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Old School of Dramatic Arts Demolition

June 18, 2012
Photo © Will Foot My brother was out at the University the other day, and he managed to snap a few pictures of demolition of the former School of Dramatic art building. Photo © Will Foot The building used to front Wyandotte Street, right on the corner with Patricia. Photo © Will Foot As you can see in the photos demolition is well underway. Photo © Will Foot From the school’s website…
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CN 5570 - Late 1930's

June 8, 2012
Harry Taylor Collection, photo by Walter Taylor Today’s photo comes to up via county train historian Tim Swaddling. Tim says the photo is from Harry Taylor’s collection. The photo was taken by Harry’s father, Walter Taylor. The exact date is unknown, but…
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Peabody Bridge c. 1984

March 28, 2012
Photo © Matthew Kulbacki Another picture from the Matthew Kulbacki collection, via Tim Swaddling. Today’s shot is looking west and shows the long gone Peabody Bridge over Riverside Drive. Hard to imagine that this bottleneck on Riverside Drive once existed. Looking at the area today, I’m hard pressed to remember it. The apartments on Riverside and Chilver can be seen beyond the end…
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Ferry Landing - c. 1915

March 21, 2012
Today’s picture is courtesy of John Stefani, who sends along this scan from his collection. A great shot of the ferry landing at the Foot of Ouellette Avenue. This card captures the changing of an era. There is a horse and buggy against the curb, and just to the right…
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Devonshire From The Peadbody Bridge - c. 1984

March 19, 2012
Photo © Al Gradwell Another picture from the Al Gradwell collection, via Tim Swaddling… This photo was taken from the Peabody Bridge looking east, towards Devonshire. The Walker Power Building is on the right. Most of the tracks are long gone, and this is an area of…
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Training Car

March 16, 2012
Photo © Al Gradwell Some more pictures from the Al Gradwell collection, via Tim Swaddling. This is car #96, according to the stories Tim passes along, this is a former CN car, painted up in this shot in the VIA colours. This car was used by VIA to train new employees. Maybe one of our railfans out there can chime in with some details. Photo © Al Gradwell In the background of this one is a neat…
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VIA 6771 - c. 1983

March 14, 2012
Photo © Al Gradwell Some more pictures from the Al Gradwell collection, via Tim Swaddling. This is a pretty standard shot, but there a great capture of an interesting looking building to the left of the train. Photo © Al Gradwell Anyone remember this building? Any stories…