Click on each picture for a closer look! This week, Jon, Mark and Michael G. formed a small work team and addressed a number of tasks. Mark finished painting the underside of the speeder car and then assisted in turning it over as shown in the picture above. Jon
Click on each picture for a closer look! The TRHA offers tours of Union Station on the last Saturday of each month at 11 a.m. Cost is $10 each payable on arrival for the tour. Reservations are not necessary and those interested should meet by the Traveler’s Aid counter
………. . Click on each picture for a closer look! . In prior news items, we described the covering of the original floor with a new concrete cap to provide a base for the new Leon‘s store space. In the picture at the left above, we see this finished floor
This is the sixth in a series of ten posts from an article prepared by Derek Boles, our TRHA historian on the occasion of the 35th Anniversary of the Groundbreaking TV “National Dream” Series – Russ Milland Filming began in the spring of 1973. In typical Hollywood fashion, one of
At the far left, we see a picture of Locomotive No. 136 at the South Simcoe Railway in Tottenham ON (Photo by Royce Mabee). At the left we see Pierre Berton perched on locomotive No. 136 while filming the National Dream (1973). Click on each picture for a closer look!
………… Click on each picture for a closer look! . A large team of volunteers (James R., Jim G., Paul A., Mike S., Arno, Bob D., Jason P., Mark P. Lance, Wilson, Richard, Jon, Michael G. and Dave W.) came out despite the lure of a balmy sunny day to
This is the fourth in a series of ten posts from an article prepared by Derek Boles, our TRHA historian on the occasion of the 35th Anniversary of the Groundbreaking TV “National Dream” Series – Russ Milland The National Dream was published in 1970 and The Last Spike in 1971.
This is the third in a series of ten posts from an article prepared by Derek Boles, our TRHA historian on the occasion of the 35th Anniversary of the Groundbreaking TV “National Dream” Series – Russ Milland By 1969, the National Dream story had become so vast with such a
This is the second in a series of ten posts from an article prepared by Derek Boles, our TRHA historian on the occasion of the 35th Anniversary of the Groundbreaking TV “National Dream” Series – Russ Milland By the mid-1960’s, Berton had become a celebrity through his frequent television appearances
…… Above are pictures of the covers of the two original books by Pierre Berton who is also caught in this picture from the 1980’s. This is the first in a series of ten posts from an article prepared by Derek Boles, our TRHA historian on the occasion of the