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

None.

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

Date Reference Railway Subject Description

End Notes

None.