Click on each picture for a closer look! . . . As the Eastern Finals prior to the Grey Cup next week were being played across the street, the Raptors played a block away and the Santa Claus parade wended its way through Toronto a few blocks away, a TRHA
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Click on each picture for a closer look! . . Western Mechanical have now removed all of the lifting devices used to position the turntable. They will now spend the next week or two finishing the deck structure and rendering the turntable operational. Above are some pictures of the turntable
Click on each picture for a closer look! Today we feature some of the team from Western Mechanical who made it happen this week. At the upper left, we see four of Western Mechanicals finest … from left ot right, technicians Joe and Matt, lift boss Nick and project engineer
Click on each picture for a closer look! . In the news item below, we noted that the turntable move bgan at 9:07 a.m and included a video of this happening. . By 11:47 a.m. today, the turntable had been moved into place and the center bearing had been bolted
This video shows the turntable bridge beginning to move along the gantry crane’s track at 9:07 a.m. today as the Western Mechanical team carefully monitors its progress. Click on the button in the middle of the image to start the video..by Dave Wetherald, TRHA http://www.trha.ca
Click on each picture for a closer look! . The Western Mechanical team completed their installation of the gantry crane and at 2:30 p.m. today made their first test lift of the turntable. At the south end, the turntable was very level when lifted. However, at the north end there
.In this movie, you will see one of the air-driven motors used to drive the rotation of the turntable in operation at the Western Mechanical shops. It is being tested before shipment to the roundhouse for installation. Click on the button in the centre of the picture to watch the
Click on the picture for a closer look! Western Mechanical has chosen to use one of their gantry cranes to lift and move the turntable bridge into position in the turntable pit. In the picture at the left above the northernmmost track for the crane has been positioned as of
Click on each picture for a closer look! . As the Toronto Railway Heritage Centre moves towards reality, TRHA is guiding the process of restoration of several wooden buildings that formed part of the railway heritage of the City of Toronto. One such building is signal cabin “D” which is
Click on each picture for a closer look! . . . On Friday, engineers from Western Mechanical attached the south-end wheels and air motor to the turntable bridge. In the left hand pciture above, we see the motor on its frame cantilevered out from the frame carrying the wheel bearings.