This final 192-page hardcover will document late steam-era operations over the entirety of the CNR’s Oakville Subdivision between Toronto's Union Station and Aldershot. This book went to the printer on January 19, 2024.
Click here to download a sample of Steam Through Port Credit (be sure to set your PDF reader page display to "two up" to see the spreads as they will appear in the book).
Our introductory video (above) presents an overview of the scope of Steam Through Port Credit.
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Our first preview video (above) presents the historical and geographical context for Steam Through Port Credit. An overview of the CNR's Oakville Subdivision in the 1940s and 1950s, and the communities it serves in that era.
Our second preview video (above) showcases some train-watching at Port Credit in spring and summer 1958, plus an overview of the track arrangement at Port Credit in the post-Second World War era.
Our third preview video (above) follows a doubleheaded freight behind two 6300-series Northerns from Mimico yard to Bronte on Friday, September 5, 1958.
Our fourth preview video (above) showcases an hour of train and locomotive spotting at Toronto's Bathurst Street bridge, just west of Union Station.