--- In cpsig@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, "dave hill" <techill@...> wrote:
I guess North Toronto station had one thing going against it from the start
it was not big enough tom accomodate all CPRtrains out of Toronto I have
just received amn article from Canadian Railway and Marine world Dated sept
1927. In the article re the development of Union Station it was vretty well
a CPR designed structure . of course at time of construction Grand Trunk
was in Trouble and the CNR as we know it was in the formulation stages .
now North Toronto required a separate coach yard and roundhouse and with
only 4 tracks to work with limited capacity . When Union station opened you
walked up to six tracks like today and the other tracks you walked down to
they were at the old union station level . The city of Toronto insisted on
the TTR raising the tracls so underpasses could be built for traffic to the
Waterfront , I feel if CNoR had survived built the electified line
bussinessmen would have flocked to the area .High density building wouold
have happened St Clair to Bloor maybe Eaton,s would have built Eaton,s
Sumerhill instead of College st it would be closer to Deer Park . Forest
Hill Village and Rosedale these are where the people with the disposable
income have lived for generations. regards David Hill o