Part three of this series features Ontario craft breweries whose name or location has a connection to an Ontario railway
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Part two of this series features former train stations in Ontario that are in use as craft breweries or brewpubs that serve craft beer
Come learn about the connections between Ontario railways and Ontario craft beer! Part one of this series features breweries located in former railway buildings
Otto Perry was a trailblazer in the train enthusiast scene. In 1932, he brought his camera to the John Street Roundhouse just three years after it first opened.
It’s been a while since we’ve covered the Niagara Railway Museum on this blog, specifically this post from 2010 about their open house in July of that year. At the time, the museum had just moved into a former Canadian National diesel maintenance shop in Fort Erie, Ontario. The NRM
The continuation of our lecture series on Toronto’s Union Stations hosted by Derek Boles from earlier this month. This one will cover the history of the current Union Station from 1927 to the modern day and will be held on Thursday, October 1st. After almost 25 years of planning and
Coming Thursday, September 3rd we are once again offering an online lecture hosted by TRHA historian Derek Boles. This lecture series will cover Toronto’s Union Stations of which there have been three throughout its history – four if you count the massive additions made to the second station during the
TRHA historian Derek Boles will continue with his presentation on the Canadian Pacific Railway’s steam locomotives at Toronto’s John Street Roundhouse. Part two of this mini-series will deal with some of the railway’s most iconic engines, including the 4-8-4 Northerns, the 4-6-4 Hudsons and Royal Hudsons, and the 4-4-4 Jubilees.
The S.S. Keewatin is a steamship currently located in Port McNicoll, Ontario, just under a 2 hour drive north of Toronto. Historically, the ship was owned by the Canadian Pacific Steamship Company and was directly connected to Toronto by the Canadian Pacific Railway. Like many pieces of Canadian transportation history,
John Street was one of the few roundhouses in Canada built exclusively for passenger locomotives. Derek Boles’s next online webinar will focus on the Canadian Pacific and Toronto, Hamilton & Buffalo steam locomotives serviced at both the first and second roundhouses from 1897 to 1960. These include the diminutive 4-4-0s