Jane’s Walks are free, locally organized walking tours, in which people get together to explore, talk about and celebrate their neighbourhoods. Where more traditional tours are a bit like walking lectures, a Jane’s Walk is more of a walking conversation. Leaders share their knowledge, but also encourage discussion and participation

One of our favourite local operating museums is the  Halton County Radial Railway (HCRR) which is only a one hour drive from downtown Toronto.  This is their 60th Anniversary year so stay tuned here for more news about celebrations this season.  The HCCR recently presented us with the 6 foot

The Age of Steam Roundhouse project in Ohio is one of our favourite developments to report on.  Last February, their website announced the following: “Snuggling down for a long winter’s nap in the Age of Steam Roundhouse is 4-4-0 Leviathan, an operating replica of one of the first locomotives used

Toronto has a rich history of rail-based passenger transportation systems on its city streets.  The major player has of course been the Toronto Transit Commission (TTC). On Easter Sunday the TTC took the opportunity to bring out four generations of streetcars to participate in the Toronto Beaches Lions Easter Parade

Several times a year, the TRHA holds a Town Hall meeting for the staff and volunteers of the Toronto Railway Museum. On the evening of Saturday, April 12th, 2014, twenty-nine of us all enjoyed pizza and salads from 6:00 to 6:30 p.m. Members of the TRHA Executive Team and the

Last Saturday also saw volunteers working on loco #3 which was steamed successfully and taken for a test run. More work needs to be done on #3. We are aiming for a return to full service of the steam locomotive sometime after the Easter weekend.  Below we see photos of

This past weekend, we resumed operation of the miniature railway on weekends, weather permitting.   We believe that this is the earliest start to our season ever.   Here we see a number of photos of the miniature railway in operation. Posting by Russ Milland; Photos by Zach Roberts Click on

In a previous TRHA News posting last year, we featured Barry Silverthorn’s Geddes Street Depot, a brand new home built by Barry in Belleville, Ontario to reflect the designs of historic railway stations. In this News posting, we feature another newly completed home in Fort Erie, Ontario built by Michael

As we approach a time when we will be “resurfacing” the exteriors of the Cape Race and the Jackman passenger cars, we have been exploring alternatives to painting the cars.  One alternative is to apply a plastic wrap technology similar to those used to apply advertising on TTC streetcars and