Click on each picture for a closer look! . Over the past year, TRHA has been looking for an appropriate steam locomotive for the new 7 1/4 inch gauge miniature railway at Roundhouse Park. As our railway engines will run frequently in the warmer months of the year, rugged reliability
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Click on the picture for a closer look! . Recently, Bob Dickson, one of our TRHA volunteers, unearthed a bit of the roundhouse’s past. Here is his story: . “While talking to a co-worker of mine about the roundhouse he mentioned that his grandfather, Rubin Kerr, had worked there. He
Click on the image for a closer look! . The Toronto Railway Historical Association’s Board of Directors wishes all our supporters a Merry Christmas, Season’s Greetings and a Very Prosperous New Year. We especially extend our felicitations to those volunteers who have worked so hard to make the Toronto Railway
Click on each picture for a closer look! . On December 23rd, Orin Krivel, Glenn Garwood, John Mellow, Don Loucks and Derek Boles visited Murison Restoration in Oakville. Tom Murison specializes in the restoration of heritage buildings and is responsible for the four wooden structures being restored for the Toronto
Click on the picture for a closer look! . On Saturday, December 20th, seven TRHA volunteers came to help us whittle down a lengthy task list of items we hope to complete before year end. It was a balmy -13C outside but sunny which brought the temperature inside the 3
Click on the picture for a closer look! . Derek Boles recently acquired on eBay an original colour slide showing two Toronto, Hamilton & Buffalo GP-9s at John St. in 1958. . This is the first time that he’s ever seen photos of these units on our turntable. Numbers 401
Click on each picture for a closer look! . . . . The Watchman’s Shanty was typical of shanties which often were perched on poles and sat 15 to 20 feet in the air. They are one of my favourite railway structures. Our shanty is now safely located in the
Click on each picture for a closer look! . Yesterday, Don Station was reassembled on its new foundation. It will now undergo a repair and restoration process over the next few months. In the pictures above, we see the assembly in progress and note that Cabin D has yet to
Click on each picture for a closer look! . In these pictures we see the six parts of Don Station awaiting reassembly and restoration their having been successfully moved to Roundhouse Park. In the upper left photo, we find the turret and roof cap, more popularly known as a “witches’
Click on each picture for a closer look! . On Thursday, December 11th, the rail was delivered on a trailer and unloaded by a TRHA team onto the grounds behind the Roundhouse. . Then, on Saturday, December 13th, a rail moving crew consisting of four teams of two TRHA volunteers