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UER Forum > Archived Canada: Ontario > Burnt Out Boxcar (Viewed 477 times) galvinator89   |  Burnt Out Boxcar < on 3/12/2010 5:18 AM >   I stumbled upon this back in the summer when I was scouting out the abandoned McCormick's factory. It was in a lot right by Randal Klein Design and the railway tracks. Although not huge (and not much to explore obviously) it was a an unexpected and welcome surprise. It looks as if some homeless people may have used it as shelter, as there were lots of old food cans and other assorted garbage. I have no idea why that boxcar was there and why it was burnt out. Maybe it caught fire before it was placed there, maybe after. If anyone does know anything about it, let me know. I visited it on June 9 2009, and maybe 2 or 3 weeks later when I returned it was gone. click to view click to view click to view click to view click to view click to view click to view click to view Axle  Location: Milton, ON Gender: Male Sieg oder Tod  |  Re: Burnt Out Boxcar <Reply # 1 on 3/12/2010 4:16 PM >   Cool, when seeing it I was reminded of the series of Children's novels, "The Boxcar Children" http://en.wikipedi...he_Boxcar_Children Celer at Audax Para la Victoria Siempre Alemanes! galvinator89   |  Re: Burnt Out Boxcar <Reply # 2 on 3/12/2010 9:03 PM >   Oh wow, I totally forgot about this books, I remembering reading those back in second grade. Thanks for posting that! M. Fuzzy  Location: GTA Gender: Male Machine Gun Bunnies!  |  Re: Burnt Out Boxcar <Reply # 3 on 3/12/2010 10:13 PM >   That's an outside braced wood boxcar, very old (think pre-1950's, probably retired in the 50's to 70's). Chances are it was near the end of its lifespan and just given to whoever company owned the building at the time for storage. Cabooses and boxcars were often given or donated to companies/individuals for use as office space, storage, etc. There's a number of old boxcars around Toronto that serve as storage or other uses (a mini golf course near Jane & Finch has some). Keep it fuzzy. galvinator89   |  Re: Burnt Out Boxcar <Reply # 4 on 3/25/2010 12:40 AM >   That might explain it then. Thanks for the info! UER Forum > Archived Canada: Ontario > Burnt Out Boxcar (Viewed 477 times) All content and images copyright © 2002-2024 UER.CA and respective creators. Graphical Design by Crossfire. To contact webmaster, or click to email with problems or other questions about this site: UER CONTACT View Terms of Service | View Privacy Policy | Server colocation provided by Beanfield This page was generated for you in 109 milliseconds. Since June 23, 2002, a total of 741399004 pages have been generated.