Come & celebrate railway history on September 15th, 2007 in Goderich, Ontario . Share with us the 100th anniversary of the CPR bridge and the railway station (1907-2007) with ceremonies, bands, clowns, operating garden railway, heritage walks, railway artifacts, lantern workshop & procession and the BIA “Health and Harvest Festival”
Click on any picture for a closer look! . I’m saddened to report the destruction of what may have been the oldest archeological artifact in the city of Toronto associated with the railway era. . When the Grand Trunk Railway first began operating between Montreal and Toronto in October 1856,
Click on the pictures for a closer look! . . Steam-Era is the annual show produced by the “Ontario Steam & Antique Preservers Association” held at the Milton fairgrounds in Milton, Ontario every Labour Day weekend. Their members are devoted to the preservation and restoration of heritage equipment and bring
The coming Sunday, August 26 is the Elgin County Railway Museum’s 19th annual Railway Heritage Day from 10 am to 4 pm. . Most of their rolling stock will be outside on display for picture taking including a freshly painted “Empress of Agincourt”, which is a one-of-a-kind RSD-17, ex-CP Rail
. . . . . . . In a recent posting here, we described our experience in operating steam powered trains at the Huntsville and Lake of Bays Railway. Today, Russ Milland returned to this railway to help them celebrate the unveiling of a plaque and a small stretch of
Click on any picture for a closer view! Today at 3:15 p.m. the Toronto Railway Heritage Centre received it’s first piece of new equipment and the first new rail item to enter Roundhouse Park in almost two decades. A Canadian Locomotive Company – Whitcomb (CLC-W) 50 ton diesel-electric industrial switcher
Click on the picture for a closer look! Here are three shots for the steam engine enthusiasts! One of the air motors has been stripped for inspection and repair and was found to be structurally indistinguishable from any engine built to run on steam. In the first photo at the
The Toronto Railway Historical Association’s development of facilities at the John Street Roundhouse, and at Roundhouse Park has been officially named the Toronto Railway Heritage Centre. This title will also be applied to current and future areas in the railway lands, including our facilities in Union Station. . by Orin
Click on the pictures for a closer look. . Restoration work on the John St locomotive turntable is continuing and going well. In these photos we see an example of the deteriorated bridge steel, a view of one of the new internal plate cross braces and the lower half of
On Sunday, August 12, 2007, celebrate the 150th birthday of the original Brighton Grand Trunk Railway Station at Memory Junction Museum. The ribbon cutting is at 2:00 p.m. Refreshments will be served. Traveling from east or west on the 401, take exit 509 south and turn right at Main Street