The Internet is a great source of historic railroad information. Featured in this post is a YouTube-resident movie produced by the New York Central to introduce the public (and perhaps new railroad employees) to the technolgoy and concepts behind railroad signalling. Included is a discussion of the use of interlocking
In our continuing effort to refine our miniature railway trackage to not only accomodate our trains but those of visiting engines and train sets, we mounted a video camera on a passenger car in order to be able to watch one of the wheelsets as it traversed our trackage. While
Click on each image for a closer look! . Last Sunday, while a small crew of volunteers continued to operate the miniature railway, Derek Boles, our TRHA historian, delivered an training sesson for our volunteers in Steam Whistle Brewing’s newly developed meeting and reception facility on the second floor of
Click on each picture for a closer look! . While our focus has shifted somewhat from museum development to operating the museum on weekends, our TRHA volunteers continue to further refine and develop Roundhouse Park. In the pictures above, the roundhouse’s compressor tanks have been repositioned with one being beside
Click on each image for a closer look! . As we can see from the pictues above, we had another great operating weekend despite the threat of some serious inclement weather which didn’t arive until late Saturday afternoon and cleared up by mid-day Sunday. A somewhat soaked Roundhouse Park is
Click on each image for a closer look! . From time to time, our TRHA folks visit other museums to learn more about local railway history as well as look for ideas for our museum. In the report below, Lance Gleich highlights his trip to the The Washington State Railroads
Click on each picture for a closer look! . On May the 18th, 2010, we announced the “Save the LRC” Campaign. We are now in our final push to raise $14,000 in the next two weeks as we must complete the purchase from VIA Rail Canada
Click on each picture for a closer look! . While News postings here have been absent for the past two weeks as your “news blogmaster” has been on vacation deep in the wilderness of the interior of British Columbia, operations have continued for the past few weekends much to the
Click on each image for a closer look! . It is a Saturday and the roundhouse is closed as the G20 Summit is in full flight. What to do? A road trip was in order! . I had never checked out the Railway Museum of Eastern Ontario in Smiths Falls,
Click on each image for a closer look! . As Derek Boles, our TRHA historian, has posted earlier, the rededication of the memorial to the Chinese workers who worked on the building of the CPR was held on Canada Day. In his capacity as a Heritage Toronto Board member, TRHA