Friday 9 September 2011

Toronto, Labour Day Weekend

For the last long weekend of the summer, A and I went to Toronto to catch up with some friends, family, and to see some of the sights.

We started out with a look around the John Street Roundhouse Park. This roundhouse was built by the Canadian Pacific Railway around 1930, and now has been partly converted into a brewery, furniture store, and railway museum. As a rail museum, it's still in its early stages, but shows a lot of potential.

'Cabin D', an 'interlocking tower': i.e. controlling signals and switches

Canadian National No 4803

CN 4803

Canadian National 6213

Canadian Pacific 7020


Don Station (moved here from the other side of the city)


Most of the weekend was occupied with walking the down-town streets and eating. Yes, lots of eating!

The Royal York Hotel nestling between skyscrapers

CN Tower

Toronto Harbourfront

Trying a fresh coconut at a fair next to the lake

The Wavedeck; modern art at the waterfront

St Lawrence Market

Butter tarts at the market

CN Tower by night


1 comment:

  1. Nice photos, eh. Your love of trains is certainly evident in this blog :) My fav photo is the CN tower one in the daytime :) Savvy :)

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