Old Time Trains

Old Union Station 1873-1927

Plan drawing 1896
Toronto Public Library Virtual Exhibit

G1c 1104 (CPR 1478 11/1906) represented the best in passenger power. c.1909
Note the experimental slotted stack to deflect smoke. Became G2b 2504 5/1913

1884 view from
south east.

Smoky view!

Inside view train shed.

Front Street entrance, looking east, 1907.

York Street bridge.
Heating plant

York Street area after replacement of bridge with subway, Sept. 1927.

Looking west, 1916

John St. coach yard, freight sheds, roundhouse 1927.

Look west at track level. June 15, 1927

Demolition of south trainshed, July 1927.

South side of station after demolition of trainshed.

CNR & CPR trains sit- side-by-side on last day, August 10,1927.