard.