From Flickr: “C.N.R. #6244, looking west from west of Strachan Ave.” by Toronto Public Library Special Collections

May 12, 2015 Uncategorized

The new airport express is "full steam ahead" and will open, they say, on June 6. All this talk of trains made me think of all the wonderful shots of trains we have in our Digital Archive (http://ift.tt/1Dn4XI8). This one is a steam locomotive photographed by James Victor Salmon near Strachan Avenue in 1955.

Creator: Salmon, James Victor (Canadian, 1911-1958)
Date: 1955
Identifier: S 1-2862A
Format: Ephemera
Rights: Public domain
Courtesy: Toronto Public Library.
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Date: 1914-18
Identifier:
Format: Ephemera
Rights: Public domain
Courtesy: Toronto Public Library.
More information: (view details and larger image)

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