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CN Spadina Yard, June 1932

Black and white vintage photograph showing railway tracks. There is a steam locomotive on the left side with steam billowing upwards. The background is obscured by fog.

Source: Aubrey Mattingly Transportation Collection, MAT-06755. Ingenium Digital Archive

Date: June 1932

The railways brought industry to Toronto. While this meant jobs for railway workers, it also meant smoke from the trains’ coal-powered engines in their locomotives.