Canadian Railroads > GO transit at Oshawa

Friday the 23 April at Hopkins Road, Oshawa to lens a few GO's.

bob

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sooman1 Wrote:
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> Friday the 23 April at Hopkins Road, Oshawa to
> lens a few GO's.

Hopkins Street, Whitby. The Whitby-Oshawa border is just
west of Thornton Road. It's a location I've shot rarely in the
past due to the heavy truck traffic going to and from Gerdau-Ameristeel
(formerly Lasco.) Is there still a plant switcher at the steel plant?

Incidently, the grade crossing at South Blair Street (next street
west) is the only grade crossing on CN between Toronto and the east
end of Oshawa where whistles are not banned.

...John Reay, Marmora, ON



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 04/27/10 08:35 by newtonville150.

I did not see a switcher at the plant, but heard the horn a few times.. in the 3 hours I was on the bridge there were not more than 10 trucks, I had expected a lot more truck traffic..

bob

Great lowlight stuff, really enjoyed the shots.

I've always been intrigued as to where the Canadian Northern line ran east of Toronto. I'm told the surface line of the TTC going east toward Scarborough was built on the CNor alignment, but east of there to Trenton, I'm not sure where it went.

eminence_grise Wrote:
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> I've always been intrigued as to where the
> Canadian Northern line ran east of Toronto. I'm
> told the surface line of the TTC going east toward
> Scarborough was built on the CNor alignment, but
> east of there to Trenton, I'm not sure where it
> went.

Exited Toronto parallel to the CP Belleville sub, near Meadowvale Road.
Crossing the CP Belleville at grade in the middle of Cherrywood siding.
Had its own trestle over Dixie Creek.
From there stayed north of Taunton Road until Oshawa.
South of Taunton from there east to Newtonville (station at Solina, east
of Oshawa still exists as private residence.) CNoR Bowmanville station
was actually closer to Tyrone. Orono station was, believe it or not,
on Station Street. Crossed Newtonville Rd around concession
5 (Starkville.)
Line turned south along the west bank of the Ganaraska entering Port Hope,
and crossed the river well north of downtown on a curved trestle
(station building still exists, former MTO building on Hwy 28.)
From there east to Trenton, mostly parallel to the CP Belleville sub again.
Shared station with CP in Belleville.

Image 1: CNoR Solina Station
Image 2: CNoR Port Hope Station

...John Reay, Marmora, ON



Edited 2 time(s). Last edit at 04/28/10 06:51 by newtonville150.

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Does Oshawa still have that street-trackage? I remember it crossing a corner lot to make a 90 degree turn between to residential streets.

Dave

DavidP Wrote:
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> Does Oshawa still have that street-trackage? I
> remember it crossing a corner lot to make a 90
> degree turn between to residential streets.
>
> Dave

Not anymore. The CP diamond is long gone, as is the trackage on Ritson Road.
The Oshawa Street Railway used to connect with the CNoR by the lumber yard
near Simcoe and Taunton...all long gone.

...John Reay