General

Station Name: Todmorden, a.k.a. East Don
Subdivision: Bala Orono
Mileage: 6.14 65.5
Station Symbols: ... ...
Train Order: P DN
Office Signals: ... DN
Sidings: 31 (mileage 5.96 to 6.33) 19
Other Tracks: Platform: N.6 (mileage 6.31 on Siding)

Footnotes

Movements of trains between Todmorden and Toronto will be governed by Toronto Terminals Timetable. Movements of trains between Todmorden and Don not provided for in Timetable, will be arranged through train dispatcher at Allandale.

Chronology

Date Event
1906-08-30 Five improperly secured freight cars break loose on the still incomplete James Bay Railway (later Canadian Northern) near Richmond Hill and careen down the Don Valley for fifteen miles before colliding with a steam locomotive near Todmorden, seriously damaging the engine[Toronto Railway Heritage Yahoo!® Group, Message #588].
1911-09-30 CNOR opens from Todmorden to Trenton[Northern Ontario Railroad Museum & Heritage Centre website; Toronto Railway Heritage Yahoo!® Group, Message #649].

Photographs

Date Image Notes
n.d. Image Not Available
Andrew Merrilees collection/ NAC / PA-202061		 Station.
1955-05-22
TRL Canadian Historical Picture Collection/J. V. Salmon Collection, Acc. S 1-2833B		 Station.
1955-05-22
TRL Canadian Historical Picture Collection/J. V. Salmon Collection, Acc. S 1-2833C		 Station.

Drawings

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