Saw this one before and had looked it up. Here is the Google Map
https://maps.app.goo.gl/5rJzB8SNv133uGih8
The tracks are long gone, but you can still see the old right-of-way where they repaired the road (easier on Street View).
Neat. I was curious where the tracks went, but the only trace of them on the map are the ones seen in the photograph: [https://i.imgur.com/Tq108zb.jpeg](https://i.imgur.com/Tq108zb.jpeg)
There's a huge vacant plot of land a block away, so I guess there was some sort of industrial building there. Managed to find a video if too! [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Vdk6h6h4YY](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Vdk6h6h4YY)
It's super hard to read, but try this:
https://www.communitystories.ca/v2/ship-shore-oshawa-ontario_bateaux-jusqu-au-rivage/gallery/oshawa-railway-map-1925/
It seems like there was a lot of crisscross routes at one point. Based on the street repairs and some of what looks like old right-of-way, I'm guessing this particular section of track outlasted some of the others. Seems like it came South on Ritson, turned West onto Bruce, and then turned South (looks like it was turned into the "Michael Starr Trail") and then maybe turned East to join up with the existing right-of-way. I'm not sure I can confirm that on the drawn map or not, but that's my guess from Google Maps.
Thanks for the map. I absolutely love tracing the routes of abandoned and no longer existent railways so this is cool. That image is definitely a bit tricky to read, but I managed to orient myself okay.
I pulled up an aerial photograph from 1954 from the University of Toronto ([accessable here if you were curious](https://maps.library.utoronto.ca/datapub/Ontario/APS_1954/zipped/438.784.zip)) and compared it to this map. Zooming in on the map you linked, I tried my best to trace the lines of what I think are the rail lines on top of the aerial photograph. Here's what I was able to trace: [https://i.imgur.com/6uIX8a8.jpeg](https://i.imgur.com/6uIX8a8.jpeg)
So...looks like there was a former railyard north of where the 401 now is that were connected to the CP line with the CN line being further south. Both merged together and as you said there seems to have been a crisscross of little spurs down residential streets, probably connecting to industries in the area. There was once a connection that continued north to a different railroad, but by the time this photo was taken in 1954 it was already marked as abandoned. I wonder who those tracks belonged to...OpenRailwayMap doesn't have any info. You can see still see the right of way on Google Maps satellite view which is neat.
Edit: Okay well here is an actual map that solves everything haha: [https://transittoronto.ca/photos/images/Oshawa\_Ry\_map.jpg](https://transittoronto.ca/photos/images/Oshawa_Ry_map.jpg)
HAHAHAHA! This is real? That is some prime real estate. Imagine the noise and vibration. Not to mention the possibility of getting hit by a train while mowing your lawn.
Reminds me of some of the newer high rise apartments in downtown D.C. Ive never seen homes that close to the freeway. Some peoples balconies literally hover over the concrete barrier on the shoulder. Still probably costs like $3k a month to live there.
Rookie stuff. These people have a train that run's through their apartment building. /s
[https://www.cnn.com/travel/article/china-train-building-trnd/index.html](https://www.cnn.com/travel/article/china-train-building-trnd/index.html)
There used to be an industrial spur in St. Thomas, Ontario that went through a front yard exactly like this. The house and rails were still there up until maybe 5 years ago.
I occasionally have a dream where my childhood home has a railway track through the backyard, and the train comes so rarely I keep trying to see it go by but I always miss it.
Holy hell this is beautiful I'd be in my lawn chair enjoying the hell out of this I at least hope the drivers are not nasty rude types and give a wave now and then
Pretty sure their foundation is cracked in more than a few places. I rented a room about 100 yards from a major railway and even though you didn't really hear the rumble, the glass of water on my desk would sway like an earthquake!
That would either be the best house ever or the worst house ever.
Best, im voting for best!
I would sit at the window every single time
"Mom, Canadian National is in the front yard again."
Saw this one before and had looked it up. Here is the Google Map https://maps.app.goo.gl/5rJzB8SNv133uGih8 The tracks are long gone, but you can still see the old right-of-way where they repaired the road (easier on Street View).
The house is gone too. The house on maps is newer.
