Saturday proved to be a busy day as, in addition to the ongoing Cape Race restoration work, a crew of volunteers undertook to move a number of our locomotives and rolling stock into new positions in Roundhouse Park in anticipation of the upcoming operating season. As you can see in
It depends on what you define a railway to be. If it has rails and use flanged wheels, the Tanfield Railway may just be the answer. Their website says: “When the Tanfield Railway – or wagon way as it was known at the time – was built in 1725, it
In the dark days of winter, snowplows damaged the lead track to our miniature railway depot. This past weekend, a crew of volunteers spent a day rebuilding the track. In the process, they also installed a new switch which will lead to a new storage track. Posting by Russ Milland;
This past weekend saw the Cape Race roof being completed with all of the various fittings added to it. In the images below we find the core crew who drove the project forward posing proudly with their handiwork! Congratulations to everyone involved! Click on each image for a closer look!
On May 24th and 25th of this year, we will be celebrating Doors Open Toronto with our official season opener which includes our modest Train Show. (Note: The museum will of course continue to be open until then). Some Train Shows though are remarkably large. Trainfest, held in Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Click on the image for a closer look! The Ontario Northland Railway—originally the Temiskaming and Northern Ontario Railway (TN&O)—was incorporated in 1902 and completed in stages ending in 1932. It is owned by the people of Ontario and helped to open the resource-rich northern part of the province to development.
One of our favourite railway developments is the spectacular incredible “Age of Steam Roundhouse” in Ohio. Once again there is news to post from them. They recently acquired the engine and caboose shown above. Here is the recent history of this acquisition: “After two decades of display at the Station
As we race to complete the exterior restoration of the Cape Race, work proceeded s expected to finish all of the windows. Our restoration team also worked hard to remove rust from the outside of the car and then gave the cleaned areas a coat of metal primer- At first
St. Jacobs & Aberfoyle O-Gauge Model Railway It is a very common practice at Model Railway Conventions to have local modelers open up their model railroads for visits. In southern Ontario, the Double Headers Model Railroad Club of Waterloo Region is renowned for doing this without a convention nearby every
Click on the image for a closer look! Greg Mcdonnell is very well known for the impressive series of railway books which feature his great railway photography accompanied by brief background stories. I have a number of them which I treasure. Click here to see his recently posted set of