As a Christmas gift to all my readers here, this post is a gallery of the photos I put up on Twitter (@swanboatsteve) for “throwback Thursday” this year. I know that not everyone follows me on social media, and in any event, I wanted to assemble all of the photos in one convenient place.
There is no particular rhyme or reason to this collection beyond whatever happened to be a topic appropriate for the occasion.
Also, an apology to regular readers for the lack of updates, beyond promoting comments, recently. I have been distracted and many articles and ideas are marooned “in progress”. Over the holidays there should be no new political crises to attend to, and I hope to catch up.
Best wishes for the holidays to everyone!
Queen Street and The Queensway
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- Neville Loop 1972.02.20
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- Neville Park Blvd showing wooden block paving 1967.06.03
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- WB on Queen at Hamilton 1972.08.04
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- Looking E on Queen at Carroll 1969.04
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- Looking E on Queen from E Don Roadway 1969.04
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- Queen looking E at Spadina 1967.04.15
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- Queen looking E near Roncesvalles
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- The Queensway E of Colborne Lodge Road 1969.01
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- The Queensway E of Colborne Lodge 1968.06.04
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- The Queensway at Grenadier Pond 1972.04.17
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- The Queensway at Grenadier Pond 1969.01
Miscellaneous Transit
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- Davenport looking W at Dovercourt 1966.02.19
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- Keele Loop tail track 1967.02.05
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- Mt. Pleasant Loop 1972.10.06
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- Yonge at Castlefield 1972.05
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- 4-car train of Gloucester cars SB at Roxborough
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- Danforth E of Main EB 1967.08.06
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- Tail track at Luttrell Loop on Danforth 1967.06.03
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- Hillcrest Shops 1967.07 Only 327 survives at the OERHA museum
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- City Hall Loop 1967.05.14
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- Children await the King car EB at York following Royal parade 1973.06.26
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- Rail Grinder W28 WB on St. Clair at Hilton 1967.08.12
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- Rail Grinder W28 WB on St. Clair at Nordheimer Ravine 1967.07.29
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- Rail Grinder W28 WB on Dundas at Victoria 1969.06
City Hall & Environs
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- Old City Hall and Simpson Tower 1967.07.01
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- Old City Hall partly cleaned 1972.05.25
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- Looking E at Osgoode Hall to Old City Hall 1974.04.17
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- Downtown roofscape with incomplete CN Tower 1974.06
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- A summer shower catches a street vendor at Old City Hall 1973.09.03
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- New City Hall 1969.07
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- New City Hall 1977.04.24
Around Town
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- The FLyer at the CNE 1978.08
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- The Flyer at the CNE 1978.08
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- Canary restaurant (Front & Cherry) 1987.08
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- G&W Distillery 1987.08
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- G&W Distillery 1987.08
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- David Balfour Park 1976.01
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- Construction notice and posters 1973.08.30
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- Clock tower at King & Bathurst 1972.09.04
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- HMCS Haida at Ontario Place 1972.07.25
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- Yonge N from Dundas 1974.04.18
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- Ryerson Press Building (now Bell Media) 1973.09.03
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- Roofscape from Queen W of Church SE to St. Lawrence Hall
Railway Photos
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- Sunnyside 1967.08.31
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- Inbound at Sunnyside 1972.07.08
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- Exhibition Station 1967.09.02
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- Exhibition Station 1967.09.02
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- Pedestrian link from SB Carlton car to GO Main Station 1967.06.03
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- Danforth GO
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- Inbound at Long Branch 1972.07.25
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- St. Clair Station with the Super Continental
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- Don Station at Queen Street 1967.04
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- Don Station at Todmorden Mills Park
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- Demolition of Sunnyside Station
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- An RDC fantrip on the York sub west of Pickering
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- VIA train from Peterborough on the Don Sub by the Brick Works
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- GO Train fantrip on the Beach Sub 1974.07
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- GO 104 and visiting locos at Union Station
Steve Munro 
Great pics Steve…Merry Christmas!
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Steve, as long as you have your health, your audience will be appreciative. Best wishes and Merry Christmas!
Steve: Many thanks!
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Reblogged this on Chris James Drew.
Steve: Thanks for the link!
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So many memories came flooding back as I went through all your wonderful shots, Steve. Just one very minor point: The CN passenger train at St. Clair is the Super Continental, not The Canadian. Other than that, superb! Thanks for the trip back to a whole different Toronto, which I miss very much.
Steve: Thanks for the correction. I will update the caption.
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I love the shot of the southbound PCC crossing the Main Street bridge and clearly showing the streetcar stop and the staircase directly down to the GO platform. What a novel idea! And what a shame that this convenience doesn’t still exist.
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