Click on each picture for a closer look! . Many news posts ago, we posted a map of the layout of Roundhouse Park. It showed that the “mainline” of the miniature railway was configured like the figure 8 with the track crossing itself just to the north of Don Station
Click on each picture for a closer look! . Periodically, major railway festivals are held in North America. One such festival was recently held in Owosso, Michigan from July 23rd to 26th. Lance Gleich of our TRHA team attended this festival and here is his report on his experience. “While
Click on each picture for a closer look! . Norm Betts is a professional photographer who has been commissioned to photograph the development of Roundhouse Park and the Roundhouse itself. He has generously allowed the TRHA to share these photos with our readers. In the picture above, Norm has taken
Click on each picture for a closer look! . Given the usefulness of our speeder trailer cars in support of track maintenance, our team built a work car for the miniature railway. It is shown in the picture at the upper left and has been named “Chester”. In the middle
Click on each picture for a closer look! . During my visit yesterday to Roundhouse Park, I took the opportunity to photograph the wooden platforms surrounding the twin tracks passing by Don Station. These will be the passenger loading areas for the visitors taking rides on the miniature railway. I
Click on each picture for a closer look! . The pace of construction of the miniature railway track has largely been dictated by the pace at which Pine Valley, the contractors for the development of the roadbed, have completed their work. We have been fortunate that significant numbers of our
Click on each picture for a closer look! . As reported here earlier, the opening of Leon’s new store is part of the Roundhouse’s history. Here we bring you a few more pictures of the event from a different perspective. In the picture at the upper left, we see the
Click on the image for a closer look! . The TRHA Website now has a new front page featuring this image of #6213 on the turntable. Also included on the front page is the logo developed for the John St. Roundhouse. It features a steam engine and also includes the
Click on each picture for a closer look! . Work continued on completing the miniature railway track system in Roundhouse Park last weekend. In the picture at left we find Dan and Michael working out a detail of the crossing for the minature railway and the standard gauge railway track.
Click on each image for a closer look! . One of the new additions to Roundhouse Park is a mural on the side of the structure which houses the main stairwell to the underground parking garage of the Metro Toronto Convention Centre and opposite the main entrance to Leon’s. This