During the 1920s trains 23 and 24 carried an Ottawa-North Toronto car that was
exchanged with 33/34 at Smiths Falls. (There was also an Ottawa-Hamilton car
running on trains 41 and 22 west of Smiths Falls, which provided direct service
between the Belleville line and Ottawa.)
Don Thomas
----- Original Message -----
From: Andrew Jeanes
To: cpsig@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Sent: Thursday, February 12, 2009 12:24 AM
Subject: [cpsig] North Toronto Station (was Re: Electrification (was Re: CPR
D-10 from sunset))
Wow, has this thread ever drifted away from its original intent.
--- In cpsig@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, "Derek Boles" <derekboles@...> wrote:
>
> --- In cpsig@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, "John Sutherland" <sutherail@> wrote:
>
> > North Toronto Station was a long way from the existing
> > small business district, and no executive would want to isolate
> > himself by being first to move "out of the city".
>
> Actually North Toronto Station was very popular with businessmen and
> politicians. In fact, they were the bread and butter of the place
throughout
> the 1920s and NTS was a lot more convenient for them than the old
> Union Station. CP Nos. 23 & 24, the overnight train to Ottawa and Montreal
> that departed NTS at about 9:30 PM was used by businessmen who were
> able to go home from the office to have dinner with their families before
> departing on their overnight trips.
Inaccurate criticism of North Toronto Station around Derek is as bad an idea
as criticizing the other railway's Turbo Train in front of Jason Shron.
But...the 1920s iterations of trains 23 and 24 never ran to Ottawa. Nearest
they got was crossing the diamond over the Prescott sub at Bedell. Trains 33
and 34 were the direct Ottawa-Toronto overnight trains, and they ran into
Toronto Union Station.
Later on, in the pool era, Trains 23 and 24 made their reappearance as a
second overnight run between Ottawa and Toronto, going via Belleville
instead of Peterboro as did 33 and 34. By then North Toronto Station was
long closed.
All of which suggests that though North Toronto Station may have been
popular with the Rosedale and Forest Hill-dwelling business types, it was
probably not very useful for Ottawa-bound politicians.
Andrew
