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Viewing Album:  John St. Roundhouse (exCPR)
 
By:Dan D
Dates:1/16/2006 - 5/1/2006
Album Info:Photos of the former CPR John St. Roundhouse in Toronto, located by the Skydome and CN Tower. Now owned by the city, 1/3 of the building is inhabited by Steam Whistle Brewery, and the rest houses significant RR equipment awaiting possible future museum plans. Also included are a bunch taken at Doors Open Toronto 2006.
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Back east view
Title:  Back east view
Description:  The east side of the John St. Roundhouse, currently home to Steam Whistle Brewery. This trip in particular I froze my fingers off!
Photo Date:  1/16/2006  Upload Date: 3/31/2006 8:58:24 PM
Location:  Toronto, ON
Author:  Dan D
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Steam Whistle Brewing
Title:  Steam Whistle Brewing
Description:  The Steam Whistle Brewing brewery, currently home to east side of the John St. Roundhouse
Photo Date:  1/16/2006  Upload Date: 3/31/2006 8:58:24 PM
Location:  Toronto, ON
Author:  Dan D
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Stalls under a slightly overcast sky
Title:  Stalls under a slightly overcast sky
Description:  The locomotive stalls of John St. Roundhouse, all there but without the locomotives or tracks. *sigh*
Photo Date:  1/16/2006  Upload Date: 3/31/2006 8:58:25 PM
Location:  Toronto, ON
Author:  Dan D
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Concrete coal tower
Title:  Concrete coal tower
Description:  Concrete coal tower moved to west end of the John St. Roundhouse from another part of Toronto
Photo Date:  1/16/2006  Upload Date: 3/31/2006 8:58:26 PM
Location:  Toronto, ON
Author:  Dan D
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The pit
Title:  The pit
Description:  The John St. Roundhouse turntable pit. Turntable stored inside. There are 32 stalls in all.
Photo Date:  1/16/2006  Upload Date: 3/31/2006 8:58:26 PM
Location:  Toronto, ON
Author:  Dan D
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Back and Machine Shops
Title:  Back and Machine Shops
Description:  Back and Machine Shops of the John St. Roundhouse
Photo Date:  1/16/2006  Upload Date: 4/10/2006 5:34:28 AM
Location:  Toronto, ON
Author:  Dan D
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Machine shops
Title:  Machine shops
Description:  The back of the west end of John St. Roundhouse, and the machine shops
Photo Date:  1/16/2006  Upload Date: 3/31/2006 8:58:27 PM
Location:  Toronto, ON
Author:  Dan D
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Cabin D
Title:  Cabin D
Description:  Cabin D, once an interlocking tower located at the west end of the Union Station Rail Corridor past Bathurst, now resides here behind the John St. Roundhouse
Photo Date:  1/16/2006  Upload Date: 3/31/2006 8:58:27 PM
Location:  Toronto, ON
Author:  Dan D
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Looking up
Title:  Looking up
Description:  Detail shot of the coal tower by the John St. Roundhouse
Photo Date:  1/16/2006  Upload Date: 3/31/2006 8:58:23 PM
Location:  Toronto, ON
Author:  Dan D
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Concrete coal tower
Title:  Concrete coal tower
Description:  Another view of the concrete coal tower by John St. Roundhouse
Photo Date:  3/17/2006  Upload Date: 3/31/2006 8:59:30 PM
Location:  Toronto, ON
Author:  Dan D
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Movie shoot
Title:  Movie shoot
Description:  A crain holding up some lighting equpiment over the exCPR John St. Roundhouse for a movie shoot.
Photo Date:  3/17/2006  Upload Date: 3/17/2006 11:04:00 PM
Location:  Toronto, ON
Author:  Dan D
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CP 7020
Title:  CP 7020
Description:  3 Photos spliced together for a side view of this vintage Alco in the John St. Roundhouse
Photo Date:  5/28/2006  Upload Date: 5/29/2006 6:39:03 PM
Location:  Toronto, ON
Author:  Dan D
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Locomotives:  CP 7020(S2)
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CP 7020
Title:  CP 7020
Description:  Front view of this classic 1940's beauty
Photo Date:  5/28/2006  Upload Date: 5/28/2006 9:51:41 PM
Location:  Toronto, ON
Author:  Dan D
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Locomotives:  CP 7020(S2)
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CP 7020 front left
Title:  CP 7020 front left
Description:  White flag, old style numberboard numerals. Timeless.
