Caption: A Saturday run of CNR 6060 from Toronto to Niagara Falls and return passes beneath the Bathurst Street bridge arriving home to Toronto. Note the signal bridge just above 6060's cab, holding the signals for the 'High Line' detour around Union Station, and the TOFC activity nearby. One trailer advertises "WINNIPEG, Canada's New Convention Centre," most likely the Winnipeg Convention Centre, opened in 1975 as Canada's first purpose-built convention centre. It has since been renamed the RBC Convention Centre Winnipeg in 2013. Switch stands of the Bathurst North Yard dot the foreground, while in the background, warehouses of different sorts can be seen on Lakeshore Avenue.

The Loblaws warehouse stands prominently just beyond the yard, and is the 1934 addition to the original 1928 office, production, and warehouse structure. With Loblaws offices moving to St. Clair Avenue in the 1970s the building was temporarily used by the Daily Bread Food Bank during the '80s and '90s. redevelopment plans coming in the early 2000s threatened the building, with most plans keeping the facade while demolishing the rest of the structure. Today, the warehouse sections running north from the building along Bathurst, including the northernmost section seen above 6060, have been demolished to open space for condos, while the original 1928 office section has been restored (after being dismantled piece by piece) as the West Block.

Just above behind the plume of smoke the Tip Top Tailors plant at 637 Lakeshore Boulevard West. Completed in 1929 to house manufacturing facilities, warehousing, offices, and retail space, the structure survives today as the Tip Top Lofts and has received a restoration of it's facade plus six floors added to the building. Per a current (2021) listing, a 2 bedroom plus 2 bath is going for $2,499,000!

At right, the large brown set of buildings was the site of Molson's Brewery built in 1955 and demolished in 2006.

Dustin Lane Photo, Jacob Patterson Collection Slide.