Click on each image for a closer look! In 1908, the town of Cochrane was established as a permanent settlement at the junction of the National Transcontinental and the Temiskaming & Northern Ontario railways. Today, Cochrane remains an important railway centre for the Ontario Northland Railway. The ONR operates the
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Click on each image for a closer look! Wrapping up our coverage of the Season Opening weekend of the Toronto Railway Museum, we turn to the Train Show, a traditional feature of this special event. Once again, a number of local model railway groups brought their portable layouts out
Click on each image for a closer look! Continuing our coverage of the Season Opening weekend at the Toronto Railway Museum, we turn to the “great outdoors” in Roundhouse Park. The miniature railway as usual was a great attraction with many hundreds of riders enjoying the experience of a trip
Click on each image for a closer look! Continuing our series on the very successful Season Opening weekend for the Toronto Railway Museum, we turn to Don Station where the station operators area now display a number of artefacts typical of the operations there a few decades ago. The station
Click on each image for a closer look! Another attraction on our opening weekend was Cabin D which now has a great set of interpretive panels documenting the history of Cabin D and its important role in the operation of the busy tracks into and out of Union Station.
Click on each image for a closer look! The Toronto Railway Museum “Season Opener”, held traditionally on the Toronto Doors Open weekend, was a great success. It was held on Saturday, May 26th and Sunday, May 27th. Dozens of volunteers helped staff all of the museum’s attractions. Also we thank
Click on each image for a closer look! This coming weekend hosts the annual Doors Open Toronto event when doors are thrown open across venues throughout the Toronto area. Traditionally, this is also the opening weekend for the Toronto Railway Museum and this year’s opening is a special one as
TTC Hillcrest Shops by Toni Wallachy Click on the image for a closer look! A group of seven photographers – Robert Dyke, Sean Galbraith, Rick Harris, Mathew Merrett, Timothy Neesam, Olena Sullivan and Toni Wallachy – visited TTC maintenance facilities and other transportation related venues in the Toronto area and
Click on each image for a closer look! On Saturday, May 5th, a half dozen of us from the TRHA attended the spring meeting of the Canadian Council for Railway Heritage (CCRH). Here is what they are “all about” as found on their website: “The Canadian Council for Railway
Click on each image for a closer look! Ottawa is home to many associations, clubs and groups who avidly pursue their interest in the history of railways and the building of models of railways. This year, the organizers went all out and held probably the largest train show held in