Click on each picture for a closer look! . .Renovation work on the roundhouse has been proceeding apace recently. In photo one to the left we see the stall 23 side of the western-most brick firewall in it’s original but newly cleaned state. Photo two in the middle shows work
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Click on each picture for a closer look! . . . Things were a bit quiet this last weekend with it being the weekend of Mother’s Day and of Derek Boles Annual Railway Lands walk. Bob D. dropped by with a muffin for Dave W. as Bob went on to
Click on each picture for a closer look! . . . . Yesterday, the Toronto Railway Heritage Centre equipment restoration workshop was in action with crews working on two projects, completion of the new paint scheme on locomotive #1 and the construction of a new track maintenance cargo lorry. Photo
Click on each picture for a closer look! . . . . . TRHA Historian Derek Boles will be conducting his annual railway heritage walking tour for Heritage Toronto on Saturday, May 10th, 2008 beginning at 11:00 a.m.. . The sites that Derek will deal with in some detail include:
Click on each picture for a closer look! . . . Last weekend, despite the lack of TTC service, we had a good productive weekend at the roundhouse. Thanks to James R., Bob D., James G. and Dave W., the CLC-W now has even more fresh paint and we can
For the first time since the monthly Union Station tours began in 2006, we were forced to cancel the April 26th tour due to the unexpected TTC strike that began at midnight the night before. Tour leader Derek Boles was heading out the door on Saturday morning when he read
Click on each picture for a closer look! . . . . . . In the picture at left, Dave W. replaces a fuel hose while in the middle picture, I put a dab of paint on the newly extended drip rails on the cab roof. These will prevent (we
Click on each picture for a closer look! . . . After completing a period of winter maintenance on the two engines of TRHC #1, the Canadian Locomotive Company Whitcomb industrial switcher, a TRHA crew in roundhouse stalls 16 and 17 works to re-assemble the hood and doors of the
Click on each image for a closer look! Work continues on several fronts at the roundhouse. In the picture at the upper left, TRHA volunteer Dave W. cuts a new engine gasket on the bench in stall 16. In the middle picture Western Mechanical technicians install the new turntable bridge
Norm Betts, a professional photographer, has been photographing the progress of work at the roundhouse. Norm has kindly allowed us to present this intriguing shot of the CLC Whitcomb at rest amongst the shrink wrapped equipment. . by Norm Betts http://www.trha.ca