Click on each image for a closer look! . In today’s posting we feature pictures of our Sweet Creek steam locomotive in action pulling passengers this weekend. This oil-fired locomotive operates just like full size steam locomotives burning diesel fuel to generate steam. Operating such a locomotive requires much training
Click on each image for a closer look! . As advertised, we again hosted the public on Saturday and Sunday with hundreds of visitors turning out on a fine Father’s Day weekend. The images above here show the TRHA booth set up to welcome visitors and sell tickets, the turntable
Click on each image for a closer look! . In order to provide a safe area for large helicopters to land in the middle of Roundhouse Park, it was necessary to move the crossing shanty out of harm’s way. Tom Murison reports on the undertaking as follows: “McCulloch brought a
Click on each image for a closer view! . In the photograph at the upper left taken by Dave Wetherald in the early 1970’s from the TD Tower, we see the rail lands at their zenith. In the middle picture above, we see the Roundhouse Park site as it appeared
Click on each image for a closer look! . The Golden Horseshoe Live Steamers of Hamilton, Ontario were first formed by a small group of live steam enthusiasts on June 15th, 1975. So today was our 35th Birthday! To celebrate the occasion, we hosted a birthday party at our track
Click on each image for a closer look! . As announced in earlier posts, The Toronto Railway Heritage Centre is now open on weekends. We now have two successful operating weekends behind us. In the images at upper left, we find see our first passenger train on June 5th –
Click on each image for a closer look! . RIDE THE G20 EXPRESS and see the fence from the inside! (Fun for the whole family!) . The Toronto Railway Heritage Centre is located on the roof of the Metro Toronto Convention Centre (south) and is therefore right smack in the
Click on each image for a closer look! . Concluding our coverage of the May 29th and 30th opening weekend of the Toronto Railway Heritage Centre (TRHC), we present a second “looking back” TRHA News posting with a few more pictures from the weekend’s events to complete out our coverage.
Click on each image for a closer look! . . Concluding our coverage of the May 29th and 30th opening weekend of the Toronto Railway Heritage Centre (TRHC), we present in two parts a number of pictures from the weekend’s events to round out our coverage. . Note that one
Click on each image for a closer look! . . Continuing with our coverage of the May 29th and 30th opening weekend of the Toronto Railway Heritage Centre (TRHC), we turn our attention to the activities surrounding our CNR Northern 4-8-4 Steam Locomotive #6213 in Roundhouse Park. #6213’s story is