Our intrepid photographer, Stephen Gardiner, in addition to the photos he took of the Fanexpo folks in Roundhouse Park, also captured a number of photos that weekend of the rest of our Park from some unique perspectives. Enjoy! Posting by Russ Milland; Photos by Stephen Gardiner Click on each image
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Last August, legions of fans descended on the Metro Convention Centre for the Fan Expo event The Fan Expo website says: “Considered by many to be the “Comic Con” of Canada, Fan Expo Canada™ humbly began as the Canadian National Comic Book Expo in 1995. Growing from one genre with
On July 1st 2013 this fine steam locomotive was re-dedicated on the occasion of the completion of its restoration as shown in the photo above. Engine #1095, also known as ‘The Spirit of Sir John A.’ has provided a favourite photo op for tourists visiting Confederation Park for more than
On their recent rail fan expedition, Michael Guy and Dave Wetherald also visited the New Hope Valley Railway (NHVR) in New Hill, North Carolina. The NHVR is also home to the North Carolina Railway Museum. Click here for more information. While visiting the museum, Dave and Michael had the opportunity
On their recent railfan expedition, Michael Guy and Dave Wetherald visited Roanoke, Virginia. Roanoke is home to the O. Winston Link Museum and the Virginia Museum of Transportation. It is also the home of the very innovative Roanoke Railwalk. The “Railfan Locations” website describes the Railwalk as follows: “The David
After a very rainy Saturday with sheets of rain coming down most of the day curtailing our outdoor operations and attendance in Roundhouse Park, Sunday dawned as a much more hospitable day. Many of our volunteers turned their attention to resuming the operations in Roundhouse Park. The interpretation of the
Is there a better way to spend a rainy day than doing restoration work at the John Street Roundhouse? A lot of us apparently think not. There was a large crew out today to make substantial progress on a variety of fronts. Patrick B. took on the roof work on
On a recent visit to Kingston I discovered a functional and in-use Elwell-Parker crane very similar to the one we have at the Toronto Railway Museum. Owned by Jim McCullough of McCullough Metals, the crane is a battery-electric unit rated at a maximum of 5 tons lift. Jim is pictured
While our volunteers have been very focused this past summer on the restoration of the TH&B caboose and subsequently the Cape Race, Bob Dickson, our Museum Manager, reports that one of the postal mail carts donated to us last year has now also been completely restored. Thanks to Wilson, Dan,
Two of our intrepid volunteers, Michael Guy and Dave Wetherald, undertook an intense six day trip to seven different sites of interest to railfans in the eastern U.S.A. Here is a list of the places in the order that they saw them: Altoona Railroaders Memorial Museum. (Thursday) Horseshoe Curve (Altoona).