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The geographical boundaries of the Toronto Railway Heritage Centre will encompass many different areas of downtown Toronto which, in the past, included vast railway facilities that stretched from Bathurst Street to Yonge Street.
The three anchors of the museum will be the former Canadian Pacific Railway John Street Roundhouse, the adjacent Roundhouse Park, and Union Station. In Roundhouse Park the turntable will be restored and made operational and additional tracks will be built to display historic railway equipment. Cabin D, currently located adjacent to the Roundhouse machine shop, will be restored and relocated in Roundhouse Park. The 1896 Canadian Pacific Don Station, currently located at Todmorden Mills in the Don Valley, will also be moved to Roundhouse Park. GO Transit will be retiring the Scott Street tower east of Union Station in 2013. The TRHA sees this as an opportunity to establish a fourth anchor site for the museum. The 1931 interlocking panel will be preserved, the observation bay will provide an excellent vantage point to observe train activity at Union Station and the tower can be used to house a historical display interpreting the history of the Toronto Terminals Railway and the building of the Railway Viaduct. Guided walking tours of the many historic railway sites in the downtown Toronto area will tie the whole museum concept together. This Railway Heritage Discovery Trail will link over two dozen sites of significance to Toronto's railway history. |