Photo Date:  5/28/2006  Upload Date: 5/28/2006 9:51:42 PM
Location:  Toronto, ON
Author:  Dan D
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Locomotives:  CP 7020(S2)
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Inside the Roundhouse (1)
Title:  Inside the Roundhouse (1)
Description:  A classic roundhouse wall (!). John St. Roundhouse.
Photo Date:  5/28/2006  Upload Date: 5/28/2006 9:51:41 PM
Location:  Toronto, ON
Author:  Dan D
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Cape Race
Title:  Cape Race
Description:  Boarded up and roped off, Cape Race sits in company at the John St. Roundhouse.
Photo Date:  5/28/2006  Upload Date: 5/28/2006 9:51:26 PM
Location:  Toronto, ON
Author:  Dan D
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CP 411281
Title:  CP 411281
Description:  CP 411281 keeps Cape Race company, both confined to the John St. Roundhouse.
Photo Date:  5/28/2006  Upload Date: 5/28/2006 9:51:27 PM
Location:  Toronto, ON
Author:  Dan D
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Inside the Roundhouse (2)
Title:  Inside the Roundhouse (2)
Description:  Back wall of windows. John St. Roundhouse.
Photo Date:  5/28/2006  Upload Date: 5/28/2006 9:51:27 PM
Location:  Toronto, ON
Author:  Dan D
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Old School Passenger Trucks
Title:  Old School Passenger Trucks
Description:  The lightweight passenger car put to an end the 3-axle heavyweight trucks used on passenger equipment in the first half of the 20th century. One of the trucks of Cape Race.
Photo Date:  5/28/2006  Upload Date: 5/28/2006 9:51:28 PM
Location:  Toronto, ON
Author:  Dan D
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Whitelined
Title:  Whitelined
Description:  But not in the scrapline.
Photo Date:  5/28/2006  Upload Date: 5/28/2006 9:51:29 PM
Location:  Toronto, ON
Author:  Dan D
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Journal Cover
Title:  Journal Cover
Description:  One of the B-end right side journal covers for exCP MofW heavyweight 411281. "B-285/AAR 1947/SYMINGTON"
Photo Date:  5/28/2006  Upload Date: 5/28/2006 9:51:29 PM
Location:  Toronto, ON
Author:  Dan D
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Flexicoil
Title:  Flexicoil
Description:  Minimal lighting, point and shoot camera, no tripod. Front Flexicoil B-B truck of CN 4803 in the John St. Roundhouse.
Photo Date:  5/28/2006  Upload Date: 5/28/2006 9:51:30 PM
Location:  Toronto, ON
Author:  Dan D
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Locomotives:  CN 4803(GP7)
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567B Power
Title:  567B Power
Description:  The heart of the Geep: a tame (by todays' standards) 16 cylinder 2-cycle 1500hp 567B normally aspired diesel engine
Photo Date:  5/28/2006  Upload Date: 5/28/2006 9:51:30 PM
Location:  Toronto, ON
Author:  Dan D
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Locomotives:  CN 4803(GP7)
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CP 7020 back view
Title:  CP 7020 back view
Description:  The cab end of CP 7020, an old Blunt-trucked 40's ALCo currently mothballed in the John St. Roundhouse.
Photo Date:  5/28/2006  Upload Date: 5/28/2006 9:51:31 PM
Location:  Toronto, ON
Author:  Dan D
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Locomotives:  CP 7020(S2)
Views:  726   Comments: 0
Toronto Skyline...
Title:  Toronto Skyline...
Description:  ...as viewed on a smog day from John St. Roundhouse during Doors Open Toronto 2006
Photo Date:  5/28/2006  Upload Date: 5/28/2006 9:51:31 PM
Location:  Toronto, ON
Author:  Dan D
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CN 4803 Long Nose
Title:  CN 4803 Long Nose
Description:  Before Norfolk Southern, there were those of the first diesel generation that ran long hood forward units, CN being one of them. Long hoods forward all the way at John St. Roundhouse.
Photo Date:  5/28/2006  Upload Date: 5/28/2006 9:51:32 PM
Location:  Toronto, ON
Author:  Dan D
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Locomotives:  CN 4803(GP7)
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Down the Center
Title:  Down the Center
Description:  Looking to the back atwix two saved relics.
Photo Date:  5/28/2006  Upload Date: 5/28/2006 9:51:32 PM
Location:  Toronto, ON
Author:  Dan D
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Bunk Buds
Title:  Bunk Buds
Description:  Most likely never operating in service together, CP 7020 and CN 4803 put aside their differences and share bunks in the gloomy John St. Roundhouse.
