Toronto Railway Heritage Centre

There are seven plaques attached to various rolling stock at Roundhouse Park.
All can be seen on this page.

Photos and transcription by contributor Wayne Adam - Posted December, 2011

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Plaque coordinates: 43.64144 -79.38647

This 45 tonne Diesel-Electric Whitcomb centre-cab switching locomotive was manufactured by the Canadian Locomotive Company in Kingston, Ontario, in 1950. It was used to switch freight cars around quarries and aggregate companies in the Toronto area until the 1990s. No. 1 was purchased by the TRHC in 2007 to switch equipment around the museum and is powerful enough to move 6213, the heaviest locomotive in the collection and short enough to still fit on the turntable.

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This steam locomotive is a U-2g class Northern 4-8-4 built by the Montreal Locomotive Works in 1942. 6213 was used in freight and passenger service for over a million kilometres ranging from Nova Scotia to Saskatchewan. When in Toronto, it would have been serviced at CN's Spadina roundhouse, now the site of the Rogers Centre. The locomotive was donated to the City of Toronto in 1960 and displayed at Exhibition Place until it was brought to Roundhouse Park in June 2009.

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4803 is a GP-7 built by General Motors Diesel of London, Ontario, in 1953. GP stands for general purpose, meaning this locomotive could be used in a wide variety of freight operations that included switching cars and mainline freight train operation as well as powering passenger trains when equipped with a steam generator. Over 7,000 locomotives similar to this were found throughout North America and this unit operated over most of Canada. 4803 was retired in 1984 and donated to the City by CN to commemorate Toronto's 150th anniversary.

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Photos and transcription by contributor Wayne Adam - Posted December, 2011

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This rare wooden tank car was built in 1938 although the builder and original owner are unknown. In 1964 it was acquired by Reinhart Vinegars Limited in Stayner, Ontario and used to transport vinegar to a customer in Dallas, Texas. The car was donated to the Canadian Railroad Historical Association in 1976.

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Stayner

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This Alco S-2 was built by the American Locomotive Company at Schenectady, New York, in 1944. The photograph shows it being delivered that year to the Canadian Pacific Railway's West Toronto Yard. This 1000-horsepower engine was the first CPR diesel-electric locomotive to operate in Toronto. 7020's primary use was to switch railway cars and make up trains in the freight yard. It was also used to move cars in and out of industrial sidings and bring them to the yard. No. 7020 was retired in 1986 and donated to the City of Toronto.

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This car was built in 1929 as "River Liard" by National Steel Car in Hamilton and finished at Canadian Pacific's Angus Shops in Montreal. This luxurious first class car was exclusively for the comfort of sleeping car passengers and featured showers, smoking room, lounge, solarium, and a small buffet. In 1941, the lounges and showers were replaced with bedrooms. The car was renamed Cape Race in 1947 and sold to the Upper Canada Railway Society in 1969, who used it as a lounge and gift shop in numerous railfan excursions in the Toronto area.

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Angus Shops

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Jackman was a 14-section sleeper built by Canadian Car & Foundry in Montreal in 1931. The sleeping accommodation consisted of seven sets of upper and lower berths on each side of the car. During the day, the upper berth folded into the wall and each section converted to facing seats. There were large men's and women's washrooms and toilet facilities at opposite ends of the car. Jackman was typical of the thousands of CPR passenger cars serviced at the John Street yard for over a half-century and was converted to work train service in 1960.

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Canadian Car & Foundry

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Canadian Pacific's Hudson 2815
The John Street Roundhouse

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