Click on each image for a closer look! Our archives of TRHA News postings contain a wealth of historical information. Most of the articles about railway history were researched and produced by Derek Boles, our TRHA Historian. These articles essentially form a part of the TRHA archives. Derek has inventoried
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Click on each image for a closer look! One of our ambitions in Roundhouse Park is to establish a telegraph system between the telegrapher’s position in Don Station and another part of the museum. There are local telegraph enthusiasts and collectors who love to demonstrate this ground-breaking (in the 1800’s)
Click on the image for a closer look! In 1952, the CPR began a service to transport truck trailers between Montreal and Toronto on specially designed cars. This was known as a piggyback service. These initial forms led to the much more sophisticated systems used today to move containers by
Click on each image for a closer look! On Saturday, three projects were tackled: further preparation of stall 17 (north side) to accommodate displays in future, ongoing work on the restoration of the TH&B van and repair and renewal of the new storage racks mentioned in an earlier TRHA News
On October 14th we posted a news item about a 2 1/2 minute video produced by VIA Rail Canada to celebrate the 100th anniversary of Winnipeg’s Union Station. That video has apparently been replaced by a newer longer video. So we are replacing our October news item with this one
If you are like myself, you have been deluged with friends and family telling you as a railway enthusiast about the “World’s Largest Model Railway”. But just in case you haven’t, above is the YouTube official video about “Miniatur Wunderland” in Hamburg, Germany. It has been viewed over 4,000,000 times!
Click on each image for a closer look! We have reported on this exciting development before in Parts 1 and 2 of this field trip report. You actually can not make an actual field trip to the museum as it remains under development and is not open to the public.
Click on each image for a closer look! Under construction across the street from Roundhouse Park is Ripley’s Aquarium of Canada. This will be a 12,500 square metre (135,000 square-feet) world-class family attraction with more than 5.7 million litres (1.5 million gallons) of water depicting marine and freshwater habitats from
Click on each image for a closer look! As mentioned in a previous TRHA News report about our recent Volunteer Recognition Event, the TRHA has committed to developing a small temporary museum in Stall #17 to be ready for our upcoming season which will begin in about 20 weeks! This
Click on each image for a closer look! If you are like myself, you have done many jigsaw puzzles in the past. Well, now you can work on jig saw puzzles featuring scenes in Roundhouse Park – now and in the past. Larry Fisher is a renowned artist who has