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UE Location DB > Via Train Station Boiler Plant > via rail boiler plant (Viewed 1640 times)
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< on 3/23/2004 8:06 PM >
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I was driving by there yesterday and wondered about it, but I figured it was still in use (Via Rail facilities have been slipping the last few years) and didn't have time to check. Nice work!




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< Reply # 1 on 9/27/2006 12:24 PM >
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The boiler plant is now on the property of the developers, and is slated to be demolished and replaced with an office tower. I have no idea about timing... it could be years away. The good news is that the tunnel to the station is to be re-used for pedestrian traffic to and from the big box stores. There are also plans to build a pedestrian walkway across the Queensway from the transit station to the Lynx stadium. This will provide a covered walkway from Terminal Ave. all the way to the stadium.

The plant would have been operational by the summer of 1966 with the opening of the train station. Before it opened, a student worker was scalded to death in one of the tunnels due to a faulty steam line. I'll get the date of the closure of this facility soon.




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Re: via rail boiler plant
< Reply # 2 on 9/27/2006 8:25 PM >
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Cool.

I didnt know about the death in the steam tunnel. It runs parallel to the flooded pedestrian tunnel sharing a common wall, and enters the active mechanical room of the train station. Down at the bricked off end of the pedestrian tunnel there is a access door to the steam tunnel, there is also a floor plate entry from inside the steam plant.

The whole area has been slated for changes for many years. I used to work in one of the freight buildings a long time ago and they were talking about it then. My car can be seen on the satellite pictures of the area on Google Maps. I've seen many different plans for the railway lands over the years, looks like the landowner finally got council support to start developing the area. The biggest hold back was with Industrial Blvd not having sidewalks and road access. Seems that in order to have the Wally Mart and other big box junk stores the city would have to put sidewalks in. My guess is that will occur shortly.

I have pictures of the Scale house that I havent posted yet, maybe some time in the future I'll post them. I dont want to rush into anything, I only took them in 2003




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