By the 1970s, the stations were little used for passenger traffic and were closed. During the 20th century, the Parkdale stations saw a decline in passenger traffic. ĭuring the later 19th century and the early 20th century, streetcar lines were extended west of Dufferin Street on King and Queen streets, connecting the area with the central business district. On July 31, 1958, Margaret visited Toronto to visit City Hall and dedicate the new Princess Margaret fountain at Exhibition Place, before going to Parkdale Station. In 1958, the station was used by Princess Margaret during a royal tour for a royal train from Parkdale to Stratford, Ontario. The North Parkdale stations were given new signage of "Parkdale", returning to the original name. At the time, a cut was made and the rail lines of the Grand Trunk were moved below street level. In the 1910s, the South Parkdale station was closed and replaced with Sunnyside railway station. In 2010, a north-south tunnel was built to connect the sections of Dufferin Street. This gap in Dufferin Street became known as the " Dufferin jog" as vehicles travelling north-south on Dufferin had to go one block east to Gladstone Avenue via Queen and Peel Streets. Dufferin Street north of Queen Street was closed. In the 1890s, an east-west tunnel was built for Queen Street, crossing under the rail lines. A plan was soon developed to build a "subway" under the tracks. There were now three sets of rails crossing Queen Street and Dufferin at a level crossing. In 1888, the Northern Railway station became part of the Grand Trunk, which had taken over the Northern Railway. In the 1880s, the line was subsumed by the Canadian Pacific Railway (CPR). A small rail yard was also constructed south of the location, alongside the rail lines south to King Street, and including a roundhouse, a car shop, a paint shop and a blacksmith shop. The two stations became a "union station" between the two rail lines. In 1879, a new station building was opened on the west side of the tracks, to the south of Queen Street and east of Dufferin Street. It was named South Parkdale, and the Queen Street station was given the name of North Parkdale station.Ī second set of rails parallel and to the west of the earlier lines was installed with the coming of the Credit Valley Railway (CVR). In the 1870s, the Grand Trunk Railway built a railway station at Jameson Avenue, on its east-west line.
The track traversed Dufferin and Queen Streets at an angle, just east of the intersection, at a level crossing from the north-west to the south-east. In 1885, it was expanded and re-oriented to face the rail lines. It was a small wooden building situated to the east of the lines, south of Gladstone Avenue and the Gladstone Hotel at Queen Street. The first station was built in 1856 by the Ontario Simcoe and Huron Union Railroad Company, which later became the Northern Railway of Canada in 1858. The train station was decommissioned in the 1970s. It was situated at the intersection of Dufferin Street and Queen Street West. The station served trains on the Northern Railway of Canada and Credit Valley Railway, later the Canadian Pacific Railway, railways. The station served the Parkdale village on the then-outskirts of Toronto. If you purchase multiple postcards, please wait until I can send you an invoice with combined postage.Parkdale railway station or North Parkdale railway station as it was also known was a passenger train station in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. I will combine postage for up to three cards for the prices shown. US postage is $ 2.67 (my cost) and International postage is $13.60 (also my cost). I am a registered Colorado postcard dealer, so I am required to charge Colorado residents a 7.5% sales tax. I will issue a refund for postcards that are not as described. I scanned the card outside the margins so you can see the corners and edges. This is one of the better cards from my 30+ year Colorado postcard collection that I am selling on eBay. This will make a great addition for a person who collects Parkdale, Fremont County, Royal Gorge, D&RG Railroad, and/or Colorado postcards. It is in good to very good condition with some age-related edge and corner wear there is also a diagonal crease from the LL corner (see scans for condition). The card was mailed from Parkdale in June 1911 the message says that they had just seen the Royal Gorge.
The view (from 1911) shows a portion (all?) of the small town, including the D&RG RR depot and its water tower. It was just above the Royal Gorge on the Arkansas River. Parkdale is located in Fremont County on the Denver & Rio Grande (D&RG) Railroad line between Canon City and Salida. There are common, modern postcards of the post office which was built later on a different location.
In 30+ years of collecting Colorado postcards, this is the only one I have seen from this town. This is a very rare real photo postcard of Parkdale, Colorado.
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