Caption: Winter in the City.

Once upon a time one only traveled downtown to see the servicing of mainline passenger equipment.

The ' Other ' View from the Spadina Avenue bridge.

Often – likely mainly – overlooked was the area south of the CNR Spadina Roundhouse.

…..and for the modelers: what to do with that area behind the roundhouse.....

Here, the (ex) CNR Spadina Coach Yard Shop remains a busy place....

...and steam (heat) still rules !

With ' foreign ' (ex CP Rail) passenger equipment.

And the Trackmobile is busy with a couple of Budd built (ex CP Rail) sleeping cars.

At immediate left the ex CP Rail Abbott Manor sleeping car is the second of two Manor sleepers – possibly part of the consist for Via Rail train #58 and the car next to the Baggage appears to be a (ex CN ) Dayniter providing the “ VIA 1 “ service on the Cavalier (Montreal overnight train).

January 20, 1985 Kodachrome by S. Danko.

More Spadina Bridge:

Another 1985 view from the Spadina Bridge

a view of the Bridge

classic

same view different time

contrasting cabs

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p.s. upper left: that is the base of the CN Tower.