
Ontario once had very bizarre McDonald's locations but they're gone forever
Kimia Afshar Mehrabi
created: Oct. 4, 2025, 4:01 a.m. | updated: Oct. 6, 2025, 12:50 p.m.
Although most McDonald's locations in Ontario look nearly identical today — with their grey exteriors and red columns topped with the chain's famous golden arches — some outlets had their own distinct quirky character throughout the 1970s and 1990s.
A McDonald's in Chatham featured one of these railway cars in 1985, and another one was pictured in Stratford in 1994, after previously being stationed in Kitchener.
If you grew up in the 1980s in Ontario, odds are you have a birthday or two associated with the unique locations.
However, as the company skyrocketed into a global brand, these oddities slowly faded into the past, and beginning in the 1990s, cabooses were quietly removed or scrapped from McDonald's locations across Ontario.
Do you have any memories about the McDonald's cabooses?
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