Neat. I was curious where the tracks went, but the only trace of them on the map are the ones seen in the photograph: [https://i.imgur.com/Tq108zb.jpeg](https://i.imgur.com/Tq108zb.jpeg) There's a huge vacant plot of land a block away, so I guess there was some sort of industrial building there. Managed to find a video if too! [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Vdk6h6h4YY](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Vdk6h6h4YY)
It's super hard to read, but try this: https://www.communitystories.ca/v2/ship-shore-oshawa-ontario_bateaux-jusqu-au-rivage/gallery/oshawa-railway-map-1925/ It seems like there was a lot of crisscross routes at one point. Based on the street repairs and some of what looks like old right-of-way, I'm guessing this particular section of track outlasted some of the others. Seems like it came South on Ritson, turned West onto Bruce, and then turned South (looks like it was turned into the "Michael Starr Trail") and then maybe turned East to join up with the existing right-of-way. I'm not sure I can confirm that on the drawn map or not, but that's my guess from Google Maps.
Thanks for the map. I absolutely love tracing the routes of abandoned and no longer existent railways so this is cool. That image is definitely a bit tricky to read, but I managed to orient myself okay. I pulled up an aerial photograph from 1954 from the University of Toronto ([accessable here if you were curious](https://maps.library.utoronto.ca/datapub/Ontario/APS_1954/zipped/438.784.zip)) and compared it to this map. Zooming in on the map you linked, I tried my best to trace the lines of what I think are the rail lines on top of the aerial photograph. Here's what I was able to trace: [https://i.imgur.com/6uIX8a8.jpeg](https://i.imgur.com/6uIX8a8.jpeg) So...looks like there was a former railyard north of where the 401 now is that were connected to the CP line with the CN line being further south. Both merged together and as you said there seems to have been a crisscross of little spurs down residential streets, probably connecting to industries in the area. There was once a connection that continued north to a different railroad, but by the time this photo was taken in 1954 it was already marked as abandoned. I wonder who those tracks belonged to...OpenRailwayMap doesn't have any info. You can see still see the right of way on Google Maps satellite view which is neat. Edit: Okay well here is an actual map that solves everything haha: [https://transittoronto.ca/photos/images/Oshawa\_Ry\_map.jpg](https://transittoronto.ca/photos/images/Oshawa_Ry_map.jpg)
HAHAHAHA! This is real? That is some prime real estate. Imagine the noise and vibration. Not to mention the possibility of getting hit by a train while mowing your lawn. Reminds me of some of the newer high rise apartments in downtown D.C. Ive never seen homes that close to the freeway. Some peoples balconies literally hover over the concrete barrier on the shoulder. Still probably costs like $3k a month to live there.
Yup. Former interurban line, corner of Bruce & Ritson
Rookie stuff. These people have a train that run's through their apartment building. /s [https://www.cnn.com/travel/article/china-train-building-trnd/index.html](https://www.cnn.com/travel/article/china-train-building-trnd/index.html)
Lol that is crazy cool
Hey, at least you get pretty instant access to it
You could literally live without the need for a car.
They meet?
As a mom of a toddler the only thing I think of when seeing this is dead babies :c You absolutely could not have kids living there
I reckon that in the decades this house was there, at least a couple children grew up there without being squashed by a train.
There used to be an industrial spur in St. Thomas, Ontario that went through a front yard exactly like this. The house and rails were still there up until maybe 5 years ago. I occasionally have a dream where my childhood home has a railway track through the backyard, and the train comes so rarely I keep trying to see it go by but I always miss it.
Holy hell this is beautiful I'd be in my lawn chair enjoying the hell out of this I at least hope the drivers are not nasty rude types and give a wave now and then
Pretty sure their foundation is cracked in more than a few places. I rented a room about 100 yards from a major railway and even though you didn't really hear the rumble, the glass of water on my desk would sway like an earthquake!
So cool! Choo choooo!
I would have loved living there... They would've caught me numerous times jumping from the roof taking rides.... Is that still in service...
That house was probably soooooo cheap
the IDEAL house
I remember this when we’d visit an aunt in Oshawa! I would have loved to live in that house!!
Can't be an SW1200, it's only got one exhaust stack. Looks like a 7100-series SW8, maybe 7119?
Great Pic !!
That’s nuts! Haha
"MUM WHERE'S MY BIKE?!- Oh shit"