…… Above are pictures of the covers of the two original books by Pierre Berton who is also caught in this picture from the 1980’s. This is the first in a series of ten posts from an article prepared by Derek Boles, our TRHA historian on the occasion of the
Blog
…… Click on each picture for a closer look! . Last Saturday, Mike S. spent the day piping up the Miniature Mogul steam locomotive to get it ready for the official pressure test. We are happy to report that the preliminary check to 150 psi was successful, there were no
……… Click on each picture for a closer look! . After completing the work described yesterday and a well earned lunch break, all hands engaged in miniature track building. As shown in an earlier posting here, the miniature railway will operate on a track in a “figure 8” configuration requiring
……… Click on each picture for a closer look! . The weather on Saturday started out nice and warm but turned very wet after lunch. Nevertheless, a great crew consisting of Lance, Jon, Dan, Mike S., James, Jason P., Bob and Richard turned out for a full day working session.
……… Click on each picture for a closer look! In our continuing commitment to provide information and news on the history of railways as well as current events in Toronto as well as the rest of Ontario, we turn our attention to the City of Guelph, Ontario just west of
……… Click on the picture for a closer look! . Our TRHA team has over the years visited a number of other railway museums to benefit from their experiences in developing and managing railway museums. Michael Guy, a TRHA Vice-President, vacationed in Florida last month and on his way home,
……… Click on each picture for a closer look! . The tool shed which resided beside Cabin D just west of Bathurst Street was stored in the roundhouse for many decades as shown in the fine photo by Norm Betts at the left above. Recently we documented that the shed
…… Click on each picture for a closer look! . As you may have noticed elsewhere on our website, the City of Toronto owns the CNR Northern #6213 Class U-2-g 4-8-4 locomotive which is currently on display on the grounds of the Canadian National Exhibition. This locomotive has been carefully
…… Click on each picture for a closer look! . While we normally focus our news items on Toronto and the surrounding area, we will occasionally bring to our reader’s attention others railway oriented news from around the world that we feel is worth exploring. This is the first of
Yesterday, on Sunday, March 1st, Shawn Micallef, senior editor at Spacing Magazine, wrote an article titled Our 1856 Link to Pearson Airport. It was published in the Daily Star and discusses the proposed link from Union Station and the history of the rail lines to be used for the link.