Click on each picture for a closer look! . Jane’s Walk is a series of free neighbourhood walking tours that honour the legacy and ideas of urban activist and writer Jane Jacobs. The walks tend to be smaller and more personalized than the more formal Heritage Toronto and ROM Walks.
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The TRHA has been often asked if they have a guide for the rail fan who plans to visit Toronto and the surrounding area. Derek Boles, our TRHA historian, has produced just such a guide. . It is now available to you simply by clicking on the link below and
Click on each picture for a closer look! . Six volunteers formed this week’s Saturday work team today. A number of our volunteers were away enjoying the railway excursion in Guelph which was announced in an earlier news posting. We were able to clean up and get a first coat
Click on each picture for a closer look! . The Toronto Locomotive Preservation Society (TLPS) have been caring for #6213 since she was donated to the City of Toronto by the CNR. They reported today that locomotive #6213’s tender was successfully separated and moved a few inches away from the
Click on each picture for a closer look! . Further to our last news posting here are some photos of the TRHA crew using our Whitcomb switcher to move rolling stock around to make it possible for PNR Railworks to continue to lay the trackwork in Roundhouse Park. . Below
Click on each picture for a closer look! . Last Friday, Wilson and I were the duty crew all day coordinating with the PNR Railworks crew who are reconstructing the radial tracks connecting the turntable to the roundhouse. All 32 tracks are being replaced using original 100 pound “T” head
Click on each picture for a closer look! . Last Saturday, we had an excellent turnout with all the usual suspects present. Mike S., Arno and Jon continued with pipe work on the miniature loco which is nearing completion. The TSSA inspection and hydrostatic boiler test is expected to take
Click on each picture for a closer look! . Last Thursday at the roundhouse PNR Railworks began to lay track starting at stall 1 while continuing to grade and fill under the coaling tower making it ready as well for track. . Dave and I planned to be there only
Click on each picture for a closer look! . During the past week, work has been proceeding on numerous fronts at the roundhouse. . Western Mechanical has almost completed the job of lowering the turntable two inches. In the process we hope that the noise from the centre bearing will
At left is an image of a painting, “Northern Light” of CNR Northern 4-8-4 #6213 by David Oram; Reproduced with permission. . Click on the picture for a closer look! . As noted briefly in our “weekend report”, last Saturday, Grant Kingsland and crew started work on preparing #6213 the