Talk:Belt Line Railway (Toronto)

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[edit] illustrations

Some photos taken in 2003. Unfortunately they do not have a Wikipedia-compatible licence. --Mathew5000 05:50, 28 March 2007 (UTC)

Here's another photo. --Mathew5000 05:57, 28 March 2007 (UTC)

And one more. --Mathew5000 06:01, 28 March 2007 (UTC)

I have the good fortune of riding the Beltline 3 times a week, always with my camera, so I'd be more than happy to provide some photos... maybe the bridge over Yonge Street ( around http://wholemap.com/map/index.php?pin=SART-844 ), and a shot of the green Moore park Ravine similar to the old photo of the station that was once there... ( although I'm fond of the ever-changing graffiti under Eglinton Ave - http://wholemap.com/map/index.php?pin=SART-307 ) Basho 03:29, 7 June 2007 (UTC)

[edit] When were tracks removed from the Forest Hill portion?

I remember that in the 1970s if you walked along the Belt Line from Avenue Road to Old Park Road you could see the vestiges of railway tracks at various points. Not the actual metal tracks, but the wooden cross ties. Some photos from the lostrivers.ca site show the metal tracks intact in 1968 [1] [2] but not in 1975 [3]. But when was the last time trains ran on that segment (between Avenue Rd and Old Park Rd)? The article doesn't mention that. Surely there must have been trains on that stretch sometime in the 20th century, if the tracks were still there in 1968. Then, based on the 1975 photo and on my own memory, somebody must have ripped up the metal tracks sometime in the early 1970s; why was that done? And when, precisely? --Mathew5000 08:42, 28 March 2007 (UTC)

The tracks were pulled up after the ditch for the Spadina Expressway was excavated in the early 1970s. Since the line was severed there was no need for the tracks after this. I have no information on when the last train ran. Atrian 11:37, 28 March 2007 (UTC)