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 in the heart of Milton, Ontario, Canada just south of their main street every Labour Day weekend. Their members are
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Click on each picture for a closer look! . On August 19th, I was fortunate enough to visit the Canadian Railway Museum – Exporail. The museum grounds sit on two municipalities, Saint-Constant and Delson, Quebec, that are on the south shore of the St. Lawrence and only a short drive
Click on each picture for a closer look! . We lead off today’s news post with a picture of a “track waiting for a train” at the left above. In the other two pictures, we see that work has begun on the erection of the walls for our miniature railway’s
Click on each pciture for a closer look! . On Saturday, August 22nd, Derek Boles (along with Ed Freeman) led a great Heritage Toronto walk entitled “Marlborough to Summerhill”. A major stop on the walk was the 1916 CPR North Toronto Station which has been restored as the Summerhill LCBO
Click on each picture for a closer look! . It was another busy weekend at the Roundhouse as TRHA crews worked on several projects. As seen in the pictures with this posting, continuing the construction of the miniature railway switches was one priority and all except one of the six
Click on each picture for a closer look! . An Ode to a Canadian National Steam Locomotive . There has always been a long association between railroading and poetry. When the railway era began in the 19th century, poetry was a much more prevalent form of communications than it is
Click on each picture for a closer look! . One item that was missing from our CNR Northern 4-8-4 #6213 steam locomotive was the number plate worn by such locomotives just below their headlights. A replica of the original number plate has been built and in the picture at the
Click on each picture for a closer look! . As reported in Derek Boles’ daily postings on the Toronto Railway Heritage Group on Yahoo, today is the 25th anniversary of the donation of #4803 to the City of Toronto. Here is Derek’s posting: . August 26, 1984: . “The Canadian
Click on each picture for a closer look! . Progress continues to be evident in the restoration of these structures in Roundhouse Park. At the left above, we find our restoration contractors working on the upper reaches of Cabin D. In the middle and right hand pictures we find that
Click on each picture for a closer look! . In the appealing (to a railfan at least!) picture at the upper left, #4803 is bracketed by our CLC Whticomb and #7069. In the middle picture, Steam Whistle Brewery has used the space in front of their meeting space to set