In late June, Roundhouse Park was the focus for the Scion City Chase, a cross Canada event which has individuals and teams pitting themselves against a series of challenges as they navigate their way around the City. The event raises significant money for the “Right to Play” charity. The 2
Roundhouse Park attracts all sorts of organized groups from Steam Punkers to weddings. Last week, the International Barbershop Convention was in Toronto and performed a concert in Roundhouse Park using our very photogenic GP-7 #4803 as a Conductors Stand and backdrop. Posting by Russ Milland; Photos by Stephen Gardiner Click
With the restoration of the TH&B Caboose almost complete, our restoration volunteers have turned their attention to the Cape Race. Our crew has been hard at work cleaning out this passenger car in preparation for restoration. As mentioned in a prior post, our immediate priority is to finish re-surfacing the
Recently Steam Whistle Brewing generously donated the baggage cart that has been featured in their public space for many years. As we found the lettering “Can Nat 780” on it, we believe that it once belonged to the CNR. Since its arrival, volunteers from Leon’s at the Roundhouse, who share
As everyone who attended our Doors Open weekend event could see, our TH&B caboose has been magnificently restored by our crews of volunteers. Below we find a great set of photos of the interior as it neared completion before the event. Posting by Russ Milland; Photos by David Fleming Click
As everyone is no doubt aware, the machine shop has been undergoing dis-assembly for some time now. Here are some photos taken during the process. Click on each image for a closer look! Excavating the south-west corner of Roundhouse Park Drilling large holes behind Leon’s Starting disassembly of the machine
On May 17th, I was visiting the museum and stumbled up on a movie crew at the north end of the park. In the pictures below, note that they set up a small portable railway so that the movie camera can travel and follow the movement of the actors. Posting
The North Carolina Transportation Museum is located about five minutes off I-85, in Spencer NC, about an hour’s drive from Charlotte. The museum is located on the site of what was once Southern Railway Company’s largest steam locomotive servicing facility. With the advent of the diesel locomotive, Spencer Shops went
After my visit to the three Network Rail signal boxes (as reported here), I travelled with David Horton to Peak Rail (http://www.peakrail.co.uk/), a preserved railway where he volunteers as a signalman. For the last 26 years, Peak Rail has operated steam and diesel trains on an abandoned portion of the
As reported before, contractors are now actively working on disassembling the machine shop in order to allow Toronto Hydro to build their underground electrical substation behind the Roundhouse. In order to do so, the heavy artefacts in the machine shop are now being retrieved and stored offsite. Below we find