As we posted earlier last month, the Toronto Railroad Club’s last open house occurred on Family Day, February 18th. Stephen Gardiner was there to capture the last days of this railway at their current site in Liberty Village. Posting by Russ Milland; Photos by Stephen Gardiner Click on each image
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As we reported in an earlier post, Michael Guy recently visited the Ridge Railway In Florida. Below you will find some photos of the fine steam locomotives that appeared there for a weekend meet. Posting by Russ Milland Click on each image for a closer look! http://www.trha.ca
Progress continued this past weekend on the restoration of the windows and window frames and the roof walk on the TH&B caboose. Also shown below is progress on the building of a G-Scale railway bridge as a vehicle for displaying miniature train models. Warm weather in Roundhouse Park followed
Last weekend the parade of Florida Live Steam meets moved on to the Ridge Live Steamers‘ track. Michael Guy naturally followed to attend that event as well. Here, photos capture the experience. Their miniature railway is built with many sidings so that they can operate like a full size railway,
We announced in a recent TRHA News post that the Waterloo Central Railway would be operating steam excursions on February 16th and 17th. Walter Pfefferle of Beachville, Ontario has posted this very nice video of the action! Visit Walter’s website for more photos! Click on video above to watch it!
Michael Guy once again is visiting the Florida area and naturally gravitated to the local live steam railroad clubs. The Florida Live Steamers host a number of “meets” on successive weekends in February at different miniature railways. Michael sends us these photos of his adventures at these meets. In one
While Roundhouse Park continues to slumber through a snowy winter, our volunteers continue to work weekends to further the restoration of the TH&B caboose. All windows frames are now fabricated (and partially painted) for the outside and inside of the caboose. Work on the plywood lining of the cupola has
Every spring, railway facilities along the banks of rivers can be threatened by the breakup of ice, formation of ice dams and the subsequent overflowing of the river onto its banks. The Don River was no exception. From the Archives of the City of Toronto, we find the photograph above
Last weekend, after first clearing more snow from Roundhouse Park to make our museum accessible after the Friday storm, our crew of volunteers concentrated on further restoration of the TH&B caboose. The refurbished handrails on the roof of the cupola were re-installed. They also made great progress on the rebuilding
Click on each image for a closer look! The annual Barrie-Allandale Model Train Show is one of the largest model train shows in Southern Ontario. It is hosted by the Barrie-Allandale Railway Modelers Association. The 43rd annual show will be held in Barrie in the Bradford Greenhouses’s Garden Gallery