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Philosophy Friday - This Old Roundhouse

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Posted by teenyweenywelland on Sunday, November 27, 2011 4:30 PM

http://farm3.staticflickr.com/2742/4405343182_685343948b_b.jpg

Good day sir.  Toronto 1973, CN and CP roundhouses, before the Skydome, during the CN tower construction.   Fully dieselized but with heritage excursion engines and trolleys, both roundhouses were well used at that time, and with the tower construction, it was well within my childhood memories.  Still under construction, hopefully finished by the middle of next year.   Thank you for an excellent forum.

Bill

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Posted by doctorwayne on Monday, November 28, 2011 2:30 AM

This may work a little better:

teenyweenywelland

CN/CP roundhouses

Good day sir.  Toronto 1973, CN and CP roundhouses, before the Skydome, during the CN tower construction.   Fully dieselized but with heritage excursion engines and trolleys, both roundhouses were well used at that time, and with the tower construction, it was well within my childhood memories.  Still under construction, hopefully finished by the middle of next year.   Thank you for an excellent forum.

Bill

 

Wayne

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Posted by Isly on Wednesday, October 12, 2016 1:02 PM

I was researching the CN and CP roundhouses when I came across your post.  Did you ever finish the project?  The photo you provided looked amazing!  I'm giving the same scene a crack (early to mid 80's though).

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Posted by richhotrain on Thursday, October 13, 2016 6:51 AM

That was the only post from teenyweeny and it was nearly six years ago, so you may not get a response.

Rich

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Posted by JDL56 on Thursday, October 13, 2016 12:21 PM

Those of us who model the modern era (the CP Rail Manitoba & Minnesota Sub. is set in the early to mid-1990s) can still remember the past by including a filled-in turntable pit, as I do on my layout.

Read more at http://cprailmmsub.blogspot.ca/2010/04/vestiges-of-past-on-m-m-sub-or-how-to.html 

John Longhurst, Winnipeg

 

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