Kenster102.5 Posted July 28, 2009 Report Share Posted July 28, 2009 If you look at the comments for this Youtube video on the dimensional load, they say it is a It's some sort of boiler/turbine assembly, being shipped from the Babcock & Wilcox plant in Cambridge to Crystal River Nuclear Power Plant 3 in Florida. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
D. DeLarge Posted July 28, 2009 Report Share Posted July 28, 2009 In the last picture. I haven't seen trains pass here in long time. To bad I missed it. someone told me they don't run trains there. Hopefully one day I will see one pass there. I saw it once a few years ago, alot of people walking beside the train, down by Lakeshore & Lesile Sts Incorrect information. CN still switches the two remaining customers down there, plus dimensional movements for the Port. I'm not sure if it's feasable for the trackage to be abandoned since it would cut off access to the Port for shipping large loads by boat. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trainmaster_1 Posted August 9, 2009 Report Share Posted August 9, 2009 Another dimensional extra is just about to leave Snider for the Toronto Port Authority with a Bobcox & Wilcox D9R load today. Heads Up ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nwalsh Posted August 12, 2009 Report Share Posted August 12, 2009 Another dimensional extra is just about to leave Snider for the Toronto Port Authority with a Bobcox & Wilcox D9R load today. Heads Up ! Did this load make it down to the Harbour yet? Or, will they wait till the weekend. I see the "jumbo Vision", has arrived in Toronto to load these components. (assumption) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trainmaster_1 Posted August 12, 2009 Report Share Posted August 12, 2009 Did this load make it down to the Harbour yet? Or, will they wait till the weekend. I see the "jumbo Vision", has arrived in Toronto to load these components. (assumption) Delivered directly to the TPA this past Sunday, both generators will be loaded onto the Jumbo Vision sometime this week along with the flats and van. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nwalsh Posted March 7, 2010 Report Share Posted March 7, 2010 I see the switch at Parliament and Lakeshore blvd E. was recently removed (sometime between 2008 and 2009). This track has long since been paved over. It also, appeared that the short disconnected track that ran to the LCBO, has also recently been dug up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Downsview 108 Posted March 7, 2010 Report Share Posted March 7, 2010 I see the switch at Parliament and Lakeshore blvd E. was recently removed (sometime between 2008 and 2009). This track has long since been paved over. It also, appeared that the short disconnected track that ran to the LCBO, has also recently been dug up. I think those tracks were removed in the past 6 months. They were there last year. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TTC BOY Posted March 11, 2010 Report Share Posted March 11, 2010 I found this video yesterday showing a CN train at the Queens Quay in 1990. And i was wondering, is there any industries left that are served by train at the Harbour spurs? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
D. DeLarge Posted March 11, 2010 Report Share Posted March 11, 2010 I found this video yesterday showing a CN train at the Queens Quay in 1990. And i was wondering, is there any industries left that are served by train at the Harbour spurs? http://www.cptdb.ca/index.php?s=&showt...st&p=305284 (minus Korex now). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RJB Posted April 11, 2010 Report Share Posted April 11, 2010 I was biking yesterday along the Toronto Waterfront and noticed that the tracks to the Redpath building had been ripped up. I also took a few pictures of the switches along Basin Street which I read somewhere are the only ones in Toronto which are in the same style as TTC streetcar switches - they are in the pavement. Sadly, this section of track is no longer in use as a new film studio has cut access to the mainline.I exepect to see more changes in the portlands as Waterfront Toronto begins to revitalize the area. I worked briefly in 1973 as a CN yardman, before joining CP later that year. I worked a job one day that took us down Basin street. One of the switches I 'threw' in the street lead to Continental Cans plant. I vaguely recall them, so seeing a photo of one, even in disuse, revived a few memories for me. Thanks for posting them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nwalsh Posted July 14, 2011 Report Share Posted July 14, 2011 I was riding down Unwin Ave in the port lands, and noticed some MOW machines parked on the tracks. Does anyone know the nature of the work being undertaken? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shaun Posted August 18, 2011 Report Share Posted August 18, 2011 Will that lower don yard still be needed after the work for Union Station is complete? I'm talking about the one just below where the GO East Don Yard is. Not the one after you cross the bridge over the Don River. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skyfirenet Posted August 19, 2011 Report Share Posted August 19, 2011 Will that lower don yard still be needed after the work for Union Station is complete? I'm talking about the one just below where the GO East Don Yard is. Not the one after you cross the bridge over the Don River. Probably not. However, I've always felt that if the TRHA is serious about rail excursions at some point in the future, they should look into what it would take to keep that yard intact. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Allandale25 Posted July 8, 2018 Author Report Share Posted July 8, 2018 The new Canada Post sorting facility will remove the spur track that served the City's waste treatment plant at Ashbridge's Bay. From the March 15, 2018 staff report: Quote Site and Surrounding Area The 5.16-acre (2.1-hectare) site is located at the southwest corner of Commissioners Street and Leslie Street. The property is currently vacant and the Port Lands rail spur runs through the site for the transporting of goods. This track will need to be removed and relocated. Various industrial uses surround the site to the north, east, west, and south. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smallspy Posted July 8, 2018 Report Share Posted July 8, 2018 9 minutes ago, Allandale25 said: The new Canada Post sorting facility will remove the spur track that served the City's waste treatment plant at Ashbridge's Bay. From the March 15, 2018 staff report: It does say "...removed and relocated...". Thus the water treatment plant will continue to be rail serviced. Dan 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Allandale25 Posted July 8, 2018 Author Report Share Posted July 8, 2018 Sorry, good point. Any idea of where or when it will be relocated? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Allandale25 Posted July 8, 2018 Author Report Share Posted July 8, 2018 Just found this slide from a Waterfront Toronto presentation confirming the spur will be relocated. Posted here: https://urbantoronto.ca/forum/threads/canada-post-postal-sorting-station-675-commissioners-canada-post-1s-kingsland-architects.28597/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charlie Posted July 9, 2018 Report Share Posted July 9, 2018 12 hours ago, smallspy said: It does say "...removed and relocated...". Thus the water treatment plant will continue to be rail serviced. Dan Could I ask, what do the trains ship in and out of the water treatment facility? Is it just stuff like chemicals and the like, or other materials. -Charlie Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smallspy Posted July 9, 2018 Report Share Posted July 9, 2018 10 hours ago, Charlie said: Could I ask, what do the trains ship in and out of the water treatment facility? Is it just stuff like chemicals and the like, or other materials. -Charlie They ship in chemicals used in the water purification process. They did intend to ship out the fertilizer pellets made from the processed biowaste, but other than a couple of boxcar loads years ago I don't know if this has ever been a regular occurrence. Dan 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cameron Posted May 4, 2021 Report Share Posted May 4, 2021 Many, many apologies for the three year bump but, I thought I would include some photographs I captured during the final run of CN L543 on Portlands trackage. Three railfans and I were there to witness the somber occasion. We later remarked how strange it was how the the girder bridge over the Don River was replaced, despite the port lead being severed south of Don Yard later in the year. RIP the ports spur... -C 4 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Allandale25 Posted August 5, 2021 Author Report Share Posted August 5, 2021 At today's Port Lands Flood Protection & Lake Shore Boulevard East Public Meeting, there were some images shown of the reconfigured Lake Shore Blvd E. It appears that the rail spur ROW is being protected for. Some quick screenshots I got below. I believe the full deck will be posted here soon: https://portlandsto.ca/august-2021-public-information-centre/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shaun Posted December 19, 2021 Report Share Posted December 19, 2021 The sewage treatment plant gets chlorine delivered by rail. So that's probably at least one reason to keep it in place. Maybe GO tran storage is another reason? It would be good to be able to use the port to deliver large loads and transport them by rail, but I don't know if that's part of the plan. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Allandale25 Posted March 23, 2022 Author Report Share Posted March 23, 2022 Latest update from a post in Urban Toronto: https://urbantoronto.ca/forum/threads/maps-of-torontos-old-rail-lines.25310/post-1801863 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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