Photo Date:  5/28/2006  Upload Date: 5/28/2006 9:51:32 PM
Location:  Toronto, ON
Author:  Dan D
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Locomotives:  CP 7020(S2) CN 4803(GP7)
Views:  1160   Comments: 1
Cape Race
Title:  Cape Race
Description:  Diaphram end.
Photo Date:  5/28/2006  Upload Date: 5/28/2006 9:51:33 PM
Location:  Toronto, ON
Author:  Dan D
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Views:  179   Comments: 0
Lurker
Title:  Lurker
Description:  Former CN GP7 4803 lurking in the shadows at John St. Roundhouse
Photo Date:  5/28/2006  Upload Date: 5/28/2006 9:51:34 PM
Location:  Toronto, ON
Author:  Dan D
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Locomotives:  CN 4803(GP7)
Views:  553   Comments: 0
Sleep
Title:  Sleep
Description:  Retired from lives of racing around the country, lumbering behind maintenence equipment and trailing excursion specials (at least for now) Cape Race and CP 411281 quietly slumber together.
Photo Date:  5/28/2006  Upload Date: 5/28/2006 9:51:34 PM
Location:  Toronto, ON
Author:  Dan D
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Inside the Roundhouse (3)
Title:  Inside the Roundhouse (3)
Description:  End wall looking east inside the John St. Roundhouse by Cape Race & CP 411281
Photo Date:  5/28/2006  Upload Date: 7/25/2006 4:07:58 AM
Location:  Toronto, ON
Author:  Dan D
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Views:  181   Comments: 0
CP 7020
Title:  CP 7020
Description:  Another view of the candy cane striped nose that adorned everything from sleek FP9's and vintage S2's to workhorse SD40-2's and prairie rambler GP38-2's
Photo Date:  5/28/2006  Upload Date: 5/28/2006 9:51:35 PM
Location:  Toronto, ON
Author:  Dan D
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Locomotives:  CP 7020(S2)
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M&S 539T
Title:  M&S 539T
Description:  The workhorse of much of CP's old switcher fleet from the 50's all the way to the late 80's: the turbocharged inline 4 cycle Macintosh & Seymour 6 cylinder 539 diesel engine.
Photo Date:  5/28/2006  Upload Date: 5/28/2006 9:51:35 PM
Location:  Toronto, ON
Author:  Dan D
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Locomotives:  CP 7020(S2)
Views:  684   Comments: 0
Blunt trucks
Title:  Blunt trucks
Description:  Roller bearings? Who needs 'em. CP 7020 right rear truck.
Photo Date:  5/28/2006  Upload Date: 5/28/2006 9:51:36 PM
Location:  Toronto, ON
Author:  Dan D
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Locomotives:  CP 7020(S2)
Views:  576   Comments: 0
CN 4803
Title:  CN 4803
Description:  What else could possibly be said about this classic?
Photo Date:  5/28/2006  Upload Date: 5/28/2006 9:51:37 PM
Location:  Toronto, ON
Author:  Dan D
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Locomotives:  CN 4803(GP7)
Views:  1071   Comments: 0
Stalls
Title:  Stalls
Description:  Stalls 23 to 32 of the John St. Roundhouse during Doors Open Toronto 2006
Photo Date:  5/28/2006  Upload Date: 5/28/2006 9:51:36 PM
Location:  Toronto, ON
Author:  Dan D
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Sticking out
Title:  Sticking out
Description:  Rails leading from stalls sticking out and exposing their ends to the outside world. John St. Roundhouse.
Photo Date:  5/28/2006  Upload Date: 5/28/2006 9:51:38 PM
Location:  Toronto, ON
Author:  Dan D
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Views:  237   Comments: 0
Steam Whistle Brewing
Title:  Steam Whistle Brewing
Description:  Converted part of the roundhouse. Had to make due with our clueless friend there in the way. Must of been the Sunshine Girl in the paper...
Photo Date:  5/28/2006  Upload Date: 5/28/2006 9:51:39 PM
Location:  Toronto, ON
Author:  Dan D
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Views:  246   Comments: 0
John St. Roundhouse
Title:  John St. Roundhouse
Description:  ...during Doors Open Toronto 2006 .
Photo Date:  5/28/2006  Upload Date: 5/28/2006 9:51:40 PM
Location:  Toronto, ON
Author:  Dan D
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No Rails
Title:  No Rails
Description:  Where there once was some there is none...former connecting rails to the turntable.
Photo Date:  5/28/2006  Upload Date: 5/28/2006 9:51:40 PM
Location:  Toronto, ON
Author:  Dan D
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