Click on each picture for a closer look! . Given the tremendous advances in computer based systems technology, a key feature of modern museums are interactive exhibits which involve the visitor. Our miniature railway is an example of such an interactive experience. Another key element planned for the Toronto Railway
Click on each picture for a closer look! . In the final final part of our weekend report, we turn our attention to our TH&B caboose. After a lunch break on Saturday, we removed the “shrink-wrap” which had been used to protect it from the elements while it was stored
Click on each picture for a closer look! . Inside the Roundhouse on Saturday, a number of our volunteers worked on a variety of metal working projects including the miniature switch destined for the north end of the station platform ( as shown in the pictures above). We stayed with
Click on each picture for a closer look! . The weather was a bit iffy at times today but we had a great turn out of nine TRHA team members and got everything on my list done plus some more besides. . We rarely need much of an excuse to
What follows is a report of the first excursion held by the Upper Canada Railway Society (UCRS) on November 23, 1941. It has been copied verbatim from Number 3 of the UCRS newsletter, although it did not have that name yet and was simply three sheets of stapled mimeographed paper.
Click on each picture for a closer look! . As mentioned in earlier TRHA News postings, Derek Boles, TRHA’s historian, publishes a daily posting on the Toronto Railway Heritage Yahoo Group List. These postings document major events in Canadian history that happened on that day of the year. Among the
Click on each image for a closer look! . Michael Guy has provided us with the above dramatic shot of #6213. He reports that it is “a night photo of 6213 floodlit on the turntable with the city lights behind. Superimposed is a multiple reflection of the Leon’s roundhouse store
Click on each image for a closer look! . This article appeared in the Upper Canada Railway Society newsletter Number 6 in March 1942. John Loye was born in Montreal in 1880 and was one of the founding members and the first president of the Canadian Railroad Historical Association in
Click on each image for a closer look! . The TRHA has now added a RESOURCES section (see the image of the RESOURCES page at the left!) to our website. Here we will providing downloadable documents and other files of interest. Our first downloadable resource is the Guide to Railfanning
Click on each picture for a closer look! . Despite forecasts of a rainy day, our work party had sun all morning and it didn’t rain until after they were finished. . As we see in the pictures above, the major project was the installation of the crossing signal mast