This is part 2 of 5 of my “GO Transit and More” series, featuring a morning spent in downtown Toronto watching trains. You can see part 1 here.
After viewing a few trains by the Skywalk, I started walking west along the rail corridor. There is a nice walking path on the south side that is frequented by people walking their dogs, joggers, and so forth.
Just west of the Rogers Centre Marriott hotel, I caught a GO Transit train.
Continuing west, another GO train. This one was descending into a short tunnel / flyunder. You’ll see this flyunder in other photos.
According to this Transit Toronto article, this flyunder was built to allow Lakeshore trains to go under the other tracks. It was completed in November 1983 and I saw quite a few trains go through the flyunder – including the Union Pearson Express.
Continuing west, GO Transit has a storage yard just west of Spadina Avenue called the North Bathurst Yard. There they hold complete train sets as well as extra passenger cars. Here’s an end view of the yard from the Spadina Avenue overpass.
Here’s a wider view showing a GO Transit train rolling through the flyunder beside the North Bathurst Yard.
Next, a train NOT going through the flyunder!
Since it was early morning, the sun was strong but there was a lot of shadows. I was patient and waited for the right moment to catch the nose or tail of trains in the sunshine, where I could.
Still on the Spadina overpass, I photographed this train passing Concord Cityplace, a large complex holding up to 18,000 people.
A little closer look at the flyunder…
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Next up was the UP Express rolling through the flyunder on its way to Union Station.
I noticed that the eastbound and westbound UP Express trains always passed each other in the downtown. Whenever I saw one of them, I knew I would see the other one in a minute or two at most.
I had seen enough from the Spadina Avenue area. I walked westward, with the Bathurst Street bridge as my eventual goal. Read on to Part 3!