The iconic Canadian coffee chain, Tim Horton’s, hosted a five day convention in downtown Toronto for over 3,500 restaurant owners, team members, suppliers and guests from July 16th to 20th to celebrate Tim Horton’s 50th Anniversary. On July 19th, Roundhouse Park played host to conference attendees at a grand reception
Various task are constantly being worked on by volunteers at the Toronto Railway Museum. On July 15th, Michael Guy worked on a number of them and here is part of his report on that day’s activities: “The second half of the day was spent on the Hobart welder engine. This
The 60 Year Survivor Dave Howard of the Niagara Division of the Canadian Railway Historical Association provides us with the photos below of vintage diesels on the Ontario Southland Railway (OSR). We recently reported on the inaugural run of another one of their vintage diesels, FP9u #1401, in an earlier
Metrolinx LRT The Toronto Railway Museum in association with GO Transit Metrolinx UP Express Bombardier VIA Rail CN Police Operation Lifesaver Toronto Fire Service Toronto Police Services Ministry of Transport Ontario Transport Canada is proud to present the 1st Annual Rail Safety Day in Roundhouse Park this Staurday, July 19th.
This is the HCRR’s 60th anniversary year and they have a special celebration this Saturday, July 19th. There will be lots to do and see, including a Community Fair featuring local vendors; opening ceremonies featuring Mayor Gordon Krantz, Mayor of Milton; unlimited streetcar rides and more. The HCRR advises
On July 4th, 2014, , Exporail, Canada’s National Railway Museum on the south shore of the St. Lawrence River across from Montreal, announced the donation by the CN of a fully operational yard diesel. This donation provides Exporail with an additional engine to be used to move equipment in their
Heritage Toronto recently unveiled two new historic plaques at the south end of the Don River, one commemorating the Grand Trunk railway bridge and the other the straightening of the Don River in the 1880s-90s. The latter was done mostly at the behest of the railways, particularly the Canadian Pacific,
Due to necessary budget cuts by the Owen Sound City Council, the Board of the Rail-Marine Museum in Owen Sound chose to close the museum a year or so ago. A group of volunteers subsequently worked hard to turn the Museum into a non-profit organization. On Saturday, June 27th, 2014,
The Ontario Southland Railway is a branch line operating in Southern Ontario. At their website, they describe themselves as follows: “Ontario Southland Railway is a 100 % Canadian owned short line railway company incorporated in 1992 to provide a number of transportation services to meet customer needs. On December 14th,
Background: Our CPR #7020 is a “war engine”, acquired to meet the crushing demands of the World War II effort. In the late 1930’s, diesel-electrics started to supplant steam locomotives in the switching function, primarily in urban areas. Steam switchers required two-person crews (an engineer and a fireman